UFC 128 and Fight Night 24: Bumper Edition

It's a bumper edition. Like a bulked up Zuluzinho, we're bringing you twice the fun courtesy of Mr Shayne Grier and Mr Ashley Dempsey. Once more we're building those transatlantic bridges of MMA love...

UFC 128: The Retrospection


“Shogun” Rua vs Jon Jones (Light Heavyweight Championship)

Fight Walk-In's

Rua has all this hype surrounding him about this come back fight after being out of action for months. The problem he has is, the time he used promoting he should of used training. As Jon Jones came out looking like the hare, Rua was resembling the tortoise, the difference is, he had no shell to hide into, he just sunk his head into 205 pounds of fat. As he stands there with his man boobs that put the ring girls to shame, you see his confidence slipping as he looks across at Jon Jones who's eyes tell him “Champion 2011” - which is what his autographs were also telling people.

First Round

As Jones smashes RUA with a knee, you see RUA's fat ripple as he realizes it's game over. From here on, Jones gives a head kick and easily moves out the way of Shogun's hook punch. Jones executes the perfect take down. RUA, who is too fat to sit up, then receives some elbows to the body which makes his flabby stomach look something like when you push down on a balloon before it pops. Jones remains on top choking him like a fat rag doll. Shogun finally gets up and walks around wobbling with both his legs and his gut like a bowl of jelly, he ends up on his back again and is dominated as the round comes to an end.

Second round

Jones starts the round with a football kick to RUA's face then he pins him up against the Octagon and smashes him open with a spinning back elbow. Both men exchange blows even though Shogun's don’t always connect, and when they do, they do NOTHING! Okay, maybe not “Nothing”, but it looked like Shogun was in slap fight, while Jones was inside the Matrix. Shogun ends up on his back again causing more tsunamis around the world with the reverb from his gut as Jon unloads. He then gets dominated as Jones puts his forearm in his throat and then continues to smash his fat face in. The round ends as Jones gets shogun in a leg lock and hammer fists him. The round ended yet you can see that last punch rocked him, wobbling to the corner hoping for a miracle.

Round Three

Shogun finally does something, he ducks under Jones legs as he tries to kick him and performs a takedown, Jones then easily gets out of it within seconds and then lays on top of him. As Jones is on top of shogun he digs his elbow into his belly which seemed to do more good than harm. He then performs some devastating punches and elbows which rock shogun, and as one of my favorite fight quotes says, “Put him on Queer Street”. Shogun manages to escape to his feet, but that is only a minor relief from his broken will and body. A Semi conscious Shogun staggers back to the fence as Jones gives him one last knee to the face (But he Rua was going down anyway) knocking him down. Shogun then taps at the same time as Herb Dean calls the bout to a stop. Its over, new UFC Champion, Jon Jones.

Brendan Schaub vs Mirko Crocop (Fight for Pride)

Round 1 Brendan forces Crocop to dance around the octagon as brendan throws some jabs and various other strikes. It looks promising for Crocop as he sweeps and dodges away. Schaub has Crocop against the fence and after some pinning he gets a warning for hitting the back of Crocops head. Then brendan takes Mirko down and after some minor struggling, he then performs some huge punches to Crocops head, Crocop unrocked but no doubt hurt manages to make a switch and stand, Brendan tries to take him down again but Mirko defends himself from it. Mirko ends up pinned against the fence again and both men exchange the punches as the round comes to an end.

Round 2

Brendan darts around throwing jabs that miss as Crocop makes him chase. After a missed head kick Brendan takes down shogun again. Schaub lays ontop off crop cop and gives him big right hands, he stands and before he can get in the upright position crop cop up kicks him off his knees. Herb dean warns him now and the fight goes back again as Crocop ends up against the fence again and they hold each others arms and exchange blows. Crop cop then maneuvers and gets Brendan against the fence and they keep reversing a couple of times. Brendan's nose gets busted wide open and blood pours over both fighters. Herb dean then deducts a point from Brendan for hitting the back of his head. Brendan looks tired.

Round 3

As soon as the round begins Brendan is kicked in the balls. As soon as it kicks off again both men exchange a flurry of punches as Brendan then takes down Crocop who kicks out of it. Brendan takes him down again and charges in to it like a bull, hes clearly pissed off and is now turning it on. Brendan beats down on Crocop who manages to get out again. Both men are now exchanging punches but Brendan looks more focused. Crocop defends another takedown and then he is punched in the head while coming in, he drops with shades of the Gonzoga fight. This one comes to an end with yet another loss to one of the most brutal strikers to ever fight MMA.



