UFC 100 (GROWL) (Metal)

We couldn’t go any further without posting something about this weekend’s UFC 100 event.  Everyone wants to talk about Brock Lesnar going nuts after his domination of Frank Mir, flipping off the crowd and scaring  Joe Rogan to the point of pissing his pants in the post-fight interview.  Or they want to talk about Georges St. Pierre big win over Thiago Alves and whether or not he should move up a weight class.  Those two guys are impressive and I wouldn’t want to anger either of them by not at least giving them a mention, but I’d like to shift the focus over to Dan Henderson.  He had the KO of the night with his monster right hand to Michael Bisping’s jaw, plus he had a finishing move that he probably stole from Mortal Kombat.  Honestly, if the ref hadn’t stepped in, would anyone have been surprised Hendo ripped out Bisping’s heart?

This just advances the theory that you don’t mess with guys with shitty nicknames.  If you run across a guy whose friends are calling him ‘fairy’, he’s either harmless and lives up to the nickname, or he’s so tough, he needs a terrible nickname because even ‘beefcake’ won’t suffice.  If that guy is a UFC fighter, you should probably assume the latter. 

Bisping is known as ‘The Count’, a pretty solid moniker for a Brit.  Henderson goes by the unassuming and not so creative ‘Hendo’.  Of course he’s going to be a monster in the Octagon.  He needs a crap nickname because even calling him ‘Super Killer’ wouldn’t do him justice. 

I, on the other hand, am known as ‘History’s Greatest Monster’ because my strikes land like butterfly kisses.  No, I’m not kicking you in the face anymore, Grandma, I don’t care how much it tickles. 

Tags: Brock Lesnar, Dan Henderson, Georges St. Pierre, MMA, UFC

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