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So, in the fastest growing sport on the planet, the UFC brought its special brand of violence to the Bell Centre in Montreal over the weekend. While the main headlining event was a fight between the middleweight champion ANDERSON SILVA and jiu jitsu fighter THALES LAITES (which ended in a flurry of boos), it was the fight between MAURICIO “SHOGUN” RUA and “THE ICEMAN” CHUCK LIDDEL that made the headlines as SHOGUN knocked the ICEMAN out ending the career of MMA’s biggest superstar. CHUCK LIDDEL, with his mohawk, his devastating right hand, and his ‘I just like to fight’ attitude made him the highest paid fighter in the UFC, and gave a face to the sport that was long believed to be nothing more than human cockfighting.  Meanwhile, the co-main event, a title fight for the middleweight belt was greeted with a whole lotta boos from the crowd that was thirsting for blood and a decisive victory.  Anderson Silva, one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world, won a decision victory over the highly revered JiuJitsu fighter Thales Laites.  I was ok with the fight.  I liked watching Anderson do his thing, but I think he’s just bored.  He’s just on another level and hasn’t really been pushed to his limits, so while the audience was booing due to the ‘inactivity’, I was watching, in my opinion, a legend, and I was just happy to see the event live.  For those who don’t have the 400 bucks to buy a ticket to the live show…I got to play the demo for the upcoming UFC : UNDISPUTED videogame, and goshdarn, this is the best looking fighting game out there.  I didn’t really get my skills up past punching and kicking, but I did get someone in an armbar which was highly satisfying.  Now I can live out my fighter fantasies without the pain…I just have to get my trashtalk game up.

POP KILLAH – Tapping Out that Pop since 2004.

Tags: Anderson Silva, chuck liddel, MMA, UFC, UFC: Undisputed

Posted: April 20th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized
Tags: Anderson Silva, chuck liddel, MMA, UFC, UFC: Undisputed