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I didn't root for the Nazis per se (because I'm black and that would be weird), but Todd helping a blindfolded Lydia out of Declan's makeshift meth lab was just precious.
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WON Awards:
Wrestler Of The Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi
MMA Most Valuable Fighter: Georges St. Pierre
Most Outstanding Wrestler: Hiroshi Tanahashi
Best Box Office Draw: Georges St. Pierre
Feud of the Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
Tag Team of the Year: The Shield (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns)
Most Improved: Roman Reigns
Best on Interviews: Paul Heyman
Most Charismatic: Hiroshi Tanahashi
Best Technical Wrestler: Daniel Bryan
Bruiser Brody Memorial Award (Best Brawler): Katsuyori Shibata
Best Flying Wrestler: Kota Ibushi
Most Overrated: Randy Orton
Most Underrated: Antonio Cesaro
Promotion of the Year: New Japan Pro Wrestling
Best Weekly Television Show: WWE NXT
Most Outstanding Fighter (formerly Shootfighter of the Year): Cain Velasquez
Match Of The Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 4/7
Fight of the Year: Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez
Rookie of the Year: Yohei Komatsu
Best Non-Wrestler: Paul Heyman
Best Television Announcer: William Regal
Worst Television Announcer: Taz
Best Major Show: New Japan G-1 Day 4
Worst Major Wrestling Show: WWE Battleground
Best Wrestling Maneuver: Rainmaker - Kazuchika Okada
Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: WWE exploiting the death of Bill Moody (Paul Bearer)
Worst Television Show: TNA iMPACT!
Worst Worked Match Of The Year: Divas Tag Match (Survivor Series)
Worst Feud of the Year: Big Show vs. The Authority
Worst Promotion Of The Year: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Best Booker: Jado and Gedo
Promoter of the Year: Dana White
Best Gimmick: The Wyatt Family
Worst Gimmick: Aces & Eights
Best Pro Wrestling Book: Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs
Best Pro Wrestling DVD: Jim Crockett Promotions: The Good Old Days
surprised Velasquez was Most Outstanding Fighter.
Doesn't make sense to me either. Velasquez beat two guys he already dominated a year prior. Weidman beat arguably the best fighter in the history of the sport TWICE.
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Boxing: Dead Since 1921
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Personally, I wouldn't care if they had a price tag hanging off the side. They served their purpose.
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UFC on Fox 10: Henderson vs. Thomson
January 25, 2014
Chicago, IL (United Center)
Benson Henderson (156) vs. Josh Thomson (155) - Henderson, DEC (split)
Stipe Miocic (245) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (258) - Miocic, DEC (unanimous)
Donald Cerrone (155) vs. Adriano Martins (155) - Cerrone, KO (head kick), R1 (4:40)
Darren Elkins (145) vs. Jeremy Stephens (146) - Stephens, DEC (unanimous)
Fox Sports 1 Preliminary Card:
Alex Caceres (135) vs. Sergio Pettis (135) - Caceres, SUB (rear naked choke), R3 (4:39)
Eddie Wineland (135) vs. Yves Jabouin (135) - Wineland, TKO (punches), R2 (4:16)
Chico Camus (135) vs. Yaotzin Meza (135) - Camus, DEC (unanimous)
Junior Hernandez (136) vs. Hugo Viana (136) - Viana, DEC (unanimous)
Daron Cruickshank (155) vs. Mike Rio (155) - Cruickshank, TKO (strikes), R2 (4:56)
George Sullivan (170) vs. Mike Rhodes (171) - Sullivan, DEC (unanimous)
Fight Pass Preliminary Card:
Walt Harris (241) vs. Nikita Krylov (218) - Krylov, TKO (head kick and punches), (0:25)
Event Bonuses ($50,000) :
Knockout of the Night: Donald Cerrone
Submission of the Night: Alex Caceres
Fight of the Night: Alex Caceres vs. Sergio Pettis
Attendance: 10,895
Gate: $863,655
Rating: 1.9 (3.2 million viewers)
Cancelled Bouts:
Jared Rosholt vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk - Injury to Oliynyk
Pascal Krauss vs. Adam Khaliev - Bout Nixed
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CHRIS WEIDMAN KNOCKOUT OVER ANDERSON SILVA is your 2013 Them's Fightin' Words Knockout of the Year
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ANTHONY PETTIS' ARMBAR SUBMISSION OVER BEN HENDERSON is your 2013 Them's Fightin' Words Submission of the Year
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For clarity:
Bjorn Rebney announces Bellator 110 will take place on February 28th at Mohegan Sun. Rampage/M'Pumbu and Lawal/Zayats - LHW Tournament
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Something about the trailers and TV spots doesn't excite me at all. It just looks like a pedestrian movie, but with an all-star cast. At least with American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street, the impetus for the movie goer was much more obvious. With Grudge Match, you had Rocky Balboa vs. Jake LaMotta plus the hottest comedian today. The Monuments Men is a bunch old dudes and sorta old Matt Damon go look for some lost art the Nazis stole or something and Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
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Right now, Kiper has Ha Ha Clinton-Dix going to Dallas. I wouldn't even know what to do with myself if it happened especially after all the garbage the Cowboys have drafted for safety depth. Not a complete game changer because Dallas is leaky in other spots on D, but a good safety has been the goddamn white whale. People thought Owusu-Ansah was a nice late round pickup. He spent most of his time in Dallas on IR. They drafted Matt Johnson. His whole career has been spent on IR. Wilcox has been okay but having to split snaps with Heath has made him worse almost. Plus, Wilcox getting hurt is the reason why Heath was playing. Having Barry Church and Jeff Heath (both undrafted) start would be an eyesore for any lineup.
