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Bunk!! Antonio Silva off the card with injury...replaced by Tim Persey...
I'll still be locked into both events...
2 events this weekend...
K-1 HERO'S / ELITE XC: SATURDAY JUNE 2, 2007 ON PPV & SHOWTIME
venue: L.A. Coliseum in Los Angeles, California
Fights that will air on Showtime from 9:00 PM Eastern Time to 10:00 PM Eastern Time (free for Showtime subscribers):
-Jake Shields (#9 WW) vs. Ido Pariente
-Tim Persey vs. Jonathan Wiezorek (Antonio Silva out with an injury)
-Gesias "JZ" Calvancanti vs. Nam Phan (if enough time)
Fights that will air on pay-per-view from 10:00 PM Eastern Time to 1:00 AM Eastern Time:
-Brock Lesnar vs. Min Soo Kim
-Royce Gracie vs. Kazushi Sakuraba [pending Sakuraba's medical clearance]
-Melvin Manhoef vs. Yoon Dong Sik
-"Mighty" Mo Siliga vs. Choi Mu Bae
-Johnnie Morton vs. Bernard Ackah
Fights that will take place before the live Showtime & PPV broadcasts:
-Hideo Tokoro vs. Brad "One Punch" Pickett
-Katsuhiko Nagata vs. Isaiah Hill
-Gesias "JZ" Calvancanti vs. Nam Phan [may air on Showtime broadcast if time allows]
I'm surprised that Royce vs Sak isn't the headliner, especially with Lesnar's opponent changing.
Shields and Silva are excellent fighters. Curious to see what ex-NFL WR Johnny Morton can do with just a few months of training. Manhoef is a beast.
I wish they were airing Brad Pickett's fight.
Brock Lesnar's new opponent...is not very good...
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=7663
Article on Lesnar
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=7703
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WEC: SUNDAY JUNE 3, 2007 ON VERSUS NETWORK
venue: Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada
8:00-10:00 CT live on Vs channel
http://www.versus.com/nw/article/vie...=true&catID=76
-Urijah Faber vs. Chance Farrar
-Mark Hominick vs. Rani Yahira
-John Alessio vs. Alex Serdyukov
-Brock Larson vs. Kevin Knabjian
-Mike French vs. Jeff Bedard
-Cub Swanson vs. Micah Miller
-Alex Karalexis vs. Josh Smith
-Craig Zellner vs. Brian Stann
-Charlie Valencia vs. Brian Bowles
Finally get to see Faber fight live...
Last edited by LEONARD; 06-01-2007 at 12:13 PM.
Bunk!! Antonio Silva off the card with injury...replaced by Tim Persey...
I'll still be locked into both events...
I'm fired up about seeing Manhoef too...
Sakuraba video interview
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1190
K-1 preview
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=7745
Johnny Morton has "A few months of kickboxing training"...not a good sign. he looks bigger than I expected though...his abs look about like mine
Weigh-in pics...
http://www.sherdog.com/news/pictures.asp?n_id=7741
WEC fighters Faber and Larson on The Beatdown
http://www.sherdog.com/news/radio.asp?id=203
WEC commercials
“Doesn’t Matter” with “Razor” Rob McCullough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY4uQxo2U1A
“The Plan” with Carlos Condit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DigsjVN8hE
“Outlast” with Alex Karalexis (hard to take him seriously really)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ0bRS0a7a0
“Rhino” with Doug “Rhino” Marshall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VyIosL4QX0
“It’s On” featuring a montage of several WEC fighters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ53vBxv8Ag
Is that the same Johnnie Morton on the Chiefs?
Royce v Sakuraba
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance...shi-sakuraba-2
Lesnar v Kim
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance...in-soo-k1-dyna
That was one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen. Any chance of him getting a real opponent in the future?
Excellent card by the WEC. Some great fights and UFC-type production value. I didn't know Mir was doing color, but I thought he did well with the in-fight stuff (yea, he talks a little too much but he knows his stuff). Seems a little "stiff" in the interviews...and he still cheese's for the camera too much!!
6 fights in 2 hrs...further proof that for the most part, it's BS that we get 3 fights and 1 hr of BS on most UFN's on e...
Faber vs Kid has to happen before too long...
and add 2 more MMA shows to the Tivo series recording list...
"WEC WrekCage" - kinda like UFC Unleased on e...past WEC fights are shown (1 hr show)
"Tapout" - reality show with the 3 Tapout guys...weird / funny guys. They're connected though...
