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OH HI EVERYONE! Look, it's been a long time since I've done one of these, so bear with me. I no longer operate my blog and it's been quite some time since I've written anything of substance. I figure why not try and get one of these recaps done like old times? I woke up today and have been working on this, despite the power outage that briefly left me in the dark. But anyway - so many people have had so many nice things to say about my previous entries in this series and I figure why not give this another shot.
I forget how these things start, what do I do? Do I just talk about how much I like it when people punch and kick and choke each other? Uggggggh, this is haaaaaard. I have to make soooo manyyyy wordsssss. Alright, STOP COMPLAINING. Let's make this shit happen.
When we last left of at UFC 18: Evan Tanner and Bas Rutten made their UFC debuts, the latter of whom came one step closer to competing for the UFC's vacant Heavyweight Title. Vitor Belfort made it known that he wants to make an impact at middleweight, challenging Frank Shamrock during the pay-per-view broadcast. Mark Coleman continued his slide from relevance after a tough split decision loss to Pedro Rizzo. And of course, Pat Miletich zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
What will we see at UFC 19? Well, no Pat Miletich thank goodness. Kevin Randleman, a wrestler and all-around terrifying human, will be making his long awaited UFC debut. A couple of familiar names from UFC events will be squaring off as Chuck Liddell and Jeremy Horn will go head to head. We'll also see Tito Ortiz compete against Guy Mezger in a rematch from their bout at UFC 13 - hey, I wonder if anything interesting will happen in this fight? No, probably not.
Seems like I've chosen a nice UFC event to return to, let's dig in and see how this goes!
UFC 19: Ultimate Young Guns - March 5, 1999
Previous Editions
Ultimate Ultimate 1995
Ultimate Ultimate 1996
Ultimate Japan
Ultimate Brazil
Time for a super awkward video montage of the fighters during the UFC 19 weigh-ins (and physicals). We get to see Chuck Liddell try and cut weight and John McCarthy addresses the fighters during this event. It's actually pretty interesting hearing a bit of dialogue between McCarthy and Kevin Randleman discussing how McCarthy intends to officiate a fight. It's good to have that communication between officials and the fighters, it's one of the first times I've seen that. Then again, I haven't written one of these things in nine months, so maybe I have seen it?
We're welcomed to Casino Magic in (probably not) lovely Bay St. Louis, Mississippi by noted buffoon Mike Goldberg. Since we last left off, I've had a chance to meet Mike Goldberg and...well, he's a nice guy. I feel bad saying anything about him because he was nice, but then again, he was EXTREMELY drunk and kept telling me how Michael Jordan loved him when he worked in Chicago. Then Chandella Powell had to help him to his room. So you know what, I'll still say dumb things about Mike Goldberg, but remember that I don't HATE him. I just hate when he makes words for fighting.
The UFC was previously at Casino Magic at UFC 15 and this will be the last time they make an appearance here. However, seven months from now, Casino Magic will be host to a fake (or scripted) combat sports event known as Heroes of Wrestling. This event is notorious for Jake Roberts getting drunk and being embarrassing and for Yokozuna weighing a billion pounds. Oh, and the whole event was a nightmare. If any of you feel like taking your own life, maybe track the event down and enjoy!
Okay, tangent over and now back to fighting! Mike Goldberg is joined once again by Jeff Blatnick and I'm glad to see and hear him once again. We learn that Maurice Smith will take on Kevin Randleman in one of the featured bouts tonight. We've heard the name Kevin Randleman thrown around on previous events as a potential UFC competitor and I'm glad to see that come to fruition. Randleman has apparently had some success fighting in Brazil, so it will be interesting to see how he looks in the octagon. Randleman and Smith both give their thoughts about the fight and neither man says anything particularly stupid or embarrassing. OH COME ON HOW FUN IS THAT??
OH SHIT MMA TRIPLE THREAT MATCH!!! No, I wish that was the case. But actually, it looks like the winner of Smith vs. Randleman will square off against Bas Rutten for the vacant UFC Heavyweight Title. Smith vs. Rutten would be an absolutely ridiculous fight. I'm sure Randleman would be great competition for El Guapo, but man do I want to see Bas take on Maurice Smith.
Here's something interesting - Goldberg lists the judges for this event and the second one he mentions is "Dan Miragliotti". Surely Goldie is just fucking up the name of current MMA referee Dan Miragliotta, right? Holy shit, Miragliotta judged UFC fights? We've had some really odd judges between Miragliotta and Dave Meltzer, though I really see no reason why either wouldn't be competent.
Before moving onto the main card, there was a single preliminary fight which was Sione Latu vs. Joey Roberts. It doesn't appear that this fight will be broadcast, but Latu won the contest by TKO due to Roberts being cut open.
Onto the first televised contest of the night, pitting heavyweights Pete Williams and Jason Godsey. You guys might remember Pete Williams from his highlight reel knockout win over Mark Coleman in a tremendous upset. Meanwhile, none of you remember Jason Godsey from anything.
We get prefight interviews with both fighters throwing out cliches and general complements at their opponents. However, midway through Godsey's interview, judge Dan Miragliotta has seen fit to stand both fighters up. I...umm...I don't think that's how this is supposed to work. Jason Godsey looks as unintimidating as possible on his way to the cage, if only because he's rocking the grandpa waistband on his vale tudo style shorts. Pete Williams is accompanied to the ring by fellow Lion's Den competitor Mikey Burnett.
Bruce Buffer opens up strong enough with a "WE ARE LIVE!" but then immediately pronounces Mississippi with eight or nine M's. Seriously, Bruce? "Mmmmmmmississippi"?? Bruce's opening grows exceedingly ridiculous and he carries on about HOLY SHIT GET EXCITED PEOPLE THE FUCKING UFC IS HERE. Soon, Bruce Buffer will learn to tone things down and put on a more composed performance, developing the "less is more" style we all know Bruce for.
Kidding, Buffer is a loud idiot.
I am terrified by referee Tony Mullinax. Maybe it's that dead creepy smile, maybe it's rubbing his gloved hands together as if he's going to dig his hands into a fresh corpse, maybe it's the "thank you" he offers to Bruce Buffer after being introduced. In reality, it's definitely all of those things.
This opening contest kicks off and the fighters briefly clinch before breaking. Godsey is extremely aggressive right away, but it's misguided aggression. His idea of striking is to run straight ahead at his opponent, swinging weak and wild shots. Pete Williams recognizes that he might be fighting an invalid and scores an easy takedown. After landing the takedown, I think I can hear Ken Shamrock shouting advice out for Pete Williams.
Williams is in full guard and landing some body shots and Godsey looks way uncomfortable on his back. He's throwing useless short punches and is ineffectively trying to control Williams' hands. Referee Mullinax makes a quick comment about the fighters being inactive and Williams makes his move to side control. Godsey adjusts and moves back into the half guard, where Williams stands and cinches in a knee bar! It doesn't take long for Williams to lock in the hold and score the submission victory in under two minutes. The replay shows that Godsey may have been also attempting some kind of leg lock, but he never had a chance.
Godsey had nothing for Pete Williams. He never looked comfortable in any aspect of this fight, and I feel comfortable making this statement after only having seen him fight for 114 seconds. Williams is a capable heavyweight fighter and has one of the better camps of the time in the Lion's Den. With the heavyweight picture in flux, Williams could potentially become an interesting name. Jason Godsey will go on to work at a Baskin Robbins.
I should stop being so mean - Godsey is actually a far better fighter than I give him credit for. He has wins over Jeremy Horn and Yuki Kondo and in just a couple of months, he'll go on to defeat everyone's least favorite fighter ever Bobby Southworth. Godsey will end his career in 2006 losing to Roy Nelson, but we still haven't seen the last of him in the UFC...
These people are shown in the crowd. Caption: "HEY LOOK, I'LL BE ON TV WITH THIS PROSTITUTE I PAID TO WATCH THE UFC WITH ME!" Do you guys think that the disposable camera he's holding will be used as evidence in the ensuing hooker murder?
