Back in the saddle again

Hey everyone, I dont know who follows this or if it is for my amusement but I am gonna try and stay on top of this again. Been very busy with my new gig, reporting for uscombatsports.com and it is awesome. I am very thankful for an opportunity to do what I love, MMA journalism. Check the site out for my work along with the other great writers on board  - the link is under good sites, USCS

No money, Mo problems

Whats going on everyone, good morning to you all. Just wanted to say I am glad to be blessed with another day and share my thoughts/ opinions with you all. I love the new banner that the homie Steve designed for me, he is really good at design and putting stuff together. Last week, I heard back from another MMA site forum I discovered and am now one of their writers/ reporters making my way up the ladder. It's pretty cool that my fanfare for MMA is paying off by letting me cover it, I would love to be a full fledged sports journalist one day, so maybe this is a step in the right path.

You can visit the site I contribute to on the home page of The Upkick...GOOD SITES - USCS
You can also find Steve's (banner designer) web blog @ NERDGASM

You have to call me, Nighthawk

There are few actors/comedians of our time who i feel truly are genius. In my opinion, Will Ferrell is the best in a while, If you do not care for his comedic style or acting stop reading, otherwise thank you for reading this. From his early days on SNL to movies and now being one of the biggest comedic actors of present time, Ferrell has tuned his style into a cult following. The best thing about him is the following and response he brings; you are or are not a fan, I have discovered the re is no "in-between"

Being a fan of both his movie and TV roles it is hard to determine what "his best" is. For movies, I would put Step Brothers at the top, with The Other Guys closely behind. Anchorman, Ricky Bobby, Elf were all good, amidst some of the lesser movies like Blades of Glory or Semi Pro. I am super stoked he is on "The Office" as a manager trainee for Dunder Mifflin and is being considered as a permanent replacement for Steve Carrell in the next season. Will Ferrell understands how to make people laugh and is good at it. His new movie, he is going to speak entirely in Spanish for his role, don't believe me...look at this gem below

Grass stains MMA

I have seen alot of things in my life so far that make me take a second look, give it extra thought, wonder what they were thinking when they did it. Examples would be: Godfather part 3, release the script to WWE before the events happen, electing Obama, a wide array of topics. A new item to the list is, Grassroots MMA. These are a group of guys who obviously have watched an episode of TUF, or even a few PPV events and think they are Anderson Silva's biggest threat.

From wearing jeans in a fight, to no mouthpiece's required (only saw one that I noticed) these kids are fighting on grass and dirt with 4oz. gloves and honestly trying to show they are fighters. Amateurs with a dream they may be, but they are shedding a negative light on a sport which although continues to blossom and become sanctioned, is still not accepted everywhere. Kids like these are the reason why New York state has yet to legalize MMA. Think I am just being mean? Watch the video below and respond with what you think. I am all for ambitious fighters who want to make MMA a career, if you want to do that - get into a local MMA gym and learn from trained professionals in a safe and learning environment.

Give me strength

"For I can do all things thru Christ which strengthen me" - Phillipians 4:13

I know I post alot about games, movies , MMA, etc. but the thing I love more than any of this is Jesus. I am very proud of who I am and what God has done for me in my life. One thing all of us need to know and remember when adversity comes out way is, Jesus has given us the strength to push on and persevere thru the situations at hand. We however, need to acknowledge who He is and what He can do, it is a two way relationship, you need to put something into it to get something out of it

It Has Begun...

In addition to the story of the new Mortal Kombat game, Machinima.com has debuted a really cool webseries taking a darker approach to the game, in a realtime enviornment. The movies they made back in the 90's were good for their time and they were cheese-tastic! The new series (Mortal Kombat: Legacy) shows what a real MK would be like. I just finished the first episode and it is very promising. Here is a link to the season trailer, and please go to : http://www.machinima.com/ to watch the full season of the show debuting today!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov63lTUvNok

Flawless Victory

Remember arcades? Unless you were born in the 80's or early 90's the chances are you do not. they were the greatest places to be. The only time you knew of a new game is by hearing these crazy rumors or being lucky enough to go play yourself. i can remember waiting in line at Rack N Roll for almost an hour with 4 quarters until I was in line to lose my money as quickly as I could put it in the machine. the games were great: Street Fighter, Tekken, Killer Instinct and Mortal Kombat.

