vennetiaan was a little faster than gur but sergei rocked him with a few haymakers. those basically put gur in the center of the ring and jerrel circling the ropes. overall, a very close fight in terms of strikes but the reaction to the strikes gave gur a slight edge.

bernardo is in a huge slump. for sure. i wouldn't fire him though. i'd demote him. in other words, put him in the lower tournaments. he might get his spirit back. at the worst, he'd give the rookies a rough learning experience. he did beat gur recently, didn't he? soundly if i remember correctly.

there are a lot of fighters like sapp. what they do in the gym looks very competitive but they never put it together with a real competitor. then you get guys like andy hug who got a little roughed up by his sparring partners but took it into high, higher and highest gear for real fights.

my biggest question regarding sapp is "how the hell are they going to justify putting his ass in the osaka gp?" if you've got a reasonable answer for that let me ask another: "how the hell will they justify putting his opponent [a guy with a 0-1 record] in the osaka gp?"

xhavit has fought hoost twice before and gone the distance both times. he was very confident. the clips you saw showed him at his best but there were enough unanswered exchanges to give hoost the lead and thus the win.

carter was in heaven talking to hoost. after ernesto left carter looked at me and said "did you hear what mr. hoost said to me? this is so cool."