Goldie interviews Pete Williams post fight and Williams said he planned to stand and strike until Godsey came out with his braindead flurry of punches. Williams says he felt very comfortable with his submissions and had no problem going to the mat. Williams is working hard to get in better shape and is keeping his eyes on the UFC Heavyweight Title picture. He also has very nice things to say about the Lion's Den, which is different from the stories we've all heard about rampant caning and sodomy out of that camp. (I'M KIDDING LOL PROBABLY NOT)
We then get an odd little video package for an upcoming PPV event called Ultimate Ken Shamrock. It looks like it will just be highlights of the current WWF star's previous fights. We then get to see Goldie interview Shamrock cageside. Shamrock makes some odd comments about self-doubt and resiliency, saying that guys like him and Dan Severn have proven to have intestinal fortitude and guys like Royce Gracie and Mike Tyson haven't "bounced back" from their defeats and down moments in life. I'm...not sure what to make of that, except you're the one who went to the WWF? I love wrestling and I love Ken Shamrock, but I hate stupidity and THAT was a dumb as fuck statement. Goldie concludes that we may indeed see Ken Shamrock make a return to the UFC somewhere down the line.
Next up is a middleweight contest featuring the great Evan Tanner and Valeri Ignatov from Bulgaria. Tanner has a ridiculous MMA record at this point in career at 17-1 with wins over Paul Buentello, Heath Herrig, and MINOWA (!!!!) and he defeated Darrel Gholar by submission at UFC 18. Valeri Ignatov is apparently a member of Shamrock 2000, Bob Shamrock's new MMA fight team. Ignatov is one of the centerpieces of this new team, but with no fights in his MMA career at this point, it will be interesting to see how Ignatov fares. Evan Tanner gets a nice hand from the crowd and I'll give you one guess why. Here's a hint - people from Mississippi only love America!
Tanner opens up with a big punch and backs Ignatov against the fence. Tanner is way aggressive to start and has landed some nice punches, but Ignatov is trying to answer back with strikes of his own. Tanner scores a knockdown/trip of Ignatov and moves into guard and quickly works to pass. He manages to get a hold of Ignatov's left leg and tries to hold onto it so he can move into side mount, but Ignatov is staying active and is being wiley (he's flailing).
Ignatov is controlling Tanner's right arm, but Tanner frees himself and lands a series of really big punches from guard. He starts to work the body and lands some disgusting sounding punches that are uncontested. Tanner drops back for a leg lock and Ignatov works to lock in a submission of his own. Tanner breaks the hold and gets the better of a scramble, ending up in side control and quickly mounting Ignatov. Tanner lands some absolutely brutal elbows from mount and Big John stops this fight. Sweet god, Evan Tanner just did his best to turn that Bulgarian man into skull soup. That was RIDICULOUS. Evan Tanner was about to kill Valeri Ignatov and Big John deserves major kudes for stopping the fight then. But man, those elbows.
That was a great performance and now I want to see Evan Tanner fight everyone. Or at least more shitty Bulgarian fighters that he can elbow really hard in the head.
In the post fight interview with Goldie, you can see that Evan Tanner is just in outstanding shape. He's a really big middleweight, which translates to a modern light heavyweight. Tanner says he wants to go for the UFC Title, but humbly acknowledges that he's got a lot of work to do before he gets there. Could you imagine a Frank Shamrock vs. Evan Tanner fight in 1999? Christ, I need a new pair of underpants. As the interview ends and the camera cuts away, you can hear Evan Tanner ask "do I have time to say something?" and Goldie replies with a dismissive "no". WELL NOW EVAN TANNER IS DEAD SO I HOPE YOU CAN LIVE WITH YOURSELF MIKE GOLDBERG.
In all seriousness, watching this fight makes me sad that Evan Tanner isn't around. He was just so good at this and he seemed like such a nice guy. I know Evan struggled with a lot of issues, but he very clearly had a good heart and wanted to help others and we need more people like that. It's quite sad that addiction hampered Evan's life and career for a number of years. In the end, a fighter as good and a man as decent as Evan Tanner should never, ever have to lose a fight to Kendall Grove. That makes me want to throw up.
HOLY SHIT, Bas has joined Goldie and Blatnick! Bas talks about how great things have been since his UFC debut and he implores everyone to check out his television debut on Martial Law as NITROMAN. I can't find video of his appearance, so instead, here's a video of him dancing on set of Martial Law. Bas reveals that he was injured prior to his UFC 18 bout with Tsuyoshi Kohsaka and could barely train in grappling and almost couldn't train in striking, so it's a wonder he was able to beat such a game opponent. Bas says he's never fought a wrestler before, so he's curious about how he'd fare against Kevin Randleman, but he's also confident in his chances if he needs to fight Maurice Smith. Bas beams at the prospect of becoming the UFC Heavyweight Champion and I'll be anxious to see that title fight when it takes place.
Oddly enough, the third fight on this card is Kevin Randleman against Maurice Smith. Given the title implications here, I'm stunned that this fight is third on a six fight card. But hey, time for a great fight! At least it should be a great fight - most of the heavyweight battles we've had in the UFC have been very dramatic and interesting. Mark Coleman's fights with Pete Williams and Maurice Smith both come to mind.
Interestingly, the UFC has been short on graphics tonight. No time clock, no tales of the tape, only the fighters' names in blue letters against the chicken wire background. When asked for comment about this, SEG's owner Bob Meyrowitz said, "When I close my eyes, I see this thing...a sign. I see this name in bright blue neon lights with a purple outline. And this name is so bright and so sharp that the sign - it just blows up because the name is so powerful..." He then pulled out his dick and got the shit beat out of him by a half dozen guys.
Kevin Randleman supposes that he's the man to beat in this fight and that he won't underestimate Maurice Smith like his teammate Mark Coleman did. Then Randleman tells us that he only watched footage of Maurice Smith's fights one time. Umm...okay?
Randleman sprints to the ring and looks like an absolute monster. He enters the cage looking like some kind of insane science experiment with muscles upon muscles upon muscles. He stands in place and leaps in the air about a hundred feet and then dropkicks a hole in Bruce Buffer's chest. I am terrified for Maurice Smith, who looks to be in good shape but is decidedly less frightening. My nipples are hard, does this mean I'm in love with Kevin Randleman? Goodness, I hope not.
Randleman proceeds to shout and run in place while he's announced by Bruce Buffer while Maurice Smith looks across the cage at the object of his destruction. Because at a certain point, someone as freaky athletic and strong as Kevin Randleman ceases being a human and just turns into some borderline inanimate wrecking machine meant to pulverize and destroy. Such musculature can only serve a handful of purposes - you can crush automobiles between your bare hands, wrangle disobedient elephants either in zoos or in the wild, propel NASA equipment into space like you're throwing a javelin, or you can punish people until they start to cry spinal fluid. Kevin Randleman has chosen the latter and I just hope Maurice Smith has a generous life insurance policy.
The fight begins and the fighters seem to be feeling each other out, surprising since I expected Kevin Randleman to lunge at Maurice Smith and rip his arms off like Jax from Mortal Kombat. Goldberg reveals that Randleman will be content to stand and strike with Maurice Smith to open the fight and I'll be curious to see how this works for both men. One minute in, the crowd is already throwing out boos for inactivity. Seriously, it's hard to shit on today's crowds when you look at the mouth breathers who comprised UFC fandom in the late 90s.
Bas is apparently still with Goldie and Blatnick, which I wasn't aware of, and he feels like Randleman will go for the takedown once Smith starts to seriously engage with the strikes. Randleman lands the first punches of the fight, but Maurice Smith is backing away and the strikes aren't super clean. Smith is measuring distance and lands a really nice leg kick on Randleman. Smith feints a bit, but doesn't do anything to follow up. Both fighters are approaching this quite deliberately thus far. Smith throws another couple of leg kicks, but each time, Randleman answers back with some nice punches and backs Smith against the cage.