MK was great because it was the game you weren't supposed to play but everyone did. It was bloody, scary and addictive. the only thing better than playing at the arcade was when you read in your GamePro that they were developing a console version of the game you could play on your Genesis or SNES (everyone knows the Genesis version was better because it had the blood) I lost many hours of sleep trying to master the fatalities but ended up usually uppercutting the dazed opponent instead.

Over the years, the game is still beloved and played buy millions, all awaiting the next good MK game. the best game to date is Mortal Kombat 2, no questions asked. there were a few standouts since then but nothing as good as the second game. Next week (Apr. 19) we see a whole new game, "Mortal Kombat" which has been overhauled and offers the same famous characters and new stages, fatalities and bone breaking "X-ray" scenes. I have played the demo and it is AMAZING! The Unreal engine they have used for game design is flawless and everything is crisp and clear. I am waiting patiently for the full release to again lose sleep and hopefully master some fatalities this time around.

Would you like butter on your popcorn?

April 8th, 2011..in seven calender days from now the summer movie season is officially beginning. Alot of people don't see the start of summer until Memorial Day, but this is a movie season and some may say I am early in my time but I say no. When "300" opened in March 2007, alot of studios saw the numbers it did and the film itself could have done more if opened as a summer blockbuster, and since then it seems as if studios have pushed bigger releases earlier and earlier each year.

Next week, we will see "Scream 4" and "Rio". These are two totally different movies but both have potential to be very big and pull in summer like figures. In the same month, "Fast Five" is released and that is a blockbuster already, I am not saying that by film quality, just smart enough to know when a movie will make over $100 Million

Big releases this year are set to be: Hangover part 2; Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides; Captain America; Transformers 3; Green Lantern and many others I am sure. I am eagerly waiting on the wolfpack to be back in action, and am also awaiting Capt. Jack Sparrow to revive interest of mine in a franchise that I think, should have been stopped after the first film. Please enjoy the trailers below and hit the theaters!

Mr. 209 - Nick Diaz

Nick Diaz, Strikeforce welterweight champion, former WEC champion, UFC/ Pride veteran, Gracie BJJ Black belt and straight up beast. The guy is in my opinion, the most under-rated fighter in MMA today. He has gone out time and time again and beaten opponents decisively and without relying on his strength (Jiu Jitsu) most of the time. Utilizing crisp, quick jabs he has made no mistake or discrepancy in showing why he is champion.

April 9, 2011 he meets Paul Daley to defend his welterweight championship and people always talk about how, this (insert fighter) will be a test of his skill. Diaz will win and no doubt in my mind; example - when he fought Robbie Lawler, another powerful striker with KO ability, what happened..Nick KO'd him!! Nick is always being written off as a thug who will have to test his sills in order to win. The man has proven why he is the best and needs to go to UFC immediately.

With the purchase of Strikeforce, Diaz is now possibly able to join UFC since Zuffa is the parent company to both organizations. Dana White says he would love to have him back if he can learn to play the game (become more marketable, do PR, poster bay stuff) Dana is an idiot if that is his reasoning: Anderson Silva sits there and dances for 5 rounds if he feels the opponent is "beneath his skill" and he is still there; Chris Leben gets popped for DUI and he is still fighting big names; do not use someone's non interest in PR be the reason they are not fighting in the big show. Diaz would bring in alot more PPV buys and would finally face top tier level opponents every time.

Round and round...

