Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA
blog that’s less mentally stable than Charles Bennett.
Fights – Strikeforce – Rousey vs. Kaufman was a good event,
from top to bottom, so I’m going to spend a bit of time talking about those
fights.
Mike Beltran, Dwarf Lord Referee
First off, I want to make special note of referee Mike
Beltran and his glorious, hypnotic mustache.
He did have some off moments, like warning guys on the ground to keep
working, despite submissions being actively sought for. He also wanted to speed Roger Bowling’s groin
shot recovery along, threatening to get the ring doctor involved despite the
rules stating a fighter gets upwards of five minutes to recuperate. He was much more accommodating to Germaine de
Randame after she took a knee to the lady balls from Hiroko Yamanaka.
Check out actual fight information after the jump, and more!
Miesha Tate vs. Julie Kedzie
Julie Kedzie landed some good head kicks and various other
strikes on Miesha Tate, but she got overzealous, followed Miesha to the ground
and got caught in a fight-ending armbar.
It was a great fight, though and both combatants put on a tremendous
performance.
How I Could Just Kill a Man - The Ovince St. Preux Story
Ovince St. Preux straight-up killed TJ Cook with an overhand
left. Not really much else to say, Cook
died and I cheered his murderer. It was a good fight, with St. Preux hurting Cook in the first round, but Cook managed to survive (Until his execution in the third).
Ronaldo Souza vs. Derrick Brunson
Ronaldo Souza showed off his striking skills instead of his
top-level jiu-jitsu game by knocking out Derrick Brunson at least three times.
Still got to see the Jacare crawl, which
always makes me happy!
Ronda Rousey vs. Sarah Kaufman
Ronda Rousey finished off Sarah Kaufman via armbar in under
a minute, a fact “Judo” Gene LeBell proudly showed off with his stopwatch.
Oh, Gene, you're a delight!
Mateusz Gawrzynski vs. Artur Mroczek
In non-Strikeforce fights, there was a Polish event, and
some dude punched the daylights out of another random dude. I’ve never heard of either, and after this
fight, I’m pretty sure the loser won’t recognize his name, either! Oh, brain trauma jokes, will you ever get
old?
News – There wasn’t a whole lot of MMA news of consequence this
week, and nobody cares about reading fifth hand from me that a guy’s injured
and out of a fight, or two people are beefing over Twitter
WARNING – GROSS IMAGE FOLLOWS
House of Pain 6 (No word if the subtitle for the event was
Jump Around) took place in Australia this weekend. Patrick “Stereotypical Irish Name” Dohertyfaced off against Rhyse Saliba of Thailand, and apparently “Rhyse Saliba”translates to “Elbows made of cleavers”, because, yeesh, when I said Dohertyfaced off, it turns out that was almost literally true. I’m pretty sure only morticians are qualified
and experienced enough to take care of wounds like that.
GROSS IMAGE DONE
What’s Next? Well,
Bellator is coming up on Friday, and I’ll watch it, but I don’t think I’ll
write up a primer on that, since I kind of know about like three people on that
card. The next primer will be for UFC
151, taking place on September 1st, which features a main event of
Jon Jones defending his Light Heavyweight title against Dan Henderson. I’ve featured some of Jones’s handiwork on
the blog in the past, so here’s one
of Dan Henderson’s greatest moments, his
knockout victory over Michael Bisping at UFC 100, back on July 11, 2009.
Gene Lebell of the Lebell Lock?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I remember DBDB (Dat Boy D-Bry) saying "Gene LeBell, who did he ever beat?" before changing it to the YES! Lock
DeleteI can't stop staring that that mustache, he should have auditioned for the Hobbit.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how the fighters didn't just stare at it, either.
DeleteI kind of want him to be like three inches tall, living under a toadstool and rides a toad to work.