Sunday, December 5, 2010
Strikeforce Losing Video...TRE Vomits a lot.
Here is my losing gallon of milk video. Please understand this is not something anyone should be proud to watch. You sick fucks.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu! Gallon of Milk Challenge.
We split up the challenges this weekend. Deo and I are playing for a gallon of milk. I'm drinking chocolate if I lose.
This Red Engine
Opinion: Babalule likes getting knocked out. Seriously, it's a talent at how well he gets knocked out. Henderson can keep this standing and knowing Sobral, he walks into a right hand and sees Black Jesus.
How it will end: Knockout. It's gonna be hilarious.
Pick: Robbie Lawler
Opinion: Seriously? This is gonna be an awful fight. The only guy who gets knocked out more epically than Babaualus is Matt Lindland. Lawler punches him in the face a buncha times and the Law goes to bed.
How it will end: Knock out.
Pick: Paul Daley
Opinion: I was told to always bet on black. So I'm betting on the black guy.
How it will end: Knockout...wait...I see a trend.
Pick: Antonio Silva
Opinion: Come on.
Opinion: Come on.
How it will end: Whatever.
Pick: Benji Radach
Opinion: Who the hell is this opponent? I'm taking the white guy I know.
How it will end: Knockout probably.
Deo Wade
Pick: Babalu
Opinion: Hendo looks like he got mad old since leaving the UFC. Babalu hasn't exactly looked great lately either.
How It Will End: Decision
Pick: Lawler
Opinion: They're both past their primes but Lindland is way past his expiration date. He's the cheese in the back of the fridge that has gone bad but you still use it because you don't want to go to the Grocery store.
How It Will End: KO
Pick: Daley
Opinion: Daley might be a douche but damn he can throw a punch. And Scott Smith's style is tailor made for Daley. I expect Daley to fuck Smith up something proper.
How It Will End: KO
Pick: Silva
Opinion: Seriously? Mike Kyle is coming in on Short notice and is 40+ lbs lighter than Silva.
How It Will End: TKO
Pick: St. Preux
Opinion: St. Preux upset Antwain Britt so he's got some momentum going. Benji Radach hasn't fought since April of '09. Ring Rust is a bitch.
How It Will End: Decision or TKO in the 3rd
Opinion: Hendo looks like he got mad old since leaving the UFC. Babalu hasn't exactly looked great lately either.
How It Will End: Decision
Pick: Lawler
Opinion: They're both past their primes but Lindland is way past his expiration date. He's the cheese in the back of the fridge that has gone bad but you still use it because you don't want to go to the Grocery store.
How It Will End: KO
Pick: Daley
Opinion: Daley might be a douche but damn he can throw a punch. And Scott Smith's style is tailor made for Daley. I expect Daley to fuck Smith up something proper.
How It Will End: KO
Pick: Silva
Opinion: Seriously? Mike Kyle is coming in on Short notice and is 40+ lbs lighter than Silva.
How It Will End: TKO
Pick: St. Preux
Opinion: St. Preux upset Antwain Britt so he's got some momentum going. Benji Radach hasn't fought since April of '09. Ring Rust is a bitch.
How It Will End: Decision or TKO in the 3rd
TUF 12 Finale. Marta Gallo vs MDH. Cinnamon Challenge.
Photo via 5thround.com
This is going to be a head to head battle of the sexes with devastating consequences:
Photo via vegetarian-nutrition.info
Ladies first.......
Marta Gallo
Pick: Brookins
Opinion: The season's favorite is better than Johnson at everything. His gas tank will win this fight in the 3rd.
How It Will End: Rd 3 RNC
Pick: Bonnar
Opinion: Bonnar hasn't had the most spectacular UFC career but his skills are still better than Igor Pokrajac's.
How It Will End: TKO in the 2nd.
Pick: Maia
Opinion: Maia only struggles with fighters who either can KO him or use distance well. Grove does neither. This is gonna be a hilariously short fight for Kendall Grove.
How It Will End: Maia will take home an arm in the 1st.
Pick: Hendricks
Opinion: Hendricks is on the fast track and a win over story puts him in the tops of the division. Wrestling and bombs for fists.
How It Will End: KO in the 2nd.
