Reminder: Two Socially Awkward Men Fight Tonight

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The Moosin: Gods of Martial Arts fight between former UFC heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia (25-6) and "World's Strongest Man" Mariusz Pudzianowski (2-0) is a go for tonight in Worchester, MA. Butterbean likely slept like a big fat baby last night knowing that the main event of his promotion's show tonight finally received official approval, despite it being a major mismatch.

Both fighters have each had their share of facepalm moments.

You may recall the fabled story about Tim crapping his pants during his UFN 3 fight with Assuerio Silva, which he later confirmed in various interviews. Seriously, though? Who admits something like that? I'd deny it to the grave and play the stain on my shorts off as butt sweat or Xyience.

Although a lot less embarrassing than Tim's story, for his part Mariusz spent 19 months in jail for assault in 2001. According to the "The Dominator," the incident was a misunderstood case of him "standing up for a smaller guy in trouble" even though he was accused by the victim of beating him up and stealing his gold chain.
-Cage Potato

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is this televised??

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Originally Posted by capitalB

is this televised??

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On pay-per-view yes..

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You can tell a lot about an athlete by how he responds to a tough loss. You can certainly tell a lot about Tim Sylvia by the way he has responded to his tough loss to Fedor Emelianenko two years ago. And if you're a fan of Sylvia's (which I once was), he's telling you something about himself that you'd probably rather not know.

We'll find out a little more about Sylvia when he fights former World's Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski on Friday night, but for now I'm more interested in what we found out Thursday when Sylvia stepped on the scale for the weigh-in at 305 pounds.

Basically, what we found out is that Tim Sylvia is a man who doesn't care enough to get into shape, a man not willing to put in the work to be the best, a man who would rather fight inexperienced opponents in freak shows than push himself to the point where he'd be fighting at a championship level again.

Sylvia actually wrote on Twitter that he's lost about 25 pounds, which he may think is an accomplishment but is in reality an indictment: So he once weighed 330?

That's about 70 pounds more than he would weigh if he really wanted to be the best fighter he could be. When Sylvia last successfully defended the UFC heavyweight title, at UFC 65, he weighed in at 262.5 pounds. When he beat Andrei Arlovski at UFC 61 he weighed in at 258.5. When he beat Arlovski at UFC 59 you could actually see some definition in his upper body.

If Sylvia cared he'd still be a muscular 260-pounder. Instead he's a flabby 305-pounder.

Maybe you think I'm being too hard on Sylvia here, and that judging a fighter by how he looks or how much he weighs is the wrong approach.Maybe you think the fact that Sylvia beat Jason Riley by first-round TKO in his most recent fight is evidence that Sylvia is on the comeback trail.

But if you're wondering how big an accomplishment it is to TKO Jason Riley, consider that in Riley's most recent fight, against a 13-7-1 fighter named Devin Cole, he got TKO'd in 14 seconds. And I don't even want to get into Sylvia's nine-second knockout loss to Ray Mercer last year.

I'll be watching Sylvia vs. Pudzianowski on Friday night, and I'll be hoping to see some signs that Sylvia, at age 34, wants to be a great fighter again. But I'm not very optimistic. I think Sylvia has shown us with his physique that he's done trying to be great.
By Michael David Smith

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Originally Posted by Boanerges

On pay-per-view yes..

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lol they expect people to pay for this?

FAIL

It will be interesting to see how many viewers it gets. I am not watching it but I am keeping up with the live blog. The only fight I am interested in really seeing on the whole card is Tim Sylvia vs. Mariusz Pudzianowski. But i don't want to see it so bad as to pay for it. It will be on youtube I am sure for free at some point...

A huge ovation for Pudzianowski from the fans while Sylvia is roundly and loudly booed. Both the Polish and American national anthems were played before the fight, with the crowd singing along to both. This is an awesome atmosphere.

Round 1: Sylvia jabs Pudzianowski early. Pudzianowski shoots in, grabs a leg. He takes Sylvia down to a huge ovation. Sylvia gets right back to his feet though. Pudzianowski holds him against the cage and throws a few knees. Sylvia circles free and lands a knee of his own. Pudzianowski stuffs him against the cage. Sylvia rocks Pudzianowski with a right. Pudzianowski's bleeding from an elbow now. Sylvia asserting himself now with long jabs and an occasional right. Sylvia with a clinch and a knee. Pudzianowski looks exhausted with 1:20 left. Sylvia throws him down with :45 left. He moves to side control with :15 remaining, then postures up. Pudzianowski lasts the round. MMA Fighting scores it for Sylvia, 10-9.

Round 2: Sylvia with knees to the body and face in the opening seconds. Pudzianowski took both. Sylvia with some leg kicks. Not looking good for Pudzianowski, who goes down seconds later. Sylvia immediately moves to side control, then takes the crucifix and rains down punches until ref Herb Dean stops it.

Winner: Tim Sylvia via TKO, round 2

YouTube - Tim Sylvia vs Mariusz Pudzianowski Moosin MMA

That is prolly the sorriest fight ive seen in a long time. Wow Timmy won and he still looked horrible.