HKL's 2011 MMA Awards: The Leonard Garcia Memorial Award (Robbery Of The Year)
by Earl Montclair on Jan 4, 2012 9:00 AM EST
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It is time for us here at HKL to pass out the awards for the best and worst of 2011.
First up on the list of awards is the 2011 Leonard Garcia Memorial Award for Robbery Of The Year. Strangely enough, the man who's name appears on this award has not been chosen. So let's go to the results to see who got the nods from the HKL staff:
MDH - Diego Sanchez’s "victory" over Martin Kampmann, hands down. How does a man win a fight in which he is successful on 1 of 15 takedown attempts, gets outstruck clearly in the first two rounds and has the appearance of someone who’s face got assaulted by a wolverine? We would have to ask Chris Lee, Sal D’Amato and Mattingly William who scored this fight 29-28 Sanchez across the cards. Perhaps it was his Leonard Garcia-esque style of ambling forward, windmilling haymakers ala Lisa Simpson all while getting absolutely busted apart by crisp counters. Perhaps they though it was all blood transfer from Kampmann that occurred while Martin was shaking off 93% of Diego’s takedowns. Who knows. Hopefully the massive $160,000 FOTN bonus Dana handed out to each fighter took away some of the pain for Martin. Surely rolling around in a huge pile of money helped heal Kampmann’s non-existent wounds.
Rainer - Fighter injuries vs. Fans. This year has played host to what feels like an unprecedented number of high-profile fighter injuries and illnesses, resulting in the cancellation of some potentially tremendous fights and leaving some of the sport’s biggest stars sidelined. Brock Lesnar’s career was put on hold for the year until he returned seemingly diminished and ready for retirement. Georges St. Pierre pulled out of his fight with Nick Diaz and won’t be back until late this year, at best. Jones vs. Evans has been set and then cancelled more times than I care to remember. Up and down the cards, UFC matchmakers and hopeful fans have been confounded. Plus, I hurt my knee, leaving the world of Brazilian jiu-jitsu bereft of a brilliant rising star.
Chris - Gotta be Rashad Evans’s title shot. It’s been well over a year and a half since Rashad Evans earned his title shot in a victorious decision over Rampage Jackson. In March 2011, Jon Jones got that shot after Rashad suffered a knee injury in training. Then Jones pulled the ole’ bait and switch, after being set to face Evans this past summer. Again Evans was promised a shot after a destruction of Tito Ortiz and Jones first defense against Rampage Jackson. Once again, Rashad’s title aspirations were foiled when Jones was set to match Lyoto Machida instead. Who knows, maybe 2012 will finally be the year Evans finally gets another chance at the title or maybe not.
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1) Because if he can’t deal with Machida, he’s got no chance in hell against Jones.
2) Because I don’t like Evans.
3) I’m just messing with Chris. Evans clearly deserves a title shot with a win over Davis, considering there’s nobody else.
Evans had a bad game plan against Machida. If he were to fight him again I’m thinking he’d try to get him to the ground and grind him down, which he should be able to do.
On top of that, against Jones, Evans probably doesn’t want to go to the ground, so I don’t think that the two fights have much to do with each other.
If you are going to lie to me, then we are going to box
Ah, I spaced on Garcia vs. Phan. Also, Post-Fight Interview vs. Phan
SquishingMachine, now at HeadKickLegend.com
Don’t worry about it. Phan/Garcia 1 wasn’t eligible since the fight was in December of last year.
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by Chris Hall on Jan 4, 2012 9:53 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
shit.
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Team Captain for Ruining Your Special Night. That's what we do.
by Earl Montclair on Jan 4, 2012 11:14 PM EST up reply actions
Fight finder is your friend homie
Well, that and the edit button
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there's always...
Joe Rogan & Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan
SquishingMachine, now at HeadKickLegend.com
Nice
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by Chris Hall on Jan 5, 2012 10:37 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
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