Pick: Phan
Opinion: Nam was extremely undersized this season and still almost made it to the finals. He beats Leonard Garcia.
How It Will End: Decision
Pick: Branch
Opinion: He's doesn't have the flashiest style but it wins fights. This is a pick 'em as neither have been impressive in the UFC.
How It Will End: Decision
Pick: Paixao
Opinion: Paixao is a prospect that the WEC was starting to push. Now he'll get a UFC push.
How It Will End: Decision
Pick: Campuzano
Opinion: Pace missed weight and that means this was a tough cut. Campuzano also has faced superior competition.
How It Will End: 3rd round Submission
Pick: Toner
Opinion: Toner has faced better competition and has more "big show" experience.
How It Will End: TKO
Pick: Watson
Opinion: Sako was not good on the show. Watson has legit skills.
How It Will End: RNC in Round 2
Pick: McKenzie
Opinion: He's got a vicious choke and he's more skilled than the British guy.
How It Will End: Guillotine in the 2nd.
MDH
Pick: Jonathan Brookins
Opinion: Nam Phan had every chance in the world to beat a horribly gassed Michael Johnson and he let him off the hook. Brookins is going to finish a completely exhausted Michael Johnson in the 3rd.
How It Will End: TKO Rd. 3
Pick: The American Psycho
Opinion: This is Stephan Bonnar's fight to lose. He is much bigger than Igor and I expect him to have a fantastic showing.
How It Will End: 2nd Rd. TKO
Pick: Kendall Grove
Opinion: I know this is risky but I think Grove has the reach in the arms and legs to keep Maia at bay. I think Kendall uses his superior stand-up to keep the distance and jab Demian to death. I just hate picking "Da Spyder". If Maia rips his leg clean off I won't be sad about losing this one.
Pick: Johny Hendricks
Opinion: I really like both these guys and it sucks someone is going to have to lose. I saw both of their last fights live in Oakland and they were both very impressive. I think Hendricks might be just have a little more power. Couple that with superior wrestling skills and I give him the nod.
How It Will End: Unanimous Decision
Pick: Leonard Garcia
Opinion: Nam is going to get battered in this one.
How It Will End: Unanimous Decision
Pick: Rich Attonito
Opinion: I have not been impressed with Branch at all. Rich takes this one in probably less than thrilling fashion.
How It Will End: Unanimous Decision
Pick: Fredson Paixao
Opinion: I kind of don't really have one.
How It Will End: Let's say Submission Rd. 1
Pick: Will Campuzano
Opinion: I think Will gets to be the first Bantamweight to win a fight in the UFC, ensuring his place as the answer to a question on MMA Jeopardy.
How It Will End: Unanimous Decision
Pick: Tyler Toner
Opinion: One time on a family trip we hit an owl in mid flight and it was wedged in the bumper for hours until we got home. Based on this and the fact that Ian "The Barn Owl" Loveland has been submitted 6 times in his 7 losses (Here is a shocker: Team Quest) I feel this one has to go to Mr. Toner.
How It Will End: Submission Rd. 3 Triangle Choke
Pick: Kyle Watson
Opinion: Saku can grab the fence all he wants but he is getting wrestled to death here.
How It Will End: Unanimous Decision
Pick: Cody McKenzie
Opinion: 11-0. Ten submission victories. 9 in a row by guillotine. This is pretty self explanatory.
How It Will End: Round 1 Guillotine
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Late Night Tune: "Farewell, Mona Lisa" by The Dillinger Escape Plan
This is amazing musicianship, songwriting, and vocals.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
History You didn't really care to Know: The Birth of UD
Good evening ladies and gentleman, in today's installment of history you didn't really care to know we examine the humble beginnings of one of today's most booming MMA related blogs UnintelligentDefense.com. With over a handful of regular viewers a day, they've steadily grown into a go to site for degenerate gamblers and alcoholics. This is their fabricated story.
