Evenings with Jim: Vegas Had Better Have 100+ Kamikaze Shots Ready for Jim Ross
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Thanks for dropping by….let’s roll…busy week…lots of good things going on…
Well, shit, God-damn, that’s what I like to hear. No camping opening schpeel about how your online business is doing. No overblown introduction talking about how it’s another beautiful day in Norman Oklahoma. That always bugged me about Jim’s blogs, how he would just go on an on in the opening paragraph.
Even if there was something going on in his life that we all wanted him to talk about he would dance around the subject and just keep running his mouth. It’s good to see Ross finally learning how to get straight to the…
Thought Strikeforce had a solid TV show Saturday night on Showtime. Their TV production isn’t at WWE levels for a Raw or a PPV but nonetheless that’s not why most people watch events such as MMA but the classier a show looks the better its perceived by casual fans.
Jim Ross has experience in television production, and he can be reached at 1-800-SLOBBERKNOCKER.
Hardcore fans will watch as a rule no matter what.
All 14 of them. Most of whom have to wake up the next morning to attend the Church of Fedor Christ and Latter Day Saints.
It’s the casual fans that any organization wants and needs to attract and then to subsequently keep.
Did you even have the common courtesy to dust off that antique before using it?
Werdum’s upset of Fedor was obviously a shocker. Fedor’s ‘people’ lost a good deal of negotiating leverage but that’s not to say that Fedor Emelianenko isn’t still a bigger than life character but his mystique has been lessened somewhat.
Fedor is still a bigger than life character to those who attend his church. He is God to them. To ESPN, he is but a ticker thay you may or may not have seen. I’m glad Fedor lost. Let’s point and laugh…
On the call, who else but Gus Johnson?
The Russian made a simple mistake that found him in BJJ skilled individual’s wheelhouse. Strategic error plan and simple that Fedor, exhibiting a great deal of class and humility, admitted in his post match interview.
The Russian made a simple mistake of taking fights against fighters he had no business standing in a cage with. Now that he’s lost to Ricky Ricardo, he has no bargaining power and there is a good chance that UFC will not touch him. Say goodbye to a reported $30 million and your legacy “The Russian”.
On the bright side, there’s always your thriving church.
Fedor has one fight left on his existing contract with Strikeforce and friends and that one has to be a rematch with Werdum and obviously NOT a title bout even though Fedor is still the most marketable heavyweight in the organization.
Fuck it, put him in there with Tank Abbot.
The Cyborg-Finney fight should have been stopped earlier by the referee but I was pleased to see a female official be utilized.
Pervert.
Seems progressive and made sense to me. Cris Cyborg has an amazing persona and people will continue to tune into see her fight even though most fans knows that the chances of Cyborg losing are long.
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it Feedor? But it seems like so long ago.
In MMA, any fight is, in reality, only one punch from being over and that applies to a freak of nature like Cris Cyborg. After seeing Cyborg’s performance Saturday night one would assume that Gina Carano’s desire to step back on the mat lessened even more.Who could blame her? Movies or Cyborg? Not a tough choice.
Goodness! Sounds to me like Gina Carano just got…
Jan Finney became some sort of a folk hero for the ass whipping that she endured and continued to battle. My hat’s off to her. I think that women in MMA have a place and Strikeforce and company will be smart to continue to promote the ladies fights.
Who else can picture Ross with a straw from a haystack in his mouth, twisting it ever so slowly as he subtly patronizes these ‘ladies’ who have a place in MMA?
Frank Shamrock was smart to get out of the cage when he did for a variety of reasons both health and business oriented.
Nobody wants to punch a guy with braces.
We are excited to make the trip to Vegas this week to see the Lesnar-Carwin Heavyweight Title Bout at this Saturday night’s UFC PPV. This one could very end when the first guy lands his best right hand but I’m sticking solidly with Brock to leave the Octagon as the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Big Nasty ‘and friends’ will be in Vegas as well this weekend. I have a media credential form sitting on my desk and I’m still trying to decide whether I want to cover the fight live or booze around with the common folk. I just might decide to take up the credentials in hopes of finding Jim Ross and telling him everything I’ve ever written about him so I can finally sleep at night.
I’ve said all along that this will be Lesnar’s toughest fight especially with so many unanswered questions about Brock’s long inactivity and what affects suffering from diverticulitis may have had on the athletic beast of a man.
*SPOILER ALERT* I’m picking against him for the first time in my preview column this week. I’ve struggled picking fights lately, so hopefully this bodes well for the champ as we love us some Brock Lesnar here in the Dept.
I know that Shane Carwin is a fabulous athlete and his record speaks for itself. However, I do know Brock Lesnar on a personal level and I also know that his intensity and focus are amazing traits and that he is at his best when he is either doubted or forced into a corner.
I saw him superplex Big Show from a corner once. Broke the freakin’ ring.
Many MMA insiders feel that Brock’s layoff due to illness will be his downfall in Saturday night’s main event on pay per view. I happen not to share in that opinion and am counting the down the hours as this is one airplane trip with which I’m anxiously looking forward.
Did I just get pwned by Jim Ross? No, can’t be. Not on my site I didn’t.
Texter…When I said Daniel Bryan had become relevant in the 13 or so weeks that he had been on WWE TV I meant that in a positive light and stand by the statement as many outside the WWE world had no familiarity with the talented grappler before he appeared on NXT no matter his exposure on Ring of Honor which does not have a large TV audience.
Now Ring of Honor? THEY just got…
Emailer…No…I do not expect JBL to EVER wrestle again. Last time John and I talked he was playing golf in St. Andrews Scotland which is a helluva lot better gig than traveling up and down the road with ‘the boys.’ Sorry…but that’s a fact.
Was it a better gig than him picking and losing fights to the likes of Joey Styles? I’m sure it was, Jim, I’m sure it was.
Emailer…who’s the toughest street fighter type guy I’ve ever seen in the biz since 1990? The emailer said to exclude Lesnar and Ken Shamrock and whether I did or not I would still say without question the toughest man I was ever around as it relates to street fights, brawls, etc was Steve “Dr. Death” Williams who beat cancer once and was a man that I would never bet against in a down and out, nasty fist fight. Yep, I’m partial but many of my peers will concur.
Bart Gunn would have a thing or two to say about that. But either way, R.IP., Steve.
Emailer…Yes…I agree that the state of New York is foolish to not willingly sanction MMA and to actively recruit the UFC to hold major events in the city. If NYC hosts pro boxing, why in the name of every thing that makes common sense isn’t UFC welcomed into the Garden, the world’s most famous arena, or even to Yankee Stadium? The UFC is the NFL of their genre.
Enough fights break out in in the stands of Madison Square Garden. Trust me, they don’t need any help.
I started the THQ voice overs today for the WWE All Stars video game which will be released in early 2011. I’m really enjoying the process and will hit it hard two more days this week to get us rolling and will be staying busy with this project throughout July. The King and I will be the announcers on the game with the Fink handling the ring announcing.
Coming to the ring, standing at 7 foot 6, weight in at 550 lbs., what appears to be John CENA!!!!!
And his opponent, from Miami, FL, weight in at 602 lbs., a larger than life depiction of THE ROCK!
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