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2010-08-06T11:54:00.000-07:00

UFC 117 Live Online Stream -- This coming weekend, UFC returns in Oracle Arena in Oakland, California as they are about to feature UFC 117, the battle of Silva and Sonnen.

Here's is the UFC 117 fight card:
Preliminary Bouts:

Tim Boetsch vs. Todd Brown
Rodney Wallace vs. Phil Davis
Dennis Hallman vs. Ben Saunders
Johnny Hendricks vs Charlie Brenneman
Christian Morecraft vs. Stefan Struve
Dustin Hazelett vs. Rick Story

Main Bouts:

Junior Dos Santos vs. Roy Nelson
Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida
Clay Guida vs. Rafael dos Anjos (Swing Bout)
Thiago Alves vs. Jon Fitch
Chael Sonnen vs. Anderson Silva (UFC Middleweight Champion)

No brainer of the night, Silva destroys Sonnen, Chael's body is shipped off to Somalia, Brazil up 1-Nil. Big Country with Biggest Surprise of the night, defeats JDS, America ties it up 1-1. Hughes is too old, loses one for the good guys, Almeida wins, Brazil 2-1. Clay Guida and John Fitch both pull out decisions by getting beat up slightly less than their opponent and controlling the fight, America 3-2!!!

That's my breakdown (although don't get it confused with who I'm taking in BIGTIME'S LEAGUE, gotta keep you guys guessing), that's how it is going down, USA still #1...U-S-A, U-S-A!!!

And I’m proud to be an American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘ Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.

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2010-07-26T08:44:00.001-07:00

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Loved Patriot Games, The Saint and Clear n Present Danger so Im pretty excited that Noyce is back in the drivers seat with a CIA thriller. Loving the cast. We obviously need more of Schreiber and Ejiofor in movies.Im also really liking how a woman is the central protagonist--it offers a new spin on the genre which is cool. So yeah, im looking forward to it as well. I really loved the script--hopefully it translates on film.This movie by the way will be from Columbia Pictures and is directed by Phillip Noyce.

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2010-07-14T11:27:00.001-07:00

Just got home from watching one of the best movie this month. Now, another movie is coming and it's entitled The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Are you willing to watch watch The Sorcerer's Apprentice online? Or in cinemas? Up to you. I'm going to watch this on the big screen as well!

The book is excellent, however this might be ruined if Cage stars, he seriously needs to learn how to act. Besides who can even judge this movie if one it hasn't even come out and two you havent seen the trailer and are basing your opinion biasly.

This movie, starred by Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer, Monica Bellucci, Toby Kebbell and directed by Jon Turteltaub will be up on July 14, 2010. To be able to watch The Sorcerer's Apprentice streaming online, check out your movie streaming sites.

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2010-07-12T11:09:00.000-07:00

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This looks AWESOME. It's a really cool project; taking the little clip of Fantasia and turning it into something so large scale is a 50/50 chance of having it go into train wreck mode, or having it end up being an awesome cinematic experience. So far, it looks like it's going to the latter.This movie by the way will be from Walt Disney Pictures and is directed by Jon Turteltaub.

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2010-02-05T09:45:00.000-08:00

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2009-12-09T20:09:00.000-08:00

Yay! This Saturday is the next exciting match after UFC 100! Because this December 12, 2009 is the UFC 107 live stream!

I'd bet my life Penn's going to win! Diego is good but in all honesty think Penn is better than Diego in all areas. Only thing Diego has which is better is cardio, and I highly doubt it'll be enough to derail the champ, especially at 155.

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2009-11-20T09:38:00.000-08:00

Checking out UFC 106 live stream seems hard since it's a PPV. Anyway, Forrest has not improved enough to handle a 100% healthy Ortiz. Griffin's ground and muai thai has improved, but the one thing that hasn't his boxing. Griffin still lacks KO power. The only chance he has is to is to KO Ortiz because he will not outwork Ortiz and will not be able to stop the takedowns. And I really don't see him being able to submit Ortiz from his back.

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2009-11-14T09:31:00.001-08:00

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Vera looked terrible in his last fight. If Couture wins then they can build him towards a title shot but it really hurts one of their younger fighters in Vera as he went from not looking good in one fight and then losing in his next. If Vera wins its even worse because they just signed Randy to this new contract and then he goes out and gets dominated by Nog and then loses to Vera? If he loses to Vera I dont see how they can build him up as much of anything other then a gatekeeper at that point and they certainly didnt resign him for that I would think. Im waiting for Couture vs Tito as I can see them building towards that, assuming Tito doesnt come out and get dominated by Coleman that is.

