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(UPDATE: That video is dead... but you can see it here. You should probably hurry.)
For the first time since Royce Gracie was wrestling Ken Shamrock, I actually ended up watching part of the UFC shindig last night, including the Rampage Jackson vs. Chuck Liddell main event. It seemed a little anti-climactic to me, but in an event of this nature, with weeks of hype preceding it, maybe that can't be helped. It was 112 seconds of nothing, and then 1 second of Chuck Liddell being punched.
Just so it's not a total loss, here's evidence to back up the commentators' claims that Rampage is the best (and possibly horniest) interview in the UFC.
And for a high-quality liveblog of last night's action, put your mouse here.
UFC 71...A liveblog of punch-based athletics [The Blog of Hilarity]
Comments
Is the first video not working a metaphor for Chuck Liddell last night?
Isn't that how every interview with Rex Grossman ends?
Actually, that's prefectly normal behavior. So says my priest.
Perfectly. Fuck.
Liddell lost? Oh my goodness. Was that possible?
Did Liddell pass out before the opening bell?
That guy has Bengal written all over him.
Take a note, boxing. Hype for fight. Media coverage for fight. Knockout in fight. This two outta three ain't bad shit won't cut it anymore.
I watched the video Chet Lemon posted in last nights comments and even though the angle wasn't great, it looked like a lucky fucking shot that just knocked Chuck down, not out. Fuuuuuck. First Cro Cop, now the Iceman.
The ref called it WAY too early.
@Signal to Noise: No way. Liddell wasn't defending himself. The ref did a good job.
Apropos of nothing, This is a great read.
@Grimey: Far be it from me to ever disagree with Big John McCarthy (for multiple reasons), but Liddell was just stunned. A guy like that could regain his composure under stress and be just fine.
@PeteJäyhawk™: awesome
That video got pulled from Youtube as fast as Lidell got knocked out
@beisbolct: Zuffa LLC has a pretty quick right mouse-click.
Floyd Mayweather is not impressed by Jackson's post-fight antics.
@Berto: Andre Berto, is that you?
@TattooedMess(iah): Did you see the replay of Lidell's face when McCarthy pulled him up? His eyes were gone. He took severals shots on the ground but the fight wasn't stopped until he dropped his arms and went flat. The second he did that, it was only going to take another couple of shots to take his head clean off.
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