Post UFC The Ultimate Fighter Season 12 Finale Sunday Morning Confessional
by S.C. Michaelson on Dec 5, 2010 2:42 PM EST
in Analysis
Email
Print
Every Sunday morning after a major MMA event, we give our confessions. This Sunday morning, we have twice the amount of things to confess. First the UFC full results.
Preliminary card
Middleweight bout: Rich Attonito vs. Dave Branch
Branch defeated Attonito via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Featherweight bout: Fredson Paixão vs. Pablo Garza
Garza defeated Paixão via KO (knee) at 0:51 of round 1.
Catchweight (138 lb) bout: Will Campuzano vs Nick Pace
Pace defeated Campuzano via submission (modified guillotine/triangle choke) at 4:32 of round 3.
Lightweight bout: Sako Chivitchian vs. Kyle Watson
Watson defeated Chivitchian via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).
Featherweight bout: Tyler Toner vs. Ian Loveland
Loveland defeated Toner via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 29-28).
Lightweight bout: Cody McKenzie vs. Aaron Wilkinson
McKenzie defeated Wilkinson via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:03 of round 1. This bout aired on the Spike
Main card
Featherweight bout: Nam Phan vs. Leonard Garcia
Garcia defeated Phan via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28).
Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks vs. Rick Story
Story defeated Hendricks via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Kendall Grove
Maia defeated Grove via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Light Heavyweight bout: Stephan Bonnar vs. Igor Pokrajac
Bonnar defeated Pokrajac via unanimous decision (29-26, 29-26, 29-26).
Lightweight bout: Jonathan Brookins vs. Michael Johnson
Brookins defeated Johnson via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27) to become the Season 12 Lightweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter.
Confessions after the break
- Hey, I bet Dana White is happy. FINALLY one of his vindictive bookings worked. Kendall Grove was set up to fight Demian Maia and lose....and he did. So now Kendall will be cut. Rarely a boring fight, so why the cut? He spoke out. I like Kendall, have liked him ever since TEAM DAGGER days. He will be missed.
- Maia looked, I mean he won, but he doesn't look like the Demian Maia of old. Did Silva's embarrassment at UFC 112 break him? Perhaps.
- Bad judging. During the Nam Pham/Leonard Garcia fight, I predicted a bad decision and lo-and-behold, we got a bad one. I didn't enjoy this fight. I hate sloppy technique fights. I really do. This was drunken barroom brawling. Funny thing is, like someone said on BloodyElbow, I like the KOs that come from the fights.
- Speaking of unprofessionalism, Joe Rogan. This is going to get me flack and some will just say "That's just Michaelson being Michaelson", but I felt his rant was very unprofessional. You'd never hear that in another sport and if you did, the announcer that did it would be in big trouble. I mean he kept going on and on in another fight about it.
- Cody McKenzie WINS by, you guessed it, guillotine. C'mon now. How are you losing to this guy with a guillotine again? Dude, has a FINISHER in MMA.
- The Hendricks fight was a great grappling exhibition. I enjoyed that fight much more than the opener.
- More ROGAN RANTING in the Bonnar fight. Again, I agree with his rant, but there's a time and a place.
- Who was this guy Stephan Bonnar was fighting? I mean they served Bonnar a can on a platter and he failed. I mean he beat him up soundly, but still.
- Mazagatti actually did a good job reffing. His deductions were warranted. I criticize him for doing a bad job often, so I will praise him when he gets things right.
- I feel like I'm forgetting a fight.
- Oh yeah. The main event. Brookins vs Johnson. The big question going into this match was is Brookins Black or White? I mean to me, he looks like he is an light-skinned Albino-ish Black dude. He has some Black features. But then, he thanked his family and they were White people. Actual White people. Was he adopted? I don't know. Oh yeah, the fight.
