2-0 for Team Colosseum, boom
12 Oct 2009 11:55
Star Date:..... yeah right... GEEK!
Anyway, what a weekend!
2-0 for Team Colosseum, boom!
We had two guys fighting on the new Fight Ikon show in Bolton. I've mentioned Fight Ikon before. It's Bolton's first MMA show and was promoted by Darren Sherlock at Salford Fight Factory. Got to say Darren did well. A excellent show by all accounts. I'm sure there were the usual challenges (I'll tell you about 1 in a minute), but essentially the show ran smoothly and was a pleasure to be involved in and watch. You should be able to check it out on www.p4tv.com very soon.
First up was Sam Fergusson facing off against Scott McLellan. Scott fights out of Dec Williams camp, Team Warriors Elite and had a few fights under his belt. Similar experience to Sam, but more mature at 32. No disrespect to Scott, but the fight was complete domination from Sam. Sam dropped Scott twice in the first 10 second of the fight, both from head kicks... a left and a right. Sam then threw some shots and owned the sta...
Very poor form by the Team Elite fighter. As you mentioned, it shows a complete lack of class and respect for his opponent. Whether you're a TUF fan or not, one of the very good things to come out of the 10 series so far is to highlight just how difficult it can be sometimes to make weight. Some fighters can do it easily, most though struggle especially dropping those final few pounds leading up to weigh in. It is an unwritten rule that a fighter should try everything he can to make the cut, knowing that his opponent will be doing the same.
A question for you. If you saw the other fighter busting his ass to make weight right up until the deadline and he came in more than just a few grams over (say a couple of pounds) would you have advised your guy to fight anyway? I'm guessing it have been easier to say yes in that situation because the guy was at least trying as opposed to blatantly refusing and instead giving himself an advantage by taking on fluids and getting rehydrated before the deadline had even passed.
The short answer is yes.
Although I'd prefer the opponent to hit the weight, a few hundred grams aren't going to make that much of a difference and Tommo was itching to fight. The real issue was that with 45mins left to cut, he just stopped and said that's all he was doing. If he had put on a sweat suit and skipped, jogged or shadowboxed for 45 mins, then weighed in. We would of taken the fight.
Instead he just guzzled gatoraid
I've heard people say he misjudged the cut. Which I understand, but again... that didn't stop him using his last 45mins. The only thing that did was him. He wasn't man enough to keep it going and didn't think he owed his opponent the respect of at least trying to keep up his side of the contract
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