All Entries in the "Review" Category
The MMA chess match of the year.
You know that cliché “It’s gonna be a chess match” that a lot of fighters used in pre-fight interviews, only to make it more of a cliché (Anderson Silva for instance used it a lot where he should have gone with “it’s gonna be a massacre”). The closest we came to chess matches was with fighters like Randy Couture and GSP where their opponents seemed to have come to play checkers (sorry, but I couldn’t resist! ). Ben Henderson vs Donald Cerrone was the real thing. Cerrone knew that… (Full Story)
Sengoku IX Post Event Analysis and Review
How can such a good thing do someone so much bad? What on the exterior looked to be a great night of fights might have had a bad affect on business. World Victory Road’s Sengoku IX may be the event that in the future look back to find that it was a culprit in stifling the promotion despite the fact that the fights on the card were incredibly competitive and hard fought. From a promotional stand point the company could not have come out feeling more happy or sad. Not to say that the fights in… (Full Story)
Book Review: Got Fight? by Forrest Griffin
I could go against every other review that I’ve ever done and just tell you that this book is 100% pure ridiculous. But, then I’d have to clarify exactly what I mean when I said ‘ridiculous’ and I would probably spend the same amount of time telling you all about Forrest Griffin’s latest escapade; a book he wrote called Got Fight?. We know, Got Fight…Got Milk. Even Griffin has a something to tell you about the title – he didn’t want it. Instead, he wanted to use “Who Moved My nose?” or… (Full Story)
Review: Biofreeze Pain Relieving Gel
Today MMA Opinion is going to review Performance Health’s Biofreeze Pain Relieving Gel,a gel-based pain reliever that is available to consumers in four ounce bottles. Muscle pain from sports is a continued experience most athletes live with on a daily basis. It often times is uncomfortable to deal with, and after an especially hard day of training, some type of pain reliever can help reduce the amount of discomfort you feel in your muscles…. (Full Story)
Review: Shock Doctor Power Gel DNA Mouthguard
If you’re involved in contact sports, mouth guards are absolutely vital, and you definitely get what you paid for! Although it’s possible to visit your dentist and have a custom mouth guard fitted specifically for your teeth and mouth, the process can be both time consuming and extremely costly…. (Full Story)
Comedy or Train Wreck? Jose Canseco fights to draw
Jose Canseco being described as the “greatest pure athlete to ever play the game of baseball,” isn’t necessarily fitting. Canseco has often times been the joke of the MLB, but also been referred as THE steroid expert. The former slugger is back in the ring trying his quick hands in boxing. In his first trial of celebrity boxing he suffered an embarrassing loss to Vai Sikahema. For this boxing match he took on former Partidge Danny Bonaduce. This time he faired better but seemed to… (Full Story)
Miguel Torres continues to impress; scores TKO win over Manny Tapia at WEC 37
It might seem pretentious to make the claim, but Miguel Torres deserves to be in the Top 5 pound-for-pound fighters in the world. He proved without a shadow of a doubt that he belongs with the world’s best with a second-round TKO win over Manny Tapia at WEC 37 last night. Torres worked Tapia with stiff jabs and straight punches at any moment the distance was closed. His striking overall was crisp, effective, and simply overpowering. The conditioning of Torres is world-class, as the… (Full Story)
Lauzon overwhelms Hammertrum at WCF 5
Dan Lauzon showed why he is ready to make the step up in competition with a very quick, decisive TKO win over Justin Hammertrum in the main event of World Championship Fighting 5. The win marked Lauzon’s seventh in a row and brings his professional MMA record to 11-2. It took Lauzon just 45 seconds to drop Hammertrum with a big punch and subsequently ground and pound his way to a stoppage victory. Dan’s older brother Joe, a familiar face from the UFC, immediately jumped into the ring to… (Full Story)
WEC 36 Recap (Abridged Version)
WEC 36 reminded me why I love MMA. The sport is visceral, unpredictable and a fight can be over before you even start yelling at the TV. On the last episode of the podcast, Brandt and I reminded people, as I often do, that anything can happen in this sport, and while things sometimes don’t happen, sometimes the Matt Serra juices get flowing and that +600 underdog comes out looking like a champ. Paulo Filho, as part of the disclaimer for this piece, was the most disappointing he’s ever been…. (Full Story)
K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei Review and 5 K-1 Fighters I’d Like To See In DREAM
Another person has claimed an invitation to K-1’s annual World GP Finals later this year and while it wasn’t who I personally thought would end up taking the tournament, it was a familiar face who would have their hand raised by the end of the night. The GP got kicked off with a small sized upset in the night’s 1st Superfight with Japan’s Junichi Sawayashiki being knocked down 3 times in the opening round to Romania’s Catalin Morosanu. Sawayashiki is best known for his amazing run all of last… (Full Story)
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