RavishingRickRudo

Ortiz appeared on the last UFC show. He is going to be a coach on TUF3 along with Ken Shamrock. He has a 3 fight deal, one fight against Forrest Griffin, one fight against Shamrock, and one against whoever is champion (depending on his success in the first two fights). There is a video interview with him on UFC.tv. Before that, he and Dana White were in a bitter rivalry since Tito was asking for more money than the UFC and Zuffa were willing to spend (They notoriously underpay fighters). It got to the point to where, when Tito was affiliated with Ivan Salaverry, White barred Tito from cornering Salaverry and didn't allow Salaverry to be sponsored by Titos clothing company - Punishment Athletics. To get to your first question, UFC's sorta come in different phases. UFC 1-5 was the Royce Gracie era. This era didn't have time limits or many rules and MMA was still very much in its infancy. Style vs. Style, usually 1 sided fights. UFC 2 is worth getting just for the mind-blowing brutality. UFC 1, 3, 4 and 5 have their moments (UFC 1s awful commentary, 3 has Kimo vs. Gracie which doesn't stand up too well but is historic none-the-less considering Kimo *still* makes a living off that performance, UFC 4 has Dan Severns debut which is impressive, and 5 has Gracie/Shamrock which was notable for several reasons, most notable for being horrifically boring). No really "great" fights, just great moments. UFC 6-11/Ultimate Ultimate 96 represents the rise of wrestlers, of more rules, and the beginning of multi-skilled fighters (I won't say cross-trained just yet). Plus you get guys like Tank Abbott, Mark Coleman, Don Frye, Marco Ruas, Gary Goodridge all debuting during this time. These were the last days of the full on tournament. Fights got better, a little more even. Guys were starting to be a lil more developed. UFC 12-Ultimate Brazil era is what I call the Vitor Belfort Era, or the Bronze Age of MMA. This is when MMA, at least in America and the UFC, really started to take form. A BJJ fighter who knocks guys out with quick hands, a Greco Roman wrestler submitting guys, a Kickboxer effectively using the guard - this was the birth of the crosstrained fighter. Guys who were single-disciplined fighters, but began to train specifically for MMA. You have guys like Mark Kerr, Vitor Belfort, Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, Mo Smith, TK, Frank Shamrock, Kazushi Sakuraba, Pedro Rizzo, Pat Miletich, Carlos Newton, Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva fighting on these cards. Unlike the first 12 UFC's, you don't have one specific style dominating, it's wide-open. These events were typically very fun to watch and you can really start to see connections to todays fighting. Lots of changes, weight divisions and titles, time limits and rounds and rules and stuff. UFC 18-28 was pretty much the dark ages. You can find up to 20 on tape, but after that you won't be very successful cept for maybe UFC 22. There weren't a lot of great matches on these shows as the UFCs owners SEG didn't have a lot of money to spend. But by 28, they had Couture returning and winning the heavyweight title, and Ortiz was their middleweight champion. Zuffa soon came and bought the company, changed up the divisions, and started to rebuild the company off the backs of both Couture and Ortiz. Cards got a lot better, but there were ups and downs and they were still trying to find their rhythm. The round system became initiated during this time. Which pretty much leads us to the last 3 years.

http://www.ufc.tv/index.cfm?fa=MultiMedia.Detail&gid=1925 This one? Totally agreed. I think its the best hype video they've done so far.

As well as Couture vs. Liddell III, UFC 57 is starting to take shape with 2 light-heavyweight bouts announced, whose winners may become challengers to the title in 2006, as well as the return of Frank Mir. http://www.ufc.tv/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=1950 Alessio Sakara vs. Elvis Sinosic Renato Babalu Sobral vs. Mike Van Arsdale http://www.ufc.tv/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=1949 Frank Mir vs. Marcio ‘Pe De Pano’ Cruz http://www.ufc.tv/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=1951 Brandon Vera vs. Justin Eilers

And he's not very good and works really like, which doesn't complement his style very well. That's a bit of a problem.

**Updated** 12/10/2005 Vera-Eilers Added to UFC 57 By Thomas Gerbasi Heavyweight prospect Brandon ‘The Truth’ Vera will look to keep his unbeaten record intact when he battles former title challenger Justin Eilers on February 4th’s UFC 57 show at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC 57, which is headlined by the light heavyweight title showdown between Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture, will be available on pay-per-view, and tickets are on sale now. San Diego’s Vera made his UFC debut in October, halting Fabiano Scherner with a devastating attack of knees in the second round of their Ultimate Fight Night bout. The 27-year-old Eilers is looking to regain the form he showed in knocking out Mike Kyle at UFC 49 in August of 2004. In his last bout, on June 4th’s UFC 53 show, the Idaho native fell short in his challenge of heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski, getting stopped in the opening round after suffering a knee injury.

The Chuck Liddell finger-under-the-nose wipe.

...and the more you CAN'T.

http://www.xyience.com/forrest_gallery.php Very, very, wrong.

"But if you cover his face, you won't be able to see his face"

"Clicks" would make for a great internet-based sitcom title.

I actually really liked the light thing. At the end, when the lights went out, I thought "wouldn't it be cool if when the lights were back on, the ropes would have barbed wire on them?" and then they did, and I thought "I guess not"

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Andrei/Fedor would be tremendous given their respective SAMBO credentials and striking ability. I think, from a strategy standpoint, it would be very interesting to see how both sides approach each other. Plus, I've never seen Fedor in a bad fight.

Alright, we're nearing the end of the year, and I think there's no bigger, better, debate than Fight of the Year for 2005. It's my hope that we can get up all the possible nominees, so everyone can judge for themselves and help foster discussion. I have 4 fights on my drive that I will be uploading over the next week. Up first, Uno/Hansen from HEROS. hxxp://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0FHDQRDW791HW2R2FO44I0UM77 So feel free to upload some of 2005's best or reup if necessary, I'll be adding Nog/Tokoro, Cro Cop/Fedor, and Lytle/Healy hopefully sometime this week.

So where do yall get your LOST news from? Lost Links isn't really providing enough info.

We never saw the pilot die, and I don't think Kate or Jack did either. We saw a gush of blood hit the glass and a blood-covered pilot in the trees (I believe the body did have the same clothing and whatnot, but there is the open possibility that it was all an act.

Hey man, livin the gimmick, that's old school. K-5 Baby.

I haven't checked it out, but since I couldn't -for whatever reason- upload Cro Cop/Fedor from my computer, here's a link... http://rapidshare.de/files/4484110/Fedor_VS_Crocop.wmv.html

This is for us. This is for you.

I love the armbreaker spot that Eric Young (I think that's his name) did, I was hoping for it when they started it. Though Sonjay should have been cheering Young on and Young smiles at Sonjay and doesn't figure out what's what until a few seconds later. They need Colt Cabana and Beef Wellington to go with Alex Shelley and Shark Boy - those 4 along with Young could make for some excellent comedy.

Fuck, this is the problem with TNA. They should have let the 3D on the table sink in and instead they immediately go to the admittedly awesome Rhyno video. I love how they are getting across Rhynos motivation to win the title. I want the dude to win.

Good finish booked there. Intricate, yet it flowed pretty naturally. Wonder who did it.

The WWE can't pass up an opportunity to brand something.

Number one is great... ... cept for the damn writing on the back. They're getting better though. The further they are away from being related to wrestling, the better.