The Outsiders' Edge

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Speaking of the UFC, their latest pay-per-view UFC 97: Redemption occurred last Saturday in Montreal, Quebec. Quite simply, the main event between Anderson Silva and Thales Leites was horrendous to watch. Leites decision to take Flair flop after Flair flop in an effort to entice Silva to grapple with him on the ground was a terrible strategy. Anderson Silva didn’t do viewers any favors by deciding to go Quaker and abstain from any meaningful combat  It is clear that Anderson Silva is pissed off at the UFC over the lack of current talent in the middleweight division and how the UFC wouldn’t let him partake in a boxing match against Roy Jones Jr. Now, I understand why UFC wouldn’t let Silva fight Jones and I don’t see that situation being rectified anytime soon, however I may have a prescription for the middleweight division’s current predicament:

Silva  has totally cleaned out the middleweight division and is tired of chumps like Cote and Leites bring thrown in front of him. I know Damian Maia has nice ju-jitsu but there is no way in hell he will  be able to get Anderson Silva to the mat. Besides Maia there are not many intriguing matchups for Silva at 185. I presume the Bisping-Henderson winner at UFC 100 may get a title shot, but we pretty much know how that is going to end. This may be a long shot, but I think the only matchup that could spice up the middle weight division is if Wanderlei Silva is given an expedited title show. I think a victory over Rich Franklin at their catchweight fight at UFC 99 in Germany and one more victory at 185 over a Nate Marquardt-type should be enough for a title shot. Wnaderlei and Anderson are two of the greatest strikers in MMA history and have so much in common between their shared last names, Brazilian heritage, PRIDE background, and striking power. Hell, we’ve seen Brock Lesnar receive a title shot due to a single win over Heath Herring, there is no reason UFC can’t afford Wanderlei the same privilege.

Wanderlei Silva: The savior of the middleweight division.

If my Wanderlei scenario doesn’t take place, its more likely that Silva’s next fight will take this fall in the light-heavyweight division against a Keith Jardine/Rampage type, followed by an early 2010 super-fight between the Spider and Google search favorite GSP. That would be an incredible event, and much more competitive than GSP’s thrashing of BJ Penn in the last UFC “super-fight”.

Besides the Leities/Silva debacle, UFC 97 will hopefully be remembered as Chuck Liddell’s last dance. The Iceman suffered his fourth loss in five fights, as well as his third devastating knockout in fourth fights. Chuck’s skills have clearly diminished, as evidenced by his slower reaction times and his weaker chin. Now, the punch by Rashad Evans that knocked him out at UFC 88 was hard enough to knock out a baby elephant. However, the punch that Shogun Rua threw to knock Chuck out at UFC 97 would not have knocked out circa-2005 Iceman. I’m going to have more to say about Chuck Liddell in just a little bit.

Massive head shots and shots of Grey Goose have caused the Iceman's career to come to an end.

Now, the main focus of this article is the premiere of The Outsiders Edge Hall of Fame. The OEHOF will be limited to professional wrestlers and mixed martial artists for now. I’m sure we will be adding an LPGA wing at some point in time. Saint and I will decide on the entrants, and we will be welcoming new people into the hall every few months. There really is no set criteria, just that the entrant entertained their fans and was good at their job.

One person who will not be entering the hall of fame is that piece of human trash Tito Santana. Tito’s camp had confirmed an interview request for my radio show. I thought everything was fine until two days before the show when I got an e-mail from his totally incompetent assistant asking me to call Tito to setup the interview, which was strange because his same idiotic assistant had told me two weeks prior that the freaking interivew was confirmed. So I called Tito’s house.

His wife was kind of nice, she informed me Santana wasn’t home at the time and gave me a phone number to get in touch with him. So I called and Tito answered. I was on the phone for not 30 seconds before Tito told me he was no longer interested in partaking in the interview because he did not want to have to go through the effort of actually dialing into the radio show. What??????????????????????? Are you on crack? Hey you Mexican moron how in the living hell did you expect that an interview on a radio show would take place? Did you think I was going to stand outside of your motherfucking house with a megaphone and record the interview as you screamed back at me from your front porch? Seriously, how fucking important do you think you are Tito Santana? You were a total jobber, took more steroids than a cancer patient, spoke worse English than a Holiday Inn maid and currently wrestle on weekends as a way to support your middle school teaching career and beauty salon business. Who the hell do you think you are? I’ve had interviews with stars like Bret Hart, current ROH World Champion Jerry Lynn, Frank Shamrock, and JJ Dillon. Those guys are all 100x the star you’ll ever fucking be yet you have the goddamned nerve to to renege on an interivew with me because you aren’t fucking interested in dialing ten goddman numbers into your motherfucking phone and talking to me? You sir, are a piece of human shit. I thought most wrestlers actually respected their fans. I was wrong. Turns out I shouldn’t have been that surprised by Tito’s douchebaggery. Check out this extract of an article from the New York Times:

“The match lasted 15 minutes, with Kodiak pulling every dirty trick in the book, including a head butt to the groin — totally illegal, as the crowd pointed out. Somehow, when things looked darkest, Tito pulled himself off the canvas, bounced off the ropes, and with that flying forearm, stunned and then pinned his opponent, jumping to his feet to the ding, ding, ding of the final bell, and shouting his signature victory cry, “Arriba!”

