roshambo: The only good part of the Kalib starnes fight was when Quarry started joking around and was totally clowning him yet he continued to run for his life.

I totally agree.

It was hilarious to see Nate doing the ‘Rock Hammer’ and yet Kalib STILL ran away from it. LOL!

Nick Havok: Enless circling of his opponenet only to step in a few times per round to throw a technique then quickly backpeddle out of there only to start the whole boring cycle over again?No…that sounds exactly like Machida to me.Kalib just ran for his life and didn’t throw any strikes whatsoever. Big difference in my opinion.

The only good part of the Kalib starnes fight was when Quarry started joking around and was totally clowning him yet he continued to run for his life. Based on what he did in the cage, Starnes must still have nightmares from that fight.

Makington: You’ve got to be kidding about Lyoto Machida.

Enless circling of his opponenet only to step in a few times per round to throw a technique then quickly backpeddle out of there only to start the whole boring cycle over again?

No…that sounds exactly like Machida to me.

Kalib just ran for his life and didn’t throw any strikes whatsoever. Big difference in my opinion.

This came as a surprise to no one, with Houston showing one of the worst performances anyone has seen in quite a while. There was no doubt in my mind he would get cut, and I don’t think SF will want much to do with him either, atleast not until he does a couple small shows and proves he can actually fight. But at his age, his window is small enough.

He looked much more like Lyoto Machida in my opinion.

What stands out to me more is Dana Whites comments. No so much about Houston himself but when he says :

“I was going to leave,” said White in regards to the Kimbo-Alexander bout. “I was going to get up and walk out of the fight. That’s what I thought of it. If I didn’t have to hand out ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ trophy at the end (of the event), I would have left that night. It wasn’t a good night for me.”

It seems to me that says he really doesn’t care much about his fighters. He was so bored by Houston Alexander that he didn’t care enough to stick around and watch Jon Jones and Matt Hamill and then the final between Schaub and Nelson? If I was one of those fighters I would feel disrespected. I mean he is saying that if it wasn’t for some stupid trophy I have to hand out, I would leave. Maybe he is misquoted, I don’t know but if that statement is true… I would be upset as a fighter.

I know that is a ridiculous thing to say about fighters at this level…but what else could it be?

I really didn’t think Houston’s gameplan looked THAT much different than how he fought and destroyed Sherman Pendergarst in Adrenaline. In that fight he circled along the outside while occasionally stepping in to throw a leg kick just like he did against Kimbo.

The only real difference is that he didn’t hesitate in the fight with Pendergarst…AND kimbo didn’t crumble to the ground after taking a few like Sherman did.

…but once again, Dana didn’t get what he wanted (to have the fight live up to his lofty expectations) so someone loses a job.

And not only can he just fire them in peace…but he has to publicly berate them first.

Real classy of you, Dana.

Round 2 was good but oddly enough because Ferguson laid a bada** highlight reel slam down. Who saw that coming?

I like Houston as much as the next guy, but this was a gimme fight. Even if he got ko’d the UFC wouldn’t have cut him, but round 1 in front of UFC’s highest fight was crap.