The UD was first conceptualized in the Spring of 1857 when a drunken vagrant by the name of ThisRedEngine overheard the ramblings of a young slave by the name of Deo Wade while tending to a bloody elbow. Most of the dialogue was unintelligible as it was spoken in an ancient African tongue brought over from the dark continent dubbed as "ebonics." What ThisRedEngine could understand though sounded highly intriguing. He brought the negroid ideals to Deo's owner, Barack Lesnar, who had won the slave as part of a stipulation in a sig bet (the loser was forced to sign all of his documents under the name Ieat A. dick for several months). Intrigued as well by his properties' inventiveness, Barack began to record all of Deo's endless musings. The two began to expand upon the idea creating the blueprint for a new internet blogging website. In need of another set of hands to jump start the project they brought in an old acquaintance by the name of MostDiabolicalHater (a preacher at The First National House of Player Hating). Together they created the first recorded version of the website in 1859 then known as "Unintelligent Discourse."
The idea was ahead of it's time, unfortunately too ahead of it's time as the internet as well as computers in general would not be invented for more than 100 years. The group did what they could going from house to house stapling their articles to the front doors of their neighbors living quarters with Deo Wade supplying crudely hand drawn Gif flipbooks with the accompanying pieces. In the year 1863 tragedy struck as slavery was abolished in all the United States. Fearful of Deo Wade catching a case of "uppity" they brought him on as a fully fledged member of staff. As their fame spread from township to township they decided to expand the team by bringing on a young black virgin by the name of Fake Emcee who had regaled the team with his exaggerated tales of smashing vaginas all over the world. It's reported that at the time they only had enough to pay Emcee with mostly "white bitches on the rag." Eventually with a few promotions his salary was increased to "white bitches mostly off the rag."
They continued to experience success well throughout the early 1900s. In the 1920s the group was tied to the illegal bootlegging of substantial amounts of alcohol during prohibition, but were cleared of most charges when it was discovered that the majority of the liquor had been consumed by the staff itself. Together they provided alcoholic commentary for the country throughout the Great Depression, early segregation (Deo and Emcee were supplied with their own "blacks only" writer's room), and several major world wars. In 1950 the site was once again the source of controversy when an article entitled "Communism, How Does it Work?" made it's way to the press. The article was seen as Communist propaganda and the author, Deo Wade, was to be blackballed until Congress recognized that his balls were in fact already black. Instead he received a simple slap on the wrist (followed by 12 lashings).
In the mid 1960s the government invented homosexuality as a means of scaring straight young men into signing up for the military out of fear of sodomy. Now with much of their core fanbase sent away overseas the website struggled to find an audience in the newly developing world. They began to fall on hard economic times and found themselves soon severely underfunded. Fake Emcee is quoted as saying of the time: "Back in those days they barely had enough to meet my compensation, they ran out of white bitches and had to pay me with what they had left. Sometimes it was Korean bitches, other times they'd be Indonesian. Eventually they were down to paying me with Eskimo bitches, that was a dark time. I would've complained but fortunately no one noticed that at the time most of my articles were recycling's of old shit I'd already written with different titles. Plus I was stealing office supplies like a mother fucker."
Luck would then strike the UD crew when in the early 1970s MostDiabolicalHater invented and patented his heralded double-holed boxers, featuring duel dickholes (one located in the front, the other in the back for easier access). The new underwear was a massive success in the gay community, and brought in a new group of supporters for the site (as well as creating a new practice in homosexual orgies known as "chainganging"). With MostDiabolicalHater's newly acquired wealth, a brand new set of readers, and American troops returning home after conquering Vietnam the site began to thrive once again.
In the fall of 1984 women were granted the right to blog by congress in a highly controversial ruling. This new turn of events lead to the site's staff being shaken up with the addition of Marta Gallo (she had won her position with the site after ThisRedEngine had bet her he could spell "nun" backwards in less than 3 hours). The men of the site saw this as a major liability as they feared her lady parts would interfere with their business. Barack Lesnar said of the instance: "At the time we really didn't understand the potential power of the vagina. We shunned and ignored it, when instead we should've been learning how to harness it's mystical abilities." Marta's debut article remains to this day one of the most viewed pieces in the site's history (which Fake Emcee tells us he totally doesn't hold a grudge about...at all).
