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Jay Hieron (19-5) lost a close decision to Bellator welter weight champion Ben Askren (9-0). If you saw the fight then you know how competitive it was.

As expected Askrens wrestling looked very good. He was able to finish shots that other fighters would not have been able to. Askren would shoot and Hieron would defended quickly with text book hip down sprawls. It seems that as soon as Askren gets his arms around you he gets the takedown. Askren has said in interviews that if he wants to take you down he will. He certainly proved that statement to be true in his fight with Hieron. 

Ben Askren VS Hieron

Boxing is the one obvious deficit in the pugilistic arsenal of Askren. No secret there. Rather than changing his style and trying to become a boxer that can wrestle, Askren needs to stay close to his roots and be a wrestler that can box. I hope that he does not react to fan criticism about his striking by trying to win his fights via TKO/KO.

His striking only needs to be good enough defensively so that he does not get knocked out while moving on his feet, offensively it should be used to set up his nearly unstoppable takedowns, not to knock people out.

The two best strikers in MMA are Frankie Edgar and Nick Diaz. Will Askren ever develop the boxing skills to be considered an elite striker? Probably not, but who cares, he’s a great wrestler and that is what he should primarily be doing to win his fights. 

I came across this on YouTube. It’s a compilation of some of the best scenes from the movie Snatch. Click on the image to watch the video. If you are a fan of this film you will recognize everyone of these scenes and their classic lines. 

The Cast:

Ewen Bremner as Mullet

Jason Statham as Turkish

Benicio Del Toro as Franky Four Fingers

Brad Pitt as One Punch Mickey O’Neil

Vinnie Jones as Bullet Tooth Tony

Rade Serbedzija as Boris the Blade

Alan Ford as Brick Top

Robbie Gee as Vinny

Lennie James as Sol

Jason Flemyng as Darren

Ade as Tyrone

William Beck as Neil

Andy Beckwith as Errol

Jason Buckham as Gary

Mickey Cantwell as Liam

Nikki Collins as Alex

Teena Collins as Susi

Charles Cork as Kestral

Sorcha Cusack as Mrs. O’Neil

Sam Douglas as Rosebud

Mickey Dee as One Eyed Jack

Adam Fogerty as Gorgeous George

Goldie as Lincoln

Mike Reid as Doug the Head

Stephen Graham as Tommy

Dennis Farina as Cousin Avi

Men lift weights, drink beer, shoot deer and play rugby for fun and fitness; they do not do “yoga”. However when I was given the opportunity to try my first yoga class, power yoga to be more precise, I figured why not.  I’ll take a break this Sunday from shooting up some helpless deer or watching the Eagles’ pantomime a sad parody of football, and give yoga a try.

Power Yoga as I was told, is a style of yoga that appeals to “westerners”. Megan Allen the instructor also told me that it improves focus and helps center your mind. I asked Megan what the difference between Yoga and Power Yoga is. She told me that power Yoga has more movement in it than regular yoga and is more fitness oriented.

Power Yoga Instructor Megan Allen

I must say I enjoyed the class very much, not quite as much as shooting up deer but very much indeed. The yoga positions were very challenging. There was lots of bending and stretching which really worked every muscle of my body.

The workout was very different than what I’m used to. I never felt like I was going to puke or feint from exertion yet I was working out pretty hard. Although the class was very challenging I did not feel trashed after the session, rather it made me feel invigorated, strong and healthy.

If you are an avid fitness enthusiast and are looking for a great adjunct to your current fitness regime, or are simply looking for a nontraditional way to get into shape, give yoga a try.

Megan teaches Sundays at noon at Wing’s Martial Arts. She can be reached at mkallen37@gmail.com

If you’ve ever suffered from deep depression, the destructive type of depression that takes control and dominates your life then you will relate to this video.

Click on the image to watch the Blind Melon video.

Blind Melon bass player Brad Smith wrote this about a former girlfriend. In the November, 1993 issue of Details magazine, he explained: “She had a hard time with depression. I was telling myself that I was writing it about her: how f–ked up she could be, but how intelligent she was and why she was so unhappy and how much she needed me to be happy. And I realized I was writing it about myself at the same time. I needed her just as much. She would sleep even when it was sunny outside and she’d complain that there wouldn’t be any rain, because that would give her an excuse to stay in.”

I can fully understand and relate to “complaining when there is no rain”. Quite frankly if you’ve suffered or are suffering from depression you will totally understand the meaning of the video.  Props songfacts.com

Come on…the chicks in this video are simply beautiful. Their pale emotionless faces and red estrous lips as they slowly sway and they play their

Addicted To Love

guitars, quite simply put is hyper sexual. Incidentally after some Internet research I discovered that “Love” was a nickname for cocaine back in the day. If so the lyrics of this song take on an entirely new meaning. If you’ve ever been there then you will understand what I mean. Click on the image of the hot chick to watch this incredibly sexy video.

If you’ve ever been in love, I mean really in love the all consuming type of love then maybe you will agree with me that “Ring Of Fire” by Johnny Cash is perhaps the best love song ever written. I’m sure that each of us once in our life experienced that one “Great Love”, I did.