This is not the place Maurice Smith wants to be given Randleman's size. Smith desperately wants to escape and is only successful when Randleman relents. As they break, Smith lands a really sharp straight right hand, his best in the fight so far. Randleman looks really twitchy and is ready to react to basically anything Smith does. Randleman's corner is now calling for the takedown, which would likely be wise. And when Smith throws his first body kick, Randleman catches it and scores the first takedown of the fight.
Randleman seems perfectly content in Smith's guard and throws some big punches that all seem to be blocked by Smith. Randleman is pushing Smith forward and isn't working much beyond throwing an occasional strike. About six minutes in, Randleman hasn't really sustained any consistent offense, so it's quite clear he's been learning from Mark Coleman. Big John gives some warnings for inactivity, but Kevin does little to adjust. Smith is working to control Randleman's arms, which appears to be hampering the offense of the collegiate wrestler. Big John follows through with his threat to stand both fighters up.
Immediately after the stand up, it looks like Smith dives in to possibly clinch with Kevin Randleman, but is taken down once again. Goldberg says that Randleman is "strong like Mark Coleman", but he doesn't specify if they were sharing needles at the time. Oddly enough, Randleman stands up out of guard and lets Smith back to his feet. Both El Guapo and Jeff Blatnick are quite surprised. Once their back on their feet, Randleman clinches Smith against the cage once more and then lands a third takedown.
With Randleman in half guard, Maurice is working for an arm submission but is unsuccessful. Bas marvels at the size of Randleman's arms as Smith works in vain to lock in a submission. Randleman moves back into full guard with both fighters near the cage wall. Randleman has done so little with his advantageous position, but he's winning this fight by maintaining this control and throwing occasional punches At this time, regulation has ended - I think we're at the 12 minute mark? Again, we haven't seen a single fight clock, so this has been hard to track. It seems we'll have a three minute overtime, after which the fight would end and go to the judges.
Maurice opens the overtime with a really brutal looking leg kick, but once again, Randleman takes Smith down when the kick is thrown. Randleman is a little more active and looks to pass guard, but I must say, Maurice's defense on the ground has been quite solid. He's kept Randleman from landing any shots or advancing to a dangerous position while working for submissions of his own. I don't think Smith has done enough to win this fight, but his performance has not been terrible by any means.
Randleman, once again, stands up from guard and implores Maurice to do the same as Mark Coleman FREAKS THE FUCK OUT in Randleman's corner, wanting his teammate to keep the fight on the ground. Randleman goes back to the clinch and gets his fifth takedown of the fight, at which point the fight concludes. Smith appears to be pretty gassed while Randleman is hopping around the cage like a monster again. Randleman's performance was far less destructive than I had hoped, but he was effective and fought a decent fight. He would have been wise to avoid standing with Maurice Smith, but he didn't really take much damage.
Bas supposes that his next opponent will be Kevin Randleman, and indeed, Randleman is announced as the winner of this fight by unanimous decision. That fight was not great by any means, but it about fit the mold of dominating grappler versus dangerous striker. Randleman's strength and his takedowns were certainly the difference here and he got a deserved win for his efforts.
Randleman thanks two men for this victory: God and "the greatest man on this fucking planet" Mark Coleman. I'd be willing to dispute that point about Coleman being the greatest man on the fucking planet, but I don't know that I'd do it to his face. Randleman emphatically expresses that kicks "don't mean shit" to wrestlers like him and that you could kick him "five more time" and not hurt him. So there's the gameplan, kick Kevin Randleman six or seven times and you'll probably be okay.
Randleman says that any future opponents are going to have to train hard for their fight, and Bas Rutten says he'll be doing just that. Randleman gives some love to Bas and calls him the greatest martial artist in the world and he guarantees their fight will be great. He also says "Tyson vs. Holyfield don't have shit on us". Mike Goldberg says Randleman is "boiling over with enthusiasm", and I'm just glad they didn't test these fighters for enthusiasm back then. Kevin Randleman's piss would have melted plastic.
Bas reveals with Jeff Blatnick that he indeed won't be kicking Randleman's legs because the wrestler is "inviting it". Bas suggests he may focus on punching or maybe even some wrestling and that he's a quick learner. I'm very anxious to see how this fight goes, since I think Bas is a much more dynamic fighter than Maurice Smith and probably even Kevin Randleman.
After the fight, Maurice Smith's left eye appears to be swollen and closed shut, but the source of the injury wasn't entirely apparent. He's very gracious in defeat and says he isn't disappointed in his performance and he shouldn't be. He was patient with his strikes, his ground defense was very good, and he hung around for the whole fight. But Kevin Randleman is just another breed of athlete and has power that few can deal with. Randleman's cardio is far superior than his teammate Mark Coleman's, so I feel like Randleman is in a good position to have some success in the UFC.
It's revealed that Randleman vs. Rutten will take place at UFC 20, the next event, on May 7. Bas says he's going to train hard and he'll do double the work that Kevin Randleman could do. We've got two confident and talented guys here and I'm amped to see this fight.
Until then, we have some more fights here at UFC 19. This next one features a couple of familiar middleweights in Jeremy Horn and Chuck Liddell. Chuck Liddell is much more soft spoken then we're accustomed to seeing in his prefight interview. Goldie expertly mispronounces Chuck's last name as LIE-dell. Aw, Goldie, I love it when your incompetence is on display. Horn is cornered in this fight by UFC's reigning Lightweight (170 lbs.) Champion Pat Miletich.
God, it's weird seeing Chuck in those little shorts and wrestling shoes. But anyway - Horn opens the fight with some quick leg kicks and Chuck answers back with some punches. Horn throws a really big headkick and it's unclear if Liddell got his arm up in time to block. Regardless, Chuck seems to be unfazed and the fighters clinch with Horn successfully pressing Liddell against the fence. The fighters jockey for position and Liddell ends up grabbing Horn, bringing him to the mat in a facelock, and landing some knees to the head. Liddell maintains control and Horn tries to roll through, but Chuck maintains position. He throws some punches at the downed Horn, but is admonished for holding onto the fence. Horn leaps to pull guard, but is unsuccessful and falls flat on his back.
Liddell is back in control in Horn's guard and he begins throwing some right elbows to the head. Horn is holding onto Liddell tightly to keep Chuck from landing much, but Chuck tries to stay active with punches to the body. Liddell works to half guard and throws some left punches that don't do very much damage. Horn is trying to sit up and escape position, but Liddell is really pressing forward and putting pressure on Horn. When Liddell stands over Horn, Jeremy tries to lock in a heel hook that Chuck appears to escape, but Horn doesn't lose the grasp on Chuck's right leg. Liddell is locking his legs and trying break the hold, but Horn is really relentless.
Chuck's corner tells him to "key lock [Horn's] foot", which is the most brilliant of advice that is clearly yelled by someone who has no idea what he's saying. Liddell proceeds to fumble with Horn's foot as his corner says "NO, THE OTHER WAY". Am I watching footage from some alternate reality where Chuck Liddell ends up being a really bad fighter never holds the Light Heavyweight Title? This is really sad to see. Lucky for Chuck, he's able to break free from Horn's submission attempt. Horn still has Chuck's leg, but is working to push for a takedown as Chuck answers with punches. Horn does manage to pull Chuck down to his butt and presses him against the cage, but he doesn't do much with it.
Big John issues a number of warnings to Horn, who initially does very little. He does manage to get into half guard, but Chuck is against the cage and Horn appears to be working for an arm triangle while using the cage for leverage. He gives up on that hold but doesn't do much else. He throws maybe a punch or two from half guard and he's working to pull his leg out to move into side control. Horn starts to work for the arm triangle again, but Big John channels cageside judge Dan Miragliotta by standing the fighters up. Yes, they were largely inactive, but you could've given Horn maybe 20 more seconds to see what he does. But instead, we get the restart.
