Here’s an awesome Michael Jackson dance entrance by mixed martial arts fighter Anderson “Spider” Silva back during the good old Pride FC days.
Silva is the current middleweight champ of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he remains undefeated.
UFC 108 was being called the most jinxed card of the world’s top mixed martial arts organization, and critics were already proclaiming the pay-per-view a disaster before fight day itself.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship, however, silenced the skeptics.
Here’s an excerpt from Kevin Iole’s Yahoo! Sports article.
Prior to the card, UFC president Dana White vigorously defended the quality of the show and went on the offensive against those who were critical of the matches.
Much is made on Internet bulletin boards of a perceived lack of respect that White shows fighters, but White got the last laugh Saturday. He wound up turning the critics’ words against them.
In the main event, Rashad Evans defeated Thiago Silva via unanimous decision to set up a long-delayed showdown with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.
I used to like Rampage actually, but after his antics on The Ultimate Fighter 10, I can’t wait for Rashad to get his hands on Jackson.
For the complete UFC 108 results, click here.
By the way, congratulations to The Filipino Wrecking Machine Fil-American Mark Muñoz, who defeated Ryan Jensen in the first round.
I’ll be honest: I’m not really that psyched to watch UFC 108: Rashad Evans vs Thiago Silva.
Mainly that’s because what I really would have wanted to see was Evans versus Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, but Rampage scuttled that much anticipated encounter when he bailed on the Ultimate Fighting Championship to play B.A. Baracus in the A-Team movie.
Still, there’s no denying the skills of Evans and Silva, and it’s not really the UFC’s fault that the UFC 108 card seems jinxed, with different fights being scuttled due to injuries, notably the serious illness that has sidelined UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. Lesnar’s championship defense against Shane Carwin was originally supposed to headline UFC 106 but was postponed to UFC 108 after Lesnar’s illness, only to be scrapped again.
Here are some UFC 108 promotional clips posted on the official UFC YouTube channel.
Who’s your pick?
By the way, Fil-American Mark Muñoz a.k.a. The Filipino Wrecking Machine will be going up against Ryan Jensen in one of the undercard fights.
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