Good not great; UFC vs. Boxing

Posted on November 13, 2011 by hbenzvi

There were two championship fights last night; A welterweight fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Marquez, and a Heavyweight MMA (UFC) fight between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos. While both fights were exciting, the discrepancy showed why boxing has had time to mature into the sweet science and MMA is that uber talented, younger [...]

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Straight Ghetto But True

Posted on September 19, 2011 by hbenzvi

Straight Ghetto But True Watching Floyd Mayweather‘s 4th round KO of Victor Ortiz, and the champ’s behavior leading up to the fight, during the fight, and following the fight; all this fan can say is that Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather may have traded inner city of Grand Rapids, Michigan for an estate in Las Vegas but he [...]

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Mazal Tov B-Hop: Bernard Hopkins Oldest Champion

Posted on May 22, 2011 by hbenzvi

Mazal Tov B-Hop: Bernard Hopkins Oldest Champion Bernard Hopkins (46) made history last night by becoming the oldest man to ever win a major boxing title. Hopkins beat French-Canadian Jean Pascal via Unanimous Decision in Montreal. For an American challenger to defeat a French-Canadian champion, in Montreal means that Hopkins dominated the fight. Bernard Hopkins is a [...]

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UFC 128 Recap: Impressed with Jones, but not Faber

Posted on March 20, 2011 by hbenzvi

UFC 128 Recap Photo: 5th Round Watching the 23-year old Jon Jones dominate Shogun Rua, I was actually reminded of George St. Pierre. In short, as GSP was that next step forward in the Welterweight division, Jon Jones reign as champ is that next step in the Light Heavyweight Division. True, we did not see [...]

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UFC 125 Recap

Posted on January 9, 2011 by hbenzvi

UFC 125 Recap UFC Lightweight champ Frankie Edgar (13-1-1) had his long awaited rematch with Gray Maynard (11-0-1), the only fighter to defeat the current champ. Edgar is not a largelightweight, and Maynard’s size and power advantage almost ended the champion’s reignearly in the first round. Maynard connected with multiple shots that sent the champ [...]

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