Urijah Faber vs Eddie Wineland (#1 Contender Match)

There are fights that look great on paper, then not only live up to the hype, they engulf it with fiery vengeance. This fight was quite the opposite. Multi-Promotioninal champion Urijah Faber vs Multi-Promitional champion Eddie Wineland was tuned to be a barn burner, it was more like a barn building.

The short of it was:

First Round – Eddie Won (Not that exciting)
Second Round – Urijah Won (Slightly more exciting)
Third Round – Urijah Won (Slightly less exciting)

Faber wins the fight via decision. The End. Now he is in line for his title shot. Hope it is more fun to watch then this one.


Fight Night 24 The Reflection


Anthony Johnson vs Dan Hardy

From the start a modest Dan Hardy seemed unnerved by the over competence of Anthony Johnson. Although both men gave it their all, it seemed to be a very one sided match. The very fact that Anthony Johnson headbutted Dan Hardy as clear as day without anyone mentioning it or picking it up emphasized that Anthony was both cocky and lucky. Dan did some good defense and attacks however his British charm was soon smashed off his face as an unanimous decision favored Johnson. The highlight of this fight was the exchange both men did in the second round, other than that it was a fairly uneventful fight. With three losses in a row for Hardy we can only assume he is on the verge of getting cut. The outlaw is going to have to start staying with his in-laws to save up money to pay for his hairdressing bills.


Chan Sung Jung vs Leonard Garcia (The Rematch to “Fight of the Decade”)

In comparison to the first fight, this wasn’t exactly the fight of the decade or even fight of the night. Both men were more than ready for this and although the anticipation was electric the fight was quite slow. Both men was pretty even matched although Garcia seemed to be stronger. However when they were both 'turning it on' it was a good bout. Garcia seemed to have delayed reaction time which left a wide open Chan Sung Jung without any such pressure. Garcia's take down defense was weak and this enabled Chan Sung Jung to perform the first ever Twister submission. Leonard Garcia even though he was seconds away for the round to end which would of saved him, still tapped. This means Garcia and Chan Sung Jung are now at a 1-1 tie with beating each other. The next rematch is no doubt going to be 'Fight of the Decade'.




2 UFC Event Awards El Special Edition



The Tsunami Garland Submission Award:

Winner: Chang Sung Jung – For treating Garcia's spine like an apple core and forcing him to tap with just one second left in the second round.


The Dude Where's My Car-Dio Award:

Winner: “Shogun” Rua – For losing the little bit of energy he did come into the fight with midway through the first round. This fight should have been a battle, but instead it turned into a new school beatdown.

The O.J. Simpson Award:

Winner: Anthony Johnson – For blatantly headbutting Dan Hardy and still being able hold down Hardy and ride that white Bronco in for the Unanimous decision.


The Counterstrike Award:

Winner: Erik Koch – For treating Raphel Assuncao to a sweet right hook that sent him crashing to the canvas like a tree cut down by the “Ax Men”. This was the first time Raphel had ever been knocked out in his seven year career. Just goes to show even the bull needs to use defense now and again.


The Amir Sadollah Rewind (I Doth Protest) Award:

Winner: TJ Waldburger – For getting knocked out by Johny Hendricks only to pop up complaining it was an early stoppage. Apparently Johny's secret weapon is his ability to make his opponents looked knocked out just long enough for the referee to stop the fight.


The No Bones About It Award:

Winner: Phil Davis – For controlling, beating up, and treating “Lil” Nog to a lesson in wrestling. Much like “Big” Noggers, “Lil” Noggers is past his prime and might consider hanging it up. Phil Davis is NOT Jon Jones even though the majority seems to compare them. That's not a bad thing at all because that means one day we actually get to see the two beasts go at it.

The Mrs. Doubtfire Award:

Winner: Chan Sung Jung – For coming into this fight with the most ridiculous looking haircut. I'd call it wig-like, however that would be an insult to all hairpieces.


The John Cena Award:

Winner: Mike Russow – For smashing Jon Madsen's left eye to a shade of violet that could only be called, “Holy Heliotrope”. The doctor stopped the fight between the second and third rounds saving Madsen from Russow finishing him off with one last “Five Knuckle Shuffle”.

