UFC 129

Watching the much hyped fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley was a big waste of time, some even felt ripped-off.  As a friend said "Shame on Shane, he Mosley ran away!"  So when I tuned into the replay of UFC 129, I felt the tinge of excitement that was sorely lacking last Sunday.  First bout I watched was the victory of Japanese-Brazlian Lyoto Machida (Karate) over legendary Randy Couture (Greco-Roman) via Crane-Style-Karate-Kid front kick in the light heavyweight division.  Now that was lightning fast and Randy didn't see that coming.  Next bout in the featherweight division was a super bloody fight between Brazilian Jose Aldo (Muay Thai) and Canadian Mark Hominick (picture above taken from www.mmamania.com).  Aldo won that night via unanimous decision, but Hominick should be given full honors, fighting (and gaining steam!) despite a tennis-ball sized hematoma swelling on his forehead, which Aldo dished out in the third round.  I could have sworn that if there had been a sixth round, then Hominick would have gained the upper hand.  Third fight was the welterweight title fight in which recent Manila visitor (yes, yes, I admit I gawked like a big fan when saw him have breakfast at the EDSA Shangri-la Hotel that time he was in town!) French-Canadian George St. Pierre (Kyokushin Karate) kept his title via unanimous decision over Jake Shields (American Jiu-Jitsu).  GSP won, but received a lot of punishment on his left eye from Shields prompting a 60-day medical suspension from the UFC.  Talk about adrenaline surge, that fight night in front of 55,000 fans in Toronto was really worth watching!  My heart's going tug-a-dug again!  Whew!