UFC Rankings (exiting UFC 134)

The fact is... Anderson Silva destroyed Okomi. And that's the end of that. and who really stands in the way of Anderson Silva? No one. He's beaten them all. If there's a rematch to be had it's with Dan Henderson or Chael Sonnen, both beaten by Silva. Otherwise it's the Superfight that everyone wants. George St. Pierre vs Anderson Silva.

IN other news. UFC Rio was all Brazilian fighters. They whooped ass. Biggest surprise was Noguria KO'ing Shaub. But in a way, I wasn't surprised it was by Knock out. Shaub was knocked out by Nelson.

Shogun Rua beat up Griffin. I saw this one coming too. Rua has evolved and healed. Griffin really hasn't. I think Griffin has peaked. He's not going to get any better. Yes, there I said it. I like Griffin, he's an interesting character. But he's not gonna be a champ anymore.
HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Cain Valezquez (W-T/Lesner -> Dos Santos)
2. Junior Dos Santos (W/Carwin->Valezquez)
3. Frank Mir (W/Nelson)
4. Travis Browne (W/Struve ->Broughton)
5. Antoino Rodrigo Nogueira (W/Schaub)
6. Cheick Kongo (W/Berry -> Mitrione)
7. Matt Mitrione (W/Morecroft -> Kongo)
8. Brandan Schaub (L/Nogueira)
9. Shane Carwin (L/Dos Santos)
10. Stefan Struve (L/Browne -> Berry)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Jon Jones (W-T/Rua -> Jackson)
2. Rashad Evans (W/Ortiz ->Jones/Jackson Winner)
3. Lyoto Machida (W/Couture -> ?)
4. Rampage Jackson (W/Hamill -> Jones)
5. Shogun Rua (W/Griffin)
6. Phil Davis (W/Nogueira -> Machida)
7. Kyle Kingsbury (W/Maldonado)
8. Alexander Gustafsson (W/Hamill)
9. Ryan Bader (L/Ortiz)
10. Forest Griffin (L/Rua)

MIDDLEWEIGHT

1. Anderson Silva (W-TD/Okami)
2. Mark Munoz (W/Maia -> Leben)
3. Brian Stann (W/ Santiago -> Sonnen)
4. Vitor Belfort (W/Akiyama)
5. Micheal Bisping (W/Rivera -> Miller; TUF 14)
6. Yushin Okami (L->Silva)
7. Chael Sonnen (L-TS/Silva -> Stann)
8. Rousimar Palhares (W->Miller)
9. Chris Leben (W/W.Silva -> Munoz)
10. Wanderlei Silva (L/Leben)

WELTERWEIGHT

1. George St Pierre (W-TD/Shields)
2. Nick Diaz (-> St. Pierre)
3. Carlos Condit (W/Kim -> Penn)
4. Jon Fitch (D/Penn -> ? )
5. BJ Penn (D/Fitch -> Condit)
6. Rory MacDonald (W/Pyle)
7. Diego Sanchez (W/Kampmann -> Hughes)
8. Jake Shields (L-TS/St Pierre -> Ellenberger)
9. Josh Koscheck (L-TS/St Pierre -> Move to Middleweight)
10. Jake Ellenberger (W/Pierson -> Shields)

LIGHTWEIGHT

1. Frankie Edgar (D-TD/Maynard -> Maynard)
2. Gray Maynard (D-TS/Edgar -> Edgar)
3. Clay Guida (W/Pettis)
4. Donald Cerrone (W/Oliveria)
5. Ben Henderson (W/Miller)
6. Melvin Guillard (W/Roller -> Lauzon)
7. Jim Miller (L/Henderson)
8. Anthony Pettis (L/Guida ->Stephens)
9. Dennis Siver (W/Wiman -> Stout)
10. Rafael dos Anjos (W/Sotiropoulos)

FEATHERWEIGHT

1. Jose Aldo (W-TD/Hominick -> Florian)
2. Kenny Florian (W/Nunes -> Aldo)
3. George Roop (W/Grispi -> Hioki)
4. Mackens Semerzier (W/Caceres -> Lullo)
5. Jung Chan-Sung (W/Garcia)
6. Mike Hominick (L-TS/Aldo)
7. Diego Nunes (L/Florian -> Gamburyan)
8. Tyson Griffin (W/Gamburyan -> Palaszewski)
9. Pablo Garza (W/Jabouin)
10. Josh Grispi (L/Roop -> Grice)

BANTAMWEIGHT

1. Dominic Cruz (W-TD/Faber -> Johnson)
2. Demetrious Johnson (W/Torres -> Cruz)
3. Joseph Benavidez (W/Wineland)
4. Brian Bowles (W/Mizugaki -> Faber)
5. Scott Jorgensen (W/Stone -> Curran)
6. Urijah Faber (L-TS/Cruz -> Bowles)
7. Miguel Angel Torres (L/Johnson)
8. Takeya Mizugaki (L/Bowles -> Escovedo)
9. Charlie Valencia (L/Menjivar)
10. Eddie Wineland (L/Benavidez)

UFC Rankings (exiting UFC on Versus 5)

A Great Night of Fights I must say. I enjoyed every one of them. How fast did Dan Hardy fall though? that's a big question mark for him. Take some time and rethink and re-dedicate. The Lightweight division got taken over by the WEC fighters as Cerrone and Henderson dominated their fights. They're proving that the WEC wasn't 2nd class.

HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Cain Valezquez (W-T/Lesner -> Dos Santos)
   
2. Junior Dos Santos (W/Carwin->Valezquez)
   
3. Frank Mir (W/Nelson)
   
4. Travis Browