Somewhat Manly Nerd » ufc http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog infrequent blogging from some dude Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:36:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 REAL TALK – 8/10/09 http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/08/10/real-talk-81009/ http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/08/10/real-talk-81009/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:53:55 +0000 CajoleJuice http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/?p=1873 - I write these posts when I’m too lazy to come up with full, well thought-out posts — if you could call my other blog posts well-thought out.

- Anderson Silva has to be the most entertaining fighter in the UFC. Georges St. Pierre might be a perfect machine, but Silva is the MMA equivalent of an Ali and Roy Jones Jr. cocktail. He fights inside the Matrix.

Higher quality GIFs here.

- Never tell yourself you’ll never do a certain something again, because you’ll feel that much worse when you do it and it bites you in the ass.

- This trailer for the upcoming movie Brothers is one of the most hilariously awful things I’ve ever been subjected to. Maybe this is because I find Tobey Maguire impossible to take seriously after Spider-Man 3. Or maybe because the entire movie is shown in the trailer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJtEUfSAfOk

- Life is always that much better when you’re in first in both your fantasy baseball leagues.

- I randomly discovered Kayak.com in a NeoGAF thread today — I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a flight. Simpler than any other site I’ve seen. Not that I’ve actually flown anywhere for a vacation this decade. Holy shit, I need to go somewhere.

- Staying on the simple website topic, Mint.com is apparently some website that can keep track of all your finances for you. But they need to know how to access all your online account information. I only allow third-party access to my pathetic life, not my pathetic finances, thank you very much.

- Eggs are required when you’re ordering at a diner after midnight. There are no exceptions to this rule.

- Weird things happen at bars at 3:30 am, like a 20-something girl walking out with a 50-something guy wearing a Hawaiian shirt. I hope I’m that cool when I grow up.

- Jeff Francoeur continued mediocrity — interpreted as above-average contribution by idiots — is probably the worst-case scenario for next season, since it would convince Minaya that he’s the answer in RF. Amazin’ Avenue covers it here. On a related note, Amazin’ Avenue also covers the stat known as WAR pretty well in the process of ripping another blogger/radio show host.

- As you could have guessed by now, I think a girl talking about baseball stats would probably be the hottest thing ever. Even better than ass-to-ass, Requiem-style.

- Did I never write a post about Five Guys? Best fast-food I’ve ever had. Nothing better than a bag of greasy fries and a fresh double-pattied bacon cheeseburger. If people from the West Coast read this blog, they’d say that In-N-Out is better.

- Why can’t I find a decent Christina Hendricks wallpaper? The internet has failed me.

]]> http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/08/10/real-talk-81009/feed/ 0 The Best Fighter in the World is Still Not in the UFC http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/07/31/the-best-fighter-in-the-world-is-still-not-in-the-ufc/ http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/2009/07/31/the-best-fighter-in-the-world-is-still-not-in-the-ufc/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:19:57 +0000 CajoleJuice http://somewhatmanlynerd.com/blog/?p=1836 I’m not a hardcore MMA fan, but I’d like to think I know more than the average American male in his 20s; I know a little bit from watching Spike TV, reading internet threads, and streaming the occasional UFC event. I know Georges St. Pierre and Anderson Silva are hands-down the best pound-for-pound fighters in the UFC, and that Brock Lesnar has quickly become the champion heavyweight. What I didn’t realize until very recently was that the king of MMA has been outside of the UFC for the all this time. I had seen the name mentioned numerous times, and figured this guy was pretty awesome, but I was not fully aware until a couple of days ago. That was when I watched the following YouTube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVVrNOQtlzY

Fedor Emelianenko scares me more than Mike Tyson in his prime. The guy is Russian, and he trains like Rocky in Rocky IV. So he’s like Ivan Drago and Rocky combined. Plus grappling and submission skills. The only fight he has “lost” was due to a cut from an illegal elbow, and due to it occurring in a tournament format where blood equals losing, he got fucked. So for all intents and purposes, he has never lost — this in a sport where a lucky punch or stupid maneuver on the ground can cost an entire match. Holy shit.

Keeping this information in mind, anyone can see why when the LA Times reported earlier this week that Fedor and the UFC were close to a deal, the entire MMA community was frothing in anticipation. When news came out about a rumored 6-fight/$30 million deal, fans got even more excited. But it never truly looked like it was going to happen, and by early this morning, the president of the UFC, Dana White, gave the final word. No deal.

I’m not going to analyze why Fedor and his handlers or managers or agent didn’t accept such an insane deal — I just wanted to post that YouTube tribute video because it’s one the most badass things I’ve seen on the internet. What a fucking animal. I wanted to see him destroy Brock Lesnar. Sigh.

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