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They should never stop making Die Hard sequels. I bet John McClane could put an end the US economic crisis.

It's a no brainer the Habs are above the Leafs in terms of history and a tradition of winning, above everybody else. There is more respect for the Habs franchise than the Leafs, no argument. As there should be. As liberal as I try to be, I can't deny that the Toronto Maple Leafs are the most visible hockey franchise in the world with a following the is second to none. Which fanbase is more diehard and passionate? There is no fucking way to have that debate, nor is it really relevant to this, but there is no team in hockey team with more eyes on them than the Leafs. Hockey fans all over either love or hate the Leafs. Nobody can deny that the Habs are the gold standard in terms of hockey greatness. Every fan should know that and acknowledge it. For some reason, they are very much a cult fanbase outside of their area. It seems like the history of failure, along with the desperation, but lack of change over the years in Toronto has rivaled that of the illustrious history of legendary hockey in Montreal. Right now, the prospect of bringing the Leafs back to glory has become a bigger deal to hockey than the celebration of Montreal's legacy of past success. Sad, but true. Well, I live in Toronto, so not that sad for me really.

In the gay, impressive physique kinda way, I'd say Faber and Sherk will probably take the cake. Cheick Kongo, Shane Carwin, and Brock Lesnar have to be the most physically imposing people ever.

Pulver/Faber II? Could possibly make an even more exciting three round fight, but at the same time could also be the worst thing for Jens. Faber with only three rounds to hold him back could be deadly. I'd like to see if Jens can put together a more effective game plan for a Urijah Faber he respects standing up going into the fight. Absorbing that big right hand with the side of his head really burned Jens last time, he'd be expecting that from the get go this time, I'd like to see if he can avoid and answer Faber's bombs. Jens is only 33, but man has he been in some hard hitting fights, in recent years he has looked like he has lost his step, those wars he has taken part in most likely a contributing factor to his decline. If Pulver is going to win a three round fight against Urijah Faber, he is going to have to be one step ahead of Faber at all times. I don't know if I have faith in the modern day Jens Pulver doing that. If I were Faber, I'd just go back to being a GnP machine, try to put Jens down and beat him down as quick as possible. Not only would it be a statement, it would a big time confidence booster for Urijah coming off his title loss.

Hey alright, we won last night. Maybe I'm nuts, but I think it's a shame you can't win with this team because I've never had so much fun watching a team as I have this year. Physical, intense, much improved puck movement, a ton of shots on goal. More Swedish than Finnish, but it's a work in progress. So many nice passing plays have been set up by this team only to be stopped dead. Such a shame when I think about all the highlight reel plays that could be happening if the puck just found it's way into the net. It's always entertaining hockey, win or lose. Except for that Thrashers game this week. That was horrible. But seriously, I love it. I can't take my eyes off the screen when Grabovsky has the puck. Everytime he carries the through the neutral zone and past the blue line I'm thinking something is going to happen. Even if it's not his own scoring chance, it's a nice pass or a slick move or something. Say what you want about Leaf fans creaming over Luke Schenn, but he is going to be a stud. He is not looking like a defensive specialist obviously, but he is only going to be as good as the rest of this defense is. And for that, he is doing a damn fine job. I think I smile at least once a game watching Schenn. He's a kid out there, always one of the most physical players on the ice and almost with the same swagger as somebody who has being doing it for years. He is going to be the heart of this team, baby. Maybe no more standing toe to toe with Zdeno for now. Andre Deveaux has played two games. Please make room for him long term. If this were a pro power skating league, maybe Jason Blake could fit into the mix. Strong skater. Pretty sure he puts on a blindfold once the puck touches his stick. Andre Deveaux is Brian Burke hockey. Jason Blake is... most likely to leave Toronto and start scoring goals. Why wouldn't that surprise me? Point is it's not happening here. One last thing about a guy who is a likely candidate to be shipped out sooner than later, Alexei Ponikarovsky. In terms of skill, I don't know that Poni is going to get any better, he has got to be close to 30. What has impressed me about the Poni Express this season is how he plays the game now. He is a guy that everybody has been indifferent about for years, everybody can see he has or had the potential, but there was always that lack of physicality, not wanting to go into the corners and battle for pucks. This season he looks like has really bought into the aggressive and intense style Ron Wilson brought in with him. He's not a beast out there, but he is fighting in the corners, he is throwing big checks, he is standing up for teammates, a totally different Alexei. I can see this being a career season for him in points, maybe he'll break 50, which if anything could make him attractive to other teams in the process. That's all. PS, please keep Matt Stajan. You'll all be sorry when he picks up the Hart elsewhere.