Chuck throws some punches and leg kicks, but doesn't seem to have a ton left in the gas tank - there's not much behind the strikes. We're around the ten minute mark and it's been a pretty tight fight, though I'd give the edge to Horn thus far. He's had Liddell in more danger, even though it's the difference between no danger and very little danger. Horn backs Liddell against the cage and scores a takedown, this time in full guard a little further away from the cage. Horn works to get out of guard with just one minute left in regulation and he does advance to half guard. Horn is again working for the arm triangle and is rolled over onto his back by Liddell, but Liddell is still in the submission hold! Horn is cranking and judging by the lack of resistance, Liddell seems to be out! The horn sounds for the end of regulation and...yep, Chuck is OUT. Rather than the end of regulation, it looks like this is the end of the fight!
Big John tells another official that Liddell went out just as the buzzer sounded, but Chuck didn't seem to move for about 10 seconds toward the end of that fight. I agree that it was hard to tell, but McCarthy should have done more to check on Liddell during that process. Either way, Horn pulled off a nice submission win and was working harder to finish that fight. This is Horn's first win in the UFC after taking a couple of tough losses in action thus far, including one to Middleweight Champion Frank Shamrock.
Horn says in his postfight interview that he got a little gassed and will have to work on that for the next fight. And he doesn't have much else to say because man is he a boring talker. He makes me want to nap time when his words come out.
Goldie begins to hype the Tito Ortiz vs. Guy Mezger rematch for later in the evening and that stands to be one of the first grudge matches in the UFC. We've had some mean guys fighting in the UFC and probably some guys who don't like each other, but Tito and Mezger are taking it to the next level based on both the first fight between these two and Tito's win over Jerry Bohlander. There haven't been a ton of rematches in the UFC thus far, so it will be interesting to see what kind of adjustments both men will make.
This is perhaps my favorite screen shot in all of the UFC events thus far. Even better than Gary Busey in the crowd with Don Wilson behind him, even better than Rich Goins doing something stupid - Bruce Buffer, three late 90s ring girls, a box full of contest post cards. And this isn't just some contest - it's the ULTIMATE contest. This is apparently some drawing where the winner will be flown out to the next UFC event. Because if there's any kind of contest I want to win, it's the one where I'm flown to do fucking anything in the American south. Congratulations, Travis Mulroy (sp?) of Milwaukee - the good news is you get to see the UFC live, the bad news is you're going to fucking Alabama. Enjoy!
Seriously, how many post cards are in there? Maybe 200 or 300? Why on earth would you make a box containing so few entries transparent?? You didn't even have to go through this quarter-assed production, Goldie could have just said congratulations to whatever his name was and moved on. Instead, we get 45 seconds of the drawing and that awesome picture. Jeff Blatnick does give a nice thank you to all UFC fans for their support, though he does make a mistake and call the contest winner "a friend of his". I'm hoping that's just a euphemism and this guy doesn't really know Jeff Blatnick, but I also don't think anyone would care otherwise.
Fight number five is a heavyweight contest and we'll see the return of Big Daddy!! That's right, Gary Goodridge is back to take on Andre Roberts. Goodridge fought in the very first PRIDE events, going 2-2 while fighting on each of PRIDE's four events including a victory over UFC tournament champion Oleg Taktarov. We get to see the highlight of Goodridge elbowing Paul Herrera to death in what I still consider one of the most brutal knockouts in MMA history. Goodridge hilariously claims in the prefight package that everything he knows about his opponent, he learned in the last five minutes.
Andre Roberts, known as "The Chief", is undefeated in his MMA career including a win over Harry Moskowitz at UFC 17. The Chief is a 370 pound fighter and is one of the few men bigger than Gary Goodridge in the UFC. Something tells me that Big Daddy might be in slightly better shape than the Chief.
Goodridge's earlier comments are clarified, as Roberts is apparently a late replacement for Tank Abbott! Man, now I'm disappointed that I won't get to see and hear Tank. My return to UFC recaps would have been made so much better getting to write about Tank, but noooo, Tank goes and gets sick 13 years ago. HOW INCONSIDERATE.
Bruce Buffer announces Big Daddy as "243 pounds of raw steel and sex appeal". In an ideal world, Bruce took it upon himself to add that little twist, but I have to imagine Goodridge may have made that request. Wow, what an original line! I think I had friends on my middle school wrestling team who said she like that, c'mon Gary.
Big Daddy opens the fight with a left hand and is bullrushed by Roberts, but Goodridge dodges the attack. Gary lands a leg kick and is siwnging with wild punches and is quite busy. Goodridge lands a nice combo of punches that causes Roberts to turn his back and wave his hand to signal that he wants to quit. Well...that was brief. Gary Goodridge came to fight and Andre Roberts is apparently more than glad to collect a pay day. Hey buddy, at least fall down and make it look a little convincing!
Nonetheless, Gary Goodridge is your winner. He was quite active and he looked like a different fighter than from his earlier UFC appearances. He appears to be a bit leaner and was quite aggressive from the start, though I have to wonder how much of that was because Goodridge knew he was facing a big fat pud. I feel like he may have been a bit more tentative had Tank Abbott not pulled out of this fight.
Once the fight is done, instead of a Gary Goodridge postfight interview, we get more discussion between Rutten and Randleman about their upcoming fight. Jeff Blatnick interviews both men and not much of substance is said, though Bas says he wants to put on the best fight in UFC history. Oh, and Kevin Randleman says he loves Mark Coleman with all his heart and would "give his life" for him. Okay, moving on.
...Wait, what? Kevin Randleman would give his life for Mark Coleman? Is that something written in the Hammer House contract he was required to sign? Did Mark Coleman inject Randleman with some kind of poison like in Escape from L.A.? I know you love the guy, but give your LIFE? Your life? For some dude you train with? God damn, the shark testosterone Randleman was taking must have really turned his brain into Jello.
John Perretti, the UFC's match maker comes out and says some really boring and generic stuff about the UFC fighters. Perretti really did do a good job making matches and bringing in good talent, but I don't have a lot of interest in what he has to say. All the while, they're showing Randleman and Coleman signing autographs and interacting with fans.
So Randleman is signing an autograph and is using Coleman's chest as a surface, and we get to see some fan holding up a sign that reads "Ultimate Fo Cheese". Look, I have nothing to say about this. There's an idiot holding up some ridiculous gibberish sign, what CAN I say? Let's just take a moment to digest this and then move on. But seriously, ultimate fo cheese? Ugh, the 90s.
It's now time for the main event of the evening between Guy Mezger and Tito Ortiz. Mezger is an undefeated 4-0 in the UFC to this point, while Ortiz is 2-1 with the sole loss at the hands of Mezger. Mezger emphasizes prefight that this isn't personal, just business, but Tito begs to differ. He says Mezger is a cocky guy and that he's lost respect for his opponent because of that. It certainly doesn't sound like Tito to hold a grudge, go figure!
As the fight starts, Blatnick reveals that Vitor Belfort was originally slated to face Mezger but Belfort was hurt and replaced by Ortiz. Wow, very interesting. So Belfort vs. Mezger seems like a title eliminator kind of fight, I wonder if the same could be said for Mezger vs. Ortiz? After all, Frank Shamrock has to fight somebody...
And here we go! It's Tito Ortiz scoring early, landing a takedown on Guy Mezger after a low kick attempt from Guy. John Perretti has a terribly obnoxious voice and, unlucky me, he's going to just keep talking during this fight. While Perretti makes me mad, Ortiz backs Mezger against the cage on the ground, but Mezger escapes and then backs Ortiz against the fence. Ortiz reverses positions and lands some knees, and the fighters break. Ortiz goes for an ankle pick, but Mezger avoids and stays on his feet.
Ortiz is really persistent with his takedown attempts and works to bring Mezger down, but Guy grabs hold of Ortiz's right arm and goes for the submission. You can hear Ken Shamrock shouting in Guy's corner for him to break Tito's arm, which I'm sure Ortiz isn't particularly pleased with. Ortiz breaks free and in half guard with Mezger pressed against the fence. Ortiz is landing some big punches on Mezger and as Guy tries to escape, Ortiz smothers him and presses him back against the fence.