Johnny Cash is the one true original “American Bad Ass”. Click on the image of “The  Man In Black” to hear this great love song. Take a few minutes to watch the video.    Johnny was the man, he had a frigging horn section and chorus singers. The song is  about the intensity of love not about bling or bitches or shooting someone up. It’s classic  American music sung by one of the all time greats.

This is from the Howard Stern show. Sal and Richard at their hi jinks. It’s funny as hell. Click on the image of the two nit wits to hear the phony phone call.

I’m very fascinated about the near pathological passion that Philadelphia sports fans have for their teams. This weekend the Birds are playing their hated rivals “Americas Team”, the Dallas Cowboys. I went to a local Philly sports bar in the hopes of interviewing some Eagles fans about the upcoming game. I’ve written in the past about how I feel about Philly sports fans. It was with some trepidation that I went to Chickie And Petes on Roosevelt Boulevard in Philly and attempted to score some interviews with Eagles fans and find out why they thought the Birds would triumph over the Boys.

Eagles Fans Hard At It.

I was immediately disappointed because what appeared to be the majority of the Eagles fans were painted blue, wore animal skins and were carrying very long pointy sticks. There was no way any of that rabble was going to be able to elucidate to me how the Eagles were going to be able to beat the Cowboys.

In dejection as I was making my way to the exit, I came across two gentlemen that were well dressed, in a lawyerly sort of way, quietly drinking brandy discussing the stratagem for the upcoming game. I had stuck interview gold! Two Philly fans that could express themselves clearly and not just scream at me “Cowboooooooys Suck” as they picked and ate the lice from each others hair!

One guys name is Adam Regnery, the other Sean Dillon. I think they are lawyers or maybe even doctors because the two educated me on exactly why the Eagles will win this Sunday.

According to these two football prognosticators, Eagles head coach Andy Reid is a perfect 12-0 after a bi-week, absolutely statistically perfect. Both Adam and Sean made a big deal about Jason Babin and Trent Cole being back from injuries. Apparently Babin and Cole are both pro bowl defensive ends and were top free agent acquisitions . They both added that Tony Romo is prone to throw interceptions and that the Eagles have one of the best back fields in the NFL.

Adam and Sean while quietly sipping their brandy and smoking their Arturo Fuente cigars also told me the Eagles offense is very explosive and that running back LeSean McCoy is one of the best backs in the league.

Based on what these two gentlemanly football scholar’s were telling me, I assumed that the Eagles should be sitting pretty a 6-0 not 2-4. I asked them why the Birds have such a S**** ass record. In unison both calmly smiled and told me the following in a professorially tone:

Last years offensive line coach Juan Castillo is this years defensive coordinator. Castillo was using a “9 wide” defense which was not working that well. After “tweaking” the 9 wide, the defense is playing better. The short off season did not give the team much time to get into rhythm  working with each other. Last weeks game against the “Skins” showed that the Eagles defense is starting to “gel” which is crucial because the offense has been scoring points but the defense has not stopped opposing teams from doing likewise.

I asked both if coach Reid’s head is on the chopping block. Sean believes that Reid will get “one more year”. Adam thinks that if Reid’s team does not “run the table” and make the playoffs…he’s gone. I thanked both for their lucid, concise and well thought out answers to my questions and hastily made for the front door before my luck ran out and I became impaled on a pointy stick.

The only reason I’m watching The Ultimate Fighter this season is because of Michael Bisping. I love the guy (no homo). Most fans hate him, they think he’s a dick. I totally disagree. I find him to be intelligent, witty and very funny, as the Brits would say he’s a “cheeky” bastard.

Bisping is entertaining and that is exactly what this season of TUF is not.  The fighters  are very good and the quality of the fights is solid. As I’ve stated before TUF simply is  not  compelling reality TV. Is TUF reality TV or is it a fight show? The dynamics  between the two formats is very different. Even if you hate the show “Jersey Shore” it’s  very compelling entertainment. TUF is becoming more of a Wednesday night fights  type show rather than being a reality show.

The house is boring because Spike production has made it so. How could it not be?  They  isolate the fighters in a house with nothing to do, no TV, no video games no  books. They  can’t leave to go into one of the most exciting cities in the  world, Las Vegas! How compelling is it to watch a bunch of fighters sitting  around doing nothing.  Let the fighters go into town and see what  happens. I’d be interested to see which guys melt down and get lost in the whole Vegas  experience. In Vegas the fighters would have to contend with booze, whores and gambling, i’d love to see which fighters show up to train (and in what type of condition) the morning after a night of mayhem in Vegas.

A primatologist did a study with a troupe of chimps back in the eighties. The troupe of chimps had a defined social order and all of its members got along until a commodity was introduced that they never had before…bananas. The bananas were introduced to the troupe in limited quantities. Put quite simply there were more chimps than bananas. Chaos ensued; social order began to disintegrate as the chimps fought over the bananas.

Put just one TV, only one in the house and watch what happens. I know a very good pro fighter that absolutely loves to watch “The Price Is Right”. This guy is built like he’s chiseled out of granite. How funny would it be to see him on TUF arguing with the other fighters so he could get access to the TV so he could watch The Price Is Right.

Spike production needs to add some variables to this show if they want anyone other than fight fans to watch TUF.

Ok….get ready to puke, click on the image below to see this particularly disgusting and disturbing video. I’ll file this story in the “just plain wrong category.