
I had no idea I would be seeing the legend this weekend at the Strikeforce show in St. Louis. The show itself was incredible, but the who's who of MMA stars both inside and outside the ring was amazing. Fedor was definitely the top surprise, but a close second was Anderson Silva and Big Nog cornering their teammate, "Feijao Cavalcante." Andrei Arlovski was in the co-main, and got caught by Bret Rogers early. I hope he seriously thinks about another career other than boxing, his chin was glass last night. Shields and Lawler, Diaz and Smith, great fights. Josh Barnett and Tim Silva were in attendance as well as Affliction co-owner, Tom Atencio. It was kind of funny, we noticed him walking right past us on his way back from the concession stand and I couldn't help but remark to my wife, "Now if that was Dana White, he would never be able to leave ringside." It's kind of cool that this guy co-owns a multimillion dollar company and he still gets his own hot dogs at shows. Anyway, this is stretching the Jiu Jitsu aspect, since the only real submission of the night was Jake Shield's Guillotine choke on Robbie Lawler, which was technically one of the smoothest chokes I have seen as a finisher. I could go on and on, but I will keep some of it for class!
3 comments:
Totally cool, Aaron. I can't wait to hear about it.
i couldn't be more jealous.
i love Fedor. i would be okay with my wife leaving me for him.
very seldom do you see someone who has reached the pinnacle of their sport, yet also learned the importance of be classy in all aspects of life. Fedya is the complete man.
thanks for sharing.
Mauro Renallo is missed. i wish we had more of him announcing big events.
I just watched the event on Showtime today. I think the UFC made a mistake by not cross promoting with other organizations. I am enjoying these other shows and the guys the UFC are discarding our having good careers at higher salaries.
I was surprised at the firepower they pulled out at the show and some of those match-ups really make sense.
As far as Arlovski is concerned, I wonder if he could make it to 205.
*Diaz is becoming one of my favorite fighters.
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