Big John McCarthy on Inside the UFC

I missed episode 3 of inside the ufc with joe rogan so I just watched it tonight and it had some cool stuff with Big John McCarthy.

I didn't know he was an MMA practioner and teacher himself lol also I didn't know he is the one that brings the gloves to each event and gives em to the fighters.

Also on the show was Shawn the muscle shark Sherk who for some reason boresssssssssss me to death. I dunno what it is about him but he is so blah. I'd like to see someone come along and take the title from him :D

Travis Lutter vs Anderson Silva

As we all know Travis Lutter won the Ultimate Fighter 4 for his weight class. So this means he will be fighting Anderson Silva.

Lutter comes from the Lion's Den in Dallas and everyone is ranting and raving how his BJJ is soooo good and how his style matches up so good against Silva. I have a very hard time picturing Anderson Silva on his back getting submitted.

The same way I have hard time picturing Chuck Liddell on his back vs Tito... but hey this is MMA and these things happen. I don't think Anderson Silva is ready to give up his title so soon. He knows Luter will be going for the shoot all the time and will eb prepared for it. I think that Silva is going to be prepared and I think he is going to win. Many people forget that Anderson Silva is a black belt himself in BJJ and trained under the Nogeria's I think we might see Travis Lutter vs Rich Franklin in the not too distant future onc ehe loses. I have seen polls on forums giving it to Silva 80% to 20%. Silva ftw.

UFC Fight Night 8 on SpikeTV Results

Well tonight I watched another UFC Fight Night Live from the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. It was pretty cool to have it inside the hangar. The crowd was all marines and lol it was nuts in there.

At one point they were all shouting "F$^K HIM UP" and they actually muted the audio for a few seconds. The Davis Carter fight was first and it was pretty boring.

Shonie Carter tried his stupid spinning backfist but basically just got picked apart by Davis who could have esily finished the fight but didn't cuz he thought maybe Carter was sandbagging and acting tired - lame. Next was Fickett and Parisyan and this was an entertaining fight. It's hard to believe that the oddsmakers made Parisyan a 4:1 favorite. He barely won this fight and took a nasty nasty elbow from Fickett while Fickett was on the ground that left him with a huge open cut right under his eye - hello permanent scarring on the face :x Next was Joslin and Koscheck which was a decent fight. I have to agree with Joe Rogan that Koscheck is probably the best welterweight wrestler in MMA right now. The guy is a like a bull with his takedowns. He needs some work on finishing and passing the guard but otherwise he had a solid showing. Joslin showed some good striking but nothing with knockout power. Last fight was Sanchez and Riggs. Riggs has always let me down - he seems lackluster at best but nooooo apparently he is in a new camp and he is a new fighter. Well unfortunately he got owned by Sanchez - shortly into the first round they exchanged punches - Sanchez got hit in the eye and Riggs got smoked in the chin and felll to the ground - Sanchez saw that and rushed at him. As Riggs was getting up he let both knees come off the mat and Sanchez hit him with a flying knee that knocked him right out. It was very close to being an illegal knee but in the replay you can see both Rigg's knees are clearly off the mat. I didn't think this fight would be over so quickly. oh well... Here are the matchups and results:

Diego Sanchez vs Joe Riggs -- Sanchez wins by knockout flying knee
Jeff Joslin vs Josh Koscheck -- Koscheck wins by decision
Drew Fickett vs Karo Parisyan -- Parisyan wins by decision
Marcus Davis vs Shonie Carter -- Davis wins by decision
Victor Valimaki vs David Heath -- Heath wins by decision
Alan Belcher vs Jorge Santiago -- Blecher wins by knockout
Dave Menne vs Luigi Fioravanti -- Fioravanti wins by stoppage
Keito Nakamura vs Brock Larson -- Larson wins by decision
Logan Clark vs Steve Byrnes Clark wins by decision

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and others back in the UFC

Well it looks like the UFC has swooped in and picked up a bunch of fighters from the soon to be defunct WFA.

If you recall a few months back the World Fighting Alliance was dubbing that it had Rampage Jackson and also Bas Rutten.

The guy that was running the WFA sued the owners or something to that degree - the bottom line is that Dana White and Zuffa swooped in and scooped up all their fighters. Jackson was to be paid a % of the pay per view event but only 50,000 people bought it so he barely made any money. There is some deal going down with HBO and some league called the WEC. Bottom line is Zuffa might have two labels now... UFC and WEC and I think WEC is gonna be on HBO. So if they stick Rampage Jackson in the WEC then they can circumvent paying him a % of the pay per view. I really hope they don't do that. I'd like to see him get paid. He used to be one of my favorite fighters. I mean who doesn't love a guy that slams people on their head, howls at the crowd and wears a big thick chain :D Anyhoo I was sad to see him lose to Vanderlei Silva in Pride several times. What pisses me off is the way he allowed himself to get clinched and kneed so bad two fights in a row with him. The latest fights I seen with him since then have been lackluster though he did win. I know he has always had problems with not having enough people to train with. Bottom line is I hope he comes to UFC and I hope he gets with a decent camp. I hope they don't put him against Liddell right away. Though that might happen especially if he loses to Tito.

Inside the UFC: Matt Serra and GSP

Well I finally watched the first installment of SpikeTV's "Inside the UFC" a new show with Joe Rogan as the host.

I liked it - I thought it was pretty cool, too bad its only 30 minutes long though, I would have preferred an hour so he could chat more with the guests.

Other than talking to Dana White about the different leagues in MMA and having him hint at UFC vs Pride or something he sat down with Matt Serra and GSP to talk about their upcoming fight. Serra says he likes to be the underdog, and GSP is still tripping on about winning the title. I think Serra has a chance if he takes him down... blah blah everyone says that... but thats the reality of the fight. It should be interesting to see what the odds will be on this fight.

Can Ortiz beat Liddell?

Well I think if anyone out there in light heavyweight can do it - its going to be Tito Ortiz.

In their last fight Tito got gouged in the eye by Chuck and then Chuck hit him a bunch of times and the ref stopped it.

He proved that he could stand and trade punches with the Iceman. I think that if Tito can take him down he can win.

For some reason I have a very hard time visualizing Chuck being pounded into a ref stoppage... but then again I thought the same about Matt Hughes. This is a really hard fight to call... Chuck can finish it anytime with one punch but last time he seemed sluggish and overweight. If Babalu wasn't so crappy he could have been in trouble. Why the hell doesn't anyone try and take Chuck down ffs. Only time will tell if Tito can take him down.