What a failed event by K-1...unbelievable how bad it was...
LMAO...here's a good summary.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25...ucked-balls-hq
Royce vs Sak didn't live up to the hype of course...and the fans boo'd...
Lesnar's opponent had NOTHING. Have to wait and see on him when he gets a better matchup. He CAN make HW in the UFC (weighed in at 262)...
I thought Johnnie Morton was dead...seriously. I can't remember the last time I saw a guy out cold for as long as Morton was. He was out longer than Sean Salmon. And to add insult to injury, he's been suspended for refusing to take a post fight drug test. Bye bye $100k purse (can you say overpaid??)
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=7753
7 of 10 fights lasted less than 3 min's...
Negatives:
Uncompe ive fights
An annoying "DJ" intro'ing the fighters..."Give it up for RRRRRRRRRRRoyce Gracie!!!"
It was 40 min's into the PPV before the 1st fight started (WAY too much BS before the event)
Annoying trumpet guy
Intro's for each fighter took too long since they had to enter from the TOP OF THE STADIUM
Dennis Rodman...twice
Goldberg is a whippin'
Morton leaves on a stretcher
Terrible venue for fights...too spread out...empty space and seats everywhere you look.
Positives:
Mauro...although you know he's thinking WTF when he's trying to sound genuinely pumped up about what he's seeing
Jay Glazier is tolerable
Manhoef fight was entertaining (Pickett's fight was decent)
I don't think we'll be seeing another K-1 show in the US...
Shields
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25...svsidopariente
Calvancanti vs Nam Phan
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25...cantivsnamphan
Manhoef vs Sik
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x26...-yoon-dong-sik
yes...where have you been??
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25...sjohnniemorton
Last edited by LEONARD; 06-04-2007 at 08:43 AM.
Minute by minute by Sherdog...funny!
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=7767
Presuming he's still alive, William Safire would be forced to agree: the more exclamation points an event has, the more exciting it promises to be.
K-1's "Dynamite!! USA" extravaganza made a valiant effort in punctuation, but the end result was something that may go down as the most schizophrenic, culturally confused fiasco in the sport's short history. (And I say this with full knowledge of both World Extreme Catfighting and that one Japanese event that had the handicapped fighting full contact.)
9:00 p.m. The show opens with a one-hour Showtime broadcast of three undercard bouts. K-1 has booked the mammoth Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the proceedings, which is roughly as optimistic as dating Madonna and not bothering with antibiotics.
9:01 p.m. The shapely ring girls make a valiant effort to dance in sync with Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," a song that doesn't exactly promote lurid movement of the hips.
9:02 p.m. The camera dares to pan over for a crowd shot, which is predictably sparse. Journalist Dave Meltzer estimates a crowd of 8,000 at the outset, though K-1 mouthpieces had previously claimed a paid attendance of 40,000.
Only if they're all pregnant. With twins.
9:03 p.m. "Yo, yo, yo, and away we go," bleats play-by-play announcer Mauro Renallo, immediately reminding everyone why he's best left to broadcasting from abandoned warehouses with no electricity.
9:05 p.m. Renallo refers to the crowd as an "ocean of humanity." More like a puddle.
9:08 p.m. Jonathan Wiezorek (Pictures) makes his way to the outdoor ring, squinting against the sun. A graphics box onscreen lists one of his "Keys to Victory" as "Use Intelligence." Really substantial advice there.
9:09 p.m. Tim "Big Perm" Persey continues the proud tradition of terrible MMA nicknames. Pre-fight, Persey seems positively giddy about getting punched in the face. His Key to Victory? "Find His Nasty Side Early."
9:17 p.m. After introductions, Persey and Wiezorek finally lock up. Wiezorek lands some knees to Persey's happy sack, which prompts the genial Big Perm to finally find that nasty; after a break to recoup, he drops Wiezorek.
9:20 p.m. The plodding first round is over. The pace is about what you'd expect from two heavyset men in 80-degree weather.
9:22 p.m. Wiezorek has back mount and proceeds to pummel Persey for the stoppage.
"Where are you right now?" the physician asks him. Persey eyes the thin crowd. "A Raiders game?" he offers. They let him up.
9:28 p.m. Phil Baroni (Pictures) is interviewed to hype up his pending showdown with Frank Shamrock (Pictures), who will be "weighed, measured, and found lacking," much like a run of bad deli meat.
9:31 p.m. A clip of JZ Calvancanti's pithy win over Nam Phan (Pictures) is shown. This might be the first time a 26-second fight has been edited down.
