It takes a crazy person to get in the ring with another person, but it takes an even crazier person to get it on with wild animals. Much love and respect to Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter who was killed by the very thing he devoted his life to saving. Here are some photos of him training MMA found on the Sherdog forums.
Steve, the size of your sack will be unrivaled. Rest in peace.
The Iceman visited Jimmy Kimmel last week just before UFC 62. He demonstrates some of his favorite bouncing techniques and continues to amaze me with how relaxed he always is.
** SPOILERS **
Chuck Liddell is a COUNTER-PUNCHER so don’t go and chase him across the ring with your chin up in the air. They say everyone has a gift. Chuck’s is punching people really hard in the face.
The Iceman proved once again why he’s the light heavyweight champ, knocking out Renato “Babalu” Sobral in the first round with a heat-seeker right uppercut and following up with a half-dozen gongs to the noggin. I really like Chuck, but I really was hoping to see a closer fight with at least a couple of takedown attempts.
Babalu lost his cool, and after feeling one or two punches barely connect, came charging in with hands out and chin up. And that was pretty much it. Bummer.
Best part of the fight was watching Babalu in a daze attacking Big John McCarthy and getting mounted by the ref. That was just pure awesome. Babalu is going to need a sports shrink after he watches that replay over and over and over.
I previously wrote some entries here and here about Buakaw and his shakeup on the K-1 Kickboxing scene. Here he is again fighting Dutch phenom Andy Souwer for the World MAX Final 2006.
After a loss by decision to Souwer in last year’s K-1 MAX Final, Buakaw has noticably improved his head movement and boxing skills. That in combination with his already savage knees and kicks makes the young fighter a very dangerous opponent. In other words, DAMN this kid’s got some muffukin skills. I mentioned previously that he didn’t have knockout power in his hands, but as the video shows… I stand corrected.
I haven’t watched K-1 in a while, but apparently this Thai kid is tearing it up. His hands aren’t that heavy, which is understandable for his size, but his kicks and knees are just phenomenal. They’re like machine guns! I’ll have to do more research on this guy.
** Edit **
So apparently he’s been around since ’04, and lost only twice by decision.
