Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Size Difference?!


BJ Penn has spoken ad nauseum about going up and down in weight to fight champions in every weight class because he feels that size is not an issue when it comes to fighting. Well, sorry BJ, but size matters. Especially if 2 fighters have the same level of skill, as we saw with the BJ/GSP fight, the smaller guy probably won't win when the difference maker is sheer bulk. What spurred this thought was seeing a video of BJ meeting up with Anderson Silva, Silva was the Hulk to BJ's Bruce Banner. See it here:

http://mmabay.co.uk/bj%20and%20anderson.html

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

.....To The Rescue!!!


With Affliction folding like origami, the talk coming from fans and media have been mostly about where Fedor will end up (Strikeforce) and what will happen to Affliction. What has not been getting as much attention is where the fighters who were supposed to fight on that card would end up. Big ups to the UFC and Strikeforce for pulling in a lot of these fighters who were left floating in limbo. Nice to see Coker and the big D (Dana) stepping in to help out the guys who would otherwisw be left in the cold.