What's going on everyone? Been away for awhile, has been a crazy ride for the last month...having another little girl in August and work, life, personals have taken attention away from the blog..I think I am the only one who reads it so..LOL ANYWAY - ever have one of those jobs that you want to just Beast Mode your boss, welcome to my world. One day I will be out of this place and not worry .02 cents about him or his idiocy or anything else he does not bring to the table. Just waiting for the call to go away from here, in the mean time - System Of A Down people!!!!

Scumbag!

UFC 127 was this weeked and I know it was discussed in earlier posts, but since the card sucked there is no need to really delve into what happened. Howvere, the one thing I feel that was more exciting than any of the actual fights, was the aftermath of Michael Bisping...he's a douchebag. the guy gets credit for handling his opponent and beating him via TKO. Sounds good right? maybe so, but considering the fact that he knee'd him in the head while he was down!!! this is not only a violation of rules, but just bad sportsmanship, people can justify that emotions take over, adrenaline, whatever they say - you are porfessionals and are expected to conduct yourself and follow rules as a professional.

i for one would say that they should have a rematch; Rivera was on the mat for a while trying to collect himself to keep fighting after the knee. Did he lose reasonably or did that knee have alot of signifigance? I don't know - what I do know is Bisping is wrng. Besides the fact he cheats, he is also a jerk. The guy walks over to rivera's corner and spits on them. Dana White is saying he is in big trouble and there are talks beginning of fines/ suspensions. Check the vid below for what I mean:

And the winner is...

The OSCARS are tomorrow nite and I am pretty sure "The King's Speech" will take home best picture. I have not seen this movie but have seen the scenario enough before to know when a movie will win. It has been a complaint for a while among critics and fans that the Academy start to identify and recognize all movies as talents. A few years ago, "Wedding Crashers" came out and was at that time the biggest grossing R-rated comedy of all time, when awards came around - no nominations for screenplay, directing, acting or best film. Not only did it do good at the box office, but was raved in reiews all around as funny, crude and good.

Last year, they said the same thing about "The Hangover" which is now the biggest grossing R-rated comedy of all time and in my opinoin. one of the best. it has become an instant classic, widely quoted and well reviewd movie. Point is, if they are an academy to recognize achievements in film making and all it entails, do not leave it to a select genre with few exceptions here and there. My vote for best picture this year would be "Inception" it was an original movie, alot of natural sets over CGI at times, and a superb cast that delivered the entire team, leaving the audience having water cooler topics for days after watching.

Awesomeness in RAW form

There are somethings in life that will only be answered in the sake of argument. Pepsi v. Coke; Ken v. Ryu: Batman v. Superman (always Batman) and who would win in a fight. The latter being the topic of many MMA superfights that fans wish would and possibly could happen. The only thing preventing this is either the allegiance fighters have with each other (training camps, friendships, etc.) or the weight classes are too different to make it happen.


I for one would love to see GSP v. Anderson Silva, there is alot of hype saying it could this year and it may, when it does I am ordering it no questions asked. I love GSP but feel the Spider will catch him like all other opponents..not to take away from GSP but facts and stats are hard to argue with. That said, Anderson Silva said when Lyoto Machida was LHW champ they would never fight because of their friendship and they train together...this vid below shows what could have been. Lyoto may be on a 2 fight losing skid, but the dude is still one of the best and tricky for any opponent

With cheese please

I woke up this mornnig and was getting ready for work and was flippin channels to see what I could kill time with and..there it was, in all of its gooey, cheese glory: Street Fighter: The Movie. Not the re-vamp from a few yrs ago, I am talkin about the JVCD and Raul Julia cinema masterpiece from 1994. This was so cheesy I was almost late for work I was caught up in it. The costumes, lines, set pieces - everything about it. the movie is so bad in so many ways but this is what makes it a classic. Its a fast food movie, not good by any means but so enjoyable.

