Hate to admit he is growing with me...
He seems to be a better person since he has been humbled.
are you sure it was saturday night?
Hate to admit he is growing with me...
He seems to be a better person since he has been humbled.
ruh roh
Here is the deal on that...
I only say a point in posting stories I found on my own from fighter or organization websites. I don't understand the point in linking other blogs and commenting on their stories. To me that just doesn't make sense.
So I was literally spending hours a day most of the time searching for stuff worth posting. It was just becoming to big of a beating. You literally become attached to your internet connection. Not healthy. Last week I spend a few hours correcting a problem with my blog template after wordpress did an update. It knocked the CCS out of alignment and when I fixed it I had had it.
Besides, chances are another s bag website would copy and paste what you said anyway....
it's a sad day in the mma blog world...but you'll be better off without it Evan...glad I could help with it a little. It was fun...
Dude no kidding...like I told you earlier today...last night was the first night I was able to watch an entire football game without hitting pause on the DVR and checking mma websites every 30 minutes to make sure I wasn't missing something.
It was fun for sure for awhile but I went full speed to burnout in one night.
Many thanks again for the help
Last edited by Evan; 12-04-2007 at 03:37 PM.
Big John retiring?
“Big” John McCarthy, a legendary mixed-martial-arts referee who made his octagon debut at UFC 2, has scheduled a media conference call for Friday to make a big announcement.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has been told by multiple sources that the legendary referee may be announcing his retirement as an MMA referee, though the news could not be confirmed.
McCarthy, who’s also been a Los Angeles police officer since 1985, is withholding comment until Friday’s announcement.
McCarthy, one of the sport’s most respected officials, reffed every UFC main-card bout from March 1994 to May 2001. Once the sport became regulated by state commissions, he reffed fewer fights, but he’s always been a go-to guy for some of the biggest bouts in MMA history.
Of the UFC’s 100 total events, McCarthy has been a referee in 98 of them.
A longtime student of Rorian Gracie, McCarthy was awarded a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt back in January. He opened his own school — Big John McCarthy’s Ultimate Training Academy (BJMUTA) — in Valencia, Calif., back in September 2006. Additionally, the LAPD awarded McCarthy Tactic/Self-Defense Instructor Certification, and he’s been an instructor for the police department since 1993.
McCarthy, who is known for his trademarked “Let’s get it on!” phrase to start each fight, has reffed more than 500 career MMA fights.
Wow. I loved Big John. He should be in the UFC hall of fame, no doubt.
Eh...I doubt if he's retiring from ref'ing all together...I think we'll see him back somewhere else...
Jens Pulver vs Joe Stevenson (at 16 yrs old!) from 1999
http://bloodyelbow.com/story/2007/12/6/83635/2944
Har de har har...Eh...I doubt if he's retiring from ref'ing all together...I think we'll see him back somewhere else...
by Kevin Iole/Yahoo! Sports
(Reprinted from Yahoo! Sports with permission)
The best known referee in mixed martial arts will step down after Saturday’s UFC card at the Palms Hotel.
“Big” John McCarthy, who has been a referee since UFC 2 in 1994, will work the main event of The Ultimate Fighter finale on Saturday between Roger Huerta and Clay Guida and then announce his retirement.
(MMAjunkie.com first mentioned the rumor yesterday afternoon. For that story and more background information on McCarthy, check out the MMAjunkie.com archives.)
McCarthy, 45, will take a job as an MMA analyst with The Fight Network.
McCarthy, who began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with Rorion Gracie in 1993, has become more popular with UFC fans than many of the fighters whom he officiates.
McCarthy, who operates an MMA gym in Valencia, Calif., has worked every UFC card since UFC 2 except for UFC 78 last month in Newark, N.J. According to his website, BigJohnMcCarthy.com, he’s officiated more than 500 MMA bouts.
Oh I know that...I'm sure he is taking a job with them. I still expect to see him ref'ing in other org's before too long though...
Watched that this morning. Stevenson look good in that fight !
Did he have an exclusive contract with the UFC for reffing? All the other refs in the UFC ref in other orgs. If he did have an exclusive I could possibly see it, but I don't expect to see him reffing again.
I think he had some kind of arrangement...all the other refs show up in IFL, WEC, etc...
and I do expect to see him again
I just don't see how reffing in another org is going to benefit him so that it would garner more attention or money. Maybe I am looking at this the wrong way, but what benefit is it for him to ref in another org(s)? I know that Herb Dean and those guys ref in other orgs to make up money. I'm sure Big John makes plenty per fight and wouldn't make the same numbers in any other org. I mean would reffing 50 fights at smaller organizations yield the same as 10 fights in the UFC? He could probably still work on the FightNetwork and ref in the UFC if he wanted. Doesn't make sense.
Sorry, I just can't say anything else...
Last edited by LEONARD; 12-06-2007 at 05:42 PM.
Sometimes the biggest benefit is not having to work for an ass. Dana's a good businessman, but a bit of a tyrant.
MMAJunkie had an interview with Filho and he stated this about "a possible" fight with A. Silva:
“I’d rather not fight him if I don’t have to,” he said. “But if it’s the fight that the people want to see, the time is right and the money is right, I would do it. We are professionals. The only stipulation is the winner takes the loser out to dinner after the fight. But the cir stances have to be right.“
Interesting that he changed his view about this. Originally, he said he wouldn't fight Silva. That's the whole reason he is in the WEC and not the UFC. I'd like to see that match.
Amazing MMA wallpaper...
http://www.alwaysanupset.com/category/ufc-wallpapers
If you missed Kimbo on ESPN E:60 last night, here it is…really well done.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3q...w-on-e60_sport
I won't watch anything concerning Kimbo until he fights a non-pathetic opponent. Any chance of that happening?
I'm sure he will eventually...
You should watch what I posted...he's a pretty level-headed guy it seems. He's an interesting story, but still a "bit" at this point. Who knows if he'll ever be anything close to top level. Hard to say he won't until we see more. He's certainly getting the right training and taking his MMA endeavor seriously...
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