Spring Break
Ultimate Fighting Rapidly Climbing The Ranks
Jake Goldberg
Issue date: 9/12/07 Section: Sports
Then SpikeTV - who was broadcasting the fight, threw us right back into the action with one of the best nickname in all of sports fighting. Marcus "The Irish Hand Grenade" Davis took on England's own Paul Taylor. In what turned out to be a pretty scrappy fight, both men landed shots, and when it took to the ground, both landed some head-turning shots. Eventually Davis secured one of Taylor's arms and proceeded to bend it back until Taylor gave up.
Watching the submissions of the UFC is one of the more unnerving things you can watch. You never know if the fighter will let go in time or proceed to snap a limb.
It's nothing short of gruesome, yet I can't take my eyes away from it.
"The world's most dangerous striker," Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic was up next and provided the worst fight of the night. His opposition, a huge man named Cheick Kongo, bewildered the crowd by being aable to completely control "Cro Cop" en route to a boring unanimous decision. Here is the strange thing about combat sports - they are fighting. We should be impressed by them since it takes a lot to step in a cage and do battle. However the moment the two men became lazy or boring, they coudn't hear the end of it from the crowd. It's ironic to a certain extent.
After a fight like that the urge to see two men go at it is even higher. Without disappointing us one bit, Matt Hamill took on his rival Michael Bisping in what in my opinion was the fight of the night. Bisping from Liverpool, had tremendous support from the crowd, but this didn't affect Hamill who is legally deaf. This has not stopped Hamill one bit as he has become a world renowned wrestling machine and is said to have incredible strength.
The dislike appeared to be genuine and from the opening bell, they landed everything but the kitchen sink on each other. Trading punches, take-downs and submission attempts, they left the judges of the fight in a very precarious position. The British judge actually scored it for the American, Hamill and the two American judges gave it to Bisping earning him a split decision in my opinion he didn't deserve. The fight left me wanting more and I hope to see a rematch in the future.
Watching the submissions of the UFC is one of the more unnerving things you can watch. You never know if the fighter will let go in time or proceed to snap a limb.
It's nothing short of gruesome, yet I can't take my eyes away from it.
"The world's most dangerous striker," Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic was up next and provided the worst fight of the night. His opposition, a huge man named Cheick Kongo, bewildered the crowd by being aable to completely control "Cro Cop" en route to a boring unanimous decision. Here is the strange thing about combat sports - they are fighting. We should be impressed by them since it takes a lot to step in a cage and do battle. However the moment the two men became lazy or boring, they coudn't hear the end of it from the crowd. It's ironic to a certain extent.
After a fight like that the urge to see two men go at it is even higher. Without disappointing us one bit, Matt Hamill took on his rival Michael Bisping in what in my opinion was the fight of the night. Bisping from Liverpool, had tremendous support from the crowd, but this didn't affect Hamill who is legally deaf. This has not stopped Hamill one bit as he has become a world renowned wrestling machine and is said to have incredible strength.
The dislike appeared to be genuine and from the opening bell, they landed everything but the kitchen sink on each other. Trading punches, take-downs and submission attempts, they left the judges of the fight in a very precarious position. The British judge actually scored it for the American, Hamill and the two American judges gave it to Bisping earning him a split decision in my opinion he didn't deserve. The fight left me wanting more and I hope to see a rematch in the future.
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