The site continued to be a mainstay of popular culture well into the 1990s, noted particularly for being the last place to feature a performance by the Barenaked Ladies before lead singer Steven Page died of autoerotic asphyxiation (We have since received word that Mr. Page is not in fact dead by autoerotic asphyxiation and is instead living happily with his family in Toronto. We apologize to the Page family for our egregious error in research). In early 2000 the site sold it's story to Universal Films which began development on a script comprised of whatever could be made out of a series of drunken answering machine messages left to one of the film's producers by ThisRedEngine. The first half of the movie was directed by Roman Polanski before abandoning the project due to his disappointment with the lack of elementary schools located near filming, so the second half was left to be finished by Jerry Bruckheimer's schizophrenic uncle Nick. After nearly a decade in production "Unintelligent Defense meets the Harlem Globetrotters in 3D" was released on Thanksgiving weekend of 2009. The film was labeled as a action adventure/hardcore musical, was dubbed in three different languages, and starred Matt Damon, Hilary Swank, Don Cheadle, Kevin Spacey, Danny Devito, and Lebron James in his motion picture debut. The film was lauded by critics for it's bold visual style and groundbreaking concepts but criticized for it's graphic violence, gratuitous sex scenes (much of which with seemingly no real tie-in to the actual plot), and explicit usage of hardcore drugs such as crack cocaine throughout the majority of the film.
The film was only in theaters long enough for exactly one showing before being banned in most solar systems. Despite this it went on to sweep the Academy Awards winning a staggering 12 Oscars despite not being nominated in any of the categories. The soundtrack (composed by Bob Dylan, Kanye West from the year 2030, and an Avatar clone made from John Lennon's DNA) won 27 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year (8 years in a row). The film's success brought on an even bigger boom to the website's staggering popularity.
Shortly after the release of the film tragedy soon struck again as Barack Lesnar was arrested on suspicion of illegally smuggling Cuban pitbulls into the country and even supplying some members of the staff with the contraband pooches. While investigating the incident the FBI was unable to procure statements from their main suspects on staff as Marta Gallo was in a medically induced coma as the result of OD'ing on strawberry pop tarts in an ill fated stunt for the website, and ThisRedEngine was temporarily paralyzed from the waist up as the result of a late night teatherball accident brought on after he had mistakenly consumed a homemade drain cleaner concoction named 4Loko. While in prison Barack Lesnar found his own solo success after developing a ground breaking new system of prison rape entitled "The Booty System." He went on to author several books including "Chasing Booty," "Give up that Butt," and the acclaimed "The Booty System: An Educational Guide to understanding and attaining the Butt." When asked if he would ever return to his duties as an internet blogger he responded: "Booty is more important than food, water, and internet blogging. I have some pamphlets on the booty if you're interest in any further reading. It's actually quite fascinating the depths of the human anus and what it can teach us about ourselves and the world around us...I like booty."
Now with over 100 years of rich history behind the site the staff continues to move into the future. MostDiabolicalHater in now in his 7th failed marriage (5th to a woman [fourth to a human{none of them legal}]). Marta Gallo and ThisRedEngine recovered from their injuries but continue to be pursued by the FBI. Deo Wade opened up a successful chain of restaurants known as Deo Wade's House of Chicken, Waffles, and Gifs. Barack Lesnar continues to rape his way to the top in the prison system. And finally Fake Emcee continues to do what he does best, puttin hurtins on your momma (at least in his own mind).
The End?
The UD was first conceptualized in the Spring of 1857 when a drunken vagrant by the name of ThisRedEngine overheard the ramblings of a young slave by the name of Deo Wade while tending to a bloody elbow. Most of the dialogue was unintelligible as it was spoken in an ancient African tongue brought over from the dark continent dubbed as "ebonics." What ThisRedEngine could understand though sounded highly intriguing. He brought the negroid ideals to Deo's owner, Barack Lesnar, who had won the slave as part of a stipulation in a sig bet (the loser was forced to sign all of his documents under the name Ieat A. dick for several months). Intrigued as well by his properties' inventiveness, Barack began to record all of Deo's endless musings. The two began to expand upon the idea creating the blueprint for a new internet blogging website. In need of another set of hands to jump start the project they brought in an old acquaintance by the name of MostDiabolicalHater (a preacher at The First National House of Player Hating). Together they created the first recorded version of the website in 1859 then known as "Unintelligent Discourse."