UFC 128: The Winds Of Change

Whilst we enjoyed our Bones Lamb Pie, Mr Stu Furay was paying close attention to UFC 128. Not that we didn't, it's just difficult to concentrate with food that good...


The winds of change are blowing through MMA and the UFC. The sports changing, the companies changing and the fighters are evolving. Pride; gone. WEC; Gone. Strikeforce; All but gone. One by one the old guard are being picked off by a new breed of younger, hungrier, athletic, explosive, multi-talented super-fighters. Cain Velazquez, Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, GSP and Jose Aldo all sit at the top of their respective trees. In recent times we have seen Mark Coleman and Chuck Liddell retired and the myth of Fedor Emilianenko destroyed.

After Saturday night, you can add two more names to that list. First off, Brendan ‘The Hybrid’ Schaub struck another nail into the long and illustrious career of Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filopovic. Quicker, bigger, stronger and more athletic than Cro Cop, Schaub was never really troubled barring a nice short elbow that landed flush on his nose. Schaub used his size and reach advantage to keep Cro Cop at distance or pinned up against the cage to nullify those infamous kicks, and nicely timing his takedowns to slip Cro Cop’s big left and put Cro Cop on his back. Cro Cop looked one dimensional and out of his depth. Schaub brought the fight to an abrupt end with a crushing right hand in the third round, practically dropping Cro Cop on his head. After Two defeats on the spin, the sun is surely setting on Cro Cop’s career.

Then in the main event, came the culmination of the meteoric rise of Jon ‘Bones’ Jones. Jones has blown away everything and everyone in his path. Never troubled, never rocked and barely even getting out of breath. His fight against the champion, Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua, was no different. Only hours before the biggest fight of his life whilst meditating in a nearby park, Jones chased down a mugger, kicked his ass and turned him over to the police. You have to wonder if the mugger put up more of a fight than Shogun did. Shogun looked slow, flabby and ponderous, whereas Jones looked like he always does; in peak physical condition, ripped to the bone and focused like a laser. Within thirty seconds Jones had his first takedown. He was his usual bag of tricks of flying knees and spinning back elbows and it wasn’t long before he started to dominate. Shogun had no answer to his speed, reach, athletic ability, explosiveness and multitude of strikes. The fight was brought to an end in the third round after Jones beat Shogun to the ground and the referee mercifully called it off in the most one-sided championship bout you are likely to see. After the fight Bones was barely out of breath, while Shogun looked like he had been mugged himself. The time it was Jones doing the mugging, and he casually walked off with Shogun’s gold.

So, what next? I wouldn’t be surprised of Cro Cop hung up his gloves for good, and Schaub is looking like a dangerous prospect in the Heavyweight division.

After Shogun’s performance, I wouldn’t at all be surprised to see him follow former Pride fighter Wanderlei Silva down to middleweight.

We know Jones is facing former team-mate Rashad Evans in his first title defence, after Evais announced he would no longer be training with Greg Jackson. Don’t expect Evans to fair much better. The UFC and Jonny ‘Bones’ Jones are looking unstoppable.

The Debut: An Interview With Luc Lamude

On Saturday 19th March 2011, a dear friend of the Phantom Knee, Luc 'Tank' Lamude, makes his pro MMA debut at CFC: Ultimate Cage Fighting at the Brentwood Centre.

We thought it might be fun to have Martin Ives catch up with him the week before, find out where he's at mentally, physically and philosophically.





Q: So Luc, in one week you make your long awaited MMA debut (pro rules - 3x5minutes - knees & elbows allowed) after something of a misfire on 30th January - what went down in January?

A: Well, I was supposed to fight Liam Cullen under semi-pro MMA rules, but unbeknownst to me he had cleverly decided that he was bare hard and would fight twice in the same night. One fight kickboxing and the other with me, in that order.
When word got back to him that majority of people were betting on me to win via 'Rape' in the first round, as well as psyching him out with a baby oil/bodybuilding routine at the weigh-in, I think he started to question his chances. Hence him fighting a kickboxing fight, winning, having a bad leg, withdrawing from fighting me due to injury, and later on, drunkenly dancing on the same bad leg victoriously...
All I can say is that it was very frustrating for me to sacrifice so much, and train so hard and not even get to fight! Especially for all my friends who had come to support me. If I get the pleasure of being rematched with Mr Cullen in the future, I'll make it a personal matter of beasting him thoroughly, even more so for wasting my time, and my friends hard earned sterling.

Q: How long have you been training in martial arts for, and what motivated you to take the step up in competition and try MMA?

