By
Anthony De Franco 
February 5, 2010, at 2:48 pm
Chael Sonnen continues to say dumb things to draw attention to himself. However, I’m beginning to wonder if he doesn’t honestly believe some of it. From Cage Potato:
… “Anderson Silva speaks English. Any time the media comes around he has such disdain for you guys that it’s ‘se habla Espanol.’ He doesn’t have to talk to the media, and in fact he refuses to, and yet the media goes out and strokes his ego and puts him on the cover of everything. It’s the craziest thing I’ve seen.”
“… I don’t know who he’s beaten in the top ten. He beat up a drunk Chris Leben and a one-legged Patrick Cote and every bum that could get a plane ticket to Ohio. He went up to light heavyweight, but how hard is that? It’s the easiest weight class in the company. He beat up some slow and unathletic guys up there. …I don’t see who he’s beat that’s so great.”
He beat Nate Marquardt.
“I didn’t see that. Did he fight Nate?”
Yeah. Knocked him out.
“Oh, I didn’t know that.”
Facepalm. Calling Chris Leben drunk and the light heavyweight division the easiest in the company? I think that Rashad Evans, Shogun, and Lyoto Machida might have something to say about that.
By
Anthony De Franco February 5, 2010, at 5:52 am
You know what sucks? Not being able to sleep. You know what sucks worse? Waking up at 5:40 AM. Seriously, Fuck this.
Anyway, while I’m up, what better time to tell you that Brock Lesnar will be gracing the cover of this year’s UFC Undisputed. We even have a picture of it. Or at the very least Bloody Elbow does.
No word if there will be multiple covers like they did with St. Pierre in Canada last year. I’m a huge fan of this year’s box, even though I’m not Lesnar’s biggest fan. It just looks much cooler than last year’s with Forrest on the cover.
UFC 2010: Undisputed is out on May 25th, and is already available for pre-order.
By
Anthony De Franco December 2, 2009, at 10:30 pm
Are you a fan of loudmouth British guys with Red Mohawks? If you are, you are probably either a loudmouth, British, or have a red mohawk.
Anyway, Hardy has catapulted himself to a title shot with his last win over Mike Swick. He’s got heavy hands, good boxing and sick Muay Thai. The problem is no one knows what’s going to happen when George St. Pierre takes him to the ground.
Here’s the shirt he wore to the ring when he beat Swick:
I hate to say this, but I love this shirt. I’ve always been a fan of 70’s punk culture, and this shirt might as well be the cover of a Sex Pistols album. Plus, it’s red! Just like his Mohawk!
MMA Warehouse has it for 27.99.
For more UFC walk-out shirts, Check out The 3rd String Store.
By
Anthony De Franco November 4, 2009, at 1:10 pm
I’ve spent a bunch of times thinking about the Houston Texans today. Mainly the injury that was suffered by their all-pro tight end Owen Daniels.
This team is built around the idea that their remarkable offense will make up for the fact that they have a someone suspect defense, especially in the back end. We all saw what happened to that offense early in the season when you took away Kevin Walter. The team faltered against a Jets team that was debuting a new head coach and a new quarterback.
Now, Daniels is not Kevin Walter. Daniels is an amazing player. If I was to sit here and rank tight ends, he would be in the top tier with guys like Vernon Davis and Tony Gonzalez. Can this team survive without him making him respect the deep middle of the field?
Here’s whats going to happen now. Teams are going to roll their safeties over the top to double cover Andre Johnson. With Johnson double covered, Matt Schaub will have to find a new player to go to alleviate the pressure that will be put on him. I just don’t know if that player is on the Texans roster.
Typically, tight end is a premium position. One that is nice to have, but not necessary if you want to be a winning team. Unless of course, your second best offensive weapon is said tight end.
The Texans might be screwed.
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