JAMIE VARNER/DONALD CERRONE 2 MOST LIKELY AT WEC 51
CHANGEUP: VLOG @ 9am, NOT 10am
Had some unexpected things come up, but I will still be doing the live video blog today at 9am. If you can’t watch live, I will post the archive later in the day to check out.
If you want to watch live, you can do so via USTREAM by clicking the video blog on the top links. Also, you will see a box for the chat room in there where you can chat with me during the show so I can talk about your points.
There are some fights where a draw seems like the only fair result for two evenly matched opponents.
There are other times when it feels like highway robbery.
Such was the case in the main…
GGB VIDEO BLOGS COMING SOON
I’ll be putting together some video blogs periodically with thoughts and fight previews pretty soon. Stay tuned for more info.
DOES CARLOS CONDIT WANT HIS WEC WW TITLE BACK, TOO BAD…
In this fun game I like to play ever since I realized it, I took a look back at WHAT IF… Carlos Condit was STILL the WEC champion…
Let’s look at it like this.
CONDIT - CHAMP
Condit took on Martin Kampmann in his UFC debut, losing a close decision in a great fight. Kampmann won and took the WEC welterweight title.
KAMPMANN - CHAMP
Kampmann was decimated by Paul Daley
DALEY - CHAMP
Daley was overtaken by Josh Koscheck’s wrestling, we all know what happened there…
KOSCHECK - CHAMP
Well, because the title has changed hands so many times (lol), I guess they figured they finally needed to put it to rest. Koscheck fights an always and extremely tough Georges St. Pierre for the UFC welterweight title, ultimately unifying both belts… so here is a goodbye to a semimetaphorical belt that used to exist…
Goodbye WEC welterweight title, it was fun while it lasted.
CURRAN EDGES IMADA IN SPLIT DECISCION FOR BELLATOR LIGHTWEIGHT FINALS
Thoughts and more on the fight…
Few stories in MMA this year are as incredible as Pat Curran’s rise to fame in this season’s Bellator lightweight tournament. I doubted I would be as surprised as when Curran beat UFC veteran Roger Huerta in the second round, however, I was wrong.
In tonight’s tournament final against last year’s finalist (ultimately losing to Eddie Alvarez) Toby Imada, Curran looked timid the entire fight. In the first round Imada pressed toughly against the cage for almost the entire round while aggresively throwing knees to the midsection of Curran. Later in the round a takedown was given and Curran quickly scrambled to his feet. I gave that round easily to Imada.
In the second round Curran continue to circle away and poke shots in. In this round both fighters connected with some shots, but not anything truly damaging. Again, Imada struggled to take down Curran, however he was extremely physically controlling the entire round, all while Curran continued to circle away. A close round, but I gave that one to Imada as well.
In the final round, as I figured, Curran would have to go for broke since he was down two rounds. However, this wasn’t the case. Imada poked more shots, clinched from time to time and even got a takedown this round. There was one point however in which Imada went for a takedown but Curran quickly evaded it in very sleek fashion. Finally, the big point of the round was a clean and quick shot to the right eye of Imada. In fact, the punch stumbled Imada, a definite chance for Curran to swarm in with a flurry of punches, however, he backs off. This round, despite the elusiveness to avoid one takedown, and the punishing blow that opened up a large cut, I actually gave that third round to Imada as well because of the lack of aggression on behalf of Curran.
The results were shocking…
When the split decision scores were read, the final judge calling it for Curran had my jaw on the floor. Now, I love great stories like Curran’s any day, and I am now a Pat Curran fan, however, when you have both a title shot, and 100k on the line it wasn’t too easy to sit and watch. Regardless, as I said, I am a Pat Curran fan and he looks to be one of the toughest young prospects in the lightweight division today, but, I think he is definitely going to have a problem with the quickness and strength of Eddie Alvarez, not to mention the fact that he is easily in the top 10 lightweights in the world. Should be a good one nonetheless.
GoodGame Radio, Episode 15 This Friday @ 5pm
That’s right everyone.
We’ll be LIVE on USTREAM this Friday at 5pm to re-cap UFC 109 and… gasp… rankings?
Tune in as we discuss the world of MMA.
Be sure to check out recent shows too!
by Mike Chiappetta
The “California Kid” went back home in search of gold, and now he’ll get a chance to add some more precious metal to his…
GoodGame Radio Quick Hits
We tried something different. No show today, we’ll be LIVE tomorrow on USTREAM to breakdown Fight Night 20, and WEC 46 at 4:30pm.
Jaye covered some of the main card fights, gave his picks for Fight Night 20 and more.
Check it out, and be sure to drop by tomorrow when we do GGR Episode 12.
