UFC 87 Thoughts

UFC 87 Thoughts
Category: Sports

*Warning* May contain explicit dialogue.....yes, this blog does involve Dana White!

I am sure everyone watched the fights last night......I am interested in hearing thoughts. So if you have them comment! Of course I will be sharing my thoughts right now!

I enjoyed the fights, there were a few surprises and some expected outcomes....but I have to say first...kudos to Rob Emerson!!!!! His knockout of Manny was amazing!!! I do not like to be wrong and if I am I have a very hard time admitting it, however in this case I am thrilled and overjoyed to be wrong!!!! I picked Manny for the win but not only did Emerson win, he did it in a very convincing manner.....knocking him out in 12 seconds! It was great and I am happy to have been wrong! Great job Emerson!

MacDonald vs. Maia was a great fight! I knew Maia was good and had a great chance at taking the fight. MacDonald is a tough guy as well, so I knew it would be hard work for Maia. Maia did well and he did win, I think we will see more of him in the future and he is definitely a guy to keep your eye on as he moves up in his fighting career!

I was a little disappointed with the Florian vs. Huerta fight. I was really pulling for Huerta, I just thought this fight would be way more explosive. Not that I didn't appreciate the fight, I just thought Florian looked scared and Huerta looked frustrated that Florian wouldn't stand and trade with him. I will be interested to see what will happen with Huerta and the UFC, will Dana let him out of the last fight he has on his contract or will he make him stay???? If he leaves you can add him to the long list of my favorite fighters who no longer fight for the UFC.

Now on to Lesnar...what to say about Lesnar...he won. The rest of what I have to say will not be so nice. The guy is a Jackass first of all. Everyone knows that I am a huge fan of the controversial Tito Ortiz, but even that guy is respectful after a win or even a loss!
(most of the time )
I am sure Lesnar will have a title shot soon, Dana needs a new heavyweight poster-boy. There isn't anyone left in the UFC heavyweights capable of bringing attention back to the UFC. I mean negative attention is better than no attention at all right?

Now what I found amusing, was his statement to the crowd after his fight "Can you see me now?"
Yes Brock, we can see you. Its hard not to when you have a huge penis tattooed on your chest!
(for the record, I know it is not really a penis but you can't tell me that it doesn't look like one, and also, those were Matt Arroyo and Allen Berube's words to me at the UFC 81 weigh-ins!)
Also Brock, while you may have won your fight against Herring, after the impressive blow to his eye, did you plan on doing anything else?

I have to ask about the whole "bad guy" act...was this paid for by Dana White or did Lesnar forget he didn't have to bring a "character" into the octagon? I guess the third option is that the guy really is a jackass....seems to be pretty likely. He may of won his fight but I doubt he won over any new fans. Not to worry, he still has his WWE following and Dana White.

Yes, I can see Brock Lesnar and Dana White becoming the best of friends.

Congrats to GSP, Emerson, Maia, Kongo and the others! While the fights were good, the card was just ok for me, this was the first time in a loooong time that I didn't buy the PPV, I went out to watch it.
Looks like my cable bill will be going down. Sadly this is not a good thing, when the cause is MMA.