What’s that line again about the best laid plans of mice and men?
The cool thing about the UFC is that it streams most of its preliminary cards via the social media phenomenon Facebook. That’s a pretty nice little free perk for its devoted fans. The problem is, at least as far as yours truly is concerned…
THE DAMN THING NEVER FREAKIN’ WORKS!!!!!!
Yes, it’s a tad frustrating—even more so because it always almost works. So I’ll get a few seconds, maybe as much as a minute, of rounds here and there before the thing cuts out. As my man Richard Pryor used to say, it’s…enough…too make…ya CRAZY.
Anyhow, I can’t tell you exactly how the ending came to be, but the first two fights of the night are booked courtesy of technical knockouts.
Lightweight Michael “The Menace” Johnson of The Ultimate Fighter Season 12 fame put Edward Faaloloto to sleep with a flurry of punches as the first round was winding to a close in the opener. Then, Ricardo “The Bully” Lamas did the same to Matt “The Real One” Grice in their featherweight bout.
If my Facebook feeds cooperates, I’ll bring you more details of subsequent bouts.
Michael Johnson defeats Edward Faaloloto by TKO (punches) at 4:42 of the first round.
Ricardo Lamas defeats Matt Grice by TKO (strikes) at 4:41 of the first round.