4 for 4 baby. Granted, I got at least one winner wrong, but at least I know how to deliver the drama baby!
Now give me Dana's job. And Tito's girlfriend.
Major Points
- With Cote's defeat of Jorge, we are now on to the semi-finals.
- Matt Hughes arrives at the gym, sans Dana announcement. More man hugs.
- GSP, who at the time the show was taped was preparing for a fight with Hughes, is somewhat perturbed. GSP leaves the gym, to ensure that he and Hughes keep a comfortable distance from one another.
- Dana & the boys interview the semi-finalists regarding who they want to fight this round. The middleweights go first.
- Lutter doesn't care.
- Cote wants Bam Bam.
- Bam Bam wants Cote.
- Drago wants Lutter. Drago is questioned on this, as he says he wants to fight Cote in the finals, and he knows that Lutter will be a tougher fight. Hughes is particularly dubious, but that could be because this was his week for the camera love.
- Dana announces the fights: Cote v Bam Bam, and Drago v. Lutter. But if you were read my recap last week, you'd know that I called those.
- Dana also tells the fighters that in addition to the $100,000 "cash," the fighters will also be receiving a 1 year, $100,000 sponsorship with Xyience. And a title shot. Which Dana says will be against Rich Franklin, indicating either the fix is in this Saturday, or Dana hadn't planned on Franklin having a title fight before facing the winner of TUF4.
- The welterweights are then given their interviews.
- Serra wants Shonie.
- Din wants Lytle.
- Shonie gives a speech about peasants and kings, and says he wants Din, because he's already beaten Serra and Lytle.
- Lytle doesn't much care.
- Dana tells the welterweights about their year's servitude to Xyience should they win, and announces the welterweight fights: Serra v Shonie, and Din v Lytle.
- Din v Lytle is up tonight.
- Dana says this is the first time he's been unable to pick a winner.
- The fight goes a full three rounds, with Lytle in Din's guard for much of the fight. When they stand up, Din gets some good shots in, but doesn't capitalize and press the advantage. And when Din is on his back, he doesn't try very hard to either reverse, or take control.
- Lytle wins a unanimous decision. I said I picked the fights correctly. I said nothing about picking the winner of those fights correctly.
- Next week is Shonie v Serra.
- I'm going to commend myself again on calling all the upcoming fights.
- I think the fights give the best possibility for a good finale. Which is why I picked them, and I'm sure why
Danathe "Jedi council" picked them. - GSP showed class, poise, and grace in handling the intrusion of Matt Hughes on the training camp. He didn't do it because he was afraid, but because he wanted to maintain a certain mindset regarding Hughes. I think he made the right call, and he did it the right way.
- It was also funny seeing Cote call GSP on not wanting to be at the gym as the same time as Hughes.
- Shonie's suit at the fight announcements was styling.
- GSP's blinged out hat is also very pimp. If I'm GSP, I'm either saving it forever, or auctioning it for the Ryan Bennett Memorial Fund.
- Doesn't everybody in UFC have a de facto sponsorship deal with Xyience?
- Din v Lytle wasn't a bad fight. But it seemed that they were both more interested in not losing, than they were with winning. Nobody really pressed the advantage, and the ref stood them up more times than Lex did to Dean.
- Shonie man. First of all, the beard. Not working baby. And your speech to the "Jedi Council?" Lamer than half of Jean Chretien's face.
- Somebody please explain to Matt that the finale will be live, and will be taking place months after the semi-final matches. If somebody gets injured during a semi-final fight, they have a very good chance to make it to the finals sans injury. So Drago's choice of Lutter almost makes more sense, because, should Drago advance, he has a much better chance of ensuring he is prepared for an opponent he stands a better chance of fighting.
- Okay, in the first round, the countdown clock went to 0:00, with all the numbers red. And they kept fighting. According to Dana, the timekeeper made a mistake. Okay? Let me get this straight. The TIMEKEEPER, who has been appointed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on the basis of his ability to TELL TIME, wasn't able to do his job. With digital clocks and timers, how on earth is it possible to screw this job up? And what does that say about the Nevada State Athletic Commission? I mean, they've already proven incapable of hiring competent judges, but at least that job is somewhat subjective. But this is telling time. The kind of thing you need to master before they let you leave the comfy confines of Kindergarten! If either of the fighters had been KO'd or submitted in that extra minute, would they have had a legal foundation to challenge the results of the fight? This would have been ugly, but there was worse this episode.
- Matt Hughes is an ugly, ugly man. And I don't mean physically. He is a bully, a racist, and an arrogant jerk. He represents everything ugly and wrong with the world of sports. Whereas GSP chose to leave the gym with dignity, Hughes used the opportunity to try to embarass his pending opponent. They may try to portray Hughes as a good down home country boy, but they need to understand that the underside of that social type is intolerance, arrogance and unnecessary aggression. All of which Hughes has in droves.
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