Ortiz is clearly a very powerful fighter and is resisting Guy's efforts to escape. Guy does manage to free himself and Ortiz immediately goes for an ankle and is able to take Guy's back. Ortiz is landing elbows and punches to Guy's head, but Guy turns over and attempts to lock in a triangle. Ortiz escapes and is back in full guard. Mezger stays very busy from the bottom, working for submission and focuing on Mezger's left arm now. Ortiz is just too strong and is able to avoid a potential submission.
Ortiz is not particularly busy and this allows Guy back to his feet. Mezger sees fit to try a clinch or a takedown or the clinch and Ortiz sprawls and takes Mezger's back. John Perretti calls Tito Ortiz "lazy". Yeah John, good insight. You're such a welcome addition to this broadcasting team and I want to throw hockey pucks at your head. Perretti then goes on to call Ken Shamrock a "terrific" cornerman. Oh goodness, now everything out of Perretti's mouth makes sense - he's basically fellating Ken Shamrock.
Back to the fight, Ortiz is landing some ground and pound and Mezger is not answering back. Ortiz's shots are powerful and it's starting to look not so great for Guy Mezger. Ortiz keeps throwing shots from Mezger's back and Big John stops this fight! Tito Ortiz has won this fight by TKO as a late replacement and...
Oh. Well then, that's how we're going to play this. The crowd responds very violently, either for or against Ortiz, and John Perretti makes the expert comment that Ortiz "doesn't give a fu...give a damn". Now you can hear Shamrock arguing the decision with Big John, as any world class cornerman would do. Ortiz puts on a T-shirt mocking the Lion's Den as some in the crowd begin to chant his name. Buffer announces Tito as the winner and then we have this!
Hey guys, I don't think these two like each other. Big John immediately pulls Tito away from that corner and wisely so, since I don't know that Ken Shamrock can be trusted to control his emotions here. Jeff Blatnick speculates that this might cause Shamrock to decide to make a return to the UFC, even though his timeline might be off by a few years.
Ortiz is interviewed by Tito after the fight and Tito says he got pretty gassed during the fight. He says that Mezger was very tough, but he wishes the fight kept going so he could "beat the shit" out of Mezger. Ortiz says Shamrock has good reason to be upset since he beat his two fighters, or more appropriately, he beat "their two alley cats and sent them to the litter box". Tito says he wants to fight for a title and names Vitor Belfort and Frank Shamrock specifically. John Perretti is actually important when it comes to match making and he suspects Ortiz vs. Tanner will be the title eliminator, and that should also be a really fun fight.
As the event ends, we get some unremarkable words from Mark Coleman about Kevin Randleman's performance. Coleman does talk about working on his striking skills and he anticipates regaining the UFC Heavyweight Title, though he'd prefer not to fight his teammate Randleman. The highlight package is shown recapping the night and we're done for the night.
UFC 19 was a fun card and we got to see a lot of fighters responsible for building the UFC's upcoming rise. Yeah, spoiler alert, the cable companies pick up the UFC, they have PPVs and eventually get signed by Fox and everything is fine. SORRY FOR SPOILING, but I'm not stuck in 1999 - this is 2012! UFC 20 should be interesting with a Rutten/Randleman title fight, but what of the middleweight (205 lbs.) division. John Perretti has his eyes on a Tanner vs. Ortiz fight and that could be good, but it's way too long since I've seen Frank Shamrock. And what about Pat Miletich's Lightweight (170 lbs.) Title? There seem to be few contenders at that weight, when will we see that title defended again?
So many questions moving forward with the UFC and we'll have to wait and see what the future has in store!
Greatest Fights of UFC 19
- Tito Ortiz vs. Guy Mezger
- Evan Tanner vs. Valeri Ignatov
- Jeremy Horn vs. Chuck Liddell
- Pete Williams vs. Jason Godsey
- Kevin Randleman vs. Maurice Smith
- Gary Goodridge vs. Andre Roberts
Top Ten Fights Through UFC 19
Royce Gracie vs. Kimo Leopoldo - UFC 3
Randy Couture vs. Vitor Belfort - UFC 15
- Don Frye vs. Tank Abbott - UU96
- Maurice Smith vs. Mark Coleman - UFC 14
Dan Henderson vs. Carlos Newton - UFC 17
- Mikey Burnett vs. Eugenio Tadeu - UFC 16
- Royce Gracie vs. Dan Severn - UFC 4
- Frank Shamrock vs. Jeremy Horn - UFC 17
- Royce Gracie vs. Keith Hackney - UFC 4
- Oleg Taktarov vs. Tank Abbott - UFC 6
Greatest Fighters of UFC 19
- Evan Tanner (1-0)
- Kevin Randleman (1-0)
- Tito Ortiz (1-0)
- Pete Williams (1-0)
- Gary Goodridge (1-0)
- Jeremy Horn (1-0)
- Sione Latu (1-0)
- Maurice Smith (0-1)
- Chuck Liddell (0-1)
- Guy Mezger (0-1)
- Joey Roberts (0-1)
- Valeri Ignatov (0-1)
- Jason Godsey (0-1)
- Andre Roberts (0-1)
Top Ten Fighters Through UFC 19
- Royce Gracie (11-1-1)
- Mark Coleman (6-3)
- Dan Severn (9-3)
- Ken Shamrock (6-2-2)
- Don Frye (9-1)
- Randy Couture (4-0)
- Oleg Taktarov (6-2-1)
- Vitor Belfort (5-1)
- Frank Shamrock (4-0)
- Pedro Rizzo (2-0)


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After digging deeper, more developments surfaced regarding the pension of Jerry Sandusky. An abc27 News EXCLUSIVE report on Tuesday revealed Sandusky continues to receive his state pension of $59,000 a year.
On Wednesday, abc27's Dave Marcheskie obtained state records that showed 68 year-old Jerry Sandusky chose 'Option 3' on his S.E.R.S. retirement application. That would allow a beneficiary to take over Sandusky's pension following his death. Law protects the identity of Sandusky's pension beneficiary.
The State Employees' Retirement System said Sandusky's pension was in part paid for by taxpayer dollars from 1969 to 1999 when he was employed as a Defensive Coordinator with Penn State University.
According to SERS, said the amount of tax dollars fluctuated over Sandusky's 30-year employment with the public university.
Bill Beaver, a state pension beneficiary himself, is outraged.
"Sandusky's retirement is a part of that pay he got," said Beaver. "But, when he broke the public's trust and committed a felony while he was employed….he should be denied his retirement."
Remember, Sandusky's pension is safe.
SERS states a person is guilty of a crime after a person is sentenced. Prosecutors could file to forfeit a state employee's pension if found guilty of an 'Act 140' crime.
Violent crimes, such as murder and child rape, are not listed under Act 140.
Pennsylvania State House Speaker Bill DeWeese was among many politicians involved in the recent Bonusgate scandal to have lost their state pension. They were convicted of crimes listed under Act 140.
Criminal? Yes. Heinous? Not compared to violent crimes.
Even former Penn State University Vice President Gary Schultz could lose his pension if found guilty of perjury in his trial set to begin next month. Perjury falls under Act 140.
"I think it's horrendous. It's not fair for the rest of us," said Linda Beaver. "What he's done. He should not get a state pension."
State records show Schultz's monthly pension amount is $27,558.25.
Former Athletic Director Tim Curley also set to be on trial next month, opted out of the SERS program.
Some have argued Sandusky earned his retirement over his coaching career, therefore entitled to his state pension.
Richard Phillips felt differently, "He should have to pay for all the things he's done," said Phillips. "He shouldn't have any money when he leaves here. It should all go back to the public and the people who actually got hurt by his actions."


