So good news: The foot seems to be healingup nicely (better than the rib did for sure.)  I woul guess I’m still going to be pretty tender for another couple of weeks, but should be back at Judo soon.  I am definitely looking forward to it.  I have a Gata Gatami inside me just itching to get out!

So did any of you watch the Affliction fight card last weekend?  Did anyone watch the UFC card?  Before I get into specifics, let me just star with the quality of the card.  EliteXC (the Showtime promotion) does some good fights, but as never been able to really build a card the quality level of the UFC.  The same cannot be said of Affliction.  The Affliction card was spectacular!  Huge names.  Big fights.  The UFC card for the same night paled in comparison.

Before I get into Affliction fights, I do want to mention one UFC fight:  Anderson Silva.  Wow.  That guys is really stunning to watch.

Okay… on the Affliction.

I’ll start with the main event:  Slaughter.  Poor Tim Sylvia.  Fedor mowed throw him like a buzz-saw.  I have never been all that impressed with Tim’s style, but I think that had little to do with his loss.  Fedor was just on top of his game.  I don’t know who could have withstood what we watched Fedor unleash that night.  I can’t wait to see Fedor go at it wit Couture… but I fear that each day that passes is a serious age setback for Couture (one of my personal heroes.)  Fedor has definitely made an impression on the US fans that might not have known him before.

Another fight I was watch closely was the Vitor Belfort, Terry Martin fight.  Vitor one this with a great upper cut that knocked Terry out cold.  While I’m happy for Vitor, it was still not  the Vitor so many of us watched come up through the ranks in the UFC.  A victory, but I would not say “Vitor is back.”  I fear the Phenom is no more.

Josh Barnett had a nice victory, but did any of us really doubt that he would?  Rizzo is washed up.  It was sad to see them throw him out in front of a world class fighter like Barnett.  It will be interesting to see Barnett fight Tim Sylvia (my guess at the next fight coming up) to see how good he really is.

Oh, and as to my confusion over Minotauro… Big Nog, Litle Nog.  So Apparently the Nogera brothers have the same name.  AND the same nickname (oh, that’s not confusing.)  AND they practically look like twins (although Big nog looks like the battered twin with the alcoholic father that beat him wih broken bottles.)

Affliction:  Nice fights.  Camera work needs some more work (I’m sure they’ll learn with time.)  Announcers: I don’t care what ti costs… find a way to steal Joe Rogan.

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