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Simon, I hadn't heard that about the DUI shirt. T...

2007-08-28T09:57:00.000-05:00

Simon, I hadn't heard that about the DUI shirt. That's a disgusting lack of respect, if true. No one should bring that type of personal stuff into the arena or the cage.

I do agree that the blood aspect can make a fight seem barbaric upon cursory glance, but the fact of the matter is that (1) the head bleeds very superficially, and doesn't stop easily and (2) the human body can lose a decent amount of blood and still function.

I definitely don't root for it, but accept it as a part of the sport.

Any truth to the rumor that Heath was wearing a sh...

2007-08-28T09:46:00.000-05:00

Any truth to the rumor that Heath was wearing a shirt that had a picture of Babalu's DUI arrest early in the day?

Perhaps his inciting a psycho led to him being choked out.

To myself I see the choke out as an extremity. I ...

2007-08-28T08:22:00.000-05:00

To myself I see the choke out as an extremity. I understand that this is what the MMA crowd is up in arms about, and for good reason. But that's not really where my problem lies.

I see the repeated beating in of Heath's head to the point where the mat was soaked with blood much more often in typical MMA fights. And to me this is where I don't see why its not even mildly deranged to enjoy it. It was pretty evident after about the 15th punch to the head and the 5th elbow that the guy was going to lose yet the fight kept going.

The choke out was the topper.

Good post though, glad their was a rebuttal from within.

UFC needs chairs!

2007-08-27T17:32:00.000-05:00

UFC needs chairs!

Those are the guys that the UFC needs to eliminate...

2007-08-27T16:40:00.000-05:00

Those are the guys that the UFC needs to eliminate — publicly. The sport is becoming more mainstream, but there will always be detractors.

The UFC needs to continue to build it's image around guys like Randy Couture in order to legitimize the sport and to attract a new crowd.

Brawlers and meatheads will always watch fights. There's no reason to cater to them. To legitimize the sport, the UFC needs to promote the fighters who have respect for each other and their chosen profession, and, more importantly, show it.

If they let guys like Sobral get away with this crap, they are always going to deal with that deviants and miscreants stigma.

Thanks for the kudos...its pretty obvious what Sob...

2007-08-27T16:05:00.000-05:00

Thanks for the kudos...its pretty obvious what Sobral is trying to do. He's going nowhere fast as a serious fighter so he's decided to take the pro wrestling approach of becoming a "heel". This way, he hopes, people will pay in hopes he'll get pounded and he'll be able to keep pulling a check from the UFC...

Hear hear, good sir! My original response to "Ame...

2007-08-27T15:58:00.000-05:00

Hear hear, good sir! My original response to "American Standards are a Bit Off-Kilter" did not post for some reason, but I could not agree with you more.

I watched UFC 74, and was very impressed with the overall event and the fighters involved in it.

To further prove your point, I read on Sunday morning that the individual who threw Babalu's hat back into the ring in disgust was Manny Gamburyan, runner up on the last Ultimate Fighter season.