The blog has to talk about UFC 113!!!! What a great fight night! That might have been one of the best UFC's I've seen. Others have had a good fight or two, but this one had a great overall fightcard. Shogun looked awesome, Machida looked worried. I saw an interview with Machida where he is talking about his hand surgery and how much better it felt, but I wasn't buying it. He just didn't look convincing. Something in those eyes reflected doubt. Plus, Machida was undefeated. Shogun wasn't. Nothing like the taste of defeat to serve as your motivation. When you're undefeated, you don't have that. Shogun was amazing. It was a great fight, and one that will serve as motivation for Machida for sure. He will be REALLY hungry for the next one.
Kimbo Slice is always interesting. He looked like he had slimmed down quite a bit from a year ago??? Maybe I am misremembering.....but 36 is old for the cage. Anything over 30 starts to be a factor for endurance, pain threshold, etc. (Even Faber is starting to feel the difference....) Mitrione threw some leg kicks that Kimbo just didn't check and he could not hide the pain. I think that messed with him mentally and then he also just got tired. It was a good fight, sort of, but not a particularly good match physically. The height, weight, and reach differences were huge.
Now the Koschek and Daley fight was greatly entertaining!! The trash talk leading up to the fight was EXCELLENT, the NOT touching gloves was right on character for both, and the "illegal knee" that wasn't was more icing on the cagefight cake. To watch Kos just keep Daley on the ground while he whispered sweet nothings into his ear was greatness. The sucker punch was cheap, although extremely accurate and totally provoked, but made for a fun finish in terms of entertainment. The GSP match up will be interesting for sure, and Kos has alreay trash talked all of Canada with regard to the ass whooping they are going to get......I'm not missing that one.
Did anyone watch the Stout/Stephens fight? That one was another great one. Extremely well matched, went the distance, and then to split decision. I do think Stephens won that one, but a rematch would be interesting.
So I am left wondering if there is any penalty provision by the UFC for actions like Daley's?? That is NOT classy and brings to mind visions of "Million Dollar Baby". I don't think that's the kind of reputation UFC should be interested in promoting so I will be curious to see what follows.
I noticed several fighters were gasing out early.....wonder if they are thinking about working on that diet thing?
Mary Bell, the MMA dietitian
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