(After they showed that video entitled ‘Good Touch/Bad Touch’ in his Health class, Horodecki couldn’t help but regard every adult in his life with constant suspicion.)
When Shawn Tompkins announced that he was leaving Xtreme Couture and taking some fighters with him, you didn’t need to be a genius to figure out that one of those fighters would probably be long-time Tompkins protégé/surrogate son Chris Horodecki. Those two have been down since the IFL cartoon logo days, back when Tompkins was just Bas Rutten’s assistant coach and Horodecki was still getting carded at R-rated movies. But now Tompkins says that Horodecki is very close to finalizing a deal to send him to the WEC, and he expects to have the contract signed in “a day or two.”
Tompkins also says that Horodecki “would love to go for that WEC lightweight title,” which really just serves to remind us what a confusing scenario the WEC 155-pound class already is. Ben Henderson just won the interim lightweight title, only to get passed over for a fight with the real champ, Jamie Varner, simply because he was too hurt after a five-round war to turn around and fight again two months later. Then you’ve got Donald Cerrone, who fights his heart out but can’t seem to catch a break. Add in the injury-prone Varner and possible sex addict Rob McCullough, and it’s one hell of a scene.
Dropping Horodecki, who’s fought just twice since suffering his first career loss to Ryan Schultz in 2007, into the mix only promises to make things more exciting/volatile. Now the question is, who do you match him up against first?
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Um, this article was about Horodecki, so that's why he's being singled out. Do you want a list of other cheaters, too, just for no reason?
I followed the IFL very closely. They were trying to make Horodecki one of their stars, and most of the decisions he won there were controversial with most believing he should have lost. And yes, cheating happens in MMA. And it's usually met with a warning, so it can't happen repeatedly in a single fight. Horodecki did not receive warnings for his blatant cheats in the IFL. In fact, grabbing the top rope so you can deliver a knock-out head kick should have resulted in either a disqualification or at least a no-contest. In another match he purposely threw himself through the ropes to avoid a very tight submission - and received no warning. Yes, maybe he is a decent kickboxer, but he hasn't faced any real challenging opponent yet. Ryan Schultz had a great plan to beat him in Horodecki's first loss. Ryan had already been cheated out of a victory, so he took him down in the middle of the ring, trapped one arm and beat the living crap out of him. The IFL couldn't come up with a way to save their boy that time. Many IFL fans were sick of the preferential treatment Horodecki had been receiving and rejoiced when Ryan beat his ass.
And no fighter I know would want to be a gate keeper early in their career. Chris wants to be the champ. I'm just saying I don't think he can do it. He'll end up being nothing better than a gate keeper. Any fighter with decent striking and grappling skills will pass through him to start climbing the ladder in the WEC.
As for what I do for a living, what the fuck does that have to do with the anything? I have a black belt in Karate, and also train BJJ and Muay Thai. I do it for fun, not a living. What the fuck do you do?