Comments on: This has been a great week for fight fans

By: Paul Miller

Paul Miller — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:56:26 +0000

Ric Flair’s tribute on RAW was one of those great moments that fans will remember for a long time and I can’t see there ever being a moment like that in wrestling again in my lifetime.

By: Brandt

Brandt — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:00:28 +0000

Tanner: Too bad Diaz did nothing throughout the entire fight before being slammed with Pellegrino already in the perfect position for a triangle choke. I’m surprised he pulled off the submission considering he was pretty much done in the first round.

By: Canson

Canson — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:41:43 +0000

Rape choke isn’t a term Rogan made up. It’s pretty common in gyms and I’ve heard it used before on fight cards. I remember Wes Sims saying he would win his fight by rape choke once, I think on WEC when it was on HDNET. Anyway, it was probably a poor choice of words, but he didn’t just come up with it out of nowhere.

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:20:08 +0000

The UFC might not be able to fire a ref, but they definitely have enough pull to stop a ref from being in their events.

As for the UFC Fight Night Box Sets… That would be nice… I would definitely purchase them. However, even as a hardcore fan who would collect every event, I think a few volumes of Best of’s would easily be sufficient.

By: Zack

Zack — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:02:57 +0000

They should just have all their shows in the UK where they appoint the judges and refs.

By: Boog

Boog — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:07:44 +0000

“How do you go about firing someone that’s appointed by local athletic commissions?”

I don’t know, ask Larry Landless.

By: D. Capitated

D. Capitated — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:00:28 +0000

Relating to last night: should the UFC finally fire Steve Mazzagatti?

How do you go about firing someone that’s appointed by local athletic commissions?

By: Ultimo_Santa

Ultimo_Santa — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:26:28 +0000

Relating to last night: should the UFC finally fire Steve Mazzagatti?

His call to stand up Brock Lesnar and deduct a point was beyond absurd, and could have possibly altered the outcome of that fight.

Last night, TWICE a fighter got dropped, started to defend himself, and Steve Mazzagatti calls a TKO (Parysian did get rocked, but Alexander was sticking his arms up to defend himself). In either case it was a close call, but early nonetheless.

How much longer are they going to keep this guy around? This douchebag is quickly becoming the new Mario Yamasaki for complete incompetence.

I miss John McCarthy.

By: Zack

Zack — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:19:10 +0000

The only disappointing thing about the Flair send off was they didn’t bring out El Gigante/Giant Gonzales so we could reminisce about that feud one last time.

By: Ultimo_Santa

Ultimo_Santa — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:37:06 +0000

I kept listening to it over and over, and I couldn’t hear it being anything but ‘rape’ (the ‘P’ sounds was pretty distinct).

I’m sure in future broadcasts they’ll come up with a better name for that choke hold.

I hope.