9:35 p.m. Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon, Jr. channels his inner Snoop Dogg and introduces "Jake Shizzizelds." I'm about to lose my lizzunch.
9:41 p.m. Shields runs a clinic on Ido Pariente (Pictures), HMO-style: quick and merciless.
9:43 p.m. Shields is handed a very phallic-looking trophy, courtesy of K-1 parent company FEG. I chuckle and grab for a pen. A friend preemptively tells me to "grow up."
9:47 p.m. The Showtime broadcast ends by imploring viewers to order the pay-per-view. I sigh and reach for the Zantac.
10:02 p.m. The pay-per-view feed begins. We catch our first glimpse of DJ Hapa, a record-spinning stooge hired by K-1 to pander to American stereotypes. "Make some nooooise," he suggests, then threatens to "be with you all night."
10:03 p.m. Ever the masochist, I Google Hapa. The first returned link is a message board thread labeled "DJ Dork. His résumé includes the crucial ability to bring a "chill vibe" to proceedings; additionally, he's the DJ for the KTLA Morning News. Don't worry: I'm sure he "slows things down" whenever there's a mass shooting.
10:03 p.m. DJ Hapa implores the crowd to "make some nooooise" for the third time, then directs the crowd's attention to the West Tunnel. I wonder if there's going to be a fire drill.
10:04 p.m. Four minutes in and I'm already numb to the sheer inanity on display. It can't possibly get any worse. Dennis Rodman just walked in.
10:05 p.m. Rodman is carrying a torch. Fun fact: Rodman offered to bang a giant drum in a diaper, but K-1 turned him down.
10:07 p.m. The torch is now in the hands of Mu Bae Choi (Pictures), who jogs around the arena. I think the Japanese imagined this pomp with more cir stance, or vice versa.
10:08 p.m. Hong-Man Choi ascends the steps to light the Olympic Torch; he's startled when it pops, not unlike King Kong with the flashbulbs.
10:09 p.m. 1994 recording sensations All 4 One make an appearance to sing the national anthem. You might recall their hit single, "I Swear." And if you do, I sincerely hope you have a vagina.
10:14 p.m. The opening ceremonies begin. Men are jumping on pogo sticks, a musician is blaring a horn, there's fire, and Brazilian Carnival showgirls are gyrating. I think I might be getting a contact high just from watching this.
10:16 p.m. In the most random comment of the night, DJ Hapa declares that the Brad Pickett (Pictures)/Hidehiko Tokoro fight will have a "time limitation." Wha-what?
10:19 p.m. The fighter introductions begin. Hapa channels Bill Wallace circa 1993 by pronouncing "Royce" with a hard "R." The crowd goes nuts for both Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba (Pictures) …
10:20 p.m. … but there's virtually no reaction at all for "Brack" Lesnar.
10:21 p.m. Rodman is formally introduced and motions that he needs a microphone. In the first decent production decision of the evening, no one gives it to him.
10:22 p.m. Crap, he found one. "UFC, no," Rodman shouts. "We is talking about K-1."
10:23 p.m. "I is talking about a raise," I tell Josh Gross.
10:24 p.m. While Renallo and color commentator Bill Goldberg discourse, DJ Hapa is yapping in the background, drowning them out. Not for nothing, but the Marquis de Sade put on better productions in mental hospitals.
10:26 p.m. Quinton Jackson (Pictures) is spotted wearing the UFC belt. I hope he isn't going to pull a Tim Sylvia (Pictures) and wear the damn thing everywhere.
10:26 p.m. Renallo says Jackson is in the "hizzouse." He's immediately punched in the face.
10:27 p.m. Thirty minutes in and someone finally remembers they have fights to stage. Former NFL Receiver Johnnie Morton (Pictures) will make his MMA debut against comedian Bernard Ackah (Pictures).
10:32 p.m. Ackah enters the arena and boards a motorized cart that takes him ringside. What, no elephants to ride?
10:34 p.m. Morton enters and boards his own cart. Forcing a fighter to stand still on these things while their adrenaline is sky-high is a different and special kind of stupid.
10:38 p.m. The bell rings. Morton looks like a spaz out there, unloading a flurry that catches nothing but air. There's no restraint, no polish. Morton tries a takedown, but can't cinch it.
10:39 p.m. Morton wades into the pocket without keeping his hands up and is knocked out cold. He's actually snoring. Thirty seconds goes by and he's still not moving. It'll be another two minutes before he even opens his eyes.
