Outstanding show… all around!
- GSP was on a mission and while Serra can beat anyone on any given day he’s still not in GSP’s league. That’s not an insult to Serra either, hell Matt Hughes (the supposed best of all time isn’t in GSP’s league) I really think GSP is the only guy in the range to take on Anderson Silva. Unfortunately GSP’s last interview stated that’s not likely to happen, but we can all hope!
Now we get to see Serra and Hughes go at it. I hope Serra beats the crap outta that loudmouth. Glad he left the arena in a chorus of cheers.
- Rich Franklin did exactly what I thought he would. Solid aggressive gameplan and out worked Lutter. That was a beautiful counter to the armbar as well. That move seems awkward but works really well to rotate the elbow. Travis Lutter had nothing after pretty much 3/4s into the first round. Train harder… maybe he can go train with Starnes… (OMFG)
- Bisping looked great, and will do well at middleweight. Unfortunately I still think he is an ass who lacks anything resembling class after Losing to Hamill and the way he acted after the judges awarded him the victory anyways.
- I saw some highlights of how Demian Maia submitted Ed Herman (A travesty that it wasn’t televised) a nice looking triangle choke from the top.
- Jason “The Athlete” Macdonald won KO of the night against Joe Doerkson (Once again something that should’ve been televised.
- From what I heard about the Sam Stout VS Rich Clementi fight it was a slugfest war. Clementi by split decision. Yet another fight that should’ve been televised.
- Danzig / Bocek fight was good too. Danzig was too much but Bocek showed tremendous heart, and took a beating, but never stopped going. Still and impressive UFC debut, and I’ll wager Dana will have him back. I’d take a guy like that on a card any day, even if he loses!
- Now the fight I’ve been avoiding! Nate Quarry VS Kalib Starnes. WTF! He’s from Surrey which is a part of the Greater Vancouver Area where I am. So naturally I was hoping for the hometown boy. Wasn’t betting on it but, whatever. Talking shit, flipping the bird (it’s a fight dumbass, throw punches if you hate him so much.) Even 10-20 full seconds of Nate covering his eyes and flailing with mario bros style hammerfists couldn’t entice the The Koward Kalib to fight. What a disgrace. There is no Warrior spirit in that boy at all. 10000-1 odds he never gets another call from the UFC again…except maybe to reclaim the travel costs. As a former fighter myself it was disgusting to see. There are far more deserving people of the PPV time. And the way his camp acted towards Nate after? Jumping up and down, pointing fingers, talking shit. All very much loser thug mentality. Big group, big talking. One on one… different story. Sorry done ranting now…..
- Watched the fight network after the show (Canadian Channel not sure if it’s available in the US) but Big John Mcarthy and Randy Couture were hosting. “Kalib shoulda had a unicycle so he could’ve backed away faster,” laughed Randy. A more serious Big John said, “Kalib just backed his was outta the octagon and outta the UFC. He did not come to fight!”
All in all a great show well done by the UFC and Montreal.