Match Six (watched second): Sergei ‘the Siberian Tiger’ Kharitonov (Russia) -vs- Mike ‘Hadn’t Earned a Nickname’ Russow (USA) Next up is a heavyweight who lost to an inspired Overeem during the 2006 open-weight Grand Prix. After a promising start in Pride, when he went the distance with Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and brutalised current double K-1Continue reading “Pride 33 Thoughts: Part Two”
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I have had the strangest feeling since the calendar flipped over to the two-double oh-seven. Maybe it’s just me, but this year so far has felt slightly bereft of MMA action. Perhaps this is due to the anti-climax of the debut EliteXC show, or because UFC 67 was as good as we were expecting, andContinue reading “Pride 33 Preview”
My Comic Book Guy Moment, vol. 1I love The O.C., I really do. It took me a while but, after a couple of years of protestation, I succumbed in my 2006 summer of Cali-love that was spearheaded by the heady brew of Arrested Development and punk rock retro fetish. So I watched the first seasonContinue reading
My Comic Book Guy Moment, vol. 2Anyway, if The O.C. this week jumped the shark, Lost seems to have given the shark a pair of legs, a tuxedo, and taught it to do a soft shoe routine while reciting the complete works of Shakespeare, backwards. [Insert disclaimer here about how I love Lost, and thatContinue reading
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