10:43 p.m. Morton is carried out on a stretcher and sports a neck brace. The scene is morbid as all and endorses the idea that trained fighters are another breed.
10:44 p.m. K-1 officials attempt to usher a Christian and a lion out to the ring; they appear confused when the Commission intervenes.
11:02 p.m. Professional late replacement Ruben "Warpath" Villareal and Mighty Mo lock up. Mo lands some heavy leather just 93 seconds in, crumpling Villareal in the least shocking moment of the night.
11:07 p.m. Dong Sik Yoon (Pictures) attempts to satiate his South Korean supporters by challenging Melvin Manhoef (Pictures). Manhoef is early-era Wanderlei Silva (Pictures), an absolutely vicious striker.
11:17 p.m. Manhoef comes out like a natural disaster, swarming Yoon with leather. Had it landed, one glancing high kick would've made Yoon forget the alphabet.
11:18 p.m. Yoon contains Manhoef in his guard, but only briefly. The ring ropes appear to be made of silly string, with far too much give to them. In other words, even the inanimate objects are screwing up.
11:22 p.m. Round one is over, and it was likely the best of the night: high-intensity grappling, strikes, and the fighters bouncing around the ring like pinballs. Yoon seems no worse for the wear despite having spent five minutes in the ring with a homicidal maniac.
11:26 p.m. Yoon gets the textbook armbar for the win.
11:32 p.m. Hideo Tokoro (Pictures) and Brad Pickett (Pictures) are coming up. Under time restriction, mind you.
11:38 p.m. DJ Hapa, who has inexplicably not been met with an assassin's bullet yet, implores a listless crowd to boo. "The fighters like that. It gets them riled up."
11:45 p.m. Jeff Sherwood hires DJ Hapa for his birthday party. "It's just so we can drown him in the pool," Jeff confides in me. I promise to be a character witness.
11:48 p.m. After a scramble, Tokoro submits Pickett with an armbar.
11:55 p.m. The hype for Sakuraba-Gracie begins. I have mixed feelings on the return engagement. Their first bout was epic stuff, but the ensuing seven years have been unkind to Saku, who has the all the freedom of movement of a marionette. This is going to be a very diluted sequel, "Jaws II" style.
12:00 a.m. DJ Hapa introduces Gracie with yet another hard "R." At no point in the last two hours did anyone go up to him to correct his first mistake.
12:06 a.m. As Sakuraba enters, Glazer brings up the Ali-Frazier comparisons. Who was the DJ for that one again? I forget.
12:11 a.m. The creaky legends lock up for a second time. Gracie works his patented push kick to Saku's lead thigh. As Royce rushes in, Saku lands a right hand that drops Royce. Working from an open guard, Royce lands a few flush punches to Saku's face. Saku locks up an ankle, but before he can fall back for anything, Royce discourages him with some up-kicks.
12:12 a.m. Gracie butt-scoots and lands several kicks to Saku's legs. Hapa eggs on boos from fans, inciting them to "tell them how you feel" in the middle of the fight. What a complete pros ution of the sport. I can only hope he mistakes his Gatorade Cool Blue with some antifreeze.
12:14 a.m. A familiar sight: Saku locks up a standing Kimura on Royce.
12:15 a.m. Round one ends. A very, very even contest. Royce was dropped, but he landed far more strikes. A 9-9 round is impossible without a point deduction, but this is what one would look like. Forced to score 10-9, you have to acknowledge Saku clocking him.
12:18 a.m. Midway through round two and we have yet to hear from DJ Hapa. In Saku's corner, Chute Boxe captain Rudimar Fedrigo absent-mindedly picks a bloody tooth off of his jacket. Either that, or my subconscious is just trying to cope.
12:21 a.m. Round two ends. Very little action with lots of tie-ups. Royce threw several knees to Saku's thighs; a Chute Boxe-inspired clinch was a stalemate, with Royce landing body shots to counter knees. Saku is completely disinterested in engaging. 10-9 Gracie, but nothing to be proud of.
12:27 a.m. Fight's over. Round three was a snooze, save for Gracie trying a Kimura from his guard. Going by Sherdog.com rules, which play a little like Calvinball, I'd have deducted a point from each man in each round for passivity and declare it a draw. Mario Yamasaki was far too lenient in not breaking up their repeated clinch.
Adhering to CSAC mandates, I give it to Gracie 29-28 for at least trying to be aggressive … but it's specious to say anyone "won" that fight.
12:32 a.m. Gracie is announced as the winner on the cards, ending Saku's perfect streak against the family. Helio appears happy, but really, he's only got one expression.
