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UFC 143: The Night the Music Died

Usually, I love MMA. My husband and I buy every UFC event, but on February 4, 2012, the excitement and gaiety went out of MMA fighting for us. Particularly for me. On that Saturday night, the day before the Super Bowl, the “music” died.No, I wasn’t sin…

Usually, I love MMA. My husband and I buy every UFC event, but on February 4, 2012, the excitement and gaiety went out of MMA fighting for us. Particularly for me. On that Saturday night, the day before the Super Bowl, the “music” died.

No, I wasn’t singing, “Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie.” I was screaming at Carlos Condit, “you said you are “the Natural Born Killer,” because you love to fight! Stand still and fight, damn it! You said you would fight anyone, anytime, anywhere; you said you would fight Nick Diaz for no money at all!”

“What on earth are you doing? This is not fighting!”

My yelling and cursing sent our 125-pound Akita female Misty into my husband’s arms for protection from my ensuing meltdown. He comforted her, but became enraged himself when the decision was announced.

“That was it?” he asked. “I thought you said these guys were fighters. Why didn’t that killer guy fight?”

As I had seen Condit’s other fights, I was completely flummoxed. What had happened to his killer instinct? Where was that fire that burned within him and caused him to become a UFC fighter?

What a cruel joke!

Track never was an attraction I sat through, even when my sons, or later my grandson participated in it. This was not my favorite sport, was it?

Having had a six-year long fascination with Georges St-Pierre, and suffering the barbs and criticisms from his “fans” that his fights had grown boring and he only fought not to lose, I was painfully conflicted.

The loss of the famous gladiator, the old familiar theme song, the “new” look of the FOX version of UFC events and now this stunning revelation: My sport is gone!

Never will I experience the thrill of anticipation that the beginning theme song used to trigger. No longer will the event nights be special for me.

Guess golf is not really so bad to watch after all.

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B/R MMA Official Pound-for-Pound Rankings for February

Much has changed in the MMA world after the events of January and the first few days of February. Axiomatic truths about certain fighters were dispelled as lies, questionable decisions were had, and relatively unknown fighters rose to prominence.T…

Much has changed in the MMA world after the events of January and the first few days of February. 

Axiomatic truths about certain fighters were dispelled as lies, questionable decisions were had, and relatively unknown fighters rose to prominence.

Thus, Bleacher Report MMA has accordingly altered its pound-for-pound rankings to reflect what has happened since January. 

So who has gone up and who has gone down? Read and find out!

 

These rankings are the combined effort of some of Bleacher Report MMA’s best writers, as we continue to try to provide you with the best content on the web.

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UFC 143 Results: Will GSP vs Carlos Condit be the Biggest Fight of the Year?

UFC 143 is in the books, and we know it will now be Carlos Condit, not Nick Diaz, who is next in line for Georges St-Pierre.Despite Condit being one of the most talented fighters in MMA today, many people wanted to see Diaz continue his feud …

UFC 143 is in the books, and we know it will now be Carlos Condit, not Nick Diaz, who is next in line for Georges St-Pierre.

Despite Condit being one of the most talented fighters in MMA today, many people wanted to see Diaz continue his feud with St-Pierre. 

Fans should still look forward to Condit vs. St-Pierre. 

Although it would will be a huge fight because of St-Pierre’s long-awaited return and the title unification bout, it will not be the biggest fight of the year. 

Condit and St-Pierre are two guys that respect each other. Although fights should not be sold on pre-fight drama, that is a huge part in making a big fight. 

St-Pierre and Condit are also both guys that have proven they can stick to a game plan.

This could mean sacrificing entertainment for winning a fight. 

While the fight will be big, I believe it will fall behind two other big title fights. 

The first one if the long awaited match up between Rashad Evans and light heavyweight champ Jon Jones. 

Jones and Evans have been feuding ever since Jones won the title.

The two were supposed to meet twice last year, but injuries stopped the two for meeting. 

An even bigger fight that fans are looking forward to is the rematch between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen. 

After many suspensions, trash talk and a front kick to Vitor Belfort’s face, Silva and Sonnen will finally meet again. 

Condit and St-Pierre may not be as big as those fights, but it will still be one of the biggest events of the year. 

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UFC 143 Results: 5 Possible Title Defense Fights for Carlos Condit

Last night at UFC 143, Carlos Condit defeated Nick Diaz to become the UFC interim welterweight champion.  With UFC champ Georges St-Pierre on the shelf until the end of the year, Condit now has an important choice to make. Take…

Last night at UFC 143, Carlos Condit defeated Nick Diaz to become the UFC interim welterweight champion.  

With UFC champ Georges St-Pierre on the shelf until the end of the year, Condit now has an important choice to make. 

Take a fight and risk injury or losing his opportunity to face St-Pierre, or sit out and wait for the unification bout. 

While neither Condit nor UFC president Dana White know what the next move will be yet, if Condit does take a fight, there are some interesting fights for him to take. 

Lets take a look at five fights he could take to defend his title. 

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UFC 143 Results: Georges St-Pierre vs. Carlos Condit Will Be a Snoozefest

Carlos Condit is the UFC’s new interim welterweight champion, after defeating Nick Diaz at UFC 143. It was a close fight, but Condit was ultimately able to enforce his game plan and walk away with a decision victory.As the new interim champ, Condit has…

Carlos Condit is the UFC’s new interim welterweight champion, after defeating Nick Diaz at UFC 143. It was a close fight, but Condit was ultimately able to enforce his game plan and walk away with a decision victory.

As the new interim champ, Condit has earned the right to face the undisputed welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, when GSP returns to action later this year.

It is not set in stone that the two will face each other, though. Condit has said that he would be okay with defending his interim belt before facing St-Pierre, who may not be able to return until November.

However, it seems likely that the two will face each other, as the welterweight division is currently void of a clear contender for Condit’s interim belt.

On paper, Condit vs. GSP has all the makings of a great fight.

Condit is known as the “Natural Born Killer” because of how aggressive he is when he fights, and he’ll be eager to prove that he really is the No. 1 welterweight on the planet. GSP is a proud champion who will have been on the injured list for over a year and will want to return in style.

Unfortunately—and I hate to be the bearer of bad news here—this fight is more likely to be a snoozefest than anything else.

Anyone remotely familiar GSP knows that his style is to bring the fight wherever he has the best chance of winning. Against Condit, his best chance for victory lies on the ground.

Now, a battle on the ground does not necessarily make for a boring fight, but Condit has a crafty guard, which will likely lead to St-Pierre being cautious with his ground and pound.

As far as Condit’s strategy goes, he will want to keep the fight standing, but he won’t be overly aggressive on the feet because he’ll be worried about getting taken down.

Expect to see Condit fight similarly to how he fought Diaz. A lot of moving back and trying to soften his opponent up with kicks. He might be even more tentative, in fact, because he didn’t to worry much about Diaz taking him down.

If you enjoy a good chess match between two great strategists, then this fight might be for you, but don’t go into it expecting a dog fight.

Andrew Barr is a Featured Columnist for BleacherReport.com. For updates on what’s happening in the world of MMA, follow him on Twitter @AndrewBarr8

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UFC 143 Results: Will Nick Diaz Ever Face Georges St-Pierre?

After Nick Diaz’s loss to Carlos Condit at UFC 143, a fight between Diaz and Georges St-Pierre was dashed to pieces.Many fans and most of the media were hoping that Diaz would walk away victorious, but Condit was able to fight from the outside and walk…

After Nick Diaz’s loss to Carlos Condit at UFC 143, a fight between Diaz and Georges St-Pierre was dashed to pieces.

Many fans and most of the media were hoping that Diaz would walk away victorious, but Condit was able to fight from the outside and walk away with the decision.

Diaz lost, no matter how controversial some might see it being, and now he is going to have to get back in line and win some bouts if he wants another chance.

But will he do it?

After his fight with Carlos Condit, Diaz announced that he might be done with MMA. In an article written on Yahoo Sports, he mentioned his frustration with the fact that Condit ran and he pushed the fight.

As fans who paid good money to see the fights, it’s hard to not sympathize with Diaz. Fans want to see spectacular finishes and exciting moments. Instead they got five rounds of one fighter pedaling backwards while the other chased him.

Diaz is talented and with enough effort, a fight with Georges St-Pierre would be possible. He would have to get some serious wins over top contenders under his belt and St-Pierre would have to keep the title, but it isn’t unthinkable that it could happen.

It all comes down to Diaz.

He is a young man plagued with problems and doesn’t seem to be able to control them. If he feels his time as a fighter is up, then he will walk away.

If Diaz even wins one more fight in the Octagon, the UFC will make the match. There is simply too much money involved for it to not happen.

 

Even if Condit does beat St-Pierre for the title, the UFC could still make money from the animosity that both fighters have shown each other, but if the fight is going to happen, Diaz needs to keep competing.

It isn’t in Diaz’s nature to give up, though he is erratic enough to throw away an opportunity like the ones he has before him.

So the real question isn’t if Diaz will face St-Pierre, but if he will grow up enough to let the match happen down the road.

And that is only something that Diaz knows the answer to.

Matthew Hemphill writes for the MMA and professional wrestling portion of Bleacher Report.  He also hosts a blog elbaexiled.blogspot.com that focuses on books, music, comic books, video games, film and generally anything that could be related to the realms of nerdom.


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