Harry Finocchiaro » Geek Fitness http://blog.harryfino.com "It's not even that big of a deal. Something like 8% of kids do it, but whatever" Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:12:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Fedor vs. Werdum Fight Video, “The Last Emporer” Taps Out http://www.themmanews.com/?p=16874 http://www.themmanews.com/?p=16874#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:29:53 +0000 Charttopper Click here to view the embedded video.

Strikeforce heavyweight and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist Fabricio Werdum shocked the world on Saturday night by submitting the previous 31-1 Fedor Emelianenko with an armbar at 1:09 of the first round in their main event bout.

Werdum was sent to the mat in the opening seconds of the fight but used his BJJ to work in a few submission attempts on the Russian. He sunk in a triangle choke and transitioned to an arm bar forcing a reluctant Fedor to tap.

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That all changed though when I watched the fight again on mute. I noticed during the fight that Rogan and Goldberg continuously highlighted all of Shugon’s hits and minimized the talk of Machida. I think this was unintentional and completely due to the fact that the commentators were not used to seeing Machida get hit at all. Nevertheless, it was bias. After watching the fight on mute, you can easily see how Machida won the first three rounds.

I understand that I’m not a professional or a judge, so take my opinion for what you will. But if you disagree, watch the fight muted before you call me crazy.

Dana White thought that Shogun won the fight and since he was unhappy with the decision he immediately scheduled a rematch. Somehow that doesn’t seem fair to me. There are a ton of other fighters out there that deserve a chance. Randy Couture was calling out Machida and I think that fight would be amazing. However, on May 1st, 2010, we get to see Machida/Shogun 2. War Machida.

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The lesson I learned was to not go too far when you know you’re prone to a particular injury. Stick with what you know and what works for you.

For now, I’m back to the home gym… away from the pavement. Amen.

Some day we’ll meet again, Marathon… some day…

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Abe is a fellow geek as he graduated Michigan Tech as a Mechanical Engineer. Unfortunately, he lost his first fight. But I’m expecting great things from him in future fights. Keep an eye on this one…

Here is an interview done with Abe where he talked about his harsh upbringing and how he saw through it all to get where he is today:

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