Thoughts on UFC 92

Last night at UFC 92, it was a night of upsets and brutal knockouts. First I’d like to sat the Cheick Kongo is one bad dude and a beast. He is a credible heavyweight that could so some serious damage and contend for the heavyweight title. I see him getting a title shot in 2009.

I was really impressed with CB Dalloway of Mike Massenzio. CB definitely has a future in MMA and I see him doing some big things in the couple of years.

Now on the fun part of UFC 92. “Rampage” Jackson and Wanderlei Silva had their third encounter. And let me tell you something, these two legitmately hate each other. They actually had a scuffle at the weigh-in because of the bad blood and the trash talking between the two of them. If you know anything about their first two fights, you would know that “The Axe Murderer” destroyed “Rampage” in Pride-FC, but that was in Pride-FC. This is UFC and it’s just a little bit different in terms of surroundings. Even though I did pick Silva I did state awhile back that that Quinton needed to redeem himself after his lost to Forrest Griffin for the UFC Light Heavyweight Title and the minor legal troubles he had. Virtually no one gave Quinton a chance but it was great to see him win against a credible and great fighter like Silva. Also did you notice the look of disgust on Chuck Liddell’s face when Rampage one. He didn’t looked impressed.

Then as a famous unknown person once said, “I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.” You talk about not giving no once a chance. Everyone thought that Antonio Nogueira would destroy Frank Mir, and be the savior to take down the hated UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar. What most people need to understand is Frank Mir never lost the title. He was in a motorcycle accident that no one ever thought he’d come back from. So in my personal opinion Frank Mir is a walking miracle. I also think Mir is out to prove that his win against Lesnar, in Lesnars first fight wasn’t a fluke. I have some bad news for Mir, because he’s not fighting the same Brock Lesnar as before. Lesnar now has more training under his belt and he will make sure he doesn’t lose to Mir twice. All I can say is I was laughing the whole way home knowning Nogueira got beat and disappointed everyone. Nogueira is a great fighter but Mir wanted it more. Now I cannot wait until Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar fight for the Undisputed UFC Heavyweight Title.

In the main event, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin defended his title against the undefeated Rashad Evans. I had mixed feelings about this fight because Forrest Griffin is one of my favorite fighters, if not my fighter. However Rashad Evans started his MMA training with UFC Hall of Famer Dan Severn, a guy I have met, admire, and respect. So was I disappointed when Forrest lost? No because it was a great fight and Forrest did his best trying to get out of Rashads strikes. Rashad will make a great champion and I know we haven’t seen the last of Forrest Griffin.

UFC 92 was great because they did more to make the PPV go a little bit longer. I still would never buy a UFC PPV because you never know what you’re going to get. I really enjoyed watching UFC 92 and look foward to the next big event.

Readers Note: The reason their are two UFC Heavyweight Titles was due to Randy Coutures legal problems with Dana White and UFC. So they Nogueira and Sylvia fight to determine the new interim Heavyweight champion. However Couture came back and lost the title to Lesnar.