way off topic but well worth a watch. trying to kep my mind off ufc 100 – its like a kid waiting for christmas. Anyway About a week ago a bunch of Australian Muay Thai fighters went over to Jamaica for a card and there was a long awaited superfight between Nathan Corbett and Tyrone Spongg. This fight has been building up for a while and a bit of background that makes it interesting is that Corbett is king of the elbows and Spong had only agreed to take the match under modified thai rules with elbows not allowed. Video here – fight split over two videos, watch bottom one first. Enjoy http://www.fansofk1.com/article?aID=2277&Category=3

I have been to a few training sessions with Peter Graham in the new Sydney Boxing works so decided to look up some of his K1 fights – check out his war with Badr Hari here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG7z9qQ7oqY teh awesome

Spong was doing pretty good but just like with Saki, another right hook puts him away. Seriously though that was some bs ruling- no way he was coming back from that. Also the fight was already called off before everyone went chute boxe-hammerhouse. How can you reverse a referee stoppage. Let’s hope we get another fight with full thai rules.

THanks a lot panic! Much appreciated man!

Speaking of Muy tai Animals…I cant wait to see Malaipet fight in mma again!

the dude in the SPong vs Corbett fight was extremely annoying can you be anymore biased, he should never ever commentate again!
Peter Graham well, I don’t like him at all! Im glad that Badr avenged that loss and showed who the better fighter is…

I read all your comments, watched about the 1st minute of this blog and I had to shut it off!

I really enjoy his blogs, but not the ones that have NOTHING TO DO WITH MMA or its FIGHTERS!

brutal wan’t it…worse than the one where they filmed the cockpit of their plane for 5 min on the way to the UK

Im telling you guys, do not ever credit Dana White!
He is an egomaniac that markets himself over the fighters and the sport just because he can..

but he does a great job…Dana is as marketable as any fighter..if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it…its not like he’s not marketing fighters as well

Dana makes a lot of MISTAKES and I find myself bashing him alot…but truth be told, half of this site is people who just watch the UFC. EXCLUSIVE FANS!!! hahaha, without Dana, all the EXCLUSIVE fans probably wouldnt be watching mma today because the UFC would have failed (they were damn close). No matter what we think of Dana, all his flaws, and mistakes…what he has done for mma in America has been nothing short of remarkable. I do think that some of the decisions he has made in the past 2 or 3 years…were completely WRONG! I also believe that the UFC could be even more successful by nOW if Dana made better decisions…but he works his ass off and without Dana, I doubt we would be watching UFC 100 this up coming weekend.

yes he does a good job, but he is not as marketable as any fighter =) that’s just what he’s always wanted to be, I think it’s time to change strategy and realize that it’s wrong to market himself over the fighters cause they are the one’s ppl tune in on saturdays to watch, and that’s whats making him and his friends money..

Rob, serious question okay dude, no direspect meant at all but, are you a fighter that got turned down by the UFC or something.
Maybe it’s just me over analyzing but, you seem to really hate this guy. I understand the guys that don’t care for Dana’s approach, and that’s a fair debate but, you seemto have a deep rooted core hatred for Dana.
You don’t have be to be a UFC fanatic but, what gives?

why RoB? explain to me why he isn’t as marketable as fighters cause apparently he is…imo they should concentrate on the fighters more but people seem to be identifying with Dana none-the-less…you, me, and the Maniacs are a small % of people who follow closely and actually know what we’re talkin about whereas the population in general doesn’t know jack…

ok Jrandolph, that was a nice theory you came up with =) my answer to your question is no, im not a fighter at all MMA ain’t even my sport, I know absolutely everything about football (soccer) and sports is just my thing i guess i know pretty much about everything…

Mac, the thing is that it’s not about why he is or isn’t as marketable the point is that he shouldn’t make himself “the man” because he isn’t fighting and he is not an athlete so he has nothing to even be marketed for…

if you’re talking to us americans (non mexican), saying you know everything about “football” (soccer) is like saying you know everything about gay sex! It’s the worlds biggest sport, but not here!

lol…RoB, I agree or at least agree to disagree buddy…I undersatnd what your saying but still think there’s enough publicity for both Dana and the fighters ;)

ok, but the thing is that you americans are “gay” for not liking soccer, team USA is good btw!
if you say you like baseball or american football here or anywhere in europe then ppl will look at u like you’re from a different planet..

yeah, i think Dana has too many fans on his side so that when a fighter opens his mouth he gets smashed and ppl will only agree with what Dana says cause he has media on his side, and puts on all these so called dream fights which has nothing to do with anything it’s just a way of pleasing the fans..

Okay, so why the hate? Is it because of the “American arrogance” stereo type or something, and why do you favor Affliction over the UFC by such a seemingly wide margin?(assuming you are not American, with the whole soccer thing)

I’m happy Affliction’s doing their thing, but as a supplement to the UFC. If I lke Affliction, why would I not like the bigger better version?

for the most part you are correct…I personally enjoy Dana’s “outspoken” side more than when he tries to be politically correct

I’m not dumb enough to not realize how big soccer is rob! I personally just find it boring! Nothing wrong with liking it though!

Jrandolph, you lost me…who favors affliction so much??!!
intro does, but he’s canadian!

Sorry Kev, Rob does (favor Affliction, IMO) from posts on other threads, and I’m assuming Rob is not American since he refered to soccer as football.

what? hehe i think you’re mixing me up with someone, I love the fights in the UFC!
UFC is where the best fighters at so that’s what i watch…
I watch Strikeforce too i watch all my favorite fighters no matter where they go!

no i am not american, but i do love america!

Rob is just a little misguided, football is for pussies and he knows it, that’s why he’s always trying to act hard and put everything down, insecure much?.. the fact that its so popular is just because it appeals to the lowest common denominator.
Football is to sport as Mcdonalds is to food, as the spice girls are to music and as kimbo is to MMA.

except for Karo’s comments. Dude’s a douchebag and
AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY IT i’d be rooting for iaz in a rematch!

wow, can’t believe i said it :)

errrr Diaz

Yeah you’re right about Karo. While Karo was on I was actually thinking, I wonder how many painkillers he doesn’t know he’s on right now??

me too SoCal…if there’s one thing that annoys me more than a Diaz its Karo

I like Dana…he’s a God

You actually made me spit my Cherrios Intro.

intro? you Ok today

Personally I enjoy Introverts daily dose of Dana Bashing!

Introvert has got to be my favorite poster on this site!
I like when guys try to go at him just cause he broke the truth for them and picked their dreamworld apart..

why i watch is simple, i wanna see the fighters and something about the event atleast something that has to do with the fights, not a bald guy playing around with his rich friends to try to get publicity so fanboys like you will take his words like it came straight out of god’s mouth..

im with you Rob

I know you are.. gotta go! keep it realz

Fuck, who wouldn’t love a guy who plays fart sounds on his ipod? It’s fucking hilarious!!!!! That Dana is such a card. God I wish I could be as cool as him. Oh wait, I just made a fart noise with my armpit…LMAO….that’s the funniest and coolest thing to do EVER!!!!!!

haha…you guys are entitled to your opinion and I respect it but how good do you want it…like John said, it wouldn’t be the same without Dana just like MMAMania wouldn’t be the same without intro…what more do you want from the UFC or MMA in general?…as far as I’m concerned things couldn’t be much better and I think Dana is owed a lot of the credit for that

The comment section was funnier than the blog, after watching that I knew Intro and Rob would rip this one to shreds. Pretty laughable that the first vlog for 100 was 10 minutes of fart and sex jokes.