What happened to all the cheesy movies. I mean there are a few here and there now, but nothing like the 80's to mid 90's. The films coming out now either suck, are decent, cult classic or just popcorn cinema. The popcorn cinema of today is not cheesy but crappy - Transformers 2 was a crappy popcorn flick, but Masters of the Univers, that was a great movie and had all the cheddar on film Eternia could handle.

Zombie Vacation

Dead Island, a new zombie game coming out soon for XBOX 360/PS3 could be another title in a slew of the abused genre of video games: survival horror. Resident Evil started the trend years ago and those games were classic (the first 2 at least) and there have been memorable entries in the category since; ex: Left 4 Dead, Dead Rising, RDD: Undead Nightmare among others. This is not my choice type of game since I feel the field is polluted with only slight things to give the game a unique feel.

However, just watching this preview and the cinematic element alone already makes me want to play. A flashback that has a child falling out of a resort room window, tackling her father and chewing on him while her mother flails a buthcer knife at the zombie horde..looks like a new type of game to explore in an already promising year for gamers. Am I alone in my opinion, look for yourself and sound off...

Red Dead Redemption Best Glitches Compilation

Red Dead Ridiculous

So, I finally decided to join the rest of the gaming world and went online with my systems in the last few days and embarked on the uber popular world of - MULTIPLAYER. I have heard the stories, seen the videos of fat kids everywhere destroying computers and some kids crying because their dad made them log off to sleep for a lacrosse tournament. I did not think it would be so hard...until I logged in.

Literally, 30 seconds not even able to roam Mexico, my Red Dead avatar was sniped, in succession by some 11 yr old from Kansas. I was like, ok game on..no not game on. Death was everywhere and I could not escape. I went into a save the town mode with a buddy and that was worse. Everytime I turned around, the same guy was there blowing my head off, I was so excited when I actually took someone out, only to get capped immediately after. Making matters worse was the fact that you can hear smoe off these clowns on screen bad mouthing you. Funny at first, irritating later.

I am uploading a video of some funny RDD stuff and if anyone wants to do work, hit me up - WillyG805 on PlayStation Network

Upcoming: UFC 127 Penn v. Fitch

Next Saturday nite, BJ Penn will be making his way to Sydney, Australia to face off in what I think, is going to be the biggest fight in his career. He has had a succesful run at lightweight for such a long time and is regarded as one of the best in that weight class...until he met Frankie Edgar..twice.

Now he has moved back to a higher weight class (commonly a fighter will drop weight to imrpve their skills) BJ has been welterweight and lighweight champ in the UFC club, so why is this so important? I feel it is because it will cement his place in history. He KO'd long time rival (now training partner) Matt Hughes back in Nov 2010 and faces highly regarded Jon Fitch next week for a title shot @ Georges St. Pierre.

This fight is more importnat for Penn than his opponent. Both men have lost (decidedly and without a doubt) to the current champ, GSP. Penn has lost twice, and in the second match via corner stoppage. His own camp (all his family) threw the towel in to stop the beating. The result opened "Greasegate" and accused GSP of cheating, going as far as taking it to the NSAC for a loss appeal (which Penn lost also). If he beats Fitch and goes against GSP, I feel it will be history repeating itself. The Prodigy has developed a new stricking skill shown in his victory over Hughes, but can he mentally prepare himself to go against GSP for a third dance, already down 0-2? UFC 127 will be the invitation for the set-up

Also on the card will be Bisping v. Rivera & Siver v. Sotiropoulos among other fghts on the card. I dont think this is a PPV necessity but you be the judge. We will have commentary after the fight and see how things shape out in their respective divisions

First thing First

Good morning to ALL! Thank you first of all to checking out what I hope to be a site for all who enjoy MMA/ MLB/ games/ life in general to visit and sound off their opinions. Even though it is MMA805, it is not the only topic discussed, I hope to cover a wide range of info and go from there. If you leve comments, please be respectful and no foul language or anything, I am sure we can get our point accross just fine without it.