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While we all love mixed martial arts, we can hardly deny that its premier organisation has had its fair share of mind-numbingly boring fights. Whether we’re talking pre-Zuffa or post-Zuffa UFC, both incarnations have offered up some of the most t…
While we all love mixed martial arts, we can hardly deny that its premier organisation has had its fair share of mind-numbingly boring fights.
Whether we’re talking pre-Zuffa or post-Zuffa UFC, both incarnations have offered up some of the most tediously dull bouts in combat sports history.
So without any further rambling, I present to you the five most boring fights in UFC history.
Anderson Silva is the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet. He has an overall record of 32-4, with a record of 15-0 in the world’s top organization, the UFC.In addition to those 15 wins, he has finished his opponent in 13 of those fights.The firs…
Anderson Silva is the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet. He has an overall record of 32-4, with a record of 15-0 in the world’s top organization, the UFC.
In addition to those 15 wins, he has finished his opponent in 13 of those fights.
The first person to go the distance with Silva was Thales Leites at UFC 97.
Leites got the title shot on a five-fight winning streak, including a fight against Nate Marquardt that he won by split decision after Marquardt was docked two points.
The fight between Leites and Silva was underwhelming and was a precursor to Silva’s fight against Demian Maia at UFC 112.
Now, a little light has been shed on why the fight was so underwhelming, as Anderson Silva spoke to Tatame and talked about it.
Silva said:
There’s no such thing as holding back. I want to finish as soon as possible. The only time I did it was because he was a friend of mine. It was against Thales Leites. We went until the last round because he’s a friend of mine and I respect him.
Silva’s take on fighting friends is certainly different than that of other fighters. Other fighters will either outright refuse or will just go out and have a normal fight.
Silva is the first person—to my knowledge—who has admitted to holding back in a fight with a friend.
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To certain, it would be a stretch to say that Regina—a city that boasts a population of fewer than 200,000 citizens—is synonymous with Brazilian jiu-jitsu. But AJ Scales, the man behind Complete Martial Arts and Fitness—far and away R…
To certain, it would be a stretch to say that Regina—a city that boasts a population of fewer than 200,000 citizens—is synonymous with Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
But AJ Scales, the man behind Complete Martial Arts and Fitness—far and away Regina’s top Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy—is, in the eyes of many, synonymous with the sport in the city.
Since first taking to the mat 15 years ago, Scales, a black belt under the famed Nova Uniao banner who is also an undefeated amateur mixed martial artist, has won numerous tournaments across Brazil and North America and has shared the mat with everyone from Thales Leites to Georges St-Pierre.
Earlier this month at the International Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Federation’s Pan Am championships in Irvine, California, Scales—who has been teaching at Complete Martial Arts and Fitness for the better part of the past decade—added to his resume as a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner.
“This is one of the biggest jiu-jitsu tournaments going on right now in North America—fighters from all over the world come to this tournament—and this year, I placed third in the black belt master’s division,” recounted Scales, 36, who also competed in the event in 2011.
Although Scales—who was dealing with a minor hand injury going into the event—fell short of making it to the final match of his division, he emphasized that he isn’t necessarily disappointed with his performance in ‘The Golden State.’
“[I’m] very satisfied,” Scales noted. “I don’t like to lose—I always go to win every tournament—but, you know, things happen …that’s just the way things go.”
Despite the fact that Scales doesn’t have any events lined up at the moment—outside of Saturday Night Fights 5 on May 5th at the Turvey Centre in Regina, an amateur mixed martial arts show that he is putting on—he doesn’t intend on hanging up his gi any time soon.
“I saw a lot of grapplers at the Pan Americans and I still have at least 15 years of competition in me,” said Scales, who would like to win “a few major titles” before walking away from the sport. “Until my body says that I can’t do it, I’m going to do it. As long as my body holds up, I’m going to continue to compete.”
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Skip to the 19:55 mark of the video for the KO. Props: IronForgesIron.com
Imagine you wake up from a devistating spinning backfist knockout. You’re already pretty confused as it is, and now you’re finding out that you lost your fight by…unanimous decision? That’s how it feels to be Daniel Acacio, who met Pete Spratt at Amazon Forest Combat 2 last night.
Before anyone else points it out, you’re right: this technically isn’t a knockout. Spratt, who is no stranger to winning Knockout of the Day honors, landed the spinning backfist that caught Acacio right on the chin as the horn sounded for the end of the fight. So technically, this isn’t a knockout, and the fight went to the judges’ scorecards, who all saw the fight in Spratt’s favor. So yes, this is technically “Unanimous Decision of the Day”- because I’m sure it matters to Acacio’s remaining brain cells and all.
Skip to the 19:55 mark of the video for the KO. Props: IronForgesIron.com
Imagine you wake up from a devistating spinning backfist knockout. You’re already pretty confused as it is, and now you’re finding out that you lost your fight by…unanimous decision? That’s how it feels to be Daniel Acacio, who met Pete Spratt at Amazon Forest Combat 2 last night.
