The first few posts are going to be boring and dry to try to lay down some sort of foundation so if you already know then you already know.
There was a Strikeforce card this past Saturday, and it was even free on Sportsnet (I find it kinda hard to believe that a lot of people would pay to watch Strikeforce at this point). I wasn't able to catch all of it, but what I saw was enjoyable. Ken Shamrock and some dude did commentary, and in a shocking turn of events, Ken's ideas have no basis in reality.
Mitsuhiro Ishida vs Some Midget Bodybuilder
Ishida is a tiny lightweight who is a wrestling based decision machine. He was the first dude to beat the incredibly overrated Gilbert Melendez. Ken Shamrock talks about how slick Ishida's submissions are, despite him only ever submitting one guy (it was not very slick).
Turns out Ken Shamrock is the smartest man alive
Josh Thomson vs Ashe Bowman
Thomson is a very well rounded fighter who made notorious fat ass Gilbert Melendez look like a complete bum in his last fight. I have never heard of Ashe Bowman before, and I don't think anyone gave him much of a chance in this fight. Thomson beat him with ground and pound pretty quickly, and Herb Dean continues to be a shitty ref. Melendez was on commentary, and he made no mention about mercy killing himself or dieting.
Kazuo Misaki vs Joe Riggs
Misaki is a good kickboxer, and his counterstriking is some of the best in MMA. People will try to convince you that he is a good judoka and sub grappler, but they are smelly liars. He's often undersized at Middleweight, but he managed to eat up to 185 for this fight. He's interesting in that most people think he's junk despite the fact that he has some good wins, but there are a small dedicated group of die hard fans who think he just might be The Greatest of all Time. Joe Riggs is good at cutting lots of weight and having heavy hands (also heavy everything else). Surprisingly Riggs came in under weight. The first round consisted mostly of Misaki dancing, and Riggs being terrified. In the second Misaki got bored and started landing some strikes. Riggs landed a decent shot and knocked Misaki down, but Kazuo recovered quickly and returned to his feet (this is a common theme for him). Misaki then immediately put Riggs on the ground with a right, and finished him with punches. It looked like most of them landed on the forearms, but Joe was turtled and doing nothing but hoping that Misaki would stop hitting him.
The big breaking news from this event seems to be that Ishida may have lost his v-card. More on this as it develops.
2 comments:
Ishida flexing his sub game wasn't a big surprise when you consider that lil Coleman was a nobody. The rules in Shooto make it prohibitively harder to finish dudes, and if Ishida fought his way up in the U.S he'd probably have a bunch of stoppages on his card.
Also he wore a Strikeforce promotional t-shirt on top of a full tracksuit. The only way that guy is getting laid is if he bottoms for Kawajiri.
Ladies are turned on by his impressive thighs.
Although he probably had to ask Misaki what he was supposed to do.
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