Three Cheers: Mixed Fight League

Props to MMA Mania for the pic

I love these feel good stories.  I say Three Cheers for charity!  I, personally, am pretty psyhed that Tommy Murphy is fighting on this card (mainly because I worked with his Momma, and he was able to get me GSP's autograph!!) 

So, here's the deal.  This event is set to take place in Montreal on Saturday February 22.  Doors open at 6:30p, fights start 7:30p

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.

If you happen to be up in the Montreal area you should check the fights out.  $2 from every ticket will be donated to the Red Cross to benefit the earthquate victims in Haiti.

For more info check out the MFL Website (Beware, it is in French)

::HURRAY::HURRAY::HURRAY::

Interim Belts are No Fun... but Why Not?

So I was thinking last night as I usually do when struggling with the Sandman, and a thought came to me.  Miraculous, I know.  So here it is:

Why doesn't King Dana stretch out this whole Brock title defense fiasco??  I know that it isn't normal for a current champ to fight in a non-title fight, but since when is Dana conventional?

Here is what I think should happen because unfortunately, Brock always brings tons of PPV buys:

Brock "The Toolbox" Lesnar should come back in July as planned and Dana could bill it as

"Brock is Back"

Brock returns from his battle with death to face the winner of the Big Nog/ Velasquez fight.  Does he still have what it takes to dominate the heavyweight divison?? 

::I can see Dana rolling in the dough now::

Followed By a Title Defense in December:

"Brock is Back: Part Two"

Brock Won: Brock proved to us all that he has recovered from his "mystery illness" and was able to train and come back strong as ever.  He is now ready to face the Mir/Carwin winner.

(::cough::Carwin::cough::)

Brock Lost: Brock was unsuccessful in his post-illness debut, but let's chalk it up to Ring Rust, it affects the best of the best.  He was able to have a stronger training camp, and will come back a new and improved fighter.

Yes, I understand there are loopholes in my thinking (as there usually are, and as Josh was more than willing to point out-- Boo You for not agreeing with me) but I think King Dana would be able to make a lot of money if he listened to this idea. 

I mean, after Mir was out for 14 months they stripped him of his title and didnt' give him a title shot until 6 fights after his return.

So basically, Brock will have been out for 12 months, just 2 months shy of when they stripped Mir of his title, and that of course, is assuming he actually returns in July.

Ideally, they should strip Lesnar of his title and put it up for Grabs on March 27th, that way we could avoid the whole "interim title" bologna.  But since I know Dana won't do that to his cash cow, I don't think he should be able to defend his title right away either. 

In the end I guess it doesn't matter too much though, becuase when "The Toolbox" faces "The Engineer" we will be left wondering only one thing:

Does the UFC have a good return policy on used Toolboxes?

Slightly Dillusional, I think Yes.

Fastforward this fight 36 seconds and you would see...

rear naked choke.

::end::scene::

My daily Twitter check gave me a good ol' chuckle today. 

Tim Sylvia tweeted this morning:

Timsylviamma: If the ufc or strike force calls I will take any fight but I will not fight for peanuts.

about 12 hours ago from mobile web

hahahaha... yeah, that's a good one. 

I think Hell would freeze over before the UFC brought Sylvia back, and it is highly unlikely that Strikeforce would hire him.  Maybe for a one time wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am but that's it. 

Sylvia lost 2 of his last 3 fights in the UFC... he also lost 2 of his last 3 fights outside of the UFC.  Granted, one one to Fedor, and there is no shame in losing to Fedor, however, his other loss was a 9 second knock out to a 48 year old ex-boxer.  Way to go.

I think that Sylvia should stick to his Turkey Huntin' videos.

Back in the Day: Matt Hughes

Photo Courtesy Middle Easy


Hahahahaha... yeah, I would like to say that I am surprised that Hughes had a raging mullett, but I am not. 

From now on when he gets all "Matt-ty" (a.k.a. Douchey) I will think of this picture.

I've Got to Give Credit Where Credit is Due...

So here Josh comes waaaay out of left field.  Before Strikeforce on Saturday, Josh made a comment that after Lashley beat Simms he should fight Brett Rogers.  I dismissed it as Josh just talking because I kinda thought that Lashely would fight a few more nobodys before he got a shot at someone like Rogers.  But way to go Josh!  You nailed that one right on the head.

There is already chatter of this fight in the works...

Oh, and I talked to him about the possibility that Tim Sylvia and Wes Simms might fight in March.  He was also mildly underwhelmed by this matchup.  He even pointed out that with a week or two of training he would be willing to take on Tim Sylvia.

I say go for it!!!