UFC 84 Results

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UFC 84: Ill Will lived up to the hype. The three main fights were all worthy of their headline status. Let’s take a look at them and the results:

  • BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk for the lightweight championship. BJ and Sherk were both in great shape. I thought it would be a great fight and it was. Although most predicted a BJ win by submission, the fight turned into a stand up slugfest! Neither man was willing to back down. BJ got the better of Sherk in the first two rounds, but Sherk kept it close. In the third round it appeared that Sherk may have hurt his right hand because he wasn’t throwing it with conviction and seemed to be favoring it. At the very end of the round, Penn landed a solid punch that sent Sherk back into the cage. BJ immediately followed with a running knee to the head and Sherk went down. BJ rained blows as the ref stood by ready to stop the fight — and the round ended. There was immediate confusion as BJ walked around the ring in apparent victory. Then we learned that Sherk’s corner called the fight. When both fighters met in the center of the ring for the decision, each praised the other. A great ending to a great fight.
  • Wanderlei Silva vs. Keith Jardine. I predicted it to be the slugfest of the night and it was.. Both men came out throwing bombs. Jardine was KO’d despite landing some of his own.


  • Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida. When the two met in the center of the cage, the bad blood with Dana White no longer mattered. It was two of the best fighters in the weight class ready to wage war. Machida fought the entire fight backing up which is his style. Tito was willing to fight standing up, and it was a good thing because he just couldn’t get Machida down. Although Tito pressured the fight, Machida landed better counter-punches and at times made Tito look bad. In the third round, and with Tito way behind on the scorecards both fighters ended up on the mat. With just seconds left in the fight, Tito locked in a triangle choke. To Machida’s credit he continued to fight and roll, and to Tito’s credit he rolled with Machida holding on to the choke… unfortunately the new position allowed Marchida to come out as the bell sounded the end of the fight. Machida won by decision but Tito showed he still has more fights in him.
Next week it’s Kimbo Slice on CBS!

Rambo Collector’s Set Contest

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On Tuesday, May 27th, for the first time, LIONSGATE will release all four Rambo films together in Rambo: The Complete Collector’s Set. To celebrate the release of these great action movies, LIONSGATE has provided me with three sets to award to three lucky winners.

The contest is being run through my StalloneZone site. Click HERE to learn more about it!

UFC 84 Predictions

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Tomorrow night the UFC presents UFC 84: Ill Will. This is the first MMA fight card in a while that I’ve been excited about. There are three fights that really interest me. Let’s take a look at them and my predictions.

  • BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk for the lightweight championship. BJ won the title when Sherk was stripped of it for alleged steroid use. Now Sherk is back and he wants his title. This could be a great fight. Most folks are leaning towards BJ by submission, and he should win, but to keep things interesting I just may throw down a dollar on Sherk if I can get the right odds.
  • Wanderlei Silva vs. Keith Jardine. This should be the slugfest of the night. Both men will probably come out throwing bombs. Whoever lands best wins. Pretty simple, huh? I’m going with Jardine by KO.

  • Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida. One of the things that makes this fight so interesting is the stuff going on behind the scenes of the fight. Tito and UFC head honcho, Dana White, have bad blood. This is Tito’s last fight under his current UFC contract. Dana wants Tito to leave with a loss so he’s matched him up against Machida, an undefeated (12-0) rising star. Tito wants to put down Dana’s golden boy before leaving the UFC for greener pastures. Styles make fights and this one is tough to call. Tito needs the takedown to be most effective. Machida likes to fight backing up. He’s a counter-puncher. I hate to go against Tito, but I’m thinking the edge goes to Machida by decision.

Jock Mahoney Layin’ the Smackdown

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Chris Mills [the creator of one of my all-time favorite crime comics, Gravedigger] wrote yesterday about being a fan of Jock Mahoney. Nearly a year ago I posted about Jock being a guest at OrlandoCon and how I was lucky enough to appear on stage with him. Then I remembered that my buddy Bill Black had sent me a photo of Jock giving me a knuckle-sandwich. So thanks to Chris for tweaking my memory and Bill for forwarding the picture.PS – Regular ZONErs can probably guess who it is sitting under all that curly hair. LOL!

Mercy

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Most of the music I listen to is from the 70’s. Don’t get me wrong, I like some music from most genres and time periods, but it’s not often that I hear a current song that grabs me. Mercy by singer/songwriter Duffy grabs me. If you’ve heard it, it probably grabbed you too. If you haven’t heard it, click HERE and prepare to be touched. 

The Brute Man

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I recently watched “The Brute Man” as the second part of the double feature dvd “M is for Madman”. “M is for Madman” is the third in Bill Blacks’ Crypt of Horror series which takes us back to the days when drive-in movies and late night horror hosts were two of the things that made weekends so much fun. “M is for Madman” features “The Man Who Turned to Stone” and “The Brute Man” hosted by Lon Madnight.

Lon Madnight is our horror host. He appears before and after each film to provide insightful trivia about the movie to be seen and later leave us with some final thoughts and a chuckle or two. He’s exactly what’s needed in a horror host. The production values on the dvd are top notch. The films are crisp and clear with excellent sound. The movies can be seen without the Lon Madnight openings and closings, but they’re so much fun, who’d want to miss them? Priced at less than twenty bucks for two remastered movies and Lon Midnight — you’d be hard pressed to find a cheaper evening of family fun.

I reviewed “The Man Who Turned to Stone” here, so let’s take a look at “The Brute Man”…

The Pitch: “Frankenstein” meets “The Dark Man” set in the 1940s. A star high school football player is left disfigured by a practical joke and years later comes back for revenge.

The Good: The movie moves at a brisk pace. All of the cliches of the genre can be found here: spinning newspapers with headlines updating us on what we’ve just seen, the blind girl who doesn’t know she’s harboring the killer, a huge disfigured monster who walks the streets at night and easily escapes the cops after each murder… and there’s even some comic relief with the chief of police and city commissioners. And let’s not forget Rondo Hattan.

The Bad: How The Creeper kills his victims – he breaks their backs!

The Ugly: The Creeper.

The Summary: There are a couple of things that will make this a must own dvd for fans of the genre:

1] It was produced by Universal Pictures, so completists will want it for their collection to place along side “Frankenstein,” “Dracula,” etc.

2] It stars Rondo Hatton as the monster. Hattan suffered from acromegaly, a disease which caused abnormal growth of his hands, feet, and face. Because of the disfigurement caused by the disease, makeup wasn’t needed for Hattan. Most reports attribute the onset of this disease to Hattan’s exposure to mustard gas in World War I. Hattan is somewhat of a legend among horror buffs and even has a horror award named after him!

Trivia: Janelle Johson had a supporting role in the film. Her biggest claim to fame is probably that she is the mother of Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees!

If you’d like to see a clip of the first three minutes of “The Brute Man” click HERE. 

We Have a Winner!

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I visit a lot of blogs daily. Rod Lott’s Bookgasm is one of them. I enjoy his reviews – he’s turned me on to some very good books. He also runs contests and I enter the ones that have prizes that I think I’d enjoy. Guess who was just named the winner of a copy of Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide? Yep. Big ole me.

You’ll have a chance at the next contest if you start reading his site… not that I want the competition.

What ‘Cha Watching?

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I just read today that “Back to You” the FOX comedy starring Kelsey Grammer was cancelled. My guess is that most of you never caught an episode since low ratings killed it. I thought it was one of the funniest shows on and was surprised to find that it wouldn’t be brought back. It was really well written with an ensemble cast that meshed. I guess I should have posted about “Back to You” when it might have helped.

I was happy to see that “Boston Legal” and “Medium” have both been given the greenlight for new seasons. I’ve yet to see an episode of either show that let me down. “Til Death” is another show that I don’t miss. I can’t recommend it as unconditionally as “Boston Legal” or “Medium” but it does have it’s moments.

Of course my wife and I still watch “Survivor” [yeah, I think I WILL GIVE UP THE IMMUNITY NECKLACE!] and “American Idol” [which David will win? — my guess is Archuleta]. I’m still in front of the set each week when “The Ultimate Fighter” airs, but I think this season lacks a bit of the drama. Maybe it’s because they have two fights each episode and we don’t get to know enough about the fighters’ backgrounds. My newest favorite show is “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” which comes to us from the FOOD NETWORK. And you just know that I still dvr episodes of “The Wild, Wild West” off of RTN.

So, what am I missing?

Sammy Terry

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Here is a link to about 20 minutes of Sammy Terry from the early 80’s. Of course I started watching Sammy when he premiered in the early 60’s out of Indianapolis when I was but a child. You can imagine how spooky he seemed in black and white. [That’s right youngsters, there was a time when television shows weren’t broadcast in living color.]

I don’t guess you’ll watch the entire clip, but if you do you’ll see ads for used cars, Billy Graham, a brand new $350 VCR, John McEnroe, Cowboy Bob and a bunch of other stuff… but Sammy Terry is the reason to click on the link.