jimufctna24 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) There was an interesting bit of information on the Weighing In podcast last week. Does anyone remember Mike Whitehead of TUF 2 fame? Apparently he was an absolute monster in the gym, capable of giving champion fighters absolute fits. Yet, he often underperformed on fight night. I checked wiki to remind myself of how he fared on TUF 2. This is from a description of episode 9 (titled "The Mental Game): Quote Rashad Evans defeats Mike Whitehead by unanimous decision after three rounds. The fight leaves the blue team, Hughes, and White shocked due to Whitehead's lackluster effort. White says that he choked "To the point where there is 10 seconds left and he just stops fighting, I've never seen that." I haven't watched TUF 2 since it originally aired in late 2005, so I had obviously forgotten about all this. Still, I never knew he was such as underachiever. Edited March 19, 2020 by jimufctna24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted March 19, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted March 19, 2020 All I remember about that fight is it was fucking awful. I think Rashad got some shit for that as well and if I remember right, between his performance in that fight and his size, Dana was pretty much writing him off afterwards. As soon as I read the name Mike Whitehead, the words âcreepyâ and âpervertâ instantly sprung to mind but I wasnât sure why. Did a bit of googling and yeah, he was arrested in 2010 for sexual assault. Then I remembered one of the team challenges on TUF 2 where the fighters had to wear long socks and chase each other around the cage trying to pull each othersâ socks off. Weird as fuck. But funnily enough, it was the most enthusiastic and energetic Whitehead looked all season. Me and my brother always said he was a wrongâun after that. So when the news of his arrest broke a few years later, it wasnât a massive shock. Look at this deviant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 40 minutes ago, wandshogun09 said: All I remember about that fight is it was fucking awful. I think Rashad got some shit for that as well and if I remember right, between his performance in that fight and his size, Dana was pretty much writing him off afterwards. Funnily enough, Big John said on the same podcast that Rashad was the polar opposite to Whitehead. Crap in the gym, but came good on fight night. I didn't know that Whitehead was such a wrong-un either. I only remembered him as the bland fucker who was somewhat associated with Matt Hughes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted March 19, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 19, 2020 i love the stories of hearing about these legends in the gym that never translated it to fight night, every gym has that type of guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Not really something that I have learned, but something I have gained a fresh perspective on. Jack Slack on the Mousasi vs King Mo fight from 2010: Quote  Against Lawal, Mousasi struck viciously from the bottom throughout the fight. Each time Mo stood over him, Mousasi would kick into the knee of Mo's lead leg, hoping to bring Mo's head forward and in line to kick with the other foot. Here's another nice instance of Mousasi pushing Mo away and attempting to use the other leg to kick Mo in the head as their positioning shifted. As Mo was on his knees at the time, this would have been entirely illegal had Mousasi's left foot connected. In round five Mousasi was docked a point for finally connecting an illegal up-kick, though it made little difference on the scorecards. All three judges had King Mo far ahead. The fight raised some questions about judging criteria, however. Though Mo held top position for most of the fight, it was Mousasi delivering the power strikes repeatedly from the bottom. Bas Rutten won his UFC belt from the bottom in a far less active performance than Mousasi's against King Mo.  I was a fan of both at the time and had zero problem with the decision. But Slack, who I might add utterly loathes Mousasi, has a point here. Perhaps under a different scoring criteria Mousasi would have gotten the nod. I wonder how the judges would have seen the fight under Pride's scoring criteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) That Gomi apparently spent the week before the Nick Diaz on the piss. The story goes that it was Gomi's first ever trip to Vegas, and given that he was always fond of a pint or seven, he was very eager to embrace the Vegas nightlife. It's thus little wonder that he came into that fight with little strategy and was blowing out of his arse after 5 minutes. Throwing caution to the wind will lead to a fighter getting tired at the best of times. Doing so after spending a week on the piss is just asking for trouble. I still love the mental piss-head though. Edited March 24, 2020 by jimufctna24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted March 30, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 30, 2020 i never knew Anthony Pettus once got his shoulder dislocated in an early fight in his career and continued to win by KO, this is impressive: Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 9, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 9, 2020 today i learned that Zuluzhino is now taking part in that Russian slap fighting thing: Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ElCece Posted April 9, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted April 9, 2020 59 minutes ago, Egg Shen said: today i learned that Zuluzhino is now taking part in that Russian slap fighting thing: Â Off topic so I apologise but this reminded me of when I was a young man agreeing to let a colleague/friend to slap my as hard as they could in exchange for a 5 second Chinese burn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted April 10, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted April 10, 2020 So Russian for replay is nobtop? It's what the wife calls me when I forget to take the bins out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted April 18, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2020 That Jan Blachowicz wants to fist Jon Jones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 18, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2020 crikey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted May 18, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted May 18, 2020 today i learned Blagoi Ivanov and Some Fucker once broke the ring: Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Today I learned that Dave Meltzer was a judge for the Coleman/Rizzo fight at UFC 18 - https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Opinion-How-Dave-Meltzer-Changed-MMA-History-175348 The author of the article believes that Meltzer robbed Coleman of a well-deserved victory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted October 6, 2020 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) today I learned that UFC commentator Jon Anik has an identical twin brother. He hosts a podcast with Belal Muhammad. I actually watched for 5 minutes before realising it wasn't Jon. I spent the whole time wondering how he'd managed to grow his hair so quickly. Edited October 6, 2020 by Egg Shen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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