I hate MMA fans. No matter how hard MMA outlets push his NCAA credentials and the fact he is an athletic freak of nature, fans act like Brock is still WWF champion, coming down to the ring with a steel chair, rather than a camp that is front lined by Sean Sherk and Erik Paulson. People all over the place are discrediting Brock. "He hit a lucky shot." A freight train fist square to the temple from a raging bull ready and willing to throw leather is not luck. "He was gassing." Yeah, it looked like he might have been going to that way. But then he won. "Randy took a dive." Re. Tards. The fight was like any other Randy Couture game planned fight, the only problem was Randy had little success offensively. He could not get Brock on his back against the fence (though he tried his damnedest), he couldn't get anything going in the clinch (Brock's knee says hi), nor could put together an effective combo standing up to set up an opening for anything, as Brock was ready to respond with his canned hams. The only thing Randy could put into effect was holding the clinch against the fence and wearing him down, which was working, but Brock was way too much for Randy to wash, rinse, repeat that strategy until Brock was truly gassed out and vulnerable. I don't think anybody really understands the power of Brock until they feel it the form of a shot to the head. I really, REALLY liked Brock having none of Randy trying to transition to the back. I mean Randy's reversals and stand ups were more impressive, but Brock looked like a total pro in grabbing that leg just as Joe Rogan was about to bust a nut into 50's grill. Something so basic, I know, but it still comes off like Brock is fulfilling his potential. I was even impressed that he almost got full mount on Randy, considering it's Randy Couture, the man who wrote the book on full mount. His battering ram stand up that has put down all three of his very tough UFC opponents to the mat, his bull rush shots, his beastly wrestling ability, and the fact he is still getting better makes me think that it could only a matter of time until Brock Lesnar is known for MMA, not pro wrestling. Not to mention the guy looks like he was taken straight out of a comic book or a video game or Greek mythology or something. Plus all that interest from wrestling fans who don't necessarily watch MMA too... Brock Lesnar = Money for the UFC. Also, wrestling fans seem to be taking some perverse pleasure out a guy who wrestled purely for the money, for a relatively short period of time, coming in and winning the UFC HW title. It's almost as fucked as the blind elitist MMA fans not wanting anything to do with Brock Lesnar.

Reljic's debut was impressive. After watching Wilson get hit with like 50 head kicks, even my head hurt. Goran was so fierce that fight that you kind of forget that it wasn't a one sided fight, Wilson had opportunities to finish and fuck, it took a battering ram to eventually KO him. I like Thales to have his way with Goran on the ground.

Die Hard then Live Free or Die Hard.

*Welterweight Championship Bout: Georges St. Pierre © vs. Jon Fitch - 3rd round TKO Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring - 2nd round submission Kenny Florian vs. Roger Huerta - Decision Rob Emerson vs. Manny Gamburyan - Decision Jason MacDonald vs. Demian Maia - 1st round TKO (I'm scratching my head on why I picked that, for some reason, it feels right) PRELIMINARY CARD Luke Cummo vs. Tamdan McCrory - 2nd round KO Dan Evensen vs. Cheick Kongo - 1st round KO Joe Joes vs. Andre Gusmao - 1st round submission Steve Bruno vs. Chris Wilson - Decision Jared Rollins vs. Ben Saunders - 2nd round TKO I'm away for the weekend, so I'll try to have the results up by Sunday night or sometime on Monday.

Why it does. Geh. I've officially been designated to the Canaduh region of the country. Handball on TSN sounds fun.