The idea was ahead of it's time, unfortunately too ahead of it's time as the internet as well as computers in general would not be invented for more than 100 years. The group did what they could going from house to house stapling their articles to the front doors of their neighbors living quarters with Deo Wade supplying crudely hand drawn Gif flipbooks with the accompanying pieces. In the year 1863 tragedy struck as slavery was abolished in all the United States. Fearful of Deo Wade catching a case of "uppity" they brought him on as a fully fledged member of staff. As their fame spread from township to township they decided to expand the team by bringing on a young black virgin by the name of Fake Emcee who had regaled the team with his exaggerated tales of smashing vaginas all over the world. It's reported that at the time they only had enough to pay Emcee with mostly "white bitches on the rag." Eventually with a few promotions his salary was increased to "white bitches mostly off the rag."
They continued to experience success well throughout the early 1900s. In the 1920s the group was tied to the illegal bootlegging of substantial amounts of alcohol during prohibition, but were cleared of most charges when it was discovered that the majority of the liquor had been consumed by the staff itself. Together they provided alcoholic commentary for the country throughout the Great Depression, early segregation (Deo and Emcee were supplied with their own "blacks only" writer's room), and several major world wars. In 1950 the site was once again the source of controversy when an article entitled "Communism, How Does it Work?" made it's way to the press. The article was seen as Communist propaganda and the author, Deo Wade, was to be blackballed until Congress recognized that his balls were in fact already black. Instead he received a simple slap on the wrist (followed by 12 lashings).
In the mid 1960s the government invented homosexuality as a means of scaring straight young men into signing up for the military out of fear of sodomy. Now with much of their core fanbase sent away overseas the website struggled to find an audience in the newly developing world. They began to fall on hard economic times and found themselves soon severely underfunded. Fake Emcee is quoted as saying of the time: "Back in those days they barely had enough to meet my compensation, they ran out of white bitches and had to pay me with what they had left. Sometimes it was Korean bitches, other times they'd be Indonesian. Eventually they were down to paying me with Eskimo bitches, that was a dark time. I would've complained but fortunately no one noticed that at the time most of my articles were recycling's of old shit I'd already written with different titles. Plus I was stealing office supplies like a mother fucker."
Luck would then strike the UD crew when in the early 1970s MostDiabolicalHater invented and patented his heralded double-holed boxers, featuring duel dickholes (one located in the front, the other in the back for easier access). The new underwear was a massive success in the gay community, and brought in a new group of supporters for the site (as well as creating a new practice in homosexual orgies known as "chainganging"). With MostDiabolicalHater's newly acquired wealth, a brand new set of readers, and American troops returning home after conquering Vietnam the site began to thrive once again.
In the fall of 1984 women were granted the right to blog by congress in a highly controversial ruling. This new turn of events lead to the site's staff being shaken up with the addition of Marta Gallo (she had won her position with the site after ThisRedEngine had bet her he could spell "nun" backwards in less than 3 hours). The men of the site saw this as a major liability as they feared her lady parts would interfere with their business. Barack Lesnar said of the instance: "At the time we really didn't understand the potential power of the vagina. We shunned and ignored it, when instead we should've been learning how to harness it's mystical abilities." Marta's debut article remains to this day one of the most viewed pieces in the site's history (which Fake Emcee tells us he totally doesn't hold a grudge about...at all).
The site continued to be a mainstay of popular culture well into the 1990s, noted particularly for being the last place to feature a performance by the Barenaked Ladies before lead singer Steven Page died of autoerotic asphyxiation (We have since received word that Mr. Page is not in fact dead by autoerotic asphyxiation and is instead living happily with his family in Toronto. We apologize to the Page family for our egregious error in research). In early 2000 the site sold it's story to Universal Films which began development on a script comprised of whatever could be made out of a series of drunken answering machine messages left to one of the film's producers by ThisRedEngine. The first half of the movie was directed by Roman Polanski before abandoning the project due to his disappointment with the lack of elementary schools located near filming, so the second half was left to be finished by Jerry Bruckheimer's schizophrenic uncle Nick. After nearly a decade in production "Unintelligent Defense meets the Harlem Globetrotters in 3D" was released on Thanksgiving weekend of 2009. The film was labeled as a action adventure/hardcore musical, was dubbed in three different languages, and starred Matt Damon, Hilary Swank, Don Cheadle, Kevin Spacey, Danny Devito, and Lebron James in his motion picture debut. The film was lauded by critics for it's bold visual style and groundbreaking concepts but criticized for it's graphic violence, gratuitous sex scenes (much of which with seemingly no real tie-in to the actual plot), and explicit usage of hardcore drugs such as crack cocaine throughout the majority of the film.
