Penn retires after having face smashed by Diaz for 3 rounds. UFC 137 was a good time.

Some good fights last night for the ufc. BJ Penn and Nick Diaz took
the spotlight in a 3 round slug fest with Nick once again proving he
can dish it out as well as take a fist to the face. Penn Retired after
the match as his face was a MESS, broken nose and his left eye
resembled that of Josh Koshchek after GSP was done with him. Ground
Meat.
 Penn just didn't seem to be able to tap into that inner animal again
and wasn't able get his thing going. Nick is a master at what he does
and once started his opponents do nothing to stop him. Sort of like how
Anderson Silva works. 2 totally different styles of fighting but they
both have that quality.
Then Nick had the ignorance to call out GSP and say he was faking the
injury. LOL. Nick, you had that fight, you didnt show up. Part of the
millions you want is sitting infront of a camera, tough poop for you,
you had your chance, it was written and you screwed yourself, so now
you mouthing off makes you look like the chump you are.
 Nick you had the fight with GSP. You screwed it up yourself. Pay
attention and show up to play the game and you will have your fight.
 I was disappointed in Matt the meat-head Mitrione as he lost his first
fight to Chiek Kongo. Kongo was probably Matt's first real challenge in
the cage. Not to discredit his other fights but Cheik had the
experience and ring savvy ness to keep Matt from teeing off and getting
his rock on.
 Kongo took the deserved decision.
 Donald Cerrone was just awesome against Denise Siver. In the first
round out struck him, kicked him in the face and after a short
comeback, a couple seconds, Siver got punched in the face Donald got
his back and quickly choked him to submission tap.
 A couple other fights, many judges decisions where questionable like
the match where Brandon Vera took the fight with a surprised expression
on his face as he clearly lost the fight. Even when Marshall had his
arm and popped/broke the elbow, Vera didnt tap but it happened and he
said so. The judges still thought he scored more points. Dont leave it
in the hands of the judges, EVER.
 Big country Roy Nelson gets to stick around after his win over Mirco
Crocop. A good fight and a back and forth match. Roy was able to take
the win and move on.
 Check the official page to see all results.
http://www.ufc.ca/event/UFC137#/fight
Keep your hands up and your chin down and finish the fight.

Home town fights!! Who's on your card?

 As MMA rises in popularity we see more and more in local papers with mma stories.
Our own saanichnews.com frequently runs stories on mma clubs and upcoming matches.
With Sarah Kaufman being one of our local mma hero's, fighting out of Victoria BC
Canada, gives them reason and interest in the mma scene.

 AFC #7 on November 5th 2011 at the Bear Mountain arena has rookie Alexi Argyriou,
about 160lbs. Alexi is well versed in grappling and has won and placed very well in many
compatitions, Will that transgress well when someone is kicking him in the head? let's
hope his trainers at Zuma martial arts are doing there jobs.

 He will be mixing it up with Brad Webb 155 lbs class and I have no idea who Brad
Webb is, sorry.

 Look into your local news and maybe you'll find a few jems and a fight to go watch.

T.U.F. oct. 2011 is awesome so far, a good mix of interesting people and skilled fighters.

 I have been watching Th Ultimate Fighter this year with Bisping and Miller is turning out to be
a good show. Bisping we know is a character, Miller world renowned character.

 Heated schoolyard, I'll punch you in the face, No I'll punch You in the face.
Oh really? I'll knock you out. You can just try then. I'll knock you out,
I'll knock you out. Oh the humanity, grow up tough guys and come up
with something intellegent.

 The contestants are all very tough, a couple ok but not to great will be
proven and knocked out quick. while the skilled will move on. Miller seems
to be a good coach, picked his team with ground game in mind while Bisping
liked to pick the stand up crew. Sure many have both skills but we see a definit
difference between punchers and all round MMA'rs. Even the grapplers know
you have to hit or submit while punchers just want to punch you.

 Akira vs. Neace is a classic example, Akira is punchy punchy and Neace is
more rounded but his ground game is better.

  In the First round Akira came out swinging but got surprised by Neace's ability
to fight back in give as well as get. On the ground it was Neace who attacked more
but being on the bottom got caught with a couple elbows, nothing to hard but Akira
on top and landing a few blows probably got the judges attention.

 Neace did latch on to a leg and I saw Akira do a light tap but the ref missed it and
the hold was broken and back up the got. The round ended with little fanfare as Akira
punched Neace in the face.

 Round 2 was a fireball of a round. A big left put Neace on his but and was on the bottom
for the rest of the round and for that he lost the fight. I just goes to show.

 Don't leave it in the hands of the judges. Finish the fight and be done with it. I thought
Neace put on the better fight, and I saw the light tap. It was small but it was there. Maybe
a reflex action or not but there you go. The fight went on.

 Big things still to come and the next fights still look great.