Alistair Overeem defeated Brock Lesnar at 2:26 of the first round by TKO (strike). Congratulations Overeem! what an impressive first round victory over Brock Lesnar. Overeem, underdog on eyes of many US MMA fan, totally demolished superstar Lasnar. With this victory Overeem will face Junior Dos Santos for the UFC heavy weight championship title. Surprisingly, Lesnar announced his retirement from MMA. Let's give a big hand to Lesnar for putting up this show and his short lived but exciting presence in MMA.
I was searching for html code or any widget that can show a list of all my blog posts/entries in a my blogger page. Eventually, Google search returned me a post "Listing Post Titles In Alphabetical or Chronological Order"by Blogger Sentral. Wow! this is exactly I was looking for...If you are looking for table of content (TOC) for your blog, click here and follow the tutorial... Here's how it looks like. Blog Entries Acknowledgement: My sincere thanks goes to Blogger Sentral.
This is a perfect example of one dimensional fight i.e., striker vs grappler. Alistar Overeem is a well decorated kickboxer. He is K1 2010 World Grand Prix champion and considered one of the best striker in heavyweight division. On the other hand, Fabricio Werdum is Brazilian Jiu-Justu Black Belt. He is a two time Brazilian Jiu-Jutsu World Champion, two time ADCC World Heavyweight champion and European Jiu-Jutsu champion. Despite of both fighter's outstanding achievement in their respective game, they could not bring excitement on the ring. Most of the MMA fan do not enjoy such one dimensional fight. This fight is exactly a showcase of how fighter can not finish fight decisively if they rely only on either striking or submission. Hope to see more well rounded fight from Oveereem in his upcoming fight with Brock Lesnar...
MMA legend, Antoni Rodrigo Nogueira was submitted for first time in his MMA carrier (33-7-1; Win-Loss-Draw) by Fran Mir in UFC 140 rematch. In the early frist round, Nogueira lands elbow, big knees followed by right and left straight and dropps Mir! Mir escapes choke by Nog and able to secure arm lock. Mir cranks Nog's arm but Nog won't tap. Finally, at 3:38 min of the first round Nog's arm breaks giving Mir win by submission.
I injured my right pinky (little/small finger) while practicing judo on Tuesday 6th September evening. It didn't hurt and I even didn't realize my injury except slight discomfort. I finished my training as usual and then hop into driver seat of my car. I suddenly felt something strange on my right hand grip while trying to hold steering. Only at this point, I realized that my pinky is snapped and dropped downward. I tried to make it straight but it wasn't moving anymore. My first thought was, it just bent due to the pressure and eventually straighten back after some time. I didn't bother much. Just wrapped with first aid tape to keep it straight. Next day, I woke up late and went to college right after my lunch. I had to teach soil mechanics lab. There I mentioned about my injury. Immediately, one of my student, Gijsbers Devon, told me that this a common injury and can be fixed with splint. She recommended me to keep my finger straight all the time and go to Walgreen to buy splint. Unfortunately, Walgreen salesmen told me that they don't carry any such splint. I thought ok...and decided to visit doctor next day. Following the morning, I went to NMSU Student Health Center. Nurse checked my finger thoroughly and refer to technician for X-ray. She diagnosed it as a "mallet finger" and gave me plastic splint to wear immediately. And, asked to come back tomorrow to visit doctor. Next day, on Friday, 9th September, doctor told me that I need a surgery if I want to make my finger straight. Oh, no...I was worried at this point, especially about surgery procedure, recovery time, and expenses for whole procedure etc. But, I had no choice. I wanted to heal perfectly without odd looking finger. Doctor, recommended me to Las Cruces Orthopedic Center for surgery.
I found this documentary while searching United Healthcare Insurance Policy. Four years ago, United Healthcare denied my claim which I treated in Campus Health Center at New Mexico University. Recently, I am treating my mallet finger injury from Judo training. I visited orthopedic at El Paso because of a referral from NMSU Health Center. Now, I guess United Healthcare is trying to deny my claim. They sent me several paper works including verification of my enrollment (obviously they know, I am a Teaching Assistant and part of my premium is paid by NMSU), name of the doctor and hospital I visited within one year, and so on... What a crazy! I have been paying premium to this company for six years and they never asked me anything at all. Now, when time came to pay back for my injury, they are making all sort of drama to avoid paying back... Anyway, this is my side of story. And, what I found is, there are so many people suffering from crappy insurance policy...Check this documentary for more information.
In Sick Around the World, FRONTLINE teams up with veteran Washington Post foreign correspondent T.R. Reid to find out how five other capitalist democracies -- the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland -- deliver health care, and what the United States might learn from their successes and their failures.
When you caught in choke or joint lock in MMA or grappling match, it is always wise to tap out rather than showing yourself tough. Failing to tap out could result broken bone, torn ligaments, pass out, and bump in sport carrier. Here are the three top reason why not tapping is dumb. 1. Broken Bone and Torn Ligaments 2. Choke Out/ Pass Out 3. Carrier Bump 1. Broken Bone and Torn Ligaments Broken bone or torn ligament are painful and its effects could last through out your life. Here is a video why you need to tap out.
2. Choke Out/ Pass Out There is a famous saying "tap out or pass out". Constriction in neck area prevents blood/oxygen circulation to the brain resulting temporary pass out/unconscious. Lack of oxygen/blood to the brain could have potential to cause moderate to severe brain cell death leading to permanent loss of neurological function (Fainting Game: Wikipedia). So be sure to tap out before lights go out.
Severe injury such as fracture or broken bone or torn ligament keep you away from sport temporarily or sometime permanently. So, always play smart. In fact, tapping out during submission makes you winner because you can come back to fight next day to win.
News Update: Legendary MMA fighter and submission specialist, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will be out of the fight for at least nine months due to his broken arm. This injury could potentially end fighting carrier of Nogueira.
Scientists from Japan and Russia have claimed that the extinct woolly mammoth could be cloned from the bone marrow that were found well preserved in a thigh bone recovered from permafrost soil in Saiberia.
According to AFP report on Saturday, teams
from the Sakha Republic's mammoth museum and Japan's Kinki University
will launch fully-fledged joint research next year aiming to recreate
the giant mammal, Japan's Kyodo News reported from Yakutsk, Russia.
By
replacing the nuclei of egg cells from an elephant with those taken
from the mammoth's marrow cells, embryos with mammoth DNA can be
produced, Kyodo said, citing the researchers. The scientists will
then plant the embryos into elephant wombs for delivery, as the two
species are close relatives, the report said.
Securing nuclei with an undamaged gene is essential for the nucleus transplantation technique, it said. For
scientists involved in the research since the late 1990s, finding
nuclei with undamaged mammoth genes has been a challenge. Mammoths
became extinct about 10,000 years ago. But the discovery in August of the well-preserved thigh bone in Siberia has increased the chances of a successful cloning.
Global
warming has thawed ground in eastern Russia that is usually almost
permanently frozen, leading to the discoveries of a number of frozen
mammoths, the report said.
