(Speer’s turning to jelly wasn’t good enough for Johnson to bank $20,000.)
Ken-Flo and J-Lau pulled $20k each for “Fight ‘o da’ Night” bonuses from last night’s UFC Fight Night 13, and it was well-deserved. In case you just woke up, Florian beat Lauzon with his “mount”. Been there, done that. As for the other money-pluses, not all were as dead-on.
James Irvin tied the UFC record with the fastest KO in the organization’s history and grabbed a fistful of dough ($20k) for “Knockout of the Night”. Sure, Irvin did it in 8 seconds, but it was a TKO — not to mention that the victim of the quick grounding (Houston Alexander) was able to profusely protest crazy Steve Mazzagatti’s stoppage of the fight. This would deserve the KO bonus if Anthony Johnson hadn’t fought on the same card. “Rumble” Johnson simply got ripped off. His opponent, Tommy Speer, was KTFO and couldn’t move from his collapsed position against the cage. How does this not get “Knockout of the Night”? If Houston Alexander can jump up and bitch to the ref about the stoppage, there is no way in hell James Irvin should be $20k richer.
Mazzagatti is quickly rising in my “People I Hate List” — and yes, I keep such a list, right next to my collection of Good Housekeeping back issues. Stopping that fight was just retarded. And a strong case can be made for him shooting his stoppage wad in the Karo Parisyan fight, too. Anyway, I’m thinking Mazz the Mustache is either on goofballs so he wants love not war, or he had a side deal with J. Irvin. I’m certainly not one for conspiracies, but this is some bullshit.
The “Submission of the Night” kick went to Nate Diaz and that’s more than cool — especially since we suggested it. He had a solid comeback win over Kurt Pellegrino after taking a good thrashing, and his triangle choke in the second round wrapped up the $20k bonus in legendary fashion.
What do you say to that, Mazzagatti?
(Props MMAJunkie)
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commentsAlso giving the bonus to to Johnson insures us that there is a bright future in the MMA!
As for the stoppages the Karo one was totally justified, ho many more times did he need to get hit?? The Houston stoppage that was so hard to call, but in MMA it happens, ask Ken Shammrock.
In the words of CP "Dude, maybe the refs wouldn’t step in so often if you could get hit without looking like you’ve lost consciousness. It’s a tough skill to learn, but an important one nonetheless."
karo got screwed
Let me first say, I'm not down playing Irvin: he saw an opening, capitalized, and won a fight.
But my first comment when Houston and Irvin squared off was "Someone needs to put their hands up or they're going to get..." I was cut off by Houston eating a punch that would make concrete weep.
He's my main problem: would anyone have been surprised here if Houston was the one who threw the Superman punch and knocked-out Irvin? Really, it was a "who gets off first" situation so I really didn't feel like it was a fight at all, much less one worth paying a fighter extra for. Sure, it was cool to watch, but really: was it skill or just blind luck Irvin threw first?
Now, Johnson on the other hand was in complete control of that fight (sure, Irvin could have been more dominate, even in a slug-fest, but we won't know unless him and Houston meet again). He set up Speers, kept it standing, and left no question who would win that fight any day of the week. He could have sat back and relied on his superior striking to just pick Tommy apart. Instead, he kept the pressure on and looked to finish the fight. Tommy was left against the cage, broken and dreaming of tipping cows. People will disagree with me, but that deserves Knockout of the Night. Not a "I threw punch first FTW!"
Matt Hamill - same crap. He delivered probably 40 strikes to the lower back of Boetsch's head but the rookie ref let it slide.
Houston ate a flush shot on the jaw, dropped, went limp, took two more flush shots, and still couldn't even get his hands up to defend himself. I don't care if he was able to dance a fucking jig after the fight was stopped, he was unable to defend himself and the ref had to step in.
I've seen the same drama after Ortiz/Shamrock 2 and Jackson/Liddell 2 (among numerous other fights): just because you don't lay there shaking or punching at thin air for 5 minutes doesn't mean you're aware of what's going on. And just because you can get back up after some guy isn't continuing to pound on your face doesn't mean you would have come back.
If Houston had done ANYTHING to show Steve he was still in the fight, I'm sure he would have allowed another minute or so of Houston's face getting pounded into roast beef. But even Mazzagatti has to step in when a guy goes completely limp.
Almost every time I see a fight close to being stopped but the ref lets it continue, the guy "on the ropes" is usually doing something to defend himself: Grabbing a leg, moving his head, covering his face, giving his last will and testament. He may be eating punch after punch, but he's doing something about it. Houston flat out wasn't doing anything.
I do agree that even though Irvin tied the fastest knockout, Johnson deserved the extra cash after his absolute domination of Speer.
I totally forgot to mention that Johnson had the infamous "JESUS DIDN'T TAP" logo on the backside of his shorts!
Oh crap...now I'm gonna get that awful song stuck back in my head again.....
Alexander is gonna eat huge shots from Irvin and Karo is gonna get pounded out.
Either way they lose. Comeback was not an option.
What's with the bloodlust?
i mean, the stoppage last night was perfect.. houston's arms were stiff from KO MUSCLE SPASMS and his head was out in the open for more pounding.. he didn't wake up until the ref landed on him.. so if you ask me.. there's not controversy what-so-ever..
and i know one fight's not enough for everyone to hate mazz..but, i don't remember him stopping any fights early or badly lately??
someone wanna correct me??
Oh ya, Kim Couture is a disgusting money grabbing, Heather Mills, ugly un talented cunt.
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