Last week Team GSP won twice, both finishes by rear naked choke. Those two fights left only two fighters left for prelim fights, and Dane Sayers (Team GSP) and Sako Chivitchian (Team Koscheck) are on deck to slug it out for the last non-wild card spot.
The beginning of the episode was typical. Fighters talking crap, Koscheck instigating a male nurse, and whatnot. This episode featured the every-season "Coaches Challenge" and it was homerun derby.
GSP and Koscheck (I'm gonna type Kos from here on out, his name is way too annoying to type fast on a keyboard, and, after all, I AM at work, gotta get this review done, son.) had three innings of ten pitches, and home runs were 6 points, outfield hits were 3 points, and infields were 1 point.
Kos smashed this competition, despite a middle-inning slight come back by the Champ. In the end, he won, and GSP said he'd do his competing in the Octagon, and they should "play hockey next time".
I agree. No one likes baseball, plus St. Pierre really looks strange with a bat in hand.
Anyway, back to what my blog is all about.
Dane Sayers comes into the fight rocking a 7-1 record. Not bad. In his elimination round fight, he was a heavy underdog, but came back to win. He also has a cool mohawk, and an AK-47 tattoo. BADASS ALERT!
Well the fight is on. In round 1, it's a good fight. Coming in, Danes only advantage was striking really, which he abandoned early with a Guillotine choke attempt.
It was looking like another quick submission victory for Team GSP until it didn't, when Sako pulled his crazy eastern European head out of it, and started ground and pound. Dane did a good job the whole time of getting back to his feet, and it was good work on both fighters parts. It was easy to see that Sako earned the point advantage for the round.
In round two, Dane came out swinging, but eventually Sako worked him up against the cage, and won the second round as well, despite having worse cardio. In the end, Sako took the decision. He admitted it on the aftermath that he knew he was ahead in points, so he just "worked the clock" which is another way of saying "I was too scared of getting KTFO fighting this guy and he almost submitted me, so I held him against the cage, which is like lay-and-praying, except it looks a lot less gay. In fact, BenClarkMMA now dubs my technique 'Cage and Pray'"
Here is what I have to say to you, Sako. The video fits because I'm in an office, and my favorite fighter will tell you the same.
Well kids. Until next week, this has been exhilarating.
Tigger!!!!!!!!!!!!
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