Ballet of Violence

by Daniel Herbertson (via Sherdog)

…and ends with a three-tap symphony.

I went into this worried that Chris Lytle would come out of this fight much closer to punchy, but he still has enough wits about him to win fights with his underrated grappling. If you haven’t seen this yet, you must.

22 February 2010 • Chris Lytle Brian Foster UFC Daniel Herbertson Knee Bar

by Daniel Herbertson (via Sherdog)

…turned into an awesome rolling knee-bar attempt by Chris Lytle…

22 February 2010 • Brian Foster Chris Lytle UFC Daniel Herbertson

by Daniel Herbertson (via Sherdog)

What started as a SICK takedown by Brian Foster…

22 February 2010 • Brian Foster Chris Lytle Daniel Herbertson UFC Takedown

(via fuckyeahfighters, Sherdog)

By Daniel Herbertson

On the upside of old heroes…

I didn’t have the opportunity to watch the fights live last night. This morning I butchered a whole hog and went to get lunch at an Indian restaurant a few blocks away from my flat. I knew I still had plenty of cleaning and cooking to do (I took home about 12 lbs of pork), and didn’t know if I’d be able to make time for the fights until Monday.

As I was considering what my schedule would be, none other than SandStorm started playing through the speakers in the restaurant. I took this as a sign from the gods themselves that my schedule had already been decided.

21 February 2010 • reblog: fuckyeahfighters • Wanderlei Silva The Axe Murderer Michael Bisping UFC Daniel Herbertson

(via fuckyeahfighters, Sherdog)

By Daniel Herbertson

The downside to hero-worship is watching your hero’s eventual fall. It is very difficult to watch Nogueira get put away like this. He is certainly not done. There are plenty of good fights for him. But it’s clear he can no longer rely on his chin the way he is used to. Here is hoping the remainder of his career is healthy and glorious.

21 February 2010 • reblog: fuckyeahfighters • Antonio Rodrigo Minotauro Nogueira Cain Velasquez Daniel Herbertson UFC KO Knockout

fuckyeahfighters:

UFC 110 Weigh-In Minotauro Nogueira & Cain Velasquez

By Daniel Herbertson

I have such a hero-worship of Rodrigo Minotauro. In part because his is a fighting style I aspire to have and in part because he reminds me in many ways of (a much larger version of) my pop.

20 February 2010 • reblog: fuckyeahfighters • Antonio Rodrigo Minotauro Nogueira Cain Velasquez Daniel Herbertson

By Daniel Herbertson (via Sherdog)
This has been my Facebook doppelganger for the past week. It will remain so indefinitely.