Getting back on the horse

WOW, didn't realize that I hadn't posted anything since October with this. A lot has changed since then. I had another kid, I participated in my first BJJ tournament, I got two crowns on my teeth, so some good, some not so good.

I thought I would take a minute to say that I have now decided that if I am going to blog it needs to be streamlined. Writing journal form about anything is way too taxing to do. I don't have the time or the resources and frankly I don't think many people give a damn about what I think on all issues. I know I don't care what some random jerk thinks about certain areas of life in general.

SO...This is going to become a MMA blog site of sorts. I feel that I have enough of a background in the culture of MMA that I can hold my own. After this week I feel that I should take some time and speak about a few headlines that arose.

First is the Ken Shamrock Steroid suspension. If you are an MMA fan you probably saw this coming a mile away. When I met Ken a few years ago I thought to myself, "There is no way this guy gets this body at his age by just going to a gym." I wish I could have shown you a picture of him next to me for comparison, but the dick was charging $20 to get a pic with him and I am not an idiot. But, I digress, Ken was set to face former WWE star Bobby Lashley in a few months for Roy Jones Jr.'s promotion. This obviously won't be happening due to the fact that Ken lost his fighting licence for one year. Well at least he has his own promotion "War Gods" to fall back on. Although the product that he put out there in way of a fight card left a lot to be desired. Tank Abbott is the only name in his promotion and he is about 15 years past his prime. Ken didn't strike me as a very smart guy when it comes to money, but I could be totally wrong. That meet and greet was a pretty long line and if everyone but me paid $20 for a pic with Mr. Shamrock, he probably made out pretty well. Too bad he is pissing away his money trying to put together a promotion that in his eyes I am sure "rivals" the UFC. Kids, DON'T DO DRUGS of any kind. Eventually they all mess up your brain.

Round 2, Here we Go!
UFC was sent into a PPV tailspin this week, and in my eyes for the better. UFC 98 when first envisioned by the brains of the UFC was to be the epic battle of Frank Mir V Brock Lesnar 2. This was to be for the heavyweight title, and we finally would have some kind of justice in the division. But, Mir became injured and was forced to pull out of the match. They decided to scrap the fight until Mir can get back. In it's place the UFC formulated a match for the Light Heavyweight belt between Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans. This came off of last week's lackluster Rampage win over Jardine. The real magic happened and the hype for this fight began when Evens entered the cage after the match and Rampage peppered Evans with trash talk until Evans felt the need to swear. Evans is a cocky, but laid back guy, Rampage knew exactly what to say to get Evans riled up. GOOD FOR YOU Rampage, your cardio sucked, but your mouth works just fine...Not SO fast. Turns out that Rampage needs surgery on that trash talking mouth and now will not be able to back up his talk. The UFC had to scramble to salvage this sinking PPV and went with Evans V Lyoto Machida. Machida is a great opponent in my opinion, but unless you are a true fan of the sport, you probably have not even heard of the guy. Let me put out my prediction on this fight, since I believe the mass populous won't bother to watch this PPV. Machida wins by decision, and not split decision. He has one of, if not the best striking defences in MMA. The guy is like Teflon, you can't stick this guy. He is a Brazilian Karate Champion as well as a Jiu Jitsu fighter, extremely smart and well-rounded. Evans is a hell of a striker and wrestler, but if he can't hit Lyoto or take him down he will get flustered and a flustered fighter is a vulnerable fighter. Ask BJ Penn about that, he will talk shit about GSP forever and it is all because GSP had a much better game plan that Penn. That and Penn's ego was not as big as GSP's muscles. Sometimes bigger is better, ask Couture after fighting Lesnar. See, I am qualified to at least put in my 2 cents on this stuff.

I promise that not all my rants will be this long. I didn't even get to the 'Mask' Lewis death story. RIP Charles, you will be extremely missed.