When do the female gymnastics events commence? I feel the need leer in the direction of jailbait. I mean, GO CANADA! I say Canada gets 11 medals. One gold, five silver, and six bronze. That's not an educated guess, that's throwing something out there for the sake of it.

I have no idea what happened to the RINGS library. I know Fedor had a bunch of RINGS bouts up on his website at one time. Besides that, it's difficult to find any footage or even info about the damn promotion. I haven't looked real hard, as I don't have much interest in it. Sherdog is saying that the merger of the 185 and 205 divisions of WEC and UFC could happen within months. Ok, besides Filho moving over, this isn't so much about merging two divisions for the sake of deepening competition as it is to make room for more of the lighter weights in WEC. Cantwell, Stann... That's pretty much your WEC LHW division right there. I honestly like both of these guys as MMA prospects. In the UFC, these guys are easily nothing more than depth right now and I'd hate to see their potential wasted being thrown into fights they are way over their head in. Which I don't think the UFC will be doing, they'll keep them in prelims or possibly on Spike to start off.

In my defense, I was coming to post that. I swear. The music in Goodfellas is spot on through the whole thing. The scenes from the nonstop mad dash around town, with the guns, the cooking, and the helicopter and shit. The whole thing has to be like 10-15 minutes, all with different songs mashed into it. My favorite specific part is when Henry is driving, looking for the helicopter, all coked out and paranoid, paying no attention to the road, the lyrics "I want it, I want it, I want it..." from Magic Bus are in the background, and he almost hits the car stopped in front of him. It's all classic, that just sticks out as my favorite bit.

Terminator 2. The truck chase.

I had no idea that was exclusive to Japan. I haven't seen it since last year, it was pretty good, but hard to watch in one sitting. If you are looking for a PRIDE history lesson, this is awesome. It gets a little boring if you are up on the history already. Regardless, still a good watch. As for comparing to the Smashing Machine... Sorry man, the Pride Decade is a glorified highlight reel compared to the Smashing Machine. And I meant that in a way in which I don't sound like a dick. News bit stolen from Sherdog forums, they stole it from Dave Meltzer. Because no news is safe. Clearly if Roger can have the same success with an up competition, he is going to be a star and you don't want to lose him to an upstart promotion like Affliction. But right now, he is not worth the money he is asking and all the UFC needs is Florian to get his arm raised to justify it. So you got your potential future face of 155, who has got an appeal that could possibly lead to fame outside the sport, but he wants the money that he would deserve when he reaches that potential, now. As much as I have grown to love Roger, Guida is his lone prize trophy right now. The infusion of youth into 155 since it's return, Roger putting together a nice streak, consistent FOTN outings, and the poster boy potential has really helped him stand away from the pack. Fighting for a title shot is a bit premature, but he's got the hype and excitement, so it makes sense givien we are still in the Sherk/Penn hangover and there aren't many challengers worthy of a shot more than Roger is really. It's quite the situation to try to wrap your head around. There are so many possible scenarios could come about follow the outcome of Huerta/Florian, I can't even attempt to throw a guess out there as to what will happen to Roger Huerta's future.

That's why there will be a special spot in heaven for you and those who as you do. Ibarra Speaks Source, MMAJunkie

Longer than a single scene, but from the Sopranos, the first episode of season 3. I don't know the name of the instrumental piece, but it plays when they are trying to plant the bug in Tony's basement. Then it cuts in to "Every Breath You Take" when they show Tony in the car. The whole time you are rooting pretty hard for Tony to come home before they set up the bug. EDIT: Ok, so the song is called Peter Gunn Theme by Henry Mancini... I thought some dude name Peter Gunn wrote it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGOoyI6vTNQ That's the song, not the scene. Set to the actual scenes, it's freaking amazing. One of my favorite Sopranos episodes. Soprano's always rocks the key music at the right times.

