This weekend was so packed with MMA fights that I lack the energy to go in depth into any one of them. Here are a few things that were great about the last three days:
Frank Shamrock beating up Phil Baroni. The fight of the weekend, hands down. With a messed up knee and no cardio training, Frank was unable to shoot in on Baroni, so he stood and traded punches with him (something Baroni said Frank was afraid to do). Not only that, but Shamrock nearly KOed the self-proclaimed “Knockout Artist” in R1, and again in R2 before choking him unconscious.
Baroni not tapping out. He tried to fight out of Frank’s rear naked choke, but instead took a nap. Great finish to a spectacular fight.
Frank Shamrock’s post-fight interview. Frank reminds everyone that he kicked Baroni’s ass with a bad knee and no cardio training. He also called Baroni his “dancing monkey” and said he never had a chance at winning. Frank Shamrock has got to be the most arrogant jerk in the history of MMA, and I love it.
Street fighter Kimbo Slice debuts.
And wins.
By guillotine choke.
OK, it was against a very tired looking 47-year-old Ray Mercer, but he still won. And to everyone’s surprise (including Mercer), Kimbo was willing to stand and box it out for a bit.
Boxers, do yourselves a favor and stick with head bobbing and big padded gloves. You’ll only embarrass yourself in a cage.
Gray Maynard DDTs himself into unconsciousness by trying to shoot in on Rob Emerson. Self-explanatory.
And also awesome.
Rob Emerson’s post-fight comments. “I’m not going to consider this a win. I’m going to consider this a no-contest.” Huh? You tapped out, and then lucked out since Maynard was unable to continue. How would anyone consider this a win?
Sweet, beautiful, fragrant justice as Lay-and-Pray specialist Manny Gamburyan gets injured trying to shoot in on Nate Diaz. Let’s hope his rehab lasts several years.
Nate Diaz disses UFC for not “respecting” his brother Nick. Too many things are funny about this statement to comment on.
BJ Penn snubs UFC and pimps his personal website. After dominating and choking out Jens Pulver in R2, Penn had this to say: “You want to know what BJ Penn is thinking? Go to BJPenn.com!”
With Dana White trying to fuck over any website that doesn’t have the URL www.ufc.com, it’s nice that someone was able to sneak in a quick plug and get some much-deserved self promotion.
