UFC. My Top 5 Fighters

I have not really had the chance to write a blog post on UFC before and I hope to get a few more posts up about this new sport that I have fallen in love with. So I thought it wise to start with my top 5 fighters.

5, BJ Penn – One of the original UFC legends. But that isn’t why he is in my top 5, his in my top 5 for knocking Matt Hughes out in 18 seconds!! I bloody hate Matt Hughes.

4, Anderson ‘Spider’ Silva – The man is one of the best fighters on the planet! Every time his in the octagon you expect something amazing to happen and 9 times out of 10 it does.

3, Dan ‘The Outlaw’ Hardy – The man is the best pre-fight talker (Even GSP said so) and most of the time he lives up to that talk. With his flashy red mohawk and pointy teeth gum-shield he knows how to get a crowd going. His not afraid to throw punches or receive them, making his fights some of the best!

2, Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley – Yes his not in UFC any more after that punch on Josh Koscheck (we all would of like to punch Josh Koscheck) which lead to Dana White sacking him! But he has the best left punch in the game, with some devastating knock outs! Some say it wont be long till UFC have to re-employ him if he carries on destroying opponents.

1, Brock Lesnar – What more can be said the man is a beast!!!

Razorlight……………… really?

Just a quick warning I am going to have a rant!

 

So I was being very intellectual, like I all ways am by reading *cough cough* The Sun *cough cough*.  I came across an old band (I say old, I really mean 7 years ago) that I used to love. They are know a Razorlight, you know that indie band from the “noughties”? Oh how I used to sing and dance along to their songs in my teens, being the rebel that I am not.

So any way when i saw an article on Razorlight I thought to myself “oooooooooo Razorlight, I thought they had split up” obviously happy that they had not. So what was this article going to be about? Maybe a third album? That I had wanted as a teenager after two stunning albums, or maybe a new tour so I would finally get the chance to see them live. To be fair I had the chance to see then live before at the V Festival 5 years back, but I was to busy raving to The Prodigy. Any way this had to be good news! Didn’t it?

No it was not good news!!! It seems Razorlight have some how gone and replaced three of the band members! Yes that 3/4 of the band!!!!!! How can you just replace THREE band members? Johnny Borrell’s ego it seems!! Any way that isn’t the problem, the problem is a lot smaller and some may say more trivial. The problem is with that amount of band members being replaced how can they still be called Razorlight? We all know the name Razorlight will sell more albums, no doubt about that. But change the name, your a new band!!!!

So that was my little rant of the day. That aside, I am really looking forward to listening to hopefully what will be “Razorlights” new material sometime this year.

Best mini golf shot EVER!!

I was looking for inspiration about what to restart my blog with, then out of no where this little gem appeared. Take a look, as I am sure you will click replay.

Back in the game!!

Right after what feels like years…………………. ok well maybe not years, but a hell of a long time. I am going to start BLOGGING AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

So keep your eyes open and your ears to the ground as I am back in the game!

 

Valencia

Right tomorrow night / Thursday morning I am flying out to Valencia to meet up with my girlfriend who is studying out there. I must say that Ryanair was an amazing price for flights though, from London Stansted Airport return it has cost me £12 which is a bargain!!!!!

I cant say that I know alot about the city apart from it has a football team, that are playing Barcelona the weekend I am out there. But tickets are very expensive, at €65 for the cheapest ticket so I will have to give that a miss. But apart from that all I know is that it is a city in Spain.

So I have decided I would report back monday with what I have learnt about the city and what I recommend doing. If anyone has any tips that would be great. If you would like to keep up to date with my trip though add me on twitter where I will post photos and tweets from my trip.

Sunny spain (touch wood) here I come.

HIV – The Musical

Just came across this video by Ctrl.Alt.Shift ”HIV – The Musical” which is a short film that has just been released. It is worth a watch as it’s very funny as well as informative about HIV. It stars Martin Freeman from the office. you can watch the full video here or watch it in two parts below. I hope you all enjoy this short film as much as me.

Part 1

Part 2

Spaghetti Western Orchestra, WOW!!

I was watching Later Live with Jools Holland the other night, which is a live music show on the BBC. Up popped this band The Spaghetti Western Orchestra and WOW what a band. Im not one who is really into western films but this band makes me want to get out there and start watching these films. Watch this video you wont be disappointed.

England vs Ukraine ruined by the Internet

Like every football fan in England I am shocked to hear the news that the England, Ukraine game (which is a world cup qualifying game) is only to be streamed on the internet.  Not only that it is only being streamed on the internet you will have to pay a minimum £4.99 and maybe even as much as £11.99 to watch the game.  Meaning you can not even go down to the pub with friends and support your country at its national game.  So for any normal England fan this is outrageous news.

The facts are that this game was originally meant to be show on Setanta Sports until the company went bust earlier this year. With the FA not able to control where away games are sold, the Ukraine football federation has now sold the rights to Perform.  leaving the English public to watch the game at home around the computer at http://www.ukrainevengland.com/.

There are a few thing that disappoint me about this move.  1) the game can only be brought by 1 million computers with the estimate of 2.5 million people watching. There is a population of around 51 million in England this means only 1 in 25 people are estimated to be able to watch the game.  2) people already pay for the television license, Sky and even ESPN and still we are unable to see every England football game. Leaving people now having to pay even more to watch the game on the internet.  3) Finally football and pubs go hand in hand. Be it a sunday football team playing for there local pub, to going for a for a beer with friends and watching the football on the pub television. Playing the England game on the internet will take that custom away from pubs around the country as they are unable to screen the game.

Dont get me wrong I think showing football on the internet is a great idea but dont make people pay for it and most importantly leave it on television so a wider audience can watch it. I personally love going to the pub and watching England play with my mates. Unfortunately I wont be able to do this with this game.

Overall I hope that football see this is a mistake, especial at a national football level and do not do it again. As a wise person once said we can only learn from our mistakes, and having the England vs Ukraine football game only being streamed on the internet is a huge mistake.

Shorts worth a watch!!

After doing a degree in Media Production there was one thing that i learnt about myself and that was that I loved to watch shorts. Some people may say what is the point in a short film? Well the point is they all ways leave you wanting more, be it documentary shorts or fictional shorts. So i decide to give you my top five short films to check out.

1 – The Terminal Bar, (Link to a Clip)

2 – My Uncle Paco (Link to the film in spanish though as i cant find one with English subtitles)

3 – About a Girl (Link to the film)

4 – Who Killed Brown Owl (Link to the film)

5 – Vincent (Link to the film)

So please check them out you will not be disappointed and I can promise you one of these five shorts I have shared with you will stick in your mind for a long time if not all five will do. Enjoy watching these fabulous short films.

Fifa 10 cheapest price!!!!

After hearing rumors that Fifa 2010 was going to be at a very cheap price in Asda and Tesco I decided to look into it. I had all ready pre-ordered the game from ShopTo.net for around £35 which I thought was a very good price untill I called up a friend who works in the near by Asda to myself.  He found out that the game after scanning a copy that they have ready in the stor for the release date of friday the 2nd October would only be £26.71  yes thats right £26.71!!!!!!!!!  This was also a surprise for him due to him working at the store and not even knowing of this deal.

Im not to sure on the ins and outs of this great deal Asda is doing as it seems very much under raps but word has it the deal lasts from this friday 2nd till sunday the 4th so you better all be quick.

I hope this helps people to get the game cheaper. I have now canceled my pre-order of the game and will be down Asda on this Friday.