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Magic down one, 9.2 seconds to play, must-win game. What's the play?Yours truly has the answer for ESPN's Daily Dime 2008-09 Orlando Magic Preview.
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Countless studies and years of work with some of the world's most innovative companies have given Michael a unique and diverse view of the changing nature of trends impacting shoppers, employees, competition, economics, supply chains and management. Michael is a consultant, speaker and author and has traveled the globe working with companies on adjusting to new market conditions. He recently co-authored The Big Picture: Essential Business Lessons from the Movies, which identifies creative lessons in leadership, marketing and workplace dynamics including ethics, brand building, crisis management, outside-the-box thinking, diversity and more. He is a contributing author to Shopper Marketing, which examines the dynamics of shopper choices, and writes a weekly column on wide-ranging business trends for http://www.morningnewsbeat.com/, a daily blog with nearly 28,000 readers.
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I was reading about this whole Freddy Sanchez surgery thing, and this is really ridiculous.
The Giants Brass said tthat this did not show up on his physical in Oct. when they resigned him.
I just had labrum surgery on Oct 21, and I can tell you this is not an injury that just shows up. Its a painful injury that lets you know its there constantly. You can lay on that arm.
I tore my right labrum 5 years ago playing ball. I suffered through the pain and continued to go to work every day becaseu i could not afford the surgery. I do not have a desk job, I change truck and tractor tires. Which takes a lot of upper body strength. Also I play a very high level of softball (my hard ball days are sadly behind me) where I play 2B. This injury did sap my power in my swing and made long, hard throws very painful. But I found a way to play and work through it. I know that I dont play at the level of a maor leaguer, but throwing a ball is the same no matter where you do it.
My recovery from this surgery is a long one. I will return to work next Tuesday, at a light duty. I have been told by my Dr. and Therapist that I can not begin to throw a ball until late April.
Im sure Fred has a more strict rehab then I did, but come on if he just had surgery, we will not see him till the all-star break!
This whole thing makes me so mad, he either lied about the pain to get the money or the Giants have the dumbest Dr.'s EVER!
He should have had this surgery right after the season so he would have been ready or sucked it up and beeen a man and have had it next Nov.
I wrote this on here to give all of you the truth about this injury, since Im sure most of you are as mad about all this as I am, and now you know the facts about it.


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Walter Mosley's new book, "All I Did Was Shoot My Man," is more than a mystery novel. Both Mosley and his recurring protagonist, Leonid McGill, take on issues of economic injustice, inequality and the inevitable world of capitalism we live in.
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That title is what the lovely lady who claims me said back in the Spring. She had never been to Husky Stadium and really wanted to attend a game. I knew what she meant when she said she wanted to go to a game, she wanted to spend time with me doing something I enjoy. She didn't want to see a game though, she really wanted to see a happy Dawgfan1980 and there was only way to guarantee that, Idaho State.
It was the first trip for me to the Stadium since 2010 and hers ever. Got our seats on the rail in the North upperdeck and proceeded to watch a very good team take the field. The University of Washington Huskies put on a hardhat and grabbed a lunch pail and just played football. Way too messy on offense and procedure calls (I will stroke out on a penalty one of these days). This game reminded me of playing NCAA with the UW mascot team versus, oh North Texas on Easy. When we got ourselves into poor down and distance, we just outran, outhit and out executed the Bengals. Bellevue might have been a better match-up physically.
At the half as the bands serenaded us with such contemporary hits as Born in the U.S.A. and If I had No Loot, the Tony! Toni! Tone! classic, I noticed that the defense was doing something that was harkening back to heady days. The yardage board was something a seven year old would draw during his second grade journal time. How fun was it to watch the Dawgs pin their ears back and unleash terror? Near the end of the half, I was hoping maybe we could give them the ball more so I could bark a wee bit louder again.
As the fan next to me drunkenly slurred to watch the fake as the second half was in its infancy and the older woman next to me commented that they had to do that to stay in the game (The game was over after ISU's first snap we moved the line of scrimmage back three yards), it harkened me back to a day long gone. First teamers had been rotated out almost across the board, a QB who didn't even need to play the whole first half, it took me back to a heady era two decades ago as my cheeks grew ruddy with lovely September sunshine. Young players getting significant snaps, more snaps in the mental computer. Rotating and blooding players into the rotation. Seeing how far Pototae and Goodwin have fallen.
Once it got to the depth, you thought maybe the game would be closer. If UW had started their entire second team and only played them, they still would've won by three touchdowns minimum. This team has depth. This team doesn't have swagger or bravado. This team has a hardhat and workman like attitude. Little victories all over the place. Cooper's first touchdown, Cyler's first TD (Tell 'em all it was a beautiful lob that split two defenders), and Farria getting ample snaps and a sack. They never stopped the pressure and kept the skee'er right on up through the Bengals.
25 penalties accepted in this game, 15 on UW. Need to clean that up to beat U of A, but we should be able to take care of business. This team has a look to them at the quarter pole. Today, three things could've happened, a mediocre victory where depth made it a back door cover, a game where we took a few early blows from not being ready and then turned it on, or this. Outside of Mickens fumblitis early, this UW team got on Idaho State early and didn't relent. UW might always have penalty issues (I might have wished that they just let the teams play football through the second quarter) playing in the Pac-12 as this league leads the nation in penalty flags thrown, it seems.
Oh, you might ask how the game experience was for the lady. She had a great time, mainly because UW won. She enjoyed the views, didn't care about concessions (good girl) or much else, just that we won. "I don't care if they win, I only care that they don't lose. You're not fun when they lose".
Indeed, I'm not. October is a-looming.
But, one more game to ponder at home before we turn the calendar. Senior QB's win games (Okay, not in Corvallis) and first year QB's lose games on the road. Arizona will be a tough test, especially because there's a date looming and a three week gauntlet about to be thrown about nationally (the voice in my head is starting to scream as I think about that statement we can make), but if we focus, tackle and execute, well...
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Debauched - Brunello Barrel Aged - Stillwater Artisanal Ales
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4.25/5 rDev +3.2%
08-07-2014 06:41:56 | More by DrBier
4.75/5 rDev +15.3%
06-30-2014 02:03:03 | More by Jspriest
West Virginia
4/5 rDev -2.9%
06-07-2014 20:15:17 | More by xJMFCx
4.75/5 rDev +15.3%
05-22-2014 20:24:26 | More by afsdan
3.91/5 rDev -5.1%
Bottled reviewed last night to notes.
A- Poured to a few glasses with a slightly hazy golden yellow body. A small white head rises to about a half a finger. Decent retention as the cap falls to a puffy ring. Lacing starts with a nice sheet and some drizzle after that.
S- Brett funk is quite strong here with a barnyard, cherry pie feel. Slight lactic tartness comes to mind but the Brett is fairly dominant for me beyond slight vinous hints.
T- Wine opens up from the barrels a ton here and blends with the large Brett presence. Bretty funk, barnyard, tart cherry pie and mustiness. Lemony lactic and juniper starts to come out with some time. Apple fruitiness.
MF- Dried out light body with a crisp feel. Carbonation is at a moderate level. Fairly tart finish.
Funky brett bomb with a nice tartness and a strong grape/apple fruity feel from the wine and yeast. Juniper seems faded at this point but is slightly there.
05-18-2014 14:49:46 | More by cbutova
District of Columbia
3.28/5 rDev -20.4%
$11.99 for a bomber. Poured into a tulip.
