One of the cool things about the UFC is the people I get to work with.
We travel all over the world together for the fights, and it’s really like a close knit family.
I look forward to seeing everyone each show, from my broadcast partner
Mike Goldberg, to Dana White and the Fertitta’s to everyone that’s
working behind the scenes. It’s really an awesome environment to work
in. There are just so many cool people that work for the UFC, and it
makes what is easily the greatest job in the world even better.
This last UFC was the historical UFC 100, and it had one of the best
cards in the history of the sport. From the first fight until the last
it was just awesome, non-stop action.
It had everything from submissions, to bloody cuts, to brutal knockouts and choke outs.
It was seriously the most intense MMA event I’ve ever been to by far.
The whole weekend was just crackling with energy, and Mandalay Bay in
Vegas was just stuffed to the rafters with rabid UFC fans. It wasn’t
just an amazing fight card; it was a celebration for the UFC diehards –
a chance to be a part of history.
I could feel it from the moment we landed – the air was thick with
anticipation. The weigh-ins was completely, totally fucking insane.
There were thousands of people there, and they even turned 1000 away at
the door. The roar of the crowd when the fighters stepped out to get
on the scales was deafening, and the energy in the room literally gave
me goose bumps. Big, giant ones like I just stepped into a walk-in
freezer.
The fights were tremendous, and it was one of those rare occasions
where the event actually far surpassed the hype.
Brock Lesnar
destroyed Frank Mir to retain his UFC heavyweight crown with a crushing
display of positional dominance and earth-shaking ground and pound. It
was seriously like watching a skillful man getting assaulted and
destroyed by a monster. George St Pierre showed once again why so many
people believe he’s in the running for the greatest pound for pound
fighter in the world by turning away his most dangerous challenge ever
in the young and explosive Thiago Alves, and doing so by winning every
single round.
In the grudge match of the evening, Dan Henderson delivered one of
the most brutal and ruthless KO’s in recent memory when he crushed
Michael Bisping with a right hand that landed on Bisping’s jaw like a
meteor, and was followed up with a leaping right hand delivered to an
already unconscious opponent. It was fucking NASTY.
Incredible fights, and that’s just the main 3 fights of the night. The
entire card was off the charts, and there wasn’t a single boring match
all evening. It was just a fucking phenomenal night, and we got to see
not only the historic 100th pay per view card, but we also got to see
the one and only appearance of the Buffer 360.
What’s the Buffer 360, you ask? Good question. It’s a move that
the UFC ring announcer – the fabulous and talented Bruce Buffer - did
at the introduction of Brock Lesnar for the main event of the evening.
Buffer has been doing the Buffer 180 for a couple years now, and for
the big even of UFC 100 we talked him into amping it up and going for a
full 360. Now, why didn’t you see this on the pay per view?
That’s another good question. Unfortunately I don’t really have an
answer for it. Someone from up on high does not want it in the
broadcast, so it hasn’t been shown.
I don’t know why someone doesn’t like it, but I think it’s fucking awesome.
The 180 was ridiculous and fun enough, but the 360 seriously was like
the cherry on top of the perfect evening. We were waiting for it, and
when he actually did it, we went fucking NUTS. It was awesome.
So, since they refuse to air his move on the pay per view, I’m putting it up here in my blog so that you folks can enjoy it.
The first video was us discussing it with Bruce months beforehand, and
the second video was the historic event captured on video from the
crowd at the sold out Mandalay Bay resort and casino. It was seriously
some EPIC shit.
Enjoy!!
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