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2009-11-12T19:57:00.000-08:00

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Mayweather needed 10 rounds to beat Hatton, Pacman sent Hatton into retirement when Hatton was KTFO. Mayweather won a split decion vs De La Hoya and Pacman toyed with him, made him quit, TKO'd him and sent him into retirement.
All that said if Pacman can beat yet another world class bigger fighter in Cotto he needs to remain the best P4P and join the discusions as best P4P ever. Starting at 106 and fighing and beating champions at 140-154(hatton and de la hoya) is impressive.

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2009-10-21T09:04:00.000-07:00

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Well, as it sits right now, other than Rua it seems like nobody even has a chance against Lyoto. We'll see how it all plays out, but everyone thought Rampage would get killed by Lyoto, Evans did get killed by him, T Silvalooked downright silly. He just seems unbeatable right now. Also that would give A Silva a chance to fight for the LHW belt potentially. You're right though, having a steady LHW champ could be exciting in its own way, I just don't want the LHW division to turn into the MW division with both champs never wanting to fight. Sounds kind of weak when you think about it.

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2009-09-18T11:38:00.000-07:00

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The thing I wanna see more than a 3rd fight between Manny and Marquez is Manny vs PBF, I think it depends on what type of PBF we see in the ring, he will be rusted. But it doesnt take away from him being hard to hit, PBF doesnt try to KO his oppenents, if it happens it does.
Styles make fights, and we should all remember how much of a hard time the baby bull gave marquez for those few rounds. PBF is faster and harder to hit, not to mention Marquez getting rocked by Diaz in the 2nd rd.

I think PBF will win the fight based on Marquez age, this fight should of taken place 2-3 years ago.

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2009-08-27T09:26:00.000-07:00

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I don't really buy that Nogueira is past his prime. IMO it has more to do with the fact he is exactly the same fighter now that he was 6 years ago. The fact he is still dangerous is just a testament to how good he was 6 years ago but everyone else has caught up. I think Randy takes a pretty easy decision here with only 3 rounds.

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2009-08-25T13:57:00.001-07:00

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A prequel to the Halo story perhaps? Setting up the plot for a upcoming Halo movie or two? Jackson would like another successful trilogy under his belt I would gather. Of course, I don't really care if a Halo movie gets made, just thinking aloud. I will definitely see this in the theater.

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2009-08-16T09:18:00.001-07:00

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2009-07-08T10:51:00.000-07:00

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By the way, Lesnar has definitely improved, and I'm sure we'll see further improvement in this fight. If he has worked hard on his Sub defence, which I'm sure he will have, then there's every chance that Brock could pull off a win. He definitely had Mir rocked in their first fight. Sure on paper it looked like an easy win for Mir, finishing it in under 90 seconds, but Brock took him down twice and was laying into him with some heavy ground and pound. It was his inexperience and lack of BJJ skills, more specifically sub defence that let him down, and led him to fall into Mir's very dangerous guard. I can't see him doing the same thing again. If he can neutralise Mir's subs he could definitely pull off a victory. Saying that though, I'm still backing Mir to get a submission victory in the 2nd.

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2009-06-03T18:39:00.000-07:00

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Went to universal studio tour in Hollywood and saw the props for the movie. Tell you this huge statue of sleetak head and lots of eggs. cool

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2009-05-19T11:24:00.000-07:00

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This is the Terminator film I've been wanting to see for a while. No more time traveling! No more protecting of John or Sarah Connor. Just pure futuristic war between Tech-Com and Skynet
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2009-05-11T04:46:00.000-07:00

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2009-04-22T06:36:00.000-07:00

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2009-04-15T09:01:00.000-07:00

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2009-04-14T21:53:00.000-07:00

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2009-04-14T07:00:00.000-07:00

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2009-04-13T08:11:00.000-07:00

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2009-04-06T10:12:00.000-07:00

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Yes, that's right, I reckon Paul will become the first stop Winky. Its not as ridiculous as you might think; Winky has been inactive since July 2007, a period of 21 months. Williams has been active, is young, hungry, is willing to face anyone.