- GREAT FIGHT. I thought Johnson wouldn't have much for Brookins. Boy did he prove me wrong. Johnson brought it in the first round, but Brookins' conditioning and wrestling skills proved to be the difference. These two beat the FUCK out of each other. I loved it. Man if Johnson works on his gas tank, he could be a force. Brookins needs to tighten up that striking and he could do somethings at 145.
- This event was...the peas and carrots tonight. I mean it's healthy, but I'm not going back for seconds.
- How did I forget the Koscheck/St. Pierre promo? Oh, I know, because it was not good. Man that sucked some of my interest out of the fight. This was lackluster. I'm sorry, but GSP...GSP. I mean Josh did his thing here, the best he could, but GSP's fight promotion skills are lacking. These type of face to faces are never really that great, but this wasn't one of the better ones.
29 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Maia didn't look right to you?
I saw Maia look pretty good, all things considered. His stand-up didn’t look completely piss poor like it has at times…he still needs to put his hands up higher but he did a good job of dealing with Grove’s reach. On the ground, he controlled and neutralized Kendall who is no slouch BJJ-wise himself.
I thought he looked alright. I would’ve preferred to see Maia finish him, but I thought he looked alright.
Forget it Donny. You're out of your element.
All silliness aside...
Also,
My confession after the TUF 12 Finale:
It was utterly stupid of them not to show the Garza/ Paixao fight. There was absolutely NO good reason for that fight to air. It lasted less than a minute, ended in a brutal KO, and was the first EVER featherweight bout in the UFC. They could’ve edited it to not show the aftermath, if they chose, and it would’ve done a whole lot to add some life and intensity to an otherwise deliberate card.
Forget it Donny. You're out of your element.
I'm starting to hate the UFC on Spike
I suffer from IBS, otherwise known as "Influx of Billick Syndrome".
What was the "aftermath"? I got kinda drunk last night
Reppin' the NYMMAI.
Black Lesnar aka Slap ya Favorite MMA Writer
Follow me on Twitter
Read me at WatchKalibRun . Imma write til the wheels fall off.
by S.C. Michaelson on Dec 5, 2010 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
It was a freaky knockout
Paixao got blasted and he didn’t move for a couple of minutes. They carried him off in a stretcher.
Forget it Donny. You're out of your element.
Damn
Reppin' the NYMMAI.
Black Lesnar aka Slap ya Favorite MMA Writer
Follow me on Twitter
Read me at WatchKalibRun . Imma write til the wheels fall off.
by S.C. Michaelson on Dec 5, 2010 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
He looked decent, but he's a much better fighter than what he showed last night
Reppin' the NYMMAI.
Black Lesnar aka Slap ya Favorite MMA Writer
Follow me on Twitter
Read me at WatchKalibRun . Imma write til the wheels fall off.
by S.C. Michaelson on Dec 5, 2010 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
You got banned for being an asshole
Why is it Phan’s fault? How many people have finished Leonard Garcia?
He decisively won the fight and the judges messed it up. Your justification is nonsense and so are your thoughts on Joe Rogan. The rant was fantastic and I completely agree with it.
I suffer from IBS, otherwise known as "Influx of Billick Syndrome".
It wasn't Phan's fault.
I was making fun of Dana White’s STUPID justification of bad judging when he says “You shouldn’t leave it up to the judges”. I think that’s BULLSHIT. My point was Dana has said it so much in the past that I applied it here. Clearly, I didn’t believe it then and don’t now.
Hell, read the comments section, I predicted the bad decision. I saw that shit coming a mile away.
Reppin' the NYMMAI.
Black Lesnar aka Slap ya Favorite MMA Writer
Follow me on Twitter
Read me at WatchKalibRun . Imma write til the wheels fall off.
by S.C. Michaelson on Dec 5, 2010 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
You saw Leonard Garcia winning a bullshit decision from a mile away?
Don’t just use your powers for MMA, sage – the financial system could use your prophetic visions.
Luke: What was our best moment?
Nate: When I banned Subo?
