Wow. The 3 main fights at UFC 112 were less than stellar and the aftermath was even worse.
Anderson Silva showed us once again that he is either HOT or COLD. I guess he took the words of Jesus in Revelation pretty serious. He is never lukewarm.
The Spider seemed to check out after 3 rounds on Saturday night. I don't know where his fighting spirit goes sometimes.
If you get a chance take a look at the very end of the fight again. The ref holds up Anderson's hand for .5 seconds and then walks away in disgust. meanwhile, Dana is nowhere to be seen for the belt presentation.
Legions of fans around the world were excited to see AS lay a beatdown on Maia and all we got was Silva landing a victory blow aganist himself.
Dana went crazy after the fight, talking trash about how Silva will be the first champ to fight on a prelim cards, etc...Not DW's best moment, but the man really doesn't have any sense of restraint anyway.
As for BJ and Frankie Edgar. I agree with the upset fans that BJ should have won the fight. Frankie was fast, but thats about it.
Lesson for BJ - don't let it go to the judges.
And then there was the Seniors Division match-up. Matt Hughes and Renzo Gracie.
In MMA today, strong wrestlers with decent submission skills and ground and pound beat up old school BJJ masters. This is not the early 1990s.
I wish that the Gracies would drop the hype they are always trying to create for themselves. They are legends in the sport because the brought awareness to the ground-game and they pioneered the UFC in America. Thats enough to be proud of.
Boasting about your unbeaten family and how you are the toughest MFers in the world is looking silly these days as you lose fight after fight. Hughes/ Gracie never should have happened.
Lets all hope that UFC in the next few months looks better than last night.
