Chris Weidman: My Last Hope

Alright bw, I try not to veer off tha movie theme too much, but I gotta get this off my chest.

Chris Weidman is my last hope at UFC glory for the immediate future.

For those of you familiar with buffalo, my favorite fighters, in no particular order, were/are Chuck Liddell, Matt Hughes, Frank Mir, and Dan Henderson. As you might note, most of these fighters are in their late 30s, retired, or keep getting knocked unconscious.

Matt Hughes. He had such a good run going. He choked out Ricardo with a wrestling move, beat that n00b Gracie, and shut up Matt Serra. Then he got knocked out by BJ Penn and Koscheck and subsequently retired :(

Chuck Liddell. My oldest fave fighter, he was fighting Shogun for a shot at the belt and then got knocked out. He came back in the best shape of his life, broke Rich Franklin's arm, and then managed to get knocked out into retirement.

Frank Mir. He still has some gas in the tank, but after losing a title shot to JDS and then losing to Cormier, he won't be getting a shot at the belt any time soon.

Dan Henderson. Man, Hendo knocked out Fedor, Cavalcante, and put a whooping on Shogun, only to lose two heartbreaking split decisions that probably eliminate any chance of him getting a shot at the belt.

Chris Weidman. Buff's last shot at greatness. In the last two years of my life, Hendo and Mir have both lost twice, and my other two favorites are retired. As Eminem would say, "Success is my only m***f*** option, failure's not." Although Weidman is only 29, and will obvi comeback from this fight if he loses, that would blow. Buff's string of bad luck has run out. Weidman has the chin, wrestling, and submissions to take the belt tonight. The GOAT's time has come. WELCOME TO THE WEIDMAN ERA.

Here Comes the Boom

1) I'm attempting to make some fighting debut in 2013, so this movie was kind of up my alley. I like to think that I'm not as overweight as Kevin James lol but who knows.

2) The movie was actually pretty bad. I didn't realize the whole story was just about him trying to save the music program at the school. Remember all those old "Save the Music" ads by VH1? Those were kinda goofy lol.

3) I didn't really understand why they had to change Kryzsztof Soszynski's name to that Ken guy when every other MMA person kept the same name. Well I guess they changed Bas Rutten's name too but whatev.

4) Anyone else catch the sick movie Bad Boys 2 playing in the background at that house? #yeahbuddy

Eh,

C+

Dallas

What's good blog world. As some of you might know already, I really don't like traveling, I really don't like big cities, and I really don't like Dallas.

Nonetheless, Me @lkcolt and @jordenwise are making moves down south this weekend to go to leg 2 of the Strikeforce Grandprix at that jitsu Cowboys stadium. Stay tuned for live updates starting @5:30 am as we take off. As much as I'm complaining about this, it should be a pretty tight weekend.

WEC 53

1) Anthony Pettis is a hoss. I think the hardest challenge for him will be a really technical striker. I think Edgar will give him fits if Edgar can get by Maynard. Edgar's not the best striker but he's so quick that I think he'll frustrate Pettis. I'd like to say that a really good wrestler will cause him trouble but Pettis showed against Shane Roller that he doesn't spend much time on his back if he gets taken down. Maynard showed a good ability to keep Kenny Florian down though which makes me think he could keep Pettis down without too much trouble. Petter seems a lot bigger than most lightweights too so maybe that'd be a factor. Anywho, I think whoever wins between Edgar/Maynard will be able to beat Pettis, but it'll be closer than expected.

2) Cruz looked really good too. I think a lot of bantamweights will keep struggling with his reach. Scotty couldn't get inside enough to wear on Cruz at all and I think other guys will run into the same problem. I think that Faber, for how quick he is, will match up really well against him.

3) I think Cerrone will be kind of a middle of the pack guy in the UFC's lightweight division. I don't see him making a wreck of moves for the top soon, but he's still fairly young.

4) The rest of the fights were sick; hell of a way for the WEC to go out.

UFC 124

Whats good tweet fans. Back from the studying jitsu that encompassed the last month. Excited to get a chance to catch up on the blog/generally sit around for a few weeks.

Here to first review UFC 124 from a week ago.

1) For all the talking you think Koscheck would've learned some new tricks. You could see his jab-overhand right combo coming from miles away and it's almost all he threw all night. And when you can't see out of your right away I'm sure it's hard to make that connect.

2) GSP should fight Shields and then go up to 185. I know everyone in the mix wants a shot (or rematch) with him, but he's running out of challenges here. I think Shields should get a shot after coming over from Strikeforce, but after that it's time for some new challenges. A GSP/Anderson Silva fight would be huge.

3) I still think GSP's the pound for pound best fighter in the game now. I don't understand how people think Silva is just b/c he finishes fights. Silva got pwned by Sonnen up until the 5th round. No one has beating GSP in a single round since the Fall of 07. Couple that with Silva's ho-hum opponents at times (Thales Leites, Patrick Cote) and GSP is a clear winner.

4) It was tight how Bruce Buffer didn't announce McCorkle/Struve as the co-main event; he just called them the fight before the main event lol.

5) Jim Miller looked good, I think he'd struggle with a title contender like Sean Sherk, Evan Dunham, or Kenny Florian.

Good fight overall, good to see GSP make it rain.

UFC 123

1) The obvious sad news of the night- Matt Hughes getting KO'd in 21 seconds. :( I don't know how I'm gonna start to find new fighters to get this excited about.

2) Phil Davis is better everyday. I couldn't tell what that submission was but I've never seen someone pull off a behind the back sub like that.

3) Sotiropoulos looks good but I think he'd have real trouble with someone who has good takedown defense that can stand with him (Kenny Florian).

4) Lyoto seemed like he was slacking. It might've been my 3rd long island, but I'm pretty sure he was slacking around a little bit b/c he thought he was winning. #braziliainjitsu

5)Man that Falcao dude looks scary. Surprised that fight went 3 rounds.

Good stuffy but the Matt Hughes loss makes me a sad boy.