Luke: That was a good one.
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
Contributor for WatchKalibRun.com
Still Subo at Fightlinker.com
by Derek Suboticki on Dec 5, 2010 7:40 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously, check the thread
I called it in the 3rd round.
Reppin' the NYMMAI.
Black Lesnar aka Slap ya Favorite MMA Writer
Follow me on Twitter
Read me at WatchKalibRun . Imma write til the wheels fall off.
by S.C. Michaelson on Dec 5, 2010 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
That's not exactly a premonition.
Garcia is notorious for giving BJ’s to judges pre fight.
Notorious.
"God bless....God."
Semper Fi'
Pain don't hurt...
Yeah I was about to skip to the next fight when I remembered who was fighting here. He threw enough volume in 1 and 3 to take them (not on my scorecards) so I kept watching. Brutal stuff.
Wish Phan had had the gas or the feel for the striking to open up on him again in the third.
I went over Garcia’s record on a whim. He’s actually only knocked out one Victor Estrada in 2001 and in 2008, Jens Pulver and Hiroyuki Takaya (0-2 WEC washout). That’s not much of a legacy of punching power. Almost all of his early wins are by submission (fat chance of that happening).
I still get the feeling watching him that he has more to offer, but limits himself to this fighting style for the money, like a poor man’s Chris Lytle.
"One thing I will never do is I will never say never." -Dana White
I didn’t get the impression that Maia was lacking anything in that fight. No matter how good you are at the Jits, submitting defensive-minded black belts is a long shot.
The Garcia decision… such a robbery. Yet again. He would’ve been better off without that comment about his takedowns too. No “Don’t let it go to the judges” nonsense. It was just a straight up robbery. I didn’t hear Dana’s comments about the decision but it wouldn’t be the first time he’s selective about who he backs up after the scorecards.
Joe Rogan’s outburst about the judges was a little bit unprofessional but completely warranted. You would hear this in other sports, too. Soccer commentators will tear into a ref if they blow a call. Where MMA differs is that the promotions (or TV network they’re married to) are employing these guys, which is a slightly unfortunate situation. They’ve (had to?) downplayed a lot of bad calls in the past and it was refreshing to hear Joe calling it like it is.
The second rant about MMA’s sillier rules was too indulgent (and I didn’t agree with him entirely) and uncalled for.
My favourite fight of the (entire) night was Story-Hendricks. Phan deserved some pity money but I wasn’t thrilled about seeing Garcia get it over a much better fight between Story and Hendricks.
I think Bonnar looked pretty good but this was a gimme fight. Pokrajac is tough so I wasn’t surprised it wasn’t a finish but he looked a weigth class below Bonnar on top of the (perceived) skill differential.
No roundup for the Strikeforce massacre? :)
"One thing I will never do is I will never say never." -Dana White
Strikeforce is coming, I'm not a machine
But seriously, I wanted to watch it AGAIN plus I was watching football.
In Black churches, we have evening services. At my house, we had to go to both.
Reppin' the NYMMAI.
Black Lesnar aka Slap ya Favorite MMA Writer
Follow me on Twitter
Read me at WatchKalibRun . Imma write til the wheels fall off.
by S.C. Michaelson on Dec 5, 2010 8:02 PM EST up reply actions
Welcome to the club
Get another couple bans and we’ll talk about making you a VIP (Very Important Prick) like me.
Luke: What was our best moment?
Nate: When I banned Subo?
Luke: That was a good one.
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
Contributor for WatchKalibRun.com
Still Subo at Fightlinker.com
sc u got banned from BE?
wtf i rarely ever agree with u but i do appreciate ur ridiculous arguments and the shitstorms that u cause
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
That means WKR has me all to themselves.
Reppin' the NYMMAI.
