ramblings of the mc

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This is the video I took of Dale “D” Griffith in his second MMA fight at the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville, AL. He’s very impressive. Look for the big Muay Thai knee that essentially finishes the fight.

Last night was a huge night for MMA fans all over the world. The two best pound for pound fighters on planet earth (arguably) were both on display, but with different organizations.

Neither man disappointed, with each delivering knockouts in a minute or less.

Fedor Emelienenko knocked Tim Sylvia to the canvas and proceeded to choke him out. It took a grand total of 36 seconds. For Fedor to dominate Sylvia in such a fashion is truly unbelievable, as Sylvia had both the reach advantage and, according to many, the striking advantage on the feet.

As for Anderson Silva, he moved up from the 185 pound middleweight class to the 205 pound light heavyweight class and faced a great striker in James Irvin. The only problem was that Silva is maybe the greatest striker in all of MMA, and he proved it by catching Irvin’s right leg kick and absolutely blasting him in the face, opening up a huge cut on Irvin and ending the fight. Fight total: 61 seconds.

The real question is, “Who was the most impressive?” Because each fighter dominated his opponent and in such a fashion, we really didn’t get any definitive answers about who is the pound for pound best. Silva’s fans will say he looked the best; Fedor’s fans will say he looked the best. The fact is, both were incredible. And since we’ll never really see the two guys fight each other, we probably won’t get any answers. Either way, they’re both gonna be dominating for a long time.

Here’s a couple of video clips of me rolling with some of my friends. Just kinda impromptu in the garage, but still a couple of good armbars and a cool teepee, if that’s what you’re into…

One guy is a member of our US Armed Forces, but at his request, I won’t tell you which branch…

This is a glorious little video of my esteemed colleague Trey Thompson going to sleep via Rear Naked Choke from my wife. She’s a blue belt and you should fear her. Plus she’s hot.