guillotine

(Those wacky Brazilians. They even make the gym look fun.)

We've heard some great explanations for losing in our time covering mixed martial arts, but Ricardo Almeida has a new one: boredom. That's what he says cost him in his split decision loss to Patrick Cote at UFC 86, according to Setanta Sports:

"I lost because I got bored...Whatever I say, I know it’s gonna sound biased,” said Almeida, who moved to 9-3 in his MMA career.

“It wasn’t a great fight. I felt I dominated the first round. Then I had the incident with the glove [which needed cutting], and something happened to me mentally right there.

“Even physically, I was just dead in the second round – very very tired. I felt I bossed the third, some good jabs, I got a takedown – and the only reason he got on top was because I tried the guillotine.

“My corner told me to stay on top with 60 seconds left. But I guess because the fight was so boring, I wanted to try a submission and he finished the fight on top – which probably swung it.”

You know, usually post-fight excuses are pretty lame, but this one actually has some merit in a weird way. Guess that's why you don't bring Almeida to your niece's dance recital. He gets bored and it's almost guaranteed that he'll attempt a guillotine on you just to liven things up.