Saturday, November 21, 2015

Brock Lesnar Had No Future In MMA

Brock Lesnar Had No Future In MMA
November 19, 2015
By Ryan Porzl

On October 2015, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar appeared on "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's podcast and made the claims that he was serious about making a comeback to MMA earlier this year along with saying that if not for his illness than he would still be very successful in MMA. While there has been speculations among journalist and fans with many believing that Lesnar would still be successful and dominant if it wasn't for his bouts with diverticlitis, I'm not one of them. Illness or not, Lesnar would not have had continued success MMA and I will explain why Lesnar's claims are nothing more than a pipe dream while he was never meant to be long for the MMA World.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Spectre Thoughts

Saw Spectre last night and it was another fun and good James Bond movie. Daniel Craig continues to do a great job as Bond and if this is his last then it's a good one to go out on. The other major characters were great and I like how the other characters are different. Ralph Fiennes M is more active than previous Ms and does more than just sit at a desk while Ben Whishaw's Q appears more than 15 minutes and is far more active while Naomie Harris' Miss Moneypenny is also more than just a secretary who flirts with Bond. Christophe Waltz was great as Blofeld and I love some of the stuff they brought back like the scar on his eye and the white cat. It's so good to see Blofeld officially back after 44 years along with Spectre. I also loved Dave Bautista or Batista as Mr. Hinx. Being a big fan of his wrestling career, I was happy how he came off as he was in a lot of the movie and did a great job as the silent but powerful badass assassin that reminded me of a cross between Richard Kiel's Jaws and Robert Shaw's Donald "Red" Grant (especially with the latter as he and Bond fought on a train which reminded me of From Russia With Love) and I love how they left the window open for him to potentially return. I also loved how the movie tied in the previous Craig movies claiming all the villains were working for Spectre and their schemes along with the women in Bond's life dying in previous movies were all tied to Spectre. The action scenes and music were also great. What makes this movie also good was it had big shoes to fill being the one to come after Skyfall. While I have to watch both over to see which I think is great, I still enjoyed this. Definitely recommended for any Bond fan.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Debunking The Fedor Emelianenko Talking Points

Debunking The Fedor Emelianenko Talking Points
November 3, 2015
By Ryan Porzl

On July 14, 2015, it was announced that MMA Legend Fedor Emelianenko was making his return to fighting after a three year retirement. To no surprise, he quickly became highly in demand and many people began to believe that after all these years, he was finally heading to the UFC. However, on September 19th, Emelianenko announced he would compete on a New Year's Eve card promoted by former PRIDE boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara. To no surprise, the media and certain fans are back to 2007 to 2012 by claiming Emelianenko doesn't want to fight "the best" or "he's scared". To say the least, this is very tiresome to hear the same talking points. As a result, I decided to write this article to debunk the talking points. Whether you think Emelianenko is the best or not is your opinion, but these talks of cowardice or fighting cans his whole career needs to stop because it's not true.


Tuesday, October 13, 2015

FULL FIGHT: ONE Middleweight World Championship Igor Svirid vs. Vitaly B...

Fight of the Year Candidate.



Why Wrestlemania 32 Will Not Likely Break The 100,000 Mark

Why Wrestlemania 32 Will Not Likely Break The 100,000 Mark
October 13, 2015
By Ryan Porzl

On April 3, 2016, The WWE will host Wrestlemania 32 at the AT&T Stadium and attempt to set a new indoor attendance record for a sporting event. It was at AT&T where the 2010 NBA All-Star Game got over 108,000 fans which broke Wrestlemania III's 93,173 attendance from 1987. However, the WWE should not be trying to break the 100,000 mark because it's highly unlikely they will. Basically the WWE has nothing huge going for them heading into Wrestlemania 32 and we'll take a look at all the obstacles that will prevent the WWE from setting a new record.