twiztor

Moraes is a bright spot in WSOF and has made it crystal clear that he wants to go to the UFC. Looking forward to see what he can do with the top guys.

i find it comical that Wilson Reis goes from (co-?)main eventing, to opening fight on the televised prelims. didn't even make the PPV portion. i mean, i understand why, but it's just an odd occurance.

i was hoping the "additional Barbara Gordon content" they were adding was some variation of the Batgirl Special issue that came out around the same time as the Killing Joke. alas, the above news is the worst possible thing they could've done, and makes me do a 180 in my support of this movie. hoping the Killling Joke portion of the story is good on its own and not ruined by the terrible choices which happen in the first half of the film. edit: just watched the film. the Killing Joke part is a pretty good adaptation. not without its faults, but enjoyable. the other part starts off fine but just crashes when the controversial part happens. Like, it kills the pacing and the mood and everything. Not a fan.

this was one of my first thoughts as well.

damn, each participant being a champion somewhere should be played up in the marketing. TUF 24: Gold Rush! would also make sense for the winner to get a title shot. doubly so because Mighty Mouse has cleaned out his division pretty handily. edit: i see that is already expected.

well it's releasing on iTunes after that i believe. and there's always YouTube

Rob Zombie and Korn was my first concert, in 1999. went for Korn, Rob Zombie was a bonus. by the end of the show, Rob Zombie was amazing and Korn was just ok. Just saw Rob Zombie like 2 months ago and he is still awesome.

so, why did nobody tell me that something this awesome was happening:

this one always comes to mind:

all i've read is "majority interest" also, but that both Fertittas and Dana White are keeping small portions. to me it feels like it's in that 60-70% range, although i have no facts to back that up.

yeah, i saw that earlier post. it was yellow on my tv, so it was a yellow mat. if it was gold in person, that's fine, but it sure didn't translate to me that way.

forgot to mention. i hated the yellow ring apron. i know it was a special occasion for ufc 200, but i really hope we don't see it again

watched this card today after being out of town all weekend. thoughts: Gomi, it is time to ride off into the sunset. you were a Pride legend but that was 10 years ago. it is time for Mousasi to be in title talks. give him a top 5 guy! Joe Lauzon vs Diego Sanchez. i expected a long fight. loved J-Lau's line about sacrificing his face to get a win. turns out, he didn't have to, as Diego just crumbled. Sage Northcutt showed off plenty of holes in his game but was able to overcome and get a win. it is beyond time for him to join a real MMA gym and develop into the fighter he has the potential to be. Dillashaw looked great and earned another crack at Cruz's BW title belt. Gastelum looked as good as i've ever seen him. Johny looked......not very good. he needs a change. i don't think he'd do so hot at MW, so i don't know what, but this WW stint has seen better days. awesome fight between Cat and Pena. i really thought Cat would smash her, but that surely didn't happen. i wonder if the Rousey loss is still effecting her? she's on the older side for fighters, so she's running out of time to put a string together. Cain gonna Cain. he's just a bear that mauls any and everybody. i had Aldo winning over Edgar 48-47, but there wasn't a whole lot of things going on there. Edgar pressed the action the entire time, so i wouldn't discourage anyone who scored it that way. I actually wondered out loud if Joe Rogan was watching the same fight, since he was sure Aldo had it in the bag. Aldo has always been a favorite of mine, but man do i wish he was as dynamic as he used to be. since joining the UFC, he's only finished 2 of 8 fights. compare that to his WEC run, where only one fight in 7 went the distance. DC suffocating Anderson Silva for 15 minutes was terrible, but all of the enjoyment i got out of it was the fans booing DC for everything. He always looks so perplexed that he gets booed that it makes me laugh. when he finally embraces his inner heel, that will be a great time to watch. Lesnar pulling out a win over Hunt made my night. he was able to use his reach, avoid the big punches, and get the much-needed takedowns. i was engrossed the entire time, even tho Lesnar's striking is garbage. What a spectacle. Miesha Tate losing her title to Amanda Nunes was disappointing. Tate is my favorite female fighter. i didn't watch the weigh-ins, so didn't know anything about her issues. i remarked during the walk out that she looked pretty shook up. The first couple punches Tate threw were slow and atrocious. once Nunes landed the first two shots i knew it was only a matter of time. overall a fun if slow-paced card. Especially since it looked just killer on paper. such is life.

finally got to watch the main card of this event. damn! what an event. look forward to seeing Muhammad again, dude took a beating but just wouldn't stop. Lewis/Nelson was something all right. thought for sure Nelson won with takedowns, but was pleasantly surprised to see that wasn't the case. RDA/Alvarez knocked ME for a loop. always respected Alvarez, but his UFC career hasn't looked the best so i didn't give him much chance here. well, he certainly showed me. and in dramatic fashion, too. awesome fight and awesome win.

only watched the title fight and the Brooks-Pearson match. i had Brooks winning the fight, but not a particularly great fight to begin a UFC run with. Joanna Champion was just fantastic. i was worried early on, but once she took over, she never let off. Just a dominating final three rounds.

i'm not really sure. we've got 2 theaters in town, one locally owned and the other an AMC (which seems to be where the Killing Joke screenings are taking place). i'm honestly not that worried about it, a friend mentioned it and i got excited, only to be let down after checking the website. the movie comes out on video like a week later, so i can hold off the extra 7 days.

i was living in a much smaller town when Mask of the Phantasm came out, and thus, never got to see that one in theater either. amazing movie tho, in my top 2 for Batman films. maybe a theatrical animated Batman just isn't in the cards for me.

not sure if this belongs here or not, but Batman: The Killing Joke is getting a theatrical release (they just added over 300 more screens). Unfortunately, the nearest one is over a 2 hour drive away. guess i'll be waiting for dvd.

so, on the off chance the "B" sample test comes back clean, does Jones get his fight back? if so, that's a hell of a lot of added unnecessary stress. if not, then he just lost out on a multi-million dollar payday for nothing. lose/lose situation.

i've never really understood only showing up for the main card. it's like, you paid for tickets to see the event, but you're only going to show up for less than 1/2 of it? you may as well get your money's worth and watch the entire thing, even if the guys on the prelims aren't known to you (which shouldn't be an issue with this card!)

this show was amazing. probably my favorite concert i've ever been to. i loved it so much, i'm going to the encore show today. yep. same band, same city, same venue, and i'm totally seeing it again. i am no less excited than i was before Friday's show.

that whole meaningless angle was fantastic. he did the diagram bit a few times, always messing it up, he cut promos saying he's "really learned how to do it, for real this time" and still messed it up, he'd brag about how he trained all weekend perfecting it, and it would still cost him the match when he'd bungle it. a legit highlight on those weekend cards.

just got tickets for Guns N Roses for this Friday in Chicago. i was avoiding this tour due to Axl being previously unreliable, plus the absence of Izzy Stradlin. However, someone cancelled on a friend and he offered one to me. Holy shit, i cannot believe how goddamned excited i am for this show. P.S. i sent a tweet to Izzy and asked him to make an appearance, then sent Axl and Duff each one and told them to invite Izzy. i know it's a long shot, but fingers crossed since he lives in Indiana

holy shit that thing IS huge (are we not doing phrasing anymore?!)

fuck Hulk Hogan forever for (at least as far as i'm concerned) forcing Macho Man to hand over the title not once, but TWICE a single day after winning it.