Well, I wish I was a betting man, because I was right about the winners, if not the methods of victory, for every single fight on the card last night. Randy Couture won an impressive fight, stopping Gabriel Gonzaga in the third round with a TKO. What was amazing was that the 44-year-old dominated a man 16 years younger with better striking, better conditioning and what can only be described as complete domination. And like I said, Napao is a stupid nickname.
We were having a party at our place last night, so I taped the fights and watched them today. It took all the willpower I had not to check the many MMA-related feeds that I follow this morning so that I could see the fights without knowing the winners. The show was much better than 73, though I found GSP’s fight a little dull. It looks like after changing teams and managers, he decided to change his fighting style as well. I guess it was effective, but I would have thought such a well-rounded fighter could have finished a limited wrestler/striker like KOS, either with his kicks or by submission.
Once again, it sucked to pay to see the fights, and miss almost all of the preliminary bouts. Luckily, Randy finished his fight early enough that we got to watch Thales Leites put a beautiful armbar on Ryan Jensen. But whichever fight left mat stained with blood for the rest of the night would have been nice to see.
The best news is that UFC 75: Watch a Deaf Guy Get his Ass Kicked will be free on Spike TV. Seeing Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Dan Henderson go at it for free (as well as watching Michael Bisping destroy the aforementioned Matt Hamill) will be great. I hope to make fight picks a regular part of this site, so I’ll have to get something together next week.
For the last year or so, I’ve been getting back into watching Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) events. Whether it’s the UFC, WEC, PrideFC, BodogFight, King of the Cage, or just whatever I can find on the internet, I’ve really been enjoying MMA, in spite of some nasty goings-on last winter (don’t ask). I like the physicality, I like the competition, and I really like the fighters.