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I'm in.

The two were slugging it out early on, went to the mat, and Butterbean got a keylock on Zulu.

Matt Serra.... aaaaaugh, screwed up my picks and my bets over at an MMA forum. Oh well... time for some PRIDE w00t. BUTTERBEAN!!!!! Bwahahahahaha! I love that pudgy white guy! And by a submission, nonetheless!

SOKOUDJOU Vs. Ricardo Arona - TKO, Round 1

Shinya Aoki Vs. Brian Lo-A-Njoe - Submission, Round 1

Makoto Takimoto Vs. Zelg "Benkei" Galesic - TKO, Round 2

Zuluzinho Vs. Eric "Butterbean" Esch - KO, Round 1

Gilbert "The Hurricane" Yvel Vs. Bazigit "Volk" Atajev - TKO, Round 1

Kazuyuki Fujita Vs. Jeff Monson - Decision

Don Frye Vs. James Thompson - Decision

Yoshihiro Nakao Vs. Edson Drago - Submission, Round 2

Wanderlei Silva vs. Igor Vovchanchyn - TKO, Round 2

Zulu vs. Esch... I may change my pick to Butterbean later...

UFC Fight Night

Joe Stevenson Vs. Melvin Guillard - TKO, Round 3

Justin McCully Vs. Antoni Hardonk - TKO, Round 2

Dokonjonosuke Mishima Vs. Kenny Florian - Submission, Round 2

Keita Nakamura Vs. Drew Fickett - Submission, Round 3

Nate Mohr vs. Kurt Pellegrino - Submission, Round 1

Forrest Petz Vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka - Decision

Seth Petruzelli Vs. Wilson Gouveia - KO, Round 2

Roan Carneiro Vs. Rich Clementi - TKO, Round 1

Naoyuki Kotani Vs. Thiago Tavares - Submission, Round 2

UFC 69: Shootout

Georges St-Pierre © Vs. Matt Serra - TKO, Round 2

Roger Huerta Vs. Leonard Garcia - TKO, Round 1

Diego Sanchez Vs. Josh Koscheck - Decision

Yushin Okami Vs. Mike Swick - KO, Round 2

Alan Belcher Vs. Kendall Grove - TKO, Round 1

Brad Imes Vs. Heath Herring - TKO, Round 1

Thales Leites Vs. Pete Sell - Submission, Round 2

Marcus Davis Vs. Pete Spratt - Decision

Josh Haynes Vs. Luke Cummo - Submission, Round 3

We've got 8 right now, and have room for 4 more. The draft is tonight though people, join up!

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I'm in.

Yeah, Shibata looked impressive, but the guy he faced is like, 6-16 I think, and hasn't won in over 3 years, so it's not all that big an accomplishment. I'll reserve judgment until he fights an actual fighter with some ability. I downloaded the entire show, but skipped forward to the Shibata fight and deleted it. Just absolutely nothing on here interested me at all.

Sign me up. I was really bummed that I missed the drinking game mafia.

lolroflwtfomg, sign me up.

God damn Michael Bisping rules.

Well in that case never mind

>_>

About fucking time Sherk defends the title.

Edit: If it happens, that is.

Signed up. Are you going to do a Fantasy Baseball league?

Some thoughts and play-by-play as I watch the show.... still haven't been able to find the undercard fights yet though.

Lambert/Sobral was a pretty decent fight. I thought Sobral would win this fight for sure. He absolutely dominated most of the first round. Lambert just absolutely destroyed Babalu with that left hook though, sick knock-out.

I didn't know Matt Hughes was only 33... hm. Still has plenty of good years ahead of him. Great reaction from the crowd for Hughes. Lytle swings for the fences early, Hughes doesn't look impressed. Hughes shoots, but Lytle's got a guillotine locked in. Lytle gives it up, and Hughes is on top. Hughes isn't able to do too much thus far, but gets side control. Hughes goes for an armbar late in the round, but Lytle survives.

Hughes shoots in again and gets inside half-guard. Lytle tries for his half-assed guillotine again, and Hughes gets side control. Hughes is starting to bring the elbows again. Hughes has full mount now. Lytle flips it over using the cage! Wow, I've never seen something like that. Lytle tries to swing around for an armbar, but Hughes is back in side-control. I'd give this round to Hughes again though.

Hughes almost immediately gets sidecontrol again. Crowd starts to boo, not too much is going on. Lytle's looking really weak in this round. Hughes almost had an armbar with 10 seconds left, but this fight's over. Little lackluster of a fight, but decent. I'd give this round to Hughes again. No surprise that Hughes gets the unanimous decision.

