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UFC 92 Is Now History In More Ways Than One

2008-12-28T01:05:00.021-05:00

Did it live up to all the hype

First of all for UFC92 to be billed as the most stacked Mixed Martial Arts card of the year, it had some serious expectations to live up to. And as far as I'm concerned it did just that! I mean... man talk about the "Ultimate" for 2008...this was definitely it for me. Now I must admit that not all of the fights were highlight reel material, but all in all, it was smokin'.

Quick Recap Of The UFC92 Main Card

Rashad Evans v. Forest Griffin- Evans by TKO in the 3rd
Antonio"Minotauro" Nogueria v. Frank Mir- Mir by TKO in the 2nd
Quinton"Rampage"Jackson v. Wanderlei Silva- Jackson by KO in the 1st
Cheick Kongo v. Mustapha Al Turk- Kongo by TKO in the 1st
CB Dollaway v. Mike Massenzio- Dollaway by TKO in the 1st

Here's My Inflation Adjusted Two Cents

First of all I gotta ask... Did Nogueria look like he even showed up for a fight? I mean don't get me wrong here...I really like Big Nog and all but he looked more like he was taking a Big Nod during the fight. With that said I still have to give Mir his props for a well executed gameplan.

They say that revenge is best serve cold, well that's exactly what Rampage did to Wanderlei Silva, knocked his ass out cold! I gotta say though, it wasn't nearly as vicious as the can of whoop-ass that Wanderlei opened on him the last 2 times they met.

And now for the "coop de gracie"(I've been watching too many cartoons)
Forest Griffin is one of the toughest fighters in MMA...in my opinion...and he executed a pretty good gameplan ie; leg kicks, multiple jabs and keep him on the outside, kinda like what he used against Rampage, but Rashad is a totally different kinda fighter. First he's quick, elusive and quite powerful...which I think he has proven now. He checked most of those leg kicks, did not attempt to stand right in front of Forest and "bang" and topped it off with his superior wrestling ability for the takedown and then it was a rap.

And Another Thing...

I actually did pretty good in my predictions 4 outta 5 on the main card...didn't bother with the under card...so let's see what the future brings. I not a gambling man but if I was I would have made a killing. Oh yeah, that kid Matt Hamill is a beast, keep an eye on him.

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Did Patrick Cote Take A Dive In His Fight Against Anderson Silva?

2008-12-26T15:48:00.001-05:00

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If you got a chance to catch UFC 90 and saw Patrick Cote's knee injury when he was fighting the Anderson "Spider" Silva, you were probably disappointed that the 2 warriors didn't get a chance to properly finish what they started.

I sure was. I love getting a chance to watch Silva at work, and I thought Cote showed that he definitely has a chin.

But what I want to talk about is the knee injury that Cote suffered. You could see the shin bone kind of move forward and out laterally when he hurt himself. In some interviews he said that it's an old meniscus, but from the way it looked, I believe that he hurt his ACL. Often with a buckling type injury, it's a ligament that gets damaged.

The ACL functions to stop the shin (tibia/fibula) from sliding forward under the thigh bone (femur), but only when the muscles aren't there to do their job.

Cote also mentioned in interviews that he hurt his knee when he was kicking Silva. This would correspond perfectly with the common mechanism of ACL injury - when a person kicks, their lower leg is being whipped out, and the shin bone will slide forward on the thigh bone if the muscles/ligaments don't oppose the force.

PICTURE it this way: put your right fist up like at the top of a bicep curl, then put your left fist on top of your right fist. When you slide your right fist forward towards the computer screen, that's the movement that the ACL prevents, and that's what happened to Cote's knee.

So the ACL will come into play in a really quick pivot type move, like a running back who cuts hard, or during something unexpected, like getting pushed right before you land from a jump, missing a kick completely or partially.

The ACL will also work to stabilize the joint if the muscles aren't strong enough to do the job, so even if you're expecting the movement or it's a planned movement, like a hard cut in football, if you don't have strong muscles, you can still tear your ACL.

To prevent ACL injuries, you need to make sure your hamstrings and calves (gastroc) are strong and powerful. So exercises like Stiff-leg deadlifts and Swiss ball leg curls are crucial to knee injury prevention. The muscles worked in these exercises do exactly what the ACL does, prevent anterior slide of the lower leg on the upper leg.

You must focus on 2 specific portions of each exercise: the Eccentric phase, and the transition from the Eccentric to Concentric motion.

So for the Stiff-leg deadlift, it would mean controlling the motion to the end range, then quickly changing from lowering to lifting the weight. These exercises are all a part of my MMA Strength and Conditioning program.

You must keep the muscles strong, but even more importantly, powerful. The muscles need to be able to react quickly, so doing exercises such as repetitive, explosive jumps like Lunge jumps and others found in my NRG system complexes will train this quality.

Preventing ACL injuries in MMA requires numerous specific exercises to ensure that the muscles surrounding the knee joint are strong and powerful.

Integrate these exercises into your strength and conditioning program and you can prevent buckling your knee in the middle of a fight.

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Welcome to "The Octagon" fellow MMA fans

2008-12-26T10:59:00.000-05:00

Ladies and Gentlemen...It's........Time!....so.... Let's Get It On!

Let me start out by saying that MMA is the best damn sport on planet Earth, wouldn't you agree?
Me personally, I can't get enough of it. So this blog is my tribute the superior athletes and their kick ass fans. And for anybody who don't like it ...SEE YA!...but before you go take a couple of flying knees with ya.

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For those of you who love MMA as much as I do we're gonna have a freakin blast!