In “The Wrestler,” Mickey Rourke is so spent after a match, he collapses from a heart attack.

After this match, Mr. Santana said: “I didn’t break a sweat. I don’t work that hard anymore.”

You don’t work that hard anymore Tito? You don’t even sweat? Yet you want fans to spend their hard earned dollars to come to independent shows, cheer during your matches, buy your shitty book, and pay ten dollars for a signed picture of you from 1995? I’m sure 95% of the old wrestlers on the Indy scene don’t give that much of a shit about their performances anymore, however they aren’t stupid enough to actually come out and say it. The way you were a total dick on the fucking phone with me and the way you publicize about how you fuck around in the ring anymore shows me that you could give a complete rat’s ass about professional wrestling, and your fans. Tito, if you really feel this way I encourage you to stop wrestling, stop selling your stupid book and signed pictures, and shut down your fucking website so fucking radio people like me don’t promote an interview with you for two fucking weeks before you decide to go all fucking big-shot on me and cancel the interview because you don’t have the fucking mental capacity to dial a goddamn phone.

Two months ago Jerry Lynn told me that he busts his ass in the ring whether 6 people or 60,000 people are in the stands. He was also nice enough to pick up fucking phone and dial the goddman number, like you have to do during all radio interviews. Jerry wrestles every single week of the year and is the current Ring of Honor World Fucking champion. (PS check it out here: Elevation Radio with Jerry Fn Lynn)  Tito Santana, you on the other hand are a fucking leecher who is as deserving of a spot in the WWE Hall of Fame as Chris Benoit is of Parenting Magazine’s Hero of the Month award. You are a piece of shit and I hope your goddamned career ends soon and that your beauty salon goes to hell. Fuck you Tito.

Notable cunt Tito Santana

Wow. That got out of hand quickly. Alright let me get back to the Hall of Fame. I spewed quite a few f-bombs there, so who better to be the first inductee to the UFC Hall of Fame than Mr. Dana White:

Dana White: The vulgar first inductee into the OE Hall of Fame.

Dana White: President of the UFC.

Dana White is a marketing genius who has transofrmed the UFC from a taboo, anything goes, back water sport into a billion dollar industry that has started to gain mainstream acceptance. Yes, he can be rude. And he says fuck, and bitch, and faggot alot, but the guy is an absolutely brilliant man and the face of the company. From the Ultimate Fighter to the Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock feud to the mainstream recognition of guys like GSP, Randy Couture, and Chuck Liddell, Dana White has turned the UFC into a dynamic brand and pay-per view business that has killed boxing and is causing a slow death of the WWE. The sport would never be where it is without Dana, and Mr. White is a fucking genius and extremely appropriate first inductee into the Outsiders Edge Hall of Fame.

The Iceman celebrates at being named to the OEHOF

Chuck Liddell: Career Record 21-6. Defended UFC Light Heavyweight Title 4 Times. Notable Wins over: Wanderlei Silva, Randy Couture (2x), Tito Ortiz (2x), Alstair Overeeem

Yes, I know there are probably fifteen other guys who are far more deserving inductees that Chuck Liddell. However, none of them retired last Saturday so the Iceman is on my mind. His signature Mohawk and awesome striking ability made Chuck Liddell the most recognizable figure in UFC history. He has also been pretty damn dominant as a customized created character in my copy of Fire Pro Wrestling. Liddell is the only legitamite mixed martial artist to grace the cover of ESPN the Magazine. Kimbo Slice doesn’t count. Chuck is a hard partying dude who is almost as known for his conquests on the Las Vegas strip as he is in the Octagon. He created such a perfect cool guy image for himself and made the UFC into an almost Executive Club for sports fans and the place people want to be. Is Chuck’s career officially over? Who the hell knows? I know what Dana White is saying but Liddell still wants to fight and we’ve seen tons of athletes from Couture to MJ put the nail in their careers only to venture back into the game a year later. Chuck Liddell only fought the best competition and is the proud second member of the Outsiders Edge Hall of Fame.

Tune back later for more inductions and don’t be afraid to follow SJX and I around on Twitter. You can find those links on the right side of the page under the blogroll section. Also Fuck you Tito Santana.