12:40 a.m. It's time to pop Brock Lesnar (Pictures)'s MMA cherry. Subs uting for Hong-Man Choi is Min-Soo Kim, a judoka who has thus far under whelmed in MMA.
12:41 a.m. In a peculiar display of priorities, Kim's cornermen busy themselves by styling his hair.
12:42 a.m. Lesnar enters, looking surprisingly serene for a debuting athlete.
12:44 a.m. Lesnar absorbs a kick and segues into a takedown. He passes to mount and lands some short punches to Kim's well-coiffed cranium.
12:48 a.m. "Yeah! YEAH!" Goldberg maintains objectivity when Lesnar forces the tap from Kim.
12:49 a.m. Goldberg gets his rant on about pro wrestlers in MMA being unfairly maligned. I fail to see the point: Lesnar happened to be an NCAA champ, and that likely had more to do with the win than his experiences in, say, the Royal Rumble.
12:52 a.m. All smiles, Lesnar expresses disappointment that "he didn't get to fight the big-headed guy." Providing he's brought up slowly, Lesnar's work ethic and physical attributes could take him far as a heavyweight, traditionally the shallow end of the MMA pool.
12:55 a.m. The event is over. I feel damaged.
The spectacularly misguided production was, of course, no reflection on the athletes, all of whom displayed their usual mettle in compe ion.
That a DJ with the IQ of a mealworm was imploring the crowd to boo during Gracie-Sakuraba should, however, be just cause for the return of the firing squad.
Lesson learned. From now on, I refuse to trust any en y proceeded by less than three exclamation points.
I'm fired up about seeing Manhoef too...
Sakuraba video interview
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1190
K-1 preview
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=7745
Johnny Morton has "A few months of kickboxing training"...not a good sign. he looks bigger than I expected though...his abs look about like mine
Weigh-in pics...
http://www.sherdog.com/news/pictures.asp?n_id=7741
WEC fighters Faber and Larson on The Beatdown
http://www.sherdog.com/news/radio.asp?id=203
What is up with the writing on that guy hahaha, who is he fighting?
You have no idea what a "newb" you just exposed yourself as...
That's Sakuraba, and he fought RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRoyce Gracie on Saturday...
You have no idea what a "newb" you just exposed yourself as...
That's Sakuraba, and he fought RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRoyce Gracie on Saturday...
Hey I am a newb as far as MMA goes.. I know a lot about UFC and some of Pride(not too much though). Thats why I asked.
It's cool man...I'm not trying to bag on ya...it was just a funny question...Hey I am a newb as far as MMA goes.. I know a lot about UFC and some of Pride(not too much though). Thats why I asked
It's cool man...I'm not trying to bag on ya...it was just a funny question...
I know, since we are friends ill forgive you this ONE time
good for royce. glad to see him back.
Did anyone watch the WEC fight tonight? Was that a replay or live? It was a good set of fights, most were featherweights.
The event with Faber? I only saw his match and it was a great fight. That guy has to be one of the most exciting fighters out there.
Replay, and yes, it was two hours of entertaining fights. I was pleasantly surprised.
If your interested in Urijah Faber there is an hour long biography on him that was done by MSNBC not too long ago. Interesting stuff. His mother hates what he does for a living and keeps trying to make him stop by offering him money.Considering his rise to fame since that biograpy I bet thats changed.
And if your really really interested in him, "Real Fighter" magazine did a article on him which was written by Herb Dean in the issue with Shogun Rua on the cover "The greatest fight never televised." I am sure someone did a scan of it and it can be found out there somewhere. If it exists, I am sure Leonard can find it.
Last edited by Evan; 06-07-2007 at 08:08 AM.
If you missed L-1 Dynamite and want to watch it, Showtime is re-playing it Saturday night...
Dude...pay attention!! It was a replay of the card that played live Sunday night...ie, the other card mentioned with K-1 Dynamite in THIS thread...
They also had a couple episodes of WEC WrekCage, one of which I think was replayed from Sunday night...the other being new (showing old fights). Also a new episode of Tapout on last night where they visit Liddell's camp...
Hadn't seen it anywhere, but I'll look around...If it exists, I am sure Leonard can find it.
Mauro Ranallo ripped on the K-1 event on his radio show...
http://www.hardcoresportsradio.com/podcast/
Scroll down to "Fight Network Radio" and click on the June 4th segment 1 link...
"Kill the DJ! Please kill the DJ!!"
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