Awesome reaction for Franklin. I'm really looking forward to this one. MacDonald shoots in, but Franklin hits a flurry of punches. MacDonald goes to the ground and Franklin is pounding away! MacDonald survives though and the fight is back on the feet. Give Franklin the first round.

MacDonald keeps trying to grab Franklin's leg and take him down, but Franklin maintains his balance. Franklin gets taken down and gets out of it and is in MacDonald's side. Franklin gets into the mount! And brings down the fists! MacDonald does a good job of protecting himself though... Franklin is in half-guard. Full-mount again. Franklin has his back now... oh man, MacDonald survives. Franklin wins the round easily, maybe even 10-8. And Franklin wins the fight! The corner stops the fight. Rich Franklin is so classy, telling the crowd to stop booing MacDonald and Anderson Silva. It's hard to NOT root for Franklin. Silva's a real good guy also. Nothing but praise from both men, for both men. I'd love to see a rematch between the two.

There's no way I can't root for Kampmann for now, he's Danish! Danes do it right! McFedries takes Kampmann to the ground with a big punch, but the match is back up. McFedries is laying in some BIG punches. Kampmann is just taking all these punches. Kampmann with a very nice takedown though and with side control. Kampmann with some knees to the side. Kampmann had full-mount, and slid right over to get the submission win with an arm-triangle! Wow!

I'm not gonna do commentary for the Sylvia/Couture fight. Right from the beginning, Sylvia was in trouble. My god. Crowd went absolutely ape-shit when Sylvia hit the ground. Crowd was electric, really all night long, and especially for this fight. I hate UFC crowds sometimes though, they boo when people are on the mat too long, and then when McCarthy stands this one up, they boo. Whatever. Couture just dominated all aspects of this fight, even the stand-up. Only problem is, now it's Couture that Cro Cop is going to kill instead of Sylvia for the Heavyweight title. I don't see how Couture could conceivably beat Cro Cop... but then again, you never know.

Also wasn't in the first one, but sign me up this time around!

I liked how the Asian reporter in Lost was named Tricia Tanaka, and the Asian reporter in Family Guy is Tricia Takanawa. Hmmmmm.....

Tim Sylvia vs. Randy Couture - KO, Round 3

Chris Lytle vs. Matt Hughes - TKO, Round 1

Drew McFedries vs. Martin Kampmann - Decision

Rich Franklin vs. Jason MacDonald - TKO, Round 2

Jason Lambert vs. Renato Sobral - Submission, Round 1

Rex Holman vs. Matt Hamill - Decision

Jon Fitch vs. Luigi Fioravanti - Decision

Gleison Tibau vs. Jason Dent - Submission, Round 2

Jason Gilliam vs. Jamie Varner - TKO, Round 2

Holy shit! He could play a monster in a horror movie. Diaz was already one mean looking dude, but christ.

Yes, sign me up!

The Judges have the best looking armor out of pretty much every FF game ever. And also, Quickenings are extremely powerful and can save your ass.

Wiuff's opponent is a fellow named James Lee.

Also, I'll try to post results as they come in, but I'm not sure of what my plans are for tonight, so no promises.

Akebono departure official - 1-25-07

One day after being told to think long and hard about the possibility of leaving New Japan and pro wrestling in general, Akebono called a press conference today to make his intentions official. Akebono's last professional wrestling match, for now at least, will be at the 2/18 Sumo Hall show. A return of course is always possible, and Akebono has already been told that should he choose to return he will be welcomed back with open arms. Akebono said that he has appreciated everybody's help and support from his tenure in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and said he does hope to return when he feels the time is right. The 64th generation Yokozuna also said that he has already personally requested that his farewell match be against his mentor and frequent tag team partner, Riki Chosu, but the match has not been made official yet.

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More contract talks, with Yuji Nagata who signed today without hesitation after his match with Kurt Angle was announced two days ago. Nagata once again had very few words for the media, but did say that he is very close to announcing who his tag team partner will be, and that it will surprise the whole world. The big American Giant Bernard also signed a contract today, guaranteeing that he will be with New Japan Pro Wrestling for at least one more year, showing his dedication to the company. Togi Makabe who has had some very strong showings over the past few months apparently received a big pay raise, and Koji Kanemoto, who spent most of 2006 as the IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion signed with no problems. Thus far, signing season has gone extremely smoothly, especially when compared to last year.

More mafia, finally! Sign me up.