I haven't experienced the injury for myself, so I don't know, but he's been milking a hand injury for years now. My guess is Fedor doesn't want to risk further injuring his hand in October and give up a pay day on New Years Eve. He hasn't missed an NYE paycheck in five years and he's already expressed that he does not want that streak to end this year. If anybody has any Meltzer news and is kind enough to share it, that would be awesome. He has some pretty cool news and eventually you can find it other places, but you have to filter through so much sourceless crap first to make sure where you are getting it from. Anybody see WEC? If you get a chance, watch it! Very good event. Main event was very entertaining. Most likely it'll end up being a FOTYC. I watched the whole thing this morning. I suggest you do to. Watch Miura/Condit at the very least if you haven't.

Nate Marquardt vs. Martin Kampmann is on for UFC 88. I like this fight a lot. I like Kampman, he's got a nice streak going, he's been in some tough battles and won, and he's still relatively young at 26, so he's still got a bright future ahead of him. Still, I think Nate takes this fight. Kampmann will bring the fight to him, but Nate is gonna want this one bad, big opportunity to make for that SD loss. Plus, Kampmann already has a win over Leites. I don't know if that counts for anything, but it felt like the right time to bring it up. Roger Huerta has a problem. And he's angry! I cannot wait for the Dana White reaction. This will be fun. If I'm Dana, I do not want to lose Huerta. So I'm thinking damage control. Or I'm praying Kenny Florian makes Huerta into 30 seconds of work while Goldy changes Rogan's diaper after witnessing the raw awesomeness of KenFlo's authentic Muay Thai expertise.

Word this morning is six teams are showing interest in Mats Sundin. August 1st turns into "sometime in the month of August". Honestly, I don't see him coming back here. Who ever thinks Mats still showing interest in the Leafs is anything more than an "I'm sorry, but I'm fucking out of here" is crazy. It was probably a tough decision to get over but there is a ridiculous offer waiting out West, to play in a hockey city, on a team I think he fits in very well with, and he can still keep close to his business ventures he has in Canada. Mats, I love you, but you are a fucking moron if you don't take this offer!

I was browsing over Fedor's record, in his 28 wins, 17 of them have come inside of five minutes. Ten of them finished inside two minutes. Four wins under a minute, with about three or four more not too far over a minute. 21 of his wins have been stoppages. Pretty impressive.

The Fedor/Tim fight was a highlight package in itself. Chances are they showed the whole fight and it just looked like highlights. The whole thing was 36 seconds long.

Again, doube post. I should really check the news sites before I make my first post of the day. My bad. Both news bits stolen from MMANews.com Rampage Update, fires Juanito, return date? Also, Old UFC>New EXC It was an inspired effort for EXC to try and follow up with Lawler/Smith II, but EXC cannot sell diddly without Kimbo Slice. CBS gotta eat and Robbie Lawler isn't going to feed them on Prime Time Network television.

This needs to come to Toronto. I can't remember which movie it was, but it was the first one I saw and it must have been like 12 years ago.... The scene were Chong (I think) covers the grow op in the pool with a tarp and pretends like he's swimming in it is my favorite part of any movie. If I could just remember what movie it was from. I have a bunch on VHS, but I haven't had a VCR since 2003-04. I went through a phase in grade 9 and 10 were I was obsessed Cheech and Chong. That one with the pool scene I do not have. I have Up in Smoke, Still Smokin', Next Movie, and one I taped off television that I don't know the name of. Fuck, I haven't watched those movies in soooo long. I'm so depressed that I have no method to watch. Oh well, the internet is a hell of a tool.

I love Maia. His BJJ is on another level. I don't know what type of fighter he'll turn into for sure, but training is so complete and efficient these days that I'd be stupid myself not to think he's working his ass off to go from ADCC ace to rounded MMA fighter. He's looked very good so far, he should only be getting better. I'd say there's still a lot of proving to done in order to being considered for the belt. I like Leben or Bisping as next opponents for him if he looks good against MacDonald. And I think those are good opponents to prove himself right now, guys like Leben and MacDonald. Not necessarily consistent fighters, but tough, experienced, and by no means pushovers. Let's say he beats MacDonald, if he can rattle of two more wins against similar caliber opponents, then it's time for a step up in competition. I'd love to see Maia vs. Lister. Grappling clinic.