I must not be a Viking! Not a drain pour but never again. Very much a saison, super funk, but too extreme with the dry bitter finish. Must be the juniper berries. Some hefeweizen characteristics. 3.0
A – Pours a hazy pale yellow with a half-finger short-lived rocky white head, appears thin and watery. 3.0
S – FUNK! Some citrusy/lemon and orange notes, banana and bubblegum esters. 4.5
T – Farmyard, yeasty, a bit of spice, even less sour in the finish at the back of the palate, some apple peel in the finish as well. 3.0
MF – Medium-light body, super dry finish tending towards acrid. 2.75
02-24-2014 03:47:41 | More by Sludgeman
4.5/5 rDev +9.2%
01-09-2014 02:04:12 | More by DeanMoriarty
4/5 rDev -2.9%
01-04-2014 02:11:05 | More by PatGreer
4.5/5 rDev +9.2%
11-23-2013 02:28:16 | More by pathman
New Jersey
3.75/5 rDev -9%
10-28-2013 21:57:04 | More by djrn2
Quebec (Canada)
4.25/5 rDev +3.2%
10-08-2013 21:20:20 | More by tom10101
4.25/5 rDev +3.2%
09-23-2013 21:30:45 | More by jklecko2
4/5 rDev -2.9%
(Served in a teku glass)
A- This beer pours a hazy pale yellow body with a big bubble pushing through a thick snow white head. There is a few tiny bubble trailing slowly up the side.
S- The tart earthy brightness has a flinty aroma and a brett white cheese mold that grows and blends with a raw silage finish.
T- The bright tart flavor leads to a green leaf note and some soft brett cheese rind that lingers. There are a some mellow red wine hints that appear but stay soft. As the beer opens there is some light wine tannin and alcohol note show up in the aftertaste.
M- The light mouthfeel has no astringency and some soft alcohol warmth when it warms a bit.
O- This beer has a very nice balance of tart character and brett funk with some wine barrel hints supporting it. However it doesn't really merit the $10.00 price tag for a small bottle.
09-11-2013 15:40:37 | More by rhoadsrage
North Carolina
4.26/5 rDev +3.4%
A: pours a clear gold with two fingers of white head that fades to a frothy ring with good lacing.
S: candy sugar, oak, wine, tart cherries and sour grapes, and some barnyard aromas dominate.
T: light Belgian spices and candy sugar with white wine, oak, and tart cherry flavors. The finish is lightly musty and clean.
M: light body with lowish carbonation, this beer just avoids being watery with the tart bite.
O: an enjoyable and very drinkable saison. Tart, a little sour, sweet, and funky, there's a lotgoing on here.
09-04-2013 21:50:16 | More by n2185
4.24/5 rDev +2.9%
330ml Bottle
Binny's, Bolingbrook
Debauched has an apricot golden body with a lot of haze even on a careful pour. Clumps of carbonation bubbles rush to the surface that's capped off by a handsome pure white head of about one finger in height. With the ample carbonation the creamy head is going nowhere anytime soon. Chunky drink lines are left after each pull.
Although this was brewed with whole juniper branches the nose is intensely saison. Musty green apple, gritty pear, white grapes and underripe peach are all in your face. A little warming brings some spicy juniper forward but it's still overtaken by the bright fruitiness. Mildly spicy esters are thrown off by the yeast and a sugar cookie maltiness lays a welcoming foundation.
Mildly tart pear and peach dominate the flavor while the sugar cookie maltiness is present throughout. A mild, musty, hay-like funk lays atop the entire flavor profile adding nice depth. I get some champagne grapes, which is odd since Brunello is Sangiovese, that add to the saison characteristics. The alcohol is well hidden and the flavors are bright. Damn fine!
The finish is semi-dry, could be a touch drier but it does seem to work with this particular beer. The carbonation is highly active but remains soft. There's a nice fruity tartness on the inside of the cheeks.
I'm highly surprised at the quality of this beer. This is the best, by far, I've had from Stillwater. I wouldn't hesitate picking this beer up again. At $9.99 I would probably pass but at $3.99 I'd clear the shelf. Definitely worth a try.
08-31-2013 23:57:10 | More by joe1510
4/5 rDev -2.9%
08-24-2013 21:43:53 | More by vermilcj
2.5/5 rDev -39.3%
06-29-2013 03:46:54 | More by Caterwaul
North Carolina
4.43/5 rDev +7.5%
Appearance: Arrives at the bar without much of a head though as the golden liquid is consumed, little squiggles of lace stick to the glass
Smell: Bandaid funk with red wine grape elements and a hint of juniper
Taste: The funk arrives on the front end, with the red wine grape flavors building in the middle along with the juniper; underneath the bolder aspects there is a layer of pear fruit, as well; after the swallow, the Brett adds its funky presence through the finish with the aftertaste alternating between the dry (Brett) and sweeter vinous flavors; the juniper makes a final stand in the aftertaste
Mouthfeel: Medium body with low carbonation
Overall: What a panoply of flavors with each sip bringing out different aspects; a remarkable beer
06-13-2013 00:40:26 | More by brentk56
North Carolina
4.25/5 rDev +3.2%
06-04-2013 02:15:46 | More by fehrminator
3.75/5 rDev -9%
05-20-2013 16:26:57 | More by CDCNAM
4.5/5 rDev +9.2%
05-15-2013 03:06:48 | More by HumanParaquat
North Carolina
4.56/5 rDev +10.7%
Poured into a Due South Brewing Co. snifter. No freshness date.
A- Pours a semi-hazy orange color with a 1/4 inch white head that doesn't retain long before becoming a thin ring around the edge of the glass and light, sparse surface foam. Thin, non-resilient lacing slides down the glass.
S- Nice funky aroma of lactic acid that's not too heavy and imparts notes of lemon and apple.
T- Sour in the most subtle way with the yeast playing a heavy part in keeping things balanced and very drinkable. There's also a slight tinge of barrel flavor that rounds everything out. More notes of lemon, granny smith apple, vinegar and even a bit of green olive which leads me to believe there might be some Brett involved.
M- Slightly puckery and a bit dry with medium carbonation and a lightish body.
O- A fantastic beer but I wish it had just a bit more carbonation to drive everything home. Regardless, it's incredibly complex and definitely the best thing I've had from Stillwater thus far. If there were more bubbles and the price was lower (paid $9.29 for a 12 oz), I'd be in love with this beer.
05-14-2013 05:08:41 | More by Immortale25
3/5 rDev -27.2%
04-15-2013 21:57:12 | More by CelticAleMan
New Jersey
4.5/5 rDev +9.2%
12oz bottle poured into a wine glass; purchased around 8 months ago
Big thanks to Jebus3513 for sharing this one.
A faint yellow color with a thin off-white cap. Cap fell slowly, receding to a thin layer of foam over the liquid. Some delicate spider web lacing appears.
Brett has come out to play. Wow. This is easily the best Brett nose I have come across. Layers of saddle leather, sweat, manure, aged cheese, tobacco, and band aid over top of a touch of wine and some damp oak.
Leathery Brett, horse blanket, and aged cheese up front before a clean wave of lightly damp wheat through the middle. Juniper is extremely buried at this point. Wine notes come out in the finish with a dry, slightly peppery finish.
Light bodied and real dry.
Fantastic barrel aged saison. The Brett has taken hold of this beer, and I am by no means complaining. Wine notes are complementary. Excellent.
03-30-2013 03:35:49 | More by ColForbinBC
3.73/5 rDev -9.5%
Pours a thick light apricot color, pretty good sized head but doesn't stick around too long.
Smells of sweet white grapes, dry bretty yeast, other sweet fruit like pear and banana. Aroma pretty sweet overall but enough brett that I expect some dryness in the flavor.
Tartness and dry brett up front, fades into a lot of grape flavor but much dryer than the nose. Some banana flavor in the finish. Very dry, but not really acidic sour.
Mouthfeel is good, full body and nice carbonation but not too thick or too bubbly. Works well.
Classic Stillwater, very tasty.
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Offensive, racist graffiti was spray-painted on the back of two parking structures at an apartment complex near Beaverton. The Washington County Sheriff's Office is trying to figure out who was responsible.
The graffiti was reported Monday morning near a walking trail just east of the Sir Charles Court Apartments along Northwest Avondale Drive. The graffiti included swastikas, pictures of male genitalia and the N-word. A sign on the other side of the trail was also hit along with a car parked in a lot near the parking structures.
"Insensitive and scary," said Cory Guerts, who lives in the area. "It was upsetting."