Black Lesnar aka Slap ya Favorite MMA Writer
Follow me on Twitter
Read me at WatchKalibRun . Imma write til the wheels fall off.
by S.C. Michaelson on Dec 5, 2010 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
ive been banned from BE twice
both times for saying what everyone was thinking (the first time that people are taking themselves WAY to seriously and that MMA elitism should be frowned upon, and the second time for pointing out that KidNate’s headlines are engineered for pageviews over accuracy) that place is nothing more than a medium to house sycophants that stroke Nate’s ego (because any dissenting opinion is banned)
haven’t been there in 6 months and i don;t miss it
my mother was right....no one cares what i have to say
jefferson davis' wife was hot....there i said it....and it actually feels good to finally get that out in the open
I have no problem with BE
It’s just funny to me I got banned for THAT and not for some of the other things I’ve said in the past.
Reppin' the NYMMAI.
Black Lesnar aka Slap ya Favorite MMA Writer
Follow me on Twitter
Read me at WatchKalibRun . Imma write til the wheels fall off.
by S.C. Michaelson on Dec 5, 2010 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
Near as I can tell, it’s like in The Wire where they let you kill like twelve people and then bust you for picking up someone at the train station.
Luke: What was our best moment?
Nate: When I banned Subo?
Luke: That was a good one.
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in a confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift
Contributor for WatchKalibRun.com
Still Subo at Fightlinker.com
by Derek Suboticki on Dec 6, 2010 3:23 AM EST up reply actions
that's not what you got banned for
you were banned (by Brent, not me) for reading people’s user histories and making comments about them.
Follow me on Twitter @KidNate
Among other things. None of which related to complaining about judging of Garcia/Phan.
Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.
MMA Editor - SBNation.com
by Brent Brookhouse on Dec 7, 2010 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
I looked at the flag I got
saw the comment flagged, and drew the connection. Geez, I wasn’t upset. I thought it would be funny to share that I got banned. Regardless of the reason. Not like I was complaining.
Reppin' the NYMMAI.
Black Lesnar aka Slap ya Favorite MMA Writer
Follow me on Twitter
Read me at WatchKalibRun . Imma write til the wheels fall off.
by S.C. Michaelson on Dec 7, 2010 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
I dissagree
•Maia looked, I mean he won, but he doesn’t look like the Demian Maia of old. Did Silva’s embarrassment at UFC 112 break him? Perhaps.
Maia looked much better with his striking. And nobody subs Kendal in MMA, he’s too long.
"God bless....God."
Semper Fi'
Pain don't hurt...
You think that was a silly reason for being banned SC, I was banned because I questioned how legit some of Sakuraba’s fights were in Pride. Which might seem like fighter bashing except for the fact that the guy has admitted to working fights in the past and Pride was incredibly shady with some of their moves.
Anyways as far as TUF I thought it was a good night of fight, Maia looked really good with is takedowns and ground and pound. Bonnar also looked good completelly dominating Igor and Brooking came back from a tough first round to pummel and expose Johnson. I wasn’t surprised that Garcia won not because of anything except the way Phan fought him he basically gave it away imo, I was surprised at how Story was able to deal with Hendricks wrestling for the most part. And I just shook my head at another guillotine by McKenzie, only disapointment was not being able to see Garza’s KO
"they mad at me, I keep going hard reppin/
cause what's your Rampage to Rashad Evans/"
-Joe Budden (Something To Ride To)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/76866807deabe3c1/
You were banned
for being a bowl of filthy dicks. Which is why you have been banned from multiple SBNation sites.
"Don’t quote old fucks to me" – Brent Brookhouse
Hahahahahaha.
That should be a motto
WatchKalibRun – We accept you…even if you are a bowl of filthy dicks.
Reppin' the NYMMAI.
Black Lesnar aka Slap ya Favorite MMA Writer
Follow me on Twitter
Read me at WatchKalibRun . Imma write til the wheels fall off.
by S.C. Michaelson on Dec 7, 2010 10:18 PM EST up reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Watch Kalib Run
Related FanShots on Watch Kalib Run