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2009-04-05T10:53:00.000-07:00

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2009-04-04T12:37:00.000-07:00

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2009-04-04T00:25:00.000-07:00

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2009-03-30T08:43:00.000-07:00

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2009-03-30T00:06:00.000-07:00

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2009-03-23T11:14:00.000-07:00

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2009-03-16T23:47:00.000-07:00

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2009-03-16T13:22:00.000-07:00

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In the film, they star as spies-turned-corporate operatives in the midst of a clandestine love affair. When they find themselves embroiled in a high-stakes espionage game, they discover the toughest part of the job is deciding how much to trust the one you love.

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2009-02-25T10:05:00.000-08:00

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Sleepy But Still Awake

2009-02-22T09:03:00.000-08:00

It's already 1:04 A.M. in my clock and I still want to watch TV. But oh well, just blogging for a second here. I feel like having a smoke, then sleep right away. Toodles!

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2009-02-08T12:46:00.000-08:00

Diego Sanchez will get a stern test in his first fight at 155 pounds. Get ready to watch UFC 95 Online Fight Video Live Stream.

Sanchez has signed a bout agreement to face Joe Stevenson at UFC 95 on February. 21 at the O2 Arena in London, more about UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson fight cards by clicking the link. Stevenson was expected to follow suit. He at his 26 of age, announced his intentions to drop down to the lightweight division in December and will enter his first fight of 2009 on a two-fight win streak.

Stevenson (29-9), the former King of the Cage and Gladiator Challenge champio, 26-year-old ground fighter has gone 6-3 in the Octagon.

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The Spirit Is Not Much Of SIN CITY

2009-01-05T00:52:00.000-08:00

This movie is line a line the only superheroes with a trademark of white-soled tennis shoes. He's also one of the only celluloid superheroes who lack any charm or charisma whatsoever. The spirit is unfortunate, considering that the film had all its cards in line to be great.

Based on a fictitious place called "Central City," "The Spirit" is is a comic film whose release is sandwiched between "The Dark Night" and the upcoming "The Watchmen." Theoretically, it should have served as an aperitif for those who can't wait for that bloody smiley-faced "New York Times"-lauded "Watchmen" to be portrayed onscreen, but it turns out "The Spirit" lacks any substance that sticks to the ribs. Despite having Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson to keep things sexy, and "Sin City" co-producer Frank Miller as a director, this film was missing something at its core.

That something is a super hero who is engaging in any way. Played by Gabriel Macht, the Spirit himself is a man mysteriously brought back from the dead who rescues dames in distress all out of his love for the city. He is a man of wandering lusts, from the diamond-loving Sand Serif (Eva Mendes) to the gifted doctor Ellen Dolan (Sarah Paulson). He even gets short of breath in the presence of the glittery, light-ray emitting allegory of death, played surprisingly well by Jaime King.
Poor Macht's main problem is that he's just not Bruce Willis. His narrative is a low-register, husky voiced string of drama and cliches, packed with masculine pomp and phrases like, "What's ten minutes in a man's life anyway?" Miller saw that it worked in "Sin City" and knicked it from that story without any trace of subtlety. But where Bruce Willis is bald and muscled and big, Gabriel Macht is boring and muscled but still boring. If Clive Owen had been cast as the Spirit, his sneering drawl might have carried the movie at least to a B-earning status. But alas, Samuel L. Jackson has to wrestle, shoot at, and attempt to cut the toes off of this guy.
"The Spirit" will go down in history as a lame version of "Sin City," but the creativity of its editing shouldn't be ignored. Adopting an old fashioned color scheme of sepia-rich tones, Central City doesn't seem to have anything inside it that isn't red, blue or brown. Outside of normal shots, simple two or three-tone shots are often added in, usually in moments of intensity. While the Spirit is running, he is reduced to a black background and a red tie. In the presence of villains, the room in which they stand often morphs while they talk, switching like a mood ring from red curtains to white shades. One of the best elements of the film is the portrayal of death as a glittery, undersea woman, painted and surrounded by light to the point that she's almost unrecognizable as actress Jaime King.
But "The Spirit" is always overambitious in its use of themes. The characters are always going underwater, getting caught in water, drowning in water ... it gets kind of precious after the first few times. Sure comic-junkies like obvious metaphors and symbols more than the average joe, but "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings" taught us all that allegories need not be contrived.

If anything, "The Spirit" is at least an interesting cultural artifact; at least cinema-philes can use it to understand just exactly how a film with great potential can end up so boring.

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