"We have quite a bit of diversity in our apartment complex, but I've never seen anything like that," said Lucinda Dinkel. "I mean, it was quite shocking."
Someone notified the Washington County Sheriff's Office about the graffiti shortly before 8 a.m. Monday. A deputy came out to the area, took some pictures, wrote a report and found several cans of black and purple spray paint in the area, investigators told FOX 12.
"It's just not polite," said Bridget Hill. "It's just not a polite thing to do. And it costs, you know, the owners here need money to clean over it."
By Monday afternoon, all of the graffiti spray-painted on the apartment complex's property had been covered up.
Investigators don't know if the messages were targeted toward anyone who lives in the area, but they are taking the matter seriously.
Whoever was responsible will likely face criminal mischief charges, investigators said.
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CARLSBAD, Calif., June 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Scientific Corporation (OTCBB: PTSC) today announced that its joint-venture entity Phoenix Digital Solutions (PDS) has reaffirmed representation by Agility IP Law, LLP in pursuit of infringers of the Moore Microprocessor Patent (MMP) Portfolio™.
"I am extremely pleased that we have solidified our relationship with Agility," stated Carlton Johnson, Patriot's representative to PDS. "Agility was instrumental in our patent infringement win against HTC Corporation, and we look forward to continuing that success against other infringers".
Proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging infringement of Patriot's '749, '890 and '336 patents against Barnes & Noble Inc., Garmin Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., LG Electronics, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Novatel Wireless Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and ZTE Corporation had previously been stayed. Patriot now expects to move forward aggressively with these actions.
"We are excited to continue enforcing the MMP Portfolio," stated Jim Otteson, Founding Partner of Agility. "We strongly believe that the MMP Portfolio is fundamental to modern microprocessor design, as demonstrated by our jury trial victory against HTC Corporation. The HTC win laid the groundwork, which we plan to leverage against current and, if necessary, future defendants."
In October, Patriot announced that it had won its patent infringement lawsuit against HTC Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. HTC was found to infringe multiple claims of Patriot's '336 patent. The '336 patent is one of several patents that are part of a larger portfolio held by Patriot, known as the MMP Portfolio.
About Patriot Scientific Corporation
Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Patriot Scientific Corporation is the co-owner of the MMP Portfolio. For more information on PTSC, visit www.ptsc.com.
About the MMP Portfolio™
The MMP Portfolio includes U.S. patents as well as their European and Japanese counterparts, which cover techniques that enable higher performance and lower cost designs essential to consumer and commercial digital systems ranging from PCs, cell phones and portable music players to communications infrastructure, medical equipment and automobiles.
About Agility IP Law, LLP
Based in Menlo Park, California, Agility's attorneys specialize in intellectual property litigation, and have tried patent infringement and other IP enforcement actions in a broad range of industries, including semiconductors, software, consumer electronics, medical devices, telecommunications, nutritional supplements and footwear, to name a few. Agility represents IP owners, as well as those accused of infringement. Agility's expertise facilitates efficient and effective case management from pre-filing analysis through trial and appeal. Agility's trial attorneys are experts at distilling complex technical concepts for judges and juries. In addition to Agility's substantial trial experience in U.S. district courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Agility team is well-versed in the many forms of alternative dispute resolution, including the mediation and arbitration of intellectual property disputes. For more information, visit Agility's website at www.agilityiplaw.com.
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For many homeowners, they have been perfectly happy with their homes non-digital thermostat for decades. This leads them to become perplexed when it is suggested to them that they should upgrade to a new digital thermostat, even if they are not having their heating and air-conditioning replaced. Believe it or not, new digital thermostats are worth the upgrade, as they save home owners hundreds of dollars each year on their energy bills. This article will help to shed light on the benefits of a digital thermostat, and show how an upgrade in your homes thermostat could save you money.
The main reason that digital thermostats save homeowners money is simply due to accuracy. Digital thermostats possess precision technology that traditional thermostats cannot compete with. This means that it knows exactly what temperature it is inside your house, and is able to raise or lower the temperature in your home to the exact degree you want it. Non-digital thermostats do not possess this accurate of heating and cooling abilities, thus they can cause your system to over work, and cool or heat you home to a temperature you did not want. This overuse of energy can cause huge fluctuations in your energy bills that would not occur if you had a digital thermostat.
Another reason that digital thermostats are able to save homeowners so much money is that they are programmable. This means that you can set them to heat or cool your home to specific temperatures for different times of the day; you can also set different schedules for different days of the week, and different times of the year. Traditional thermostats do not provide homeowners this freedom, as they must be adjusted manually. With digital thermostats, you can set your system to only come on during the hours in which you are going to be home. You can even program it to turn on prior to when you will be home, so your home will have cooled/heated to a comfortable temperature by the time you get home. Programming your system in this way can save homeowners an average of ten percent on their heating and cooling bills each year.
Whether or not you are in the market for a new heating/cooling system in your home, if you still have a traditional thermostat, it would be highly beneficial for you to upgrade to a digital thermostat. Due to the precise nature in which they function, a digital thermostat will save you hundreds of dollars on your energy bills each year.


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Yesterday morning, I stepped on a very long upholstery tack that was totally rusty and disgusting. It went in so deep that I had to have someone remove it for me and it bled because it was such a deep puncture wound. It hurt like crazy but was bearable. It went in right underneath my 2nd smallest toe. The later the day went on. the more extreme the pain became. Finally at 12:30 this morning, I had to have my husband take me to the ER because it was so swollen, I couldn't stand ANY pressure on it and I had
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'Red lines' is not a good sign. Definitely see a doctor. Besides tetanus (Clostridium tetani), there is the possibility of a staph (Staphylococcus) infection, which in the blood stream could produce septicemia or sepsis.


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Portland has joined San Antonio, Denver, Charlotte, and Sacramento in the pursuit of Tyrus Thomas, with one person familiar with the situation characterizing the Blazers as "close" to finding a workable scenario. Rival execs have contradicted that account, saying the Bulls are telling them they need to sweeten their offers. Chicago is seeking a quality draft pick in addition to cap relief. Denver and Charlotte have conditional 2010 second-round picks from previous trades, and Denver also could offer a second-round pick that can be swapped with the Clippers.http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/20035997 Portland is now in the mix of T.T. Fernandez and Outlaw for Tyrus works straight-up...how ironic would it be to see Tyrus in Portland?
Dave Deckard of Blazer's Edge gives his take on the article here. While Dave rightly sticks to the line that the Blazers broke no laws in their treatment of Darius Miles, I believe the overriding issue here is that Portland used their available legal tools in a manner that can most charitably be described as unbecoming. Dave writes that Wojnarowski's column was a bit over the top, but consider the subject matter. Leaking medical information to the press, bad-mouthing a specific player to opposing GMs, attempting to claim said player off waivers to inactively stash him on the bench and sending out a league-wide email threatening to sue anyone who signs Miles is a pretty high bar for absurdity and I do not think that Wojnarowski in any way, shape or form clears it. In other words, outrage is justified and Blazers fans should thank their lucky stars that such feelings did not publicly make their way out of the league office, specifically in the form of some type of sanctions. I think the thing that is lost on most Blazers fans here is that this isn't an issue of any laws being broken, but rather one of asking what type of upside-down culture does one have to exist in to think that it would be OK to do what Kevin Pritchard did? I can think of all sorts of legal things that one could do that would not pass basic ethical standards. This isn't even a case of violating "unwritten rules"; it's simply one of a certain GM lacking anything approaching perspective when it comes to weighing his team's interests against those of a former employee.
"TORONTO — Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace said Friday night the team has signed veteran forward Darius Miles to a 10-day contract. Amid simmering controversy, the move sets the stage for Miles to continue a comeback attempt from major knee surgery and adversely affect his former team's salary cap situation in the process." Congrats to Memphis on their Pritch-slap of Portland. Keep an eye on 3 Shades of Blue and Beyond the Arc for more.
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