The film was only in theaters long enough for exactly one showing before being banned in most solar systems. Despite this it went on to sweep the Academy Awards winning a staggering 12 Oscars despite not being nominated in any of the categories. The soundtrack (composed by Bob Dylan, Kanye West from the year 2030, and an Avatar clone made from John Lennon's DNA) won 27 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year (8 years in a row). The film's success brought on an even bigger boom to the website's staggering popularity.
Shortly after the release of the film tragedy soon struck again as Barack Lesnar was arrested on suspicion of illegally smuggling Cuban pitbulls into the country and even supplying some members of the staff with the contraband pooches. While investigating the incident the FBI was unable to procure statements from their main suspects on staff as Marta Gallo was in a medically induced coma as the result of OD'ing on strawberry pop tarts in an ill fated stunt for the website, and ThisRedEngine was temporarily paralyzed from the waist up as the result of a late night teatherball accident brought on after he had mistakenly consumed a homemade drain cleaner concoction named 4Loko. While in prison Barack Lesnar found his own solo success after developing a ground breaking new system of prison rape entitled "The Booty System." He went on to author several books including "Chasing Booty," "Give up that Butt," and the acclaimed "The Booty System: An Educational Guide to understanding and attaining the Butt." When asked if he would ever return to his duties as an internet blogger he responded: "Booty is more important than food, water, and internet blogging. I have some pamphlets on the booty if you're interest in any further reading. It's actually quite fascinating the depths of the human anus and what it can teach us about ourselves and the world around us...I like booty."
Now with over 100 years of rich history behind the site the staff continues to move into the future. MostDiabolicalHater in now in his 7th failed marriage (5th to a woman [fourth to a human{none of them legal}]). Marta Gallo and ThisRedEngine recovered from their injuries but continue to be pursued by the FBI. Deo Wade opened up a successful chain of restaurants known as Deo Wade's House of Chicken, Waffles, and Gifs. Barack Lesnar continues to rape his way to the top in the prison system. And finally Fake Emcee continues to do what he does best, puttin hurtins on your momma (at least in his own mind).
The End?
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Anderson Silva vs. Georges St. Pierre? No Thanks.
For the past couple of years there has been a couple of fights that have sent fans into a drooling frenzy. Fedor Emilianenko vs. Randy Couture, Fedor vs. Brock Lesnar and Anderson Silva vs. Georges St. Pierre. The fight between Couture and Fedor crumbled and will now likely never happen and really shouldn't happen. Brock Lesnar got skullfucked by Cain Velasquez so there is nobody clamoring for that fight anymore. Not to mention M-1 Global is a colossal pain in the dick for anyone that is in the same room with them so why bother. The only one of these fights that have stood the test of time and has not lost any of it's supposed luster is GSP vs. Anderson. For me, there is no luster whatsoever.
When BJ Penn got a bug up his ass and just HAD to fight Georges for the WW strap, the Lightweight title was iced from UFC 84 until UFC 101. That is 17 numbered events and nearly 15 months. There is absolutely no reason a belt should go that long without being defended. Not even Brock Lesnar's diverticulitis shelved the HW belt that long and they even created an interim belt during that time. Shogun Rua's 3rd catastrophic knee injury is not going to put the LHW belt in that long of a hibernation. I can't even stand it when The Ultimate Fighter puts a belt on the shelf, let alone an ill advised venture into another weight class.
If Georges challenges Anderson for the belt that means (assuming Georges beats Kos) the Welterweight belt is going to go undefended for quite some time. Now, after the merger, there are two more belts in the UFC. That may fill the void to an extent but neither Jose Aldo or Dominic Cruz enjoys a sliver of the fan base that GSP has. Those weight classes will need many months of exposure to gain a following that can help it shoulder the load left by an absent Welterweight title.
Furthermore, each of these men still have very viable challengers in their own respective divisions. Georges has of course Koscheck and Shields. On the horizon lies exciting potential showdowns with Carlos Condit, Diego Sanchez and maybe even a rematch with Jon Fitch or a trilogy fight with BJ Penn. Anderson Silva also has a few people knocking on his door. Vitor Belfort, Yushin Okami and Chael Sonnen all have plans to be the man to dethrone "The Spider". There is no reason to deny any of those challengers their shot at the title for the sake of buyrates or some convoluted idea of determining the pound for pound best.
Speaking of being the pound for pound best....who really gives a shit? P4P is an absurd debate. Who would win in a fight between Fedor and Dominic Cruz? Jeez, I wonder. It's ridiculous. The bigger man wins more often than not and that is exactly what I feel the result will be in the Anderson and Georges fight. I believe that Anderson Silva beats Georges St. Pierre 9 out of 10 times. Georges is too small to fight at Middleweight and he is at a significant disadvantage because of it.
The bottom line is that the risk is not worth the reward. Whoever loses the fight loses so much of their mystique. There is no need to compromise ones legacy and potentially the remainder of their career for one fight. If they fight it does absolutely nothing to settle any stupid p4p argument and it only damages their respective divisions. They will each retire as the best their weight classes have ever seen. There is no reason to compromise that for one fight out of their division that in the grand scheme of things is utterly meaningless. I hope that Dana White and company only give this fight a second of thought if GSP and Anderson both lose their belts in their next fight. Unless that happens, keep them away from each other.
When BJ Penn got a bug up his ass and just HAD to fight Georges for the WW strap, the Lightweight title was iced from UFC 84 until UFC 101. That is 17 numbered events and nearly 15 months. There is absolutely no reason a belt should go that long without being defended. Not even Brock Lesnar's diverticulitis shelved the HW belt that long and they even created an interim belt during that time. Shogun Rua's 3rd catastrophic knee injury is not going to put the LHW belt in that long of a hibernation. I can't even stand it when The Ultimate Fighter puts a belt on the shelf, let alone an ill advised venture into another weight class.
If Georges challenges Anderson for the belt that means (assuming Georges beats Kos) the Welterweight belt is going to go undefended for quite some time. Now, after the merger, there are two more belts in the UFC. That may fill the void to an extent but neither Jose Aldo or Dominic Cruz enjoys a sliver of the fan base that GSP has. Those weight classes will need many months of exposure to gain a following that can help it shoulder the load left by an absent Welterweight title.
Furthermore, each of these men still have very viable challengers in their own respective divisions. Georges has of course Koscheck and Shields. On the horizon lies exciting potential showdowns with Carlos Condit, Diego Sanchez and maybe even a rematch with Jon Fitch or a trilogy fight with BJ Penn. Anderson Silva also has a few people knocking on his door. Vitor Belfort, Yushin Okami and Chael Sonnen all have plans to be the man to dethrone "The Spider". There is no reason to deny any of those challengers their shot at the title for the sake of buyrates or some convoluted idea of determining the pound for pound best.
Speaking of being the pound for pound best....who really gives a shit? P4P is an absurd debate. Who would win in a fight between Fedor and Dominic Cruz? Jeez, I wonder. It's ridiculous. The bigger man wins more often than not and that is exactly what I feel the result will be in the Anderson and Georges fight. I believe that Anderson Silva beats Georges St. Pierre 9 out of 10 times. Georges is too small to fight at Middleweight and he is at a significant disadvantage because of it.
The bottom line is that the risk is not worth the reward. Whoever loses the fight loses so much of their mystique. There is no need to compromise ones legacy and potentially the remainder of their career for one fight. If they fight it does absolutely nothing to settle any stupid p4p argument and it only damages their respective divisions. They will each retire as the best their weight classes have ever seen. There is no reason to compromise that for one fight out of their division that in the grand scheme of things is utterly meaningless. I hope that Dana White and company only give this fight a second of thought if GSP and Anderson both lose their belts in their next fight. Unless that happens, keep them away from each other.
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