Houston Alexander loses
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Tulsa, Oklahoma had one hell of an MMA event this past weekend featuring all sorts of blasts from the not so distant past like Tim Boetsch, Rich Clementi, Houston Alexander, Jeremy Horn, Brad Imes and Jeff Monson. All the UFC veterans won except for Imes and Houston Alexander, who spent the majority of the fight stuck on his back … shocking! The end of the fight came at 3:49 of the second round via TKO when he rolled over and turtled.
This is obviously not a positive step forward for Houston, who blew a large amount of his retard fan cred by Starnesing his way through a fight with Kimbo Slice back in December. Now he’s stuck fighting young and hungry guys on the minor league circuit and his ground game still sucks … this is not a recipe for a long and prosperous MMA career.
As a funny side note, Joey “the Mexicutioner” Beltran – the dude who beat Alexander – has a loss on his record to Yohan Banks, the guy Florida’s commission refused to sanction against Bobby Lashley for Strikeforce’s upcoming January 30th event.
Aleks E talks World’s Steroidiest Man
Monday, December 28th, 2009
I’ve been getting lots of messages and emails from jackals regarding World’s Strongest Man competitor turned MMA freakshow fighter Mariusz Pudzianowski, as if I should care about a stratospherically juiced guy fighting in the bowels of Eastern Europe. But I suppose we cover all sorts of dumb stuff, and his debut fight did pull 6 million viewers in Poland. The MMA forums are alight with Pudz fever and he doesn’t seem to be going away any time soon. So fine. I will blog about him. There’s been a lot of rumors about his next fight being against Aleksander Emelianenko, so here’s the deal on that straight from Aleks’ mouth:
WWW.PROMMA.INFO: We have heard talk of a possible fight between you and 5-time World’s Strongest Man, Mariusz Pudzianowski. Is this a fight you would like to take and if so, when do you think it may happen?
ALEXANDER EMELIANENKO: I am already contracted with PROFC organization for a fight in Moscow in April 2010 and I heard he wanted to fight with me about that time, so yet we can not fight.WWW.PROMMA.INFO: Did you watch Mariusz Pudzianowski’s fight in his MMA debut at KSW 12, with his win over Marcin Najman? What did you think about the performance if you saw it?
ALEXANDER EMELIANENKO: No I didn`t see that fight but saw his pics in the Internet. I will look through his technique in the near time certainly.WWW.PROMMA.INFO: How would prepare for and fight someone like Pudzianowski who is so big and strong? How would Alexander Emelianenko defeat
Pudzianowski?
ALEXANDER EMELIANENKO: Alex Emelyanenko would win by KO or submit him if he would settle the fight on the ground. I have a great experience in fighting with such big and strong fighters.
What a proud moment for the sport that fight that would be … steroids posterboy versus probably diseased little brother of Fedor. Speaking of probably being diseased, Aleks is still claiming he’s perfectly fine:
WWW.PROMMA.INFO: There was a problem last time when you were going to fight with Affliction, an issue where you could not get the license. Would that be a problem again – can you get licensed to fight in America?
ALEXANDER EMELIANENKO: There will not be problems like that anymore and I can pass all necessary steps to get licenced just after signing a contract with the American organization.
There’s always the chance that Aleks has the kind of ‘problem’ (’Problem’ B) which apparently can go away, which would be great news indeed. But until he fights somewhere that will actually test him and verify his ‘problem’ isn’t potentially contagious, I’m not about to make that assumption and neither should anyone else. But hey, apparently no one cares about him possibly fighting with a communicable disease, the same way no one cares that Pudz is juiced to the tips of his giant tits. Because us MMA fans are classy like that.
Matt Hughes poops on Strikeforce
Monday, December 21st, 2009Matt Hughes is back with another blog and in it he devotes a disgruntled sounding paragraph to his buddy Robbie Lawler getting taken off the Strikeforce Evolution card last minute:
Last week I was in California with Robbie, Pena, and Foster, hoping they would find a replacement so Robbie could fight. It didn’t happen and I guess I’m just spoiled being with the UFC. From what I understand, Showtime really likes to stick their nose in Strikeforce’s business and because of that I don’t think that Strikeforce will be around for much longer; but enough with that.
To be fair, Lawler’s opponent Trevor Prangley was injured three days before the event so that didn’t give Strikeforce much of a chance to do anything about it. Even the UFC probably would have done what they did with Dustin Hazelett: just pull him off the card. But you know how it is with these fighter types, they believe what they want to believe (or what Dana White says) and who cares about reality.
The big question is if Robbie is feeling just as sore about the situation as Matt is. Matt is pretty notorious for being a shit disturber and speaking his own mind, so it’s not a lock. On the other hand, the last we heard from Lawler he was sounding pretty non-plussed about basically being pushed into a catchweight bout with Jake Shields – his only fight of 2009 – so it’s not a stretch of the imagination to think he’s not too happy with how this year turned out for him.
*UPDATE* The jackals reminded me that the UFC didn’t ‘just’ pull Hazelett off the card, they paid him too.
