I was out of town all weekend at a bowling tournament and since I had to bowl a shift during the show, I asked my wife to tape it for me.
I got home late afternoon yesterday, and sat down to watch the fights.
I had been watching the show from the beginning--ever since I had heard that one of the fighters was from here--Sam Hogar is attending school here and traing with the Miletich camp--and I was psyched to see the fight between Bonnar and Griffith.
I think all of us that had seen the show knew that Sanchez would destroy Florian just because of the size factor, and that was exactly the case.
I was rooting for Bonnar as I thought that Griffith was a bit of an a-hole while watching the season's shows.
So I get to the start of the Bonnar/Griffith fight, and next thing I know I'm jumping around and yelling for these two dudes that are just beating the absolute crap out of each other as round #2 ends.....then, my tape ends!!!!
ARRGGGHHHH!!!!
I race up the stairs and ask my wife what happened when she went to record the show. She says I dunno, and I tell her what happened. She is very sorry and I'm going crazy trying to figure out how I'm going to watch the rest of the fight. I pick up the TV Guide and see that the replay of the show is scheduled to start at 9 PM my time last night...WHEW! I will get to see it after all. And I was disapointed in the results as I thought that Bonnar should have gotten the close decision, but how cool was it when they gave BOTH guys a contract??? Thinking back on that fight, I could see how the judges could have given the fight to Griffith as maybe I was swayed to Bonnar's side due to all of Griffith's blood being spilled all over that octagon...
Then the Shamrock fight was like the Sanchez/Florian fight--a total mismatch, and a HUGE let-down after the great fight between Bonnar and Griffith.
And maybe the coolest thing about the show was the announcement of a 2nd season on Spike TV featuring welterweights and heavyweights.