A: Well, when I was 13, I was obsessed with Dragon Ball Z and that made me want to train martial arts, so I started training in Shotokan Karate at my school. After a years' worth of practicing choreographed dance routines (kata), I became very frustrated with the fact we never did any live sparring. I saw UFC on a documentary and was fascinated by the idea of different styles fighting each other in a 'no-rules' contest.
Later on, I discovered my first UFC video. What I saw was not what I had expected... Strikers getting owned by Royce Gracie. Intriqued I searched 'Gracie' on the interenet and discovered there was an Academy in Dagenham, run by Marc Walder. I did one lesson of BJJ and quit Karate immediately. Since then, I have trained BJJ predomiantly ever since.

Q: You're fighting at welterweight for this one - how do you balance training/nutrition with a full time job? What will you be doing this week to ensure you are fighting fit for the 19th?

A: Yeah I'm fighting at 77kg/12st 1lb. I usually walk around at 13st. I usually cut most of the weight in water a few days before the weigh-in, and rehydrate back up to 13st. I've recently gone part time at work, so I only work 3 days a week, 7am-3pm, so it's not that hard really to balance everything.
In terms of food, I pre-prepare 3 days worth of meals at a time, so I haven't got to worry about cooking something healthy in a rush, especially since I'm going to so many different places to train. On my days off I train 2-3 times a day, workdays just once. In the last week before the fight, I train very light - just some pad work and light grappling. I do alot of mental prep... Visualistion in the float tank, and I do hypnosis with my mind coach who keeps me focused. I like to watch films and stuff my face the night before.

Q: As a young, attractive man with a reputation as a socialite - how do you strike a balance between a big night out and serious training?

A: Haha - Well if I'm 6 weeks away from a fight, I'll go out, but no alcohol most of the time. Every now and then I'll have a couple to relax. After the fight is different matter altogether! I usually get tramp drunk on just about anything I can put down my throat, and gorge myself to bloatation on the filthiest foods imaginable until I pass out.

Q: For many years you stopped watching MMA, only recently returning to the action - why did you stop watching it and do you think the sport has changed much since the days of Genki Sudo?

A: Yeah for a long while I had no interest in the MMA side of fighting and was a BJJ snob. I started BJJ because I was a fan of 'no-holds-barred', what has now evolved into MMA. Back in those days, the quality of MMA in Britain was light years behind America. In terms of places to train in quality MMA there weren't any. So I just kinda went with the flow of competing purely BJJ, and just stopped watching MMA and lost track of it all.
Later on, I got disillusioned with BJJ competition. I think due to it mainly becoming points fighting, with the ongoing fad to score a point or advantage, and them run or stall for the rest of the fight.
I think seeing my friend, Spencer Hewitt, do so well at MMA influenced me to try MMA and reminds me why I started BJJ in the first place - because I love MMA! These days everyone watches MMA - more than they do boxing! Britain has caught up on the MMA scene. There's a lot of good people to train with in Britain!
MMA has evolved massively since the Genki days. Everyone can do everything! Boxing - kicks - wrestling - BJJ, and the level of athletism is far greater. Welterweight and lighter divisions are stacked with a ridiculous amount of talented fighters! It's never been better in terms of entertainment and action!

Q: Moving on from that question, what modern fighters have impressed you?

A: Gee - there's too many!
Diego Sanchez all day - nothing beats his focus, especially with those psycho "YES" chants!
Former WEC champ Ben Henderson is another fighter who's always involved in exciting fights - great wrestling and invulnerable to submission.
Mike Brown - awesomely powerful for his weight and devastating ground and pound.
Guida! Relentless pace and crazy hair!
And The Korean Zombie has got some serious punishment threshold.

Q: Leading into this bout, what do you know about your opponent, and do you have anything you would him to know about you?

A: Not alot... He's a kickboxer and that's about it. Nope, he can find out on the night.

Q: There are a number of your Terror Squad team mates on the card in Brentwood - who should we be looking out for?

A: All of them are gonna tear it up, so I'd watch all of them! Spencer Hewitt, John Williams and Dan Lawson have all trained like beasts!

Q: A number of our mutual friends refer to you as 'Tank' - You don't look that much like Tank Abbott - what's with the name, and will you be using it as your moniker for your debut?

A: Definitely not! I'm not really a fan of nicknames. There was a drunken incident at a fesival last year, where I decided to become my alter-ego called 'The Tank'. The Tank thinks he is indestructible, and the only phrase he ever says is "I'm a Tank". Whilst projectile vomiting.

Q: Do you have a favourite type of tank?

A: Mammoth tank from C&C. If you play Red Alert 2, it's called the Apocalypse tank.

Q: Just before we finish, can we kill the elephant in the room? There is another MMA event on the 19th - UFC 128 - in fact, after watching you do your thing, we're going to hotfoot it back to Knee HQ and watch it - who is your pick - Shogun or Jones?

A: Jones!


Luc Lamude competes at CFC: Ultimate Cage Fighting, 19th March 2011, at The Brentwood Centre. For tickets: http://www.nationalboxoffice.co.uk/cage-fighter-championship-ticket-76.html

10 Reasons why GSP Vs. Silva WILL NOT HAPPEN

GSP isn't scared of Anderson Silva! Of course not. That's a ridiculous notion and certainly not the reason why this fight almost certainly will not happen.

Mr Jimbo Slice looks at the top ten reason why this 'superfight' is mere fanboy fiction:


1. Jake Shields

2. Jake Shields

3. Jake Shields

4. Jake Shields

5. Jake Shields

6. Jake Shields

7. Jake Shields

8. Jake Shields

9. Jake Shields

10. Jake Shields

I'm the kind of guy who likes to put his money where his stupid mouth is. To prove this I will be placing my hard earned cash on Mr Shields and posting up visual evidence of this prior to UFC 129.

Then who knows: maybe we'll be talking about that Silva Vs. Shields super fight?

We won't. GSP will get a rematch and blah blah blah whatever.

TPK Ranger Off Competition: Sonnen Vs. Sheen

It's competition time!

This is your chance to win our exclusive hand made 'Dear Jorge...' t-shirt from our Ranger Off brand. It's 100% hand made, 100% authentic and it 100% sparkles!

Made with fabric pens and glitter glue, we have literally no idea if it will stand up to a decent wash, but we do know it's a one of a kind and sexy as f***.





How do you win? We'll leave you in the hands of our quizmaster Big Stu Furay.


War of Words: Sonnen or Sheen?

Charlie Sheen has been coming up with some lyrical nuggets of pure gold of late, so much so he’s been reminding me of The King of trash-talk himself, Uncle Chael Sonnen. One’s a drug taking, money laundering gangster from Oregon, while the other is a drug taking, prostitute shagging movie star from New York, and below are some quotes from both these nutbags/genii (delete as you see fit), but who said what? Sonnen or Sheen, you decide;

1. “Well, yeah, but I'm tired of being told, "Well, you can't talk about that and you can't talk about that" BULL S.H.I.T”

2. “I will mow you down like autumn wheat, AGAIN!”

3. “Apologize, what? I want you guys DESTROYED. Torn to pieces, laid on an altar in front of a statue of me with golden fangs, and set on fire.”

4. “He couldn’t be more wrong. Does he know anything about business…? He couldn’t have this industry more backwards. It’s shocking that he actually believes and then stands there with his chest out like we should all pat him on the back”

5. “He might be nails, but I’m frickin’ battle tested bayonets”

6. “I’m different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart. I got tiger blood, man.”

7. “He’s a grown man with earrings. He’s a grown man with saggy pants, pink t-shirts and crooked hats. Go join a gang”

8. “Well guess what, dummy? I've been training really hard since I was nine years old and I still have time to bring interest for people to see me whip your ass”

9. “We work for the pope, we murder people. We’re Vatican assassins. How complicated can it be? What they’re not ready for is guys like you and I and Nails and all the other gnarly gnarlingtons in my life, that we are high priests, Vatican assassin warlocks. Boom. Print that, people.”

10. "It's perfect. It's awesome. Every day is just filled with just wins. All we do is put wins in the record books. We win so radically in our underwear before our first cup of coffee, it's scary."

11. “I wish him nothing but pain in his silly travels especially if they wind up in my octagon. Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words – imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists.”

12. “As someone with much more experience than him, at a much higher level of competition, I am his superior and his behavior warrants an apology to me. Now you might say that's a bit of abstract reasoning... but there's another reason he better apologize to me first, and it has to do with his own self-interest.”

13. “I’m tired of pretending I’m not a total bitchin’ rock star from Mars.”

14. “Pray to whatever Demon effigy you prance and dance in front of with your piglet tribe of savages that I decide not to CRUCIFY you."

15. “I’m different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart. I got tiger blood, man.”

16. He’s a stupid, stupid little man and a pussy punk that I’d never want to be like. That’s me being polite. That piece of shit took money out of my pocket, my family’s pocket, and, most importantly, my second family — my crew’s pocket. You can tell him one thing. I own him.”


Email your 'Sonnen Vs. Sheen' answers to thephantomknee@yahoo.co.uk and we will pick a winner from the correct answers.


Competition closes 7/2/2011
Our decision is not only final but DEFINITIVE
The t-shirt is one size only. If you're too fat, that aint our problem. Slim down, champ.

What Michael Did: A Thoroughly British Perspective

Seeing as how certain MMA sites are dishing out a less than even handed treatment of the whole Bipsingate, we figured we'd do the same.

RULE BRITANNIA, GOD SAVE THE QUEEN AND ALL THAT.

We were going to start by saying how we don't IN ANY WAY condone the actions of Michael Bisping at UFC 127. We were then planning on following that up with how we feel HE SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED for spitting at Rivera's corner men and conducting himself in an unprofessional manner.

However, we're sick to death of hearing the campaign against Bisping. Especially from the team that spent so much time mocking him and winding him up in the first place. It's like the kid in your class who spends all day poking fun and flicking bogeys at the geek only to run crying to teacher when the geek starts throwing some punches (and illegal knees).

HE SHOULD BE CUT FROM THE UFC, IT'S AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE.

OK, just so long as this is made a precedent and we start 'back dating' these sort of infractions. Anyone caught cheating shall be dealt with... Cheick can go for his many, many groin shots, Tito can go for grabbing the fence so flagrantly against Machida, Marquardt for basically the entire Leites fight, Koscheck for the knees that never were and Kenny Florian just 'cos I just don't like his face. Obviously these are completely different offences and I'm clutching at straws somewhat.

Let's just cut the crap and sum it all up shall we:

YOU JUST DON'T LIKE HIM.

He's British, he's confident and he occasionally beats mid-tier opponents. Ultimately he's no more cocky than any of other fighter that claims victory before the fight. Something they all do without fail. The Rangers mocked and wound him up and it backfired. Apparently a pissed off Count is actually a far more dangerous proposition than the point-fighting-decision-winner they may have otherwise faced.


Now, before you angrily pound away at your keyboard to let us know just how wrong we are and how we're condoning the actions of an over-emotional idiot, read between the lines a bit here (the first paragraphs especially). Playing Devil's advocate is hard, seeing from both sides is surprisingly easy. We advise you listen to Jordan Breen's level headed analysis on Sherdog's 127 'Beatdown after the Bell' podcast. We wholeheartedly agree with him.



THIS WAS WRITTEN TO GET A REACTION OUT OF YOU, NOTHING MORE.

The t-shirt however, was from the heart (and meant to be in the spirit of things...) x

'Dear Jorge, Go HARD or Go HOME. Now Ranger OFF!'

BAMMA 6: WE NEED YOU!

Dear Mr BAMMA,

We enjoyed your recent show in Manchester, truly we did. There were some awesome fights, some devastating finishes and the Daley KO we travelled from London to see. Overall we were very happy with our night out...

...but there's one important thing that you forgot:

Stools


Yours Sincerely,

Jimbo


All those empty seats and the fighters were forced to stand between rounds. Maybe next time pay McSweeney less in exchange for a couple of stools. He doesn't deserve whatever you're paying him, trust me.

Whatever the figure is.



Positives:

Pierre Guillet's cone shaped head
Paul Daley adding to the highlight reel
Ken Shamrock and his hair
Cheap tickets/great seats
TOM KONG WATSON IS BACK


Negatives:

SOOOOO many empty seats
James McSweeney
Sound cutting out on the pre-recorded videos
James McSweeney
My sinus issues (not strictly speaking your fault)
James McSweeney


BAMMA has the building blocks to genuinely represent the UK for MMA and help to kick-start the careers of upcoming British fighters and generally boost the profile of the sport in this country, it just needs one thing:

You.

Don't let this go the way of Cage Rage, it deserves your attention. If we can pack out Wembley in May then maybe we can see bigger and better things for BAMMAs 7 and 8. Let's not settle for Bob Sapp, we want the best in the U.K and the UFC seem content to feed us mid level European competition, fight night level Americans and anyone British they can get their hands on.



Say 'NO' to James Wilks once a year and 'YES' to one of your own.