Sunday, January 31, 2010

Defining fights: Randy Couture



As some of you may know, I like to sometimes pretend I'm good at writing. On top of that bizarre habit, I also really enjoy MMA, and a lot of the time the two combine, sometimes with adequate results. I'm not stupid, and I am very confident that I know more about the history of the ufc/mma than 99% of the other fans of the world, but I am realistic enough to know that I'm nothing close to a pro-writer. Despite that, I do find doing things like this fun, and it can pass the time that would otherwise be spent staring into space in a drug-coma.

That said, I want to make a series of topics like this, with the legends of the sport and the fights that both made them stars and epitomized who they are as athletes. Each one will have a little bit about the fighter, then a top 5 list of their most important fights, with number 1 being the one I feel is the best one. I might throw in some pictures, or video, or whatever else.

I think it could be fun, and I think I'd enjoy doing it. As this is the first one, I'd kinda like feedback or something. I like writing as a way to pass the time, but I want to make something that is as fun for you guys to read as it was for me to write, so any ideas for ways to improve would be very much appreciated. I'm not going to take offense to it.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Is Fedor as good as his fans think he is???


Is Fedor as good as his fans think he is???

It's a bit dated but just wanted to knock out this first one.

With Fedor's not so big fight coming up, it got me thinking about this topic again. How great is Fedor? I know we all think Fedor's poop doesn't stink but I think over the last 2 years my opinion has really changed on him. First off, he's not the god or machine that I thought he was. Second, I'm not even sure how great he really is.

Now wait, just sit down and don't go all huffy and puffy on me yet. I'm going to take a stroll down memory lane and look back at Fedor's career. In doing so, I'm going to re-evaluate his victories and see what I've learned since then. Right now, I have doubts but want to go back and look into each fight and see how good the victory really was.