Houston Alexander is in denial
Friday, December 18th, 2009
MMAWeekly has an interesting two part interview with Houstarnes Alexander where he tries to shine the turd he dropped against Kimbo Slice a few weeks ago at the TUF 10 finale:
MMAWeekly: So you wanted to get in tight…
Alexander: Yeah, and so it’s funny how people are saying also that, ‘you ran from Kimbo.’ But no one’s saying how Kimbo didn’t come in. He didn’t go rushing in at me. You usually see him coming in at people. He didn’t come at me. No one’s saying that.
MMAWeekly: Dana White said Kimbo was chasing after you and you didn’t want to fight.
Alexander. Awww, Kimbo was chasing after me? Did you see Kimbo chasing after me and did you see him actually try and engage?
MMAWeekly: Honestly, I didn’t see a whole lot of engaging in the first place.
Alexander: He wasn’t engaging. This is part of the fight game. People are just wanting to see two of us go at it, with no game plan, no nothing, and just go in and start wailing on each other. I thought MMA was about something other than that. Apparently, that’s what they wanted. And that’s part of the entertainment, that’s part of being a fighter, but I also thought being a fighter was strategizing and going in there with a game plan.
It’s too bad Zuffa took down that Benny Hill version of the Kimbo / Houston fight because when you speed the fight up to 5 times it’s normal speed and add yakety sax it makes it a lot more entertaining. It also proves without a shadow of a doubt that Kimbo was constantly moving forward while Houston was most certainly moving backwards.
Part two has it’s own collection of gems, including Alexander saying this was just his evolved fighting style and it’s unfair that Lyoto Machida can run but he can’t. Of course comparing what Houston did to what Machida does is like trying to compare lay and pray to world class jiu jitsu. But I guess we can’t be surprised that Houston has no idea what he’s talking about. He admits in the interview that he hasn’t even watched the fight again. Not that I blame him. If I had the moment my career went down the toilet captured on film, I wouldn’t be eager to watch it either.
Doomsday Predictions: UFC 107
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Ok. So Mitrione did win but it wasn’t by twister. At +600 it was definitely worth the risk in my books. Perhaps I was a little ambitious suggesting he had a ground game. I guess it’s obvious we were all wrong about the ‘epic’ Kimbo/Alexander battle so you can’t blame me too much about that call. Training is going great in Vancouver, as is the weather. Those who follow my twitter (@jasondaymma ) have seen a few pics I’m sure. No fight news just yet but I’m training like I’m in fight camp so I’m ready to go. Let the warpath back to the Octagon begin. And now, for your amusement, my pics:
BJ Penn (14-5-1) vs. Diego Sanchez (23-2) (Main Event LW Title Fight)
Every UFC they say this is going to be the fight of the year for the main event. I truly believe this will be the fight of the year. Diego is a beast. He is an aggressive force with no stop in him. He has come a long way since his days on TUF and has looked outstanding at 155. Penn has showed he is dedicated to working hard. Finally. Im very anxious to see the improvements he’s made since his resurrection against Florian. You put that together with his skill set and mind set and its a killer combination for any cagefighter to have. I’m also going to argue that Penn also has no quit in him. People critisized him for quitting against St Pierre, but it was his corner that said he was done. He was taking a beating trapped under a guy who outweighed him considerably and is in contention for the best pound for pound fighter in the world. You put all this together and it makes for one hell of a fight. I am going with BJ on this one. I think he will slow Diego down enough in the latter rounds to catch him in a submission. Rear naked in the 4th.
Kenny Florian (11-4) vs. Clay Guida (25-10)
This is another great match up. Anytime Clay fights I think it is a great match up. Both these guys are coming off losses to the fighters in the main event and both are going to be fired up and ready to prove something. Kenny’s fight against Penn definately was not his best performance, nor the best gameplan. He will working twice as hard to come back with a vengeance. If Clay can keep the pressure on Kenny and pull him out of his technical game then I think he can overwhelm Florian. It may be the less popular opinion, but I am picking Clay on this one. I think he will come out fired up and go right after Kenny, guns blazing. Guida by decision.
Kimbo / Houston (Benny Hill edition)
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Everything is better with yaketty sax. Even the Kimbo Slice / Houston Alexander fight.
(thanks to #1 Jackal for the find)
Dana on Houston
Monday, December 7th, 2009
It’s never good when the president of the UFC is calling you Houstarnes Alexander.
Via Dave Meltzer sitting ringside:
Dana just said he thinks Kalib Starnes was working Houston’s corner. I sense Alexander is on the endangered species list.
And then a bit later with Kevin Iole:
“I don’t know what Houston Alexander’s corner was doing, but that was the worst game plan they could have ever come up with,” White, who was not at Saturday night’s postfight press conference, said in a phone interview. “I am not sure if Kalib Starnes was training him or what, but that wasn’t the Houston Alexander I had seen fight before.
TUF 10 Finale Degenerate Gambling Odds
Friday, December 4th, 2009
It’s time once again to put your future financial security at risk in order to experience the excitement that comes from gambling on human cockfighting. After all, it’s just money, and what is money besides something I exchange for disinterested sex and overcooked meat loaf? (Both from your mother, of course.)