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One thing I don't understand. The trailer keeps showing the same line over and over. "YOU'RE WHITE YOU'RE WHITE YOU DON'T FIGHT"
What does that mean? White people don't get into fights? Since when?
This is glorious.
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Jesus, the UFC has been doing this Bisping routine (3-4 non-top 10 guys for a win, top 10 guy for a loss) for 6 years now.
They have Kennedy at 9, meaning he is #10.
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It's never enough!
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The first one ended with Saddam in power going about his usual genocide.Nope, you were proven wrong.
The second ended with America's reputation obliterated worldwide, your finances decimated and put you in a recession that you haven't recovered from. Who won?
Your mom.
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Nope, you were proven wrong.
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No one gives a fuck about what you think, though. We won.
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The Gulf War. You can ask Saddam about that one. Oh wait, he dead.
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He would totally be in the nWo Wolfpack. They're still relevant, right?
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Remember when Sherman was a bitch, got told he would get punched in the face, got punched in the face and dicktucked? You guys and your terrible opinions...
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I don't really watch football at all. The only Seahawks I knew before today's game were Russell Wilson, Pete Carroll and Marshawn Lynch -- and that's stretching it. But Richard Sherman is my new favorite athlete. That was so friggin' great. Sports radio is going to be so aggravating the next few days with all of the pundits getting all moralistic or whatever. I hope he keeps this up and talks all sorts of smack on Peyton Manning and whoever is the good WR on the Broncos.
BTW, did everyone see this? It's Richard Sherman on the level of hell that is an ESPN talk show co-hosted by Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless. It's number one and the best. "I'm better at you at life."
Guys, watch how hard SAS hits the "I Dream of Jeannie" blink when Richard tells Skip he is better than him at life. He had an out of body experience right there.
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Now, I HAVE TO root for the Seahawks because of Richard Sherman.
That and this:
Matt Connolly @HeyMattConnolly 20m
"WHEN YOU TRY ME WITH A SORRY GENERAL LIKE HOOD, THAT'S THE RESULT YOU'RE GONNA GET" -William Sherman
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...(Robocop isn't really a date movie)...
Fuck that noise.
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There is a reason I've omitted those three. First off, the only thing really Aguilar was asked in interviews prior to her fight with this old lady who had no chance was about not signing with the UFC. You think that's going to stop? The UFC signed most of her competition, if not all of the fighters anyone who gives a damn about women's MMA cares to see her against. Unless they plan on doing all the shows in the Broward County and Dade County areas, no one is going to get behind mismatches like she had last night.
With Gaethje and Karakhanyan, I don't see them in WSOF in a year without ironclad contracts. The same goes for Moraes. Even with those, who are they going to put them against? You saw the sad state of affairs when Bollinger and Nam fought. You can make fights with talent that's treading water until they jump ship, but that doesn't mean anyone wants to see those fights.
In the case of Anthony Johnson, it appears (at least according to Helwani) that Glenn Robinson wants Johnson to reup his deal with WSOF and the money problem is no longer an issue. The UFC doesn't want any part of Newell right now. Those are the only two assets, if Johnson decides to come back, I see sticking around for awhile.
2013 Them's Fightin' Words Awards: Fighter of the Year
in BOXING & MMA
Posted
CHRIS WEIDMAN
Wins: KO2 ANDERSON SILVA (July 6, 2013), TKO2 ANDERSON SILVA (December 28, 2013)
Chris Weidman spent the better part of a year between fights before getting a crack at his division's crown jewel. A torn labrum put the Long Island native out of commission and his title hopes on the shelf. In addition, Hurricane Sandy ravaged his home and left the undefeated fighter in a rough financial position. Weidman faced some condemnation in his run up to UFC 162. His record did not feature a murderer's row of other contenders or familiar faces of the past like Yushin Okami, Nate Marquardt, or Dan Henderson. Perhaps the most impressive win in retrospect besides current welterweight Demian Maia would have been now TUF alum Uriah Hall.
Nevertheless, Weidman charged into his UFC 162 performance as if he was the long awaited number one contender all along. Weidman's confidence and poise in his shocking second round knockout over Anderson Silva showed he was the rightful heir to the middleweight throne. It was much more than a return to normalcy. The antics and overall experience of the longtime champion were not enough to guide him to another stellar title defense. Weidman fought a brilliant tactical fight with few errors and took advantage of Silva's most critical mistake.
Weidman continued to show growth in his maturation as an elite fighter in the return match with "The Spider" at UFC 168. Matching wits with Anderson had not yielded great results for other fighters, but Weidman's fight IQ allowed him to win both fights. Silva had prepared mostly in LA while Weidman prepped with his training partners in Long Island and New Jersey for any possible adjustments. One adjustment Weidman did make that paid dividends was checking leg kicks. Silva's leg kicks had proven to be a big transition for his other attacks, and Weidman successfully countered to take another victory over the man who once sat atop of the pound-for-pound list.
CAIN VELASQUEZ
Wins: DEC5 Junior Dos Santos (December 30, 2012), TKO1 Antonio Silva (May 25, 2013), TKO5 Junior Dos Santos (October 19, 2013)
The UFC heavyweight division has been an odd duck for a number of years. A more specific timeframe would be since spring of 2007. With the purchase of PRIDE in 2007 and a number of their fighters heading to greener pastures, the UFC seemed to be in full control of their manifest destiny. MMA fans began fantasy booking the UFC's remaining slate for the next several months as well as proposed PRIDE tournaments. Much to the chagrin of the fanbase of the two MMA promotional titans, talent began to scatter in several directions. K-1 Hero's/FEG pulled up and passed Dream Stage Entertainment in the race for Japan while later doomed companies like Strikeforce, Affliction, and EliteXC ate up contract-after-contract. Free agency had never been so sweet for the sport.
Fast forwarding to the spring of 2012, free agency had become a much different term in the sport. Fedor Emelianenko, the most glaring omission from the UFC's buyout years earlier, was on the eve of retirement. In the time since, Zuffa had failed to nab the services of the stoic gentleman from Stary Oskol. Fedor had taken his losses and was no longer an invincible force. His retirement was escalated by the fact M-1 no longer had a different and diverse platform for the former PRIDE heavyweight champion. Fedor had went from performing on shows with Takada hitting percussion in diapers to events with Megadeth three song medleys serving as intermissions. Fedor had been adapt at being the lone star in the small ponds, but was not as big a factor in the expanision of the sport across the globe since April 2007.
The UFC had been making moves though. UFC 70, the show where the entire heavweight landscape changed with a kick to the head, was the first UFC show overseas in a good bit. Five years later, the UFC was in the midst of their expansion to increase their Latino and Brazilian fanbase. An average UFC PPV show now in Las Vegas has a bigger Brazilian atmosphere than a Gracie vs. Luta Livre show in 1992. Part of the expansion can be attributed to their two heavyweight stalwarts, Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos.
After quickly toppling Velasquez in November 2011 on the first ever UFC on Fox show, Dos Santos fell prey to a much healthier fighter in their UFC 155 rematch. Velasquez beat the Brazilian from pillar to post without much resistance. Much like the first matchup, both fighters were not up to snuff when they stepped into the cage. Dos Santos was dealing with health issues and a rocky marital split. At UFC 160, the two heavyweight behemoths grabbed two decisive wins to put them both on the collision course again. Not to the surprise of anyone, a trilogy was in order to decide the true successor to the Fedor era.
The American Kickboxing Academy product wasted no time in putting a stamp on the action by beginning the rubber match much like the second bout. Dos Santos, now with longtime coach Yuri Carlton finally in his corner on fight night, spent much of his time on the defensive. What was so impressive about Velasquez's performances in fights two and three was Dos Santos had never been a shrinking violet in his career, but Velasquez made the much more offensive minded fighter into a passive and timid participant. While "Cigano" surely got his licks in and busted Velasquez up at points, the third bout was never really up in the air outside of a puncher's chance. Velasquez secured the win and his spot in the pantheon of elite fighters.
OTHER NOMINEES:
H/T Patrick L. Stumburg (http://www.mmamania.com/2014/1/1/5240400/ufc-mma-top-5-fighters-2013-pettis-barao-lawler-belfort-johnson)
ANTHONY PETTIS
Wins: TKO1 DONALD CERRONE (January 26, 2013), SUB1 BENSON HENDERSON (August 31, 2013)
DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON
Wins: DEC5 JOHN DODSON (January 26, 2013), SUB5 JOHN MORAGA (July 27, 2013), KO1 JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ (December 14, 2013)
RENAN BARAO
Wins: SUB4 MICHAEL MCDONALD (February 16, 2013), TKO2 EDDIE WINELAND (September 21, 2013)
ROBBIE LAWLER
Wins: TKO1 JOSH KOSCHECK (February 23, 2013), KO2 BOBBY VOELKER (July 27, 2013), DEC3 RORY MACDONALD (November 16, 2013)