Overall...I really enjoyed the fights tonight. We were treated to a bunch of different stuff. Striking, JJ, Judo, Greco Roman, stand up grappling, GnP, straight wrestling, it was all there.
I am one fan that does not have to have the fighters stand toe to toe and just pound the snot out of each other (not that there is anything wrong with that...).
If a person had never watched MMA fighting before this card was a great primer/clinic in the many different ways a fight can go. I mean come on...a LHW that is known for his striking slapping on a serious sub, Jens "I'll Pound You with MY Left Hand" Pulver saying "sure, I'll show you how good my ground game has gotten". A 135 pound cat with some heavy heavy punching power smacking the crap out of his opponent who just did not want to go down even when he was just absolutely dazed.
And just how the hell do you throw a freakin' knee like Faber did with the one leg you are standing on and do it with so much leverage and power? And what was he doing in there....freaking INVENTING new and interesting subs? Holy crap...he was insane. Not to mention just how calm and methodical he was in round 1 working and figuring his way out of that body triangle while avoiding the choke. It was like a chess match with hand grenades. raise01:
Personally, I loved this card. It was not what (in general at least) we blood lovin' Yanks seem to always scream for...but man it was, imo, a great show of what MMA is all about.
My absolute favorite part was watching Jens Pulver shutup Mr. "So Cal" in about a minute. Nothing like totally embarrassing someone who loves to run his mouth.
I am one fan that does not have to have the fighters stand toe to toe and just pound the snot out of each other (not that there is anything wrong with that...).
If a person had never watched MMA fighting before this card was a great primer/clinic in the many different ways a fight can go. I mean come on...a LHW that is known for his striking slapping on a serious sub, Jens "I'll Pound You with MY Left Hand" Pulver saying "sure, I'll show you how good my ground game has gotten". A 135 pound cat with some heavy heavy punching power smacking the crap out of his opponent who just did not want to go down even when he was just absolutely dazed.
And just how the hell do you throw a freakin' knee like Faber did with the one leg you are standing on and do it with so much leverage and power? And what was he doing in there....freaking INVENTING new and interesting subs? Holy crap...he was insane. Not to mention just how calm and methodical he was in round 1 working and figuring his way out of that body triangle while avoiding the choke. It was like a chess match with hand grenades. raise01:
Personally, I loved this card. It was not what (in general at least) we blood lovin' Yanks seem to always scream for...but man it was, imo, a great show of what MMA is all about.
My absolute favorite part was watching Jens Pulver shutup Mr. "So Cal" in about a minute. Nothing like totally embarrassing someone who loves to run his mouth.