There’s shame in labeling a Thanksgiving-themed blog posting with any variation of biggest turkeys, roasted birds, stuffed this-or-that, etc. It’s obvious and lazy and possibly an insult to you, the reader, who expects better.
But if it weren’t for meeting low expectations, I wouldn’t be meeting any at all. And so I give you the bird. Forgive me. In honor of the holiday meat of choice, the 10 biggest blunders, disasters, and face-plants in the sport for 2009. And if you think this is bad, remember that we have another five weeks to go.
10. Chuck Liddell: Ballroom Dancer
Unless it’s based around paternity results, a primetime network slot on a reality show is good for fighters and good for the sport. But that counter is out the window when you consider “Dancing with the Stars” participant Chuck Liddell is semi-retired, has the charisma of Styrofoam, and all the grace of someone who has been punched in the head for 20 years straight. And this doesn’t even consider the bowler, the feather-boas, and the dance routines that looked like he had stuck his finger in a light socket before taking the stage. Forget his repeated concussions: This is the kind of hurt that stays with you. ... Read More
The Ultimate Fighting Championship launched a needed go-home push for UFC 104 “Machida vs. Shogun” this Saturday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles -- its first show in California in more than two years. ... Read More
This update is exclusively on the slighter end of the scale. The marquee matchups of early October have come strictly at lightweight and below. Dream 11 on Oct. 6 saw Shinya Aoki finally capture Dream’s lightweight title, as he won the rubber match in his trilogy against his Norwegian nemesis Joachim Hansen. ... Read More
The Dream promotion crowned new lightweight and featherweight champions this week, capping an Oct. 6 fight card from Yokohama that drew passionate crowd response and encouraging television ratings. ... Read More
Two divisional leaders, Anderson Silva and B.J. Penn, re-asserted their stature as part of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s debut in Philadelphia ... Read More
Anderson Silva is a great fighter. No, I know, that's not a startling revelation, let alone an interesting one. After his three-minute mauling of Forrest Griffin ... Read More
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