It's been hard to read sites today, as every site features the news of Charles "Mask" Lewis Jr's untimely death. He was killed in a car accident last night in Newport Beach, CA. Policemen have reported an unnamed female passenger has survived the crash; however, they announced Mask DOA.
Charles Lewis Jr, better known to most as "Mask" was one of the founding members of TapouT clothing and was featured on their Versus reality show of the same name. RIP
The man driving the car that bumped Lewis' car has been arrested and is being held on a $1m bond. Charges of Gross Vehicular Manslaughter are being brought against him.
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Monday, BJ Penn's lawyer -Raffi Nahabedian- filed a formal complaint with the Nevada State Athletic Commission regarding the GSP "greasing" scandal. The 20 page document -yet to be released in its entirety- makes claims that St-Pierre "ingested a substance that would cause his body to become highly and unnaturally slippery during the bout..." What would that substance be? I've heard of bathing in oil and lotioning up, but ingesting something? News to me. The document goes on to request GSP, Jackson, Nurse and an "unnamed party" be fined $250,000 as well as have their licenses suspended. On top of that, they request the result be changed to a "no contest" and St-Pierre be required to "undergo a pre-bout shower to make sure no substances exist on his body." Sound like an episode of Oz to you too? Personaly, I think Baby J is asking a little too much from the Commission. If he wants another fight, then just give him one. We all already know what will happen. At this point he needs listen to Sean Sherk, "I didn't say anything about it during the fight; so I'm not going to say anything about it after the fight. If BJ thought that GSP had grease on him then he should have said something to the referee." That's him saying "leave it alone, shut up and move on" in a round about way.
Thanks Steve Cofield
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It's been confirmed, Lyoto Machida (14-0-0) will face undefeated LightHeavy Weight champ Rashad Evans at UFC 98, May 23. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson was initially offered the bout, but turned it down due to lagging injuries and feeling "over trained". If he were to have taken the fight it would have been his 3rd in 5 months.
Lyoto has a karate background and has manipulated it in a way that most fighters can't get around. He has used his skills to take out some impressive competition: Tito, Thiago Silva and Nakamura.
Rashad (9-0-1 in the octagon, 13-0-1 overall) moved through the ranks quickly after his time on The Ultimate Fighter. Most recently he got (T)KO wins over both Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin. Both are exciting fighters and I'm looking forward to watching them vie for the title.
APOLOGY ACCEPTED
Thank you Fight! for the pic
In a recent interview with The Canadian Press, referee Yves Lavigne says he "screwed up". While he says the horrible early stoppage by Ref Rick Fike did not effect his judgment to let it go after almost stopping it just after the opening bell, he does say, "I made a rookie mistake at the beginning and stopped it way too soon. I kind of restarted the fight. It wasn’t over at that point and I made the decision to look like a fool and say 'ok, keep going'."
He does acknowledge it was a mistake, he should have stopped it earlier, "I did let Mr. Sell take maybe — not maybe — I let him take a beating for absolutely nothing. So I didn’t do my job properly." It is a mistake he is bound and determined to not let happen again. " screwed up and I’m going to learn from it and try not to do it again. … I’m going to make sure not to do it again."
In his defense, Lavigne is normally a great ref, and one of few, who normally makes the better calls. It was an off night or something. Maybe he saw something the rest of us didn't in Sell. According to Sell "I want always to be given the chance to fight back, not matter what. I thought he did good with that. ... I want any referee that judges the fight to always give me the benefit of the doubt that I'm always willing to fight." Sounds a bit like KOS after his last fight. Honestly though, the refs are there for the fighter protection. They are trained to step in when a fighter 1. taps (verbally or physically) 2. is not or cannot intelligently defend him/herself 3. is brought to submission by another opponent.
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