Sunday, August 5, 2012

Training Log

Military Press - 150 - 4x3, 1x8


Did some heavy shrugs, sledgehammer swings, and tricep pushdowns for assistance work.


Last week of the program starts tomorrow. Looking forward to doing things a bit different.



Didn’t get to watch the UFC event last night, and I forgot to DVR it, so I can only go off results that I have seen and what I have read about how the fights went down. First and foremost, I still think it’s ridiculous that Dana felt the need to set up the next LHW title shot based on last night. I realize those 4 guys probably are the top of the heap (after Hendo and Rashad), but I would like to see Glover Teixeira get consideration too. The guy’s a beast, and I think he’s something like 34, so he’s not getting any younger. I understand him needing to get a win or 2, but he’s fighting Rampage sometime soon, and UFC could build him off that.
Another thing that struck me recently is, holy fuck, what happened to that division?! Some will say it just looks bad because Jones has cleaned it out. While this is true to an extent, the fact is that division has fallen hard. Partly due to guys aging, partly due to guys just not being as good as previously thought. But man, around 06-08ish (something like that), the division was the glory division of MMA, no 2 ways about it. Wanderlei, Chuck, Rampage, Shogun, Hendo, Lil Nog, and Forrest and Rashad were just starting to work their way into the top 10. Jardine was a tough out for anyone. Randy was still sorta hanging around, though he may have been a heavyweight around then, I don’t really remember. Vitor was still doing his thing, though not as frequently (but as a Vitor lover, I will always throw his name in there). Ricardo Arona! Not sure what the hell ever happened with that guy, but he was a top-notch guy too. Nowadays, there are so few “top guys” that Jones is probably going to be saddled with rematches for the near future, with the exception of Gustaffson and Davis, whenever they feel those guys are ready.
The rest of the card sounded like it was pretty entertaining, which was sorely needed considering how badly the last couple PPV’s were. Not sure how many title implications there were in any of the other matches, but sometimes you just need entertaining fights, regardless of their impact on the title picture.

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