There are two fights tonight and the first is Alfredo Angulo vs. Kermit Cintron. What might be most interesting is that Cintron rehydrated up to 169 while Angulo only hydrated back to 159. Also, it was said that Angulo didn’t come to Florida until the weigh in day, so Cintron had to do all the late media by himself.
Cintron dominated the early part of the fight, using his jab, and more importantly, his decisive speed advantage. Angulo started off slowly and seemingly allowed Cintron to look so good. But Angulo picked it up near the middle rounds and just pressed Cintron. He ate a lot of shots, but was able to make the fight close in my eyes. The 12th round was very good.
Cintron pulled it out 116-112.
Juan Urango vs. Andre Berto
1st Round
Even though Urango is the one coming up in weight, he looks jacked. His back is huge. I hope he passes the medicine test. Berto looked really fast and was using his jab and moving. The commentators (Max Kellerman, Bob Papa, and Lennox Lewis) made mention that Berto was moving right towards Urango’s power hand as a southpaw. They all said he was fast enough to do it, and Kellerman made the observation that Urango is a natural right-hander, thus he’s not necessarily walking into his power shot. First round to Berto. Continue Reading »
At FGB, we like to collaborate on posts, but one of the issues in collaborating is that everyone’s opinion is so valid and smart, at times, it takes us a long time to get our thoughts together. And with newsworthy items, by the time we think of putting something together, it’s later that we’d like.
So, with some of the more newsworthy items, we’ll do “first reaction” or “quick thoughts” kind of posts.
I decided to ask everyone what they thought about two up and coming UFC light heavyweight battles.
Rampage Jackson vs. Rashad Evans
Cactus Jim: When I first heard Jackson versus Evans I was a little confused and thought maybe Rampage hadn’t been offered the fight with Machida. After I heard that his preference was to fight Evans instead of fight for the title I immediately thought that would be like an American football player coming out of college and having the choice to play for Detroit or Pittsburgh and choosing Detroit. The question I have now is, “Is Jackson avoiding Machida for some reason?†Maybe health, timing, fear, etc. Or does he just want Evans so bad he’d pass up a title spot to get the fight. I doubt that’s the case, because UFC just killed the Rashad/Rampage title fight by having them fight now. Continue Reading »
With Pierce gone, they’re going to have to bring in a new guy or guy who previously lost to fight. I think this is the last week of the preliminary fights.
It looks like Mark Miller might be the guy. Or toothless Frank Lester.
Pierce lied to his teammates about what Dana told him about fighting. He made it seem like Dana didn’t let him to fight because of his leg.
Lester was cleared to fight, but Miller wasn’t because of his broken nose. Lester is a huge welterweight.
Dan Henderson says that his team has been doing the early practice the entire time and wants to change so that his team gets the later practice and can sleep in. Bisping says it’s unfair to change during the last week and wants to have it up for grabs in the next fight, which coincidentally features his best fighter. Henderson says it’s not really fair and Bisping decided that he’d talk it over with his team. Bisping was a major prick.
Bisping’s team says they won’t change and they go to tell Henderson. Bisping and DeMarques have words and then later, as they are about to lineup to announce the fight, Bisping squirts water in his face. DeMarques throws his hat at him. He says it’s because he made a racist statement about him being whiter than a band-aid, but it wasn’t really him who said it. It was Dollar. And plus, are band-aids white?
Bisping went to apologize and DeMarques didn’t want it. He needed to calm down. Continue Reading »
Earlier this morning, Jose Canseco fought Hong Man Choi in the first round of the Super Hulk tournament at Dream.9. He lasted probably about a minute longer than anyone thought he would, but he still went down to the big man.
(I have no idea if this video is going to stay up or not, so if it doesn’t, I apologize and will try to find another copy.)
You can check out the results of the entire show at AngryMarks.
Guillermo Rigondeaux made his long anticipated pro debut Friday night in Florida. This guy is an all time great amateur. He won two Olympic gold medals for Cuba (2000, 2004), and two world amateur championships (2001, 2005). There was a lot of excitement when it was announced that he would finally turn pro. He is now living in Miami, and is training out of the same camp as Yuriorkis Gamboa and Erislandi Lara. Continue Reading »
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