This weekend’s card includes NFL washouts, a single father of six, a deaf guy, a former porn star bodyguard, a potential neo-nazi supporter, and a man who has never turned down an invitation to the Old Country Buffet. That sounds like either a poorly done reality show or a meeting for All Addicts Anonymous. There are also a couple of fighters on the cusp of title contention, notably Jon “Bones” Jones and Frankie “The Answer” Edgar.
Should be an interesting night of fights. Here are the betting odds, courtesy of BetUS.com.
Roy Nelson -220 vs. Brendan Schaub +175
Jon Jones -260 vs. Matt Hamill +200
Frank Edgar -700 vs. Matt Veach +450
Houston Alexander -260 vs. Kimbo Slice +200
Marcus Jones -350 vs. Matt Mitrione +250
James McSweeney -120 vs. Darrill Schoonover -110
Mark Bocek -450 vs. Joe Brammer +325
John Howard -250 vs. Dennis Hallman +250
Brian Stann -140 vs. Rodney Wallace +110
Justin Wren -450 vs. Jon Madsen +325
Half-assed analysis after the jump.
Doomsday Predictions: The TUF 10 Finale
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Well hello fight fans! It’s been a while, I know. When you cage fight for a living sometimes it’s just nice to get away from the game. While you were all watching Anderson Silva dismantle Forrest, I was cruising the ocean off the coast of Vancouver Island looking for spring salmon and halibut. The lifestyle became addictive and now I find myself, with good blessings from Bedford Biofuels, living and training full time in Vancouver.
Spending a week in Vegas with the always entertaining and tough as nails Miguel Torres for WEC and training with the big boys in Vegas at the Tapout facility renewed my desire to punch someone in the face. I also joined the Twister, Eddie Bravo, at his 10th Planet seminar last week in Vancouver. Make no mistake, this is a pretty cool life!
Thanks to all you Jackals for the kind remarks after the Fightlinker boys put up my twister submission win video. Make sure to follow me on twitter @jasondaymma and my website JayDayMMA. I’m in the gym hard, training my ass off and ready for whomever is willing to sign on the dotted line. Make no mistake, I fully anticipate another step back into the Octagon in 2010. I have unfinished business to attend to.
And now, your object of ridicule – my fight picks:
These are not encouraging words
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Kimbo Slice is fighting in the UFC this weekend and above all the haterade being served in anticipation, he’s not raising many people’s expectations with comments like these at yesterday’s open workout:
Despite spending recent months training with the famed American Top Team, Slice said his weight reduction has proven largely a solo process.
“I haven’t really asked no one,” Slice said. “I really did this on my own. I changed my whole eating habits and cut back on my own.”
And Slice said the eating habits have been his primary concern. Slice admitted he wasn’t planning on any type of dehydration process.
“I don’t know about water-cutting,” Slice said. “I don’t even know what you’re talking about.”
So let me get this straight. Kimbo is training with American Top Team – home to some of the most retarded weight cutters in the sport like Thiago Alves and Gleason Tibau – and he’s doing his cut on his own without even an understanding of what water cutting is? That’s Sarah Palin levels of ignorant. But where the fuck is ATT in all this? What’s Kimbo’s thoughts on them?
Here’s his thoughts on them with UFC.com:
“They’re teaching me the ABC’s of jiu-jitsu and the ABC’s of becoming a mixed martial artist, and that’s what I think I was lacking in the whole beginning of my career,” he said. “I was just kinda thrown out there and I said ‘hey, let’s just go for what we know.’ And I really went on heart and guts. I fought guys who all had the ability to just mop the cage with me but who were unable to do so because of the heart and the way I was coming. Now I’m up under ATT, who are really giving me the ABC’s of everything and I think I’m gonna be somewhat of a threat to a lot of the guys that I fight as time goes on.”
And here’s what he was saying at the open workout:
Reporter: “Overall, how do you feel about the experience at American Top Team the last couple months of preparation?”
Slice: “For what it’s worth, I guess it’s OK.”
Reporter: “That’s it? Just OK?”
Slice: “Yeah.”
Of course, he could just be grouchy because of the cut, but that cut was only from 235 pounds to 215 pounds – something ATT could have gotten Kimbo to with some garbage bag biking and a day at the sauna. For whatever reason, they didn’t. Who knows if it’s on them or on Kimbo but it sounds to me like Kimbo might be showing up with some pretty shaky ABCs.
(picture via All Elbows’ twitter)
Kimbo official for TUF 10 finale
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
The UFC and Spike just put out a press release reminding everyone that Kimbo Slice is still on the Ultimate Fighter and as such he will be fighting on the TUF 10 Finale, like there was any doubt. Well, there was a little, but it was mainly due to our fear that the UFC might try to squeeze some money out of dumb Kimbo marks by moving him to UFC 107. Now we just have to see if Kimbo gets brought back into the tournament like Spike has been teasing since the second he got knocked out or if he ends up fighting Houston Alexander like pretty much everyone is saying. Hey, why not both? It’s not like Slice losing twice on TUF is such a stretch of the imagination.
