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Passing the Guard: UFC 140 Preview

Music to listen to: Renegades of Funk by Rage Against the Machine Heard an interview with Tom Morello of Rage with Aisha Tyler on her pod cast and was reminded me how much I enjoyed the band years ago and starting looking back. Enjoy. Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida: Tonight’s battle for the light heavyweight…
Passing the Guard: MMA Power Rankings

Time for a long-overdue MMA Division Rankings from The Sports Inquirer. Music to listen to: High Noon by DJ Shadow Heavyweight: 1) Junior Dos Santos 2) Cain Velasquez 3) Alistair Overeem 4) Brock Lesnar 5) Fabricio Werdum Just missed the cut: Shane Carwin, Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Thoughts: Dos Santos is clearly…
Passing the Guard: UFC 139 Preview

Music to listen to: Closer by Nine Inch Nails Time to preview UFC 139… Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Dan Henderson: This matchup pits two veterans, former world champions and men who surprisingly haven’t faced each other. Since the purchase of Pride by Zuffa years ago, fans have been able to see nearly every matchup between…
Passing the Guard: Thoughts on UFC on Fox 1

Music to listen to: Another awesome jam by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers Before the UFC of Fox event last Saturday, I was telling people who were unfamiliar with MMA that the results of the heavyweight title match between Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos could be anything. We could see a five-round wrestling match,…
Passing the Guard: UFC on Fox 1 Preview

Music to listen to: A ridiculous jam by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers in Poland back in 2007 On Saturday, the UFC makes another major step in the development of the company and advancement of MMA in general with UFC on Fox 1. This isn’t the first time that MMA has been on network television,…
Gridiron Blitz: NFL Midseason Review and Week Nine Picks

Music to listen to: Lonely Girl by Oceanlab (PROFF remix) 　 Here’s a review of my NFL predictions at the halfway point of the season and my picks for this weekend My preseason predictions will be in red, my analysis in italics NFC East: Philadelphia, Dallas (wildcard), New York, Washington…