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Well that was really kind of Islam to give Moicano a couple minutes of standup for shits and giggles.

Chicago Bears are now the only NFC North team undefeated in 2025. Yes, I'm petty.

This crowd is dying for one of these wrestlers/grapplers to get knocked out, and it's just not happening. I'm sure they're going to love Jailton Almeida. I don't know where Kevin Holland expects to go at Middleweight. He just can't compete with those heavier grapplers.

LOL I pulled up the score and thought the game was almost over. It's not halftime yet.

Feel for Tsarukyan. Lightweight is a tough division to get a title shot, but unless you're Conor McGreggor - no one's spot in line gets held for them. Might end up having to face Justin Gaethje for another opportunity. Moicano stepping in feels like we're getting a Tony Ferguson/Khabib consolation prize. Even though everything about this screams Islam dominance, it feels like a very dangerous fight. Moicano has nothing to lose here and that's a scary Moicano. And they may say it's "1 day notice", but this dude is still physically peaking right now. He was prepped for a very tough fight against Dariush. He's not coming off the couch. It's compelling stuff. Still wouldn't bet against Islam though. No idea how the Merab vs. Umar fight goes. Can Merab pressure this guy like he does everyone else? I can't imagine so. So then what?

Awwww I wanted some good Sybil Danning trash recommendations. Bummer.

I quite enjoyed it. The entire concept is pretty wild, even by today's standards. It's not a particularly great Barbara Steele performance, but otherwise a solid gothic style horror.

My family loved the Sly Cooper games. I wish there were comics and cartoons of stuff from that universe. Really some of the most endearing characters in a video game.

Is there any strange touch up stuff with the Terminator movies? I'd read Cameron employed some peculiar tech to touch up movies like True Lies and The Abyss which make the actors have that AI generated rubbery-ness to it. I would probably be like you and just get Terminator 1 and 2 and leave the rest of the franchise as a distant memory. Just like how the first three Indiana Jones movies are the only ones.

What company is that? Looks like a french one. Was the movie called Cabal over there?

Side note, I did a little unboxing stream of my Black Friday Haul from Vinegar Syndrome. I watch trailers for most of the movies, and show off some of the packaging. I was really surprised at the quality of the Cinematographe releases. Might want to pick up more of those in the future. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2330912086

She was always too funny to be as dumb as people thought.

I've been playing Robocop Rogue City. I keep going back and forth on it. I've had a couple of exciting moments, but some of the mission mechanics are weak. Like investigating a crime amounts to walking around and scanning labled objects until you go to the next phase. And some clues are locked behind a skill tree. Like you can't open this safe without a level 6 skill. So it kind of takes the skill out of the players hand. Shooting galleries are kinda weird, because I generally don't see interactive objects, until I've already killed everyone and I loot their bodies. Oh there's a gas tank back here, wish I'd seen it... The open world has a great gritty appearance, but still feels lifeleas for a city. No traffic, no feeling that any npc has a life or a place to go. All that being said, I shot a bad guy and he backflipped and landed head first inside of a crate and it was hilarious.

"He's gonna lose that eye lid." -the doctor that stopped the fight. I thought Colby looked a lot more determined on the feet, and wasn't scared to eat shots from a knock out artists, just to get his takedown. Of course that is why his eye was getting exploded so...live by the sword die by the sword. That being said, Buckley's take down defense was pretty good, and more importantly he didn't get tired the couple of times he had to fight to hsi feet.. Conditioning really carried him through the grappling- it looked like he could've been okay for championship rounds. Buckley vs. Usman sounds good to me, but I can't tell if Usman is interested in doing anything.

HOL-LEE BALLS After nearly 3 rounds of tepid engagement, Dustin Jacoby threw a fucking fastball down the pike and Vitor Patrino took alllllll of it.

Well it was until the third round when Marcos decided to grapple more.

Marcos vs. Yanez is a high paced rock 'em sock 'em worth checking out.

I'm generally surprised at some betting lines seemingly based on just a competitor's last outing. Sure, Colby had a terrible showing against Leon Edwards. But he also had a looooong lay off, Leon had seemingly leveled up fighting Usman. To me that's just not enough data to make him an underdog against Buckley, even if Buckley's current streak has been fun. I think Colby looks healthy and motivated to angle himself into a potential interim title fight - if Belal's leg infection is actually still serious.

Years ago when my dad passed away, we rummaged through his hoard and I found a whole binder of my old cards. 1995 Fleer X-Men Ultras. I was reminded of how terrible some of the art was. Like this abomination of a Wolverine that was apparently done by Adam Kubert.

Today I played a new indie game called Bat to the Heavens. Your character can only jump by hitting objects, so the game is just a bunch of mechanics puzzles.. The game doesn't really tell you how to play, you learn by doing. The downside is that getting the movement right feels so freaking difficult that I was just dying for someone to just tell me what to do. Thankfully the art and music is super chill so I didn't throw my controller through a wall.

My goodness Chase Hooper really has grown into the hype that came with him at the start of his UFC career. I know it's an older Clay Guida, but Hooper looked smooth everywhere even on the feet. He'll probably still struggle against the higher end strikers in the division, but at least he's done the work to give himself a chance.

Lots of wacky stuff on this card as they stuff folks into these year end cards. Michael Chiesa on early prelims along with Chase Hooper vs. Clay Guida. I feel like I just watched Bryan Battle fight. Imagine putting Evloev and Aljo in the middle of the prelims and putting Kron Gracie on PPV after his last fight. I actually kind of like that we're getting Garry vs. Shavkat, 0's on the line, now - instead of after one of them fights Belal.

Been playing Crow Country on my Twitch stream. Just finished it today. It's an indie horror throwback to PS1 era blocky graphics(like Final Fantasy 7), but it's very much like playing classic Resident Evil. You play a character investigating an abandoned theme park. Certainly worth one's time if you want a quick 7-10 hour spooky game. Fun puzzles. More than a couple of jump scares. But not so overbearing that you feel anxiety the whole time. Recommend. Also about to finally beat Baldur's Gate 3. I've reached the point where I just want it to end. It's cool that there's sooooo much more in the game, and that I could probably play it again and have a very different experience, but I'm more than ready to beat this final boss and move on. Next game on my play list is Robocop. Kinda excited.

I thought this was clearly the case, because you can see Caleb gesturing to the line and waving over his helmet, which has become the universal sign language for "Hurry up and get me a goddamn play." And on the replay you can see that he basically looked at his receivers and was like "we're fucked, get open, I guess." Coaching staff hung the team out to dry. I mean who makes the call there, Eberflus or then-OC-now-Interim-Head-Coach Thomas Brown? It's a 2 minute drill, how do you not have a short list of options that you're ready to go to? Games on the line, be ready. But shouldn't be surprised. This is the same team that wouldn't script the first 15 plays on offense for the first five weeks, despite having a Rookie QB. I don't want to root for anyone to lose their job, but it was clear this wasn't working out last year. I don't know if Thomas Brown is the answer, but when he moved to OC, there was a marked difference in our performance. What a crazy three weeks for that guy regardless.

The kids don't need a Christmas I guess.