Lord of The Curry

O rly?

They're really running out of challengers for Condit. That dude should've been mixing it up with the top UFC WW's a few fights ago.

Hep B is one of those "Never really go away" diseases, aint it?

Sucks I'll be out partying for my birthday but I imagine TFN will show a re-run of this sometime in the near future. I think we're not leaving until past 10 so hopefully that means I'll be able to catch Bigfoot murderizing Eilers. Speaking of EliteXC word's coming out that in 2009 they will start running PPV's. FUCK. THAT. I like the company but they don't have an Affliction-level talent pool that justifies a 49.99 purchase.

Have there ever been 'cool' fat chicks in history? Being fat and yet still appealing seems to be more of a male trait, showing some joi de vivre and the like.

UFC.com just announced Kurt Pellegrino vs Thiago Tavares in what one would imagine is a Loser Leaves The Company fight. Also, depending on some factors we may see a new main event if UFC decides to run Cote vs Anderson.

Okay, so it's a little more then half a year in. Whatever. Ya'll know the drill....... Fight of The Year: Fighter of The Year: Show of The Year: Best KO: Best Submission: Best Promo: Fighter to Watch: Weight Class of The Year: Curry goes with..... Fight of The Year: In terms of emotional investment/payoff, crowd heat.....like you didn't already know. GSP taking Serra's soul in Montreal. Of course this isn't FOTY but for me nothing will surpass it. Regarding actual FOTYC's I'd have to go with Alvarez/Hansen and maybe the super-overlooked fight between Jesse Bongfeldt and TJ Grant from TKO back in early '08. Fighter of The Year: Eddie Alvarez. Went from being completely out of the top ten to being a legit contender. Good scrap with Dida in the opening round, FOTYC candidate with Hansen and goddamn another FOTYC against Kawijiri. Show of The Year: Hmmmm.....tough choice. I'm going with UFC 84 as nothing really sucked on the show. Emerging young guns like Thiago Silva, Goran Reljic and Sokodjou, debut of Shane Carwin, great main event in BJ/Sherk, awesome subs from Phallhares and Yoshida and WANDERLEI PULLS IT OFF! Oh, and Lyoto making Tito's intestines fold up with the liver knee of death. Best KO: Fuck this is probably the hardest choice but I'm going with Tom Watson catching Pierre Guillet with an upkick right when Guillet lunged forward with a superman punch. Impeccable timing and awesome visual. Honorable mention goes to Yves Edwards one-upping Faber with his jumping knee on Edson Berto. Best Submission: Dustin Hazlett's whizzer to armbar on Josh Burkman followed closely by Aoki's topside gogo and Marcus Aurelio's armbar at the UFN back in April. Best Promo: Eddie Alvarez holding back tears while apologizing to the Japanese fans for not being able to continue in the DREAMS grand prix. Nothing flashy, just all heart and emotion. Gave me chills and made Eddie a superstar in the land of the rising sun. Honorable mention goes to Tito's goodbybe promo at UFC 84. Fighter to Watch: Ummmm....Eddie Alvarez again? Yeah, probably. Also looking forward to seeing how Thiago Silva fares in one of the deepest talent pools in MMA. Weight Class of The Year: 205 or 155

Also, everybody that is a fan of MMA needs to see Hideo Tokoro vs Darren Uyenoyama from DREAMS 4. I'm seriously considering changing my FOTY pick after seeing that. Goddamn what a great fight.

Fedor/Arlovski and the winner facing Barnett (assuming Affliction is still around) in '09 works.

This is 100% rumor at this point but there's a thread over @ BK saying that Fedor is telling people it's him vs Arlovski in October.

Delicious stuff. Though my favorite beer right now is the Raspberry Wheat Ale I get at the Village Idiot on McCaul. Yum.

My word he is staring at Fedor so tenderly.

Did Fedor's wife hot herself up? I don't remember her looking that.....young. And....supple.

This is purely personal tastes Mik but Clementi came out to "Here Comes The Rain" by Eurythmics in Montreal against Stout and that shit was fucking godly. So I'm going with that.

I think even the best Vera we've seen will have difficulty with Jardine. Then again Vera is an excellent kickboxer so if he lures Jardine into playing his game it could work in his favor. I don't see Brandon trying to swarm Keith like Silva or Houston, he'll be too gun-shy of getting caught.

Agreed. A huge step up for Vera and a marketable fight to get Jardine back on track. Jardine is a big 205'er as well and has (IIRC) a height and reach advantage over Truth. Should be fun.

Keith Jardine vs Brandon Vera @ UFC 89 in October. Good gravy that card is looking sexy.

I don't recall anything but I suppose it's possible. I don't drink a lot of Canadians macro beers so it doesn't matter to me. Now, if the Steamwhistle Brewery in Toronto got bought out and was changed around, then you'd hear some bitching from my end.

No no, I knew that. New one isn't as good.

Everybody and nobody

This is old news but who's responsible for the weak subtitle for the folder? "Shove this in your mouth" was kingly.

I see all the art-fags from OCAD walking around with them all the time when I'm downtown.

Seriously? You think Lindland is the type of fighter to justify that kind of a payday, especially given his performance? Top UFC guys like GSP and Liddell sometimes don't pull in that kind of cash.

Also Razor Rob getting hopefully tooled by Donald Cerrone aka Cowboy.

Show of The Year. Why? Because no other show had Bas Rutten singing not only "Heat of The Moment" but also "Con Te Partio" which gets Akiyama a bazillion points for using. Great show. Hansen vs Eddie II is going to be fucking epic.