Affliction and UFC together

Last night was the most disappointing night in MMA history. 

I thought at least one of the cards would turn out to be good, but both were quite disappointing.  If it weren't for a few good fights on both cards I would have rather not watched either of them.

I started the night with the stroke of genius of setting up another television in the living room, so I could keep up with both events.  It turned out to be just a quick glancing back and forth to try and stay awake.

Anderson Silva, Fedor Emilianenko, and Cain Velasquez showed up to fight that night...It would have been nice if their opponent would have at least made an effort.

Don't get me wrong I do love to see a good knockout, but I am not much into quick one-sided fights.  I think fights that are toward the top of the card that end so quickly are very disappointing.

Kevin Burns and Anthony Johnson had a really good back and forth type of battle going, but it had to end on an accidental eye gouge.  It was unfortunate to see those two fighting so hard to have it end like that.

Frankie Edgar and Hermes Franca went the way I figured it would...not quite so one sided, but I did see it taking place on the ground.

And CB taking out JT was a decent fight, but none of the fights mentioned were really worth it being called a really good card.  Maybe a decent card...maybe.

Vitor Belfort and Terry Martin had one of the most boring fights to end in a knockout.  Neither fighter looked very good...except for the end of the fight when Vitor knocked Terry out.

Josh Barnett knocking out Pedro Rizzo was definitely a huge shock to me.  I could have seen Barnett winning, by submission or decision.  If you would have told me that he would knock Rizzo out before it happened I would have laughed at you.  Barnett can hold his own on his feet, but he really isn't a knock out puncher.  This one really shocked me.

The most intriguing fight of the night was Andrei Arlovski versus Ben Rothwell.  Not even because it was a really good fight, but more like when Andrei fought Cabbage, and everyone watched wondering how long it would take him to get the knockout. 

Between the fights that looked like an IFL card, and the uneasy feeling of anxiety waiting for Megadeath to finish their set, I was really unhappy with both cards last night. 

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