Sunday, August 26, 2007

UFC 74

Before I get to UFC 74.

I never did do a blog entry about my UFC 73 party back in July. I have been purchasing occasional UFC PPV's for the last four years, but I had never had A PPV party until UFC 73 . We put out a great food spread and were joined by four of our neighbors as well as two of Dawn's brothers. It turned out to be enjoyable evening.

For UFC 74 I went back to my normal PPV habit of just enjoying the show with Dawn.

This show was a good example of why I enjoy the sport of Mixed Martial Arts as the fights provided a good combination of athleticism, technique and fast paced action.

The highlight of the night was Randy Couture. He will be 45 in a couple of months and continues to perform at a ridiculously high level.

The story of Randy Couture in the sport of MMA has been two steps forward and one step back. Couture started in the UFC 10 years ago in his mid thirties as a one dimensional Greco Roman wrestler. For every step couture has lost to father time he has added two steps forword by continually improving his technique and fight IQ.

Couture has continually refined his greco roman skills so that they are effective in the octagon while at the same time adding boxing, kickboxing, judo, and jujitsu skills to his arsenal.

Couture's continued improvement is an example of a true martial artist. Continually refining your old technique while you gradually adding new skills.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Portland Wresling 1970's PBS Documentary

I have found a lot of cool old wrestling stuff on you tube, but these clips may win the prize. These are from a PBS documentary in the 1970's featuring Jimmy Snuka, Dutch Savage, Jesse Ventura, Iron Sheik, and Apachee Bull Ramos.

The Dutch savage promos are terrific, The Jesse Ventura interview is interesting.
and the interviews with the crowd members are priceless.

Part 1

part 2

part 3

here's an article that talks about the glory days of Portland wrestling

here