Before anyone else points it out, you’re right: this technically isn’t a knockout. Spratt, who is no stranger to winning Knockout of the Day honors, landed the spinning backfist that caught Acacio right on the chin as the horn sounded for the end of the fight. So technically, this isn’t a knockout, and the fight went to the judges’ scorecards, who all saw the fight in Spratt’s favor. So yes, this is technically “Unanimous Decision of the Day”- because I’m sure it matters to Acacio’s remaining brain cells and all.
By the way, if you’re looking for a more productive way to spend April Fools Day than threatening to delete your blog, check out the rest of the card. Amazon Forest Combat 2 also saw a rematch between Matt Horwich and Thales Leites, Patrick Cote knock out Gustavo Machado and Murilo Bustamante edge out Dave Menne. Enjoy.
(Celementi’s post fight interview with Sweden’s answer to Ariel Helwani)
I can think of a few good reasons that last weekend’s Superior Challenge 7 card may have slipped of our radar. With the juggernaut that was UFC 129 dominating the MMA landscape at the time, former UFC fighters vying for mostly-irrelevant titles in a far away land just didn’t seem to matter too much. Fast forward one week and things get slightly more interesting.
As this event marked the first time that the Unified Rules would govern MMA bouts in Sweden, one might have expected a smooth night fights set to the harmonic backdrop of “The Sign”. However, following decision losses in their respective title bouts, Jeremy Horn and Rich Clementi have officially filed protests with the Swedish Mixed Martial Arts Federation to have the results of those matches overturned.
(Celementi’s post fight interview with Sweden’s answer to Ariel Helwani)
I can think of a few good reasons that last weekend’s Superior Challenge 7 card may have slipped of our radar. With the juggernaut that was UFC 129 dominating the MMA landscape at the time, former UFC fighters vying for mostly-irrelevant titles in a far away land just didn’t seem to matter too much. Fast forward one week and things get slightly more interesting.
As this event marked the first time that the Unified Rules would govern MMA bouts in Sweden, one might have expected a smooth night fights set to the harmonic backdrop of “The Sign”. However, following decision losses in their respective title bouts, Jeremy Horn and Rich Clementi have officially filed protests with the Swedish Mixed Martial Arts Federation to have the results of those matches overturned.
One of MMA’s most seasoned veterans, Horn squared off against fellow former UFC title challenger Thales Leites for the vacant Superior Challenge Middleweight Championship. With neither man able to put away his opponent, the fight was turned over to the judges who awarded the victory to Leites. While this bout has been described as very close, neither reports on Sherdog.com nor Swedish MMA site Fighter Magazine (Google Translate, bitches) list possible grounds for Horn’s appeal. If Horn merely has a difference of opinion as to who won the fight, he won’t really have a compelling case to bring before the Federation. Now Clementi, on the other hand, just might.
The battle between UFC veteran Rich Clementi and Swedish fighter Reza Madadi to become Superior Challenge’s first Lightweight Champion was even closer, so much so that ringside judges declared the fight a draw. What’s odd is that this fight—unlike Horn vs. Leites–was not one of the three fights to be contested under Unified Rules. This meant that the Swedish athletic commission still enforced their “no draws allowed” policy for championship fights. So after rendering their draw verdict, the three ringside judges—including Madadi training partner Bobby Rehman—were forced to give one fighter the nod in a fight they felt was even. Anyone care to hazard a guess as to whom Rehman voted for?
In Madadi’s defense, and in Rehman’s, it was a fight too close to call and all three judges ruled him the victor. That being said, this situation should never have been allowed due to the obvious bias created when teammates and friends judge one another. George Sallfeldt, the new chairman of the Swedish Mixed Martial Arts Federation, has promised to take a closer look at the relationships between judges and fighters and to conduct an investigation into the matter. The commission will rule on the protests on May 16th. If only someone had warned of this scenario, the whole ordeal could have been avoided.
(Video courtesy YouTube/ARK1988LAB)You would think that if one were to interview 15 MMA experts, at least one would have a differing opinion than the rest.
Apparently this isn’t the case in Brazil, where pretty much everyone believes that Anderson Silv…
(Video courtesy YouTube/ARK1988LAB)
You would think that if one were to interview 15 MMA experts, at least one would have a differing opinion than the rest.
Apparently this isn’t the case in Brazil, where pretty much everyone believes that Anderson Silva is going to beat Vitor Belfort.
Although a few of the 15 Brazilian experts Tatame recently asked about their predictions for the fight added the disclaimers that, "anything could happen" and that "Vitor is a tough opponent," not one of them chose "The Phenom" to win the bout, even with his recent revelation that Jesus will be his cornerman for the fight.
Check out the 15 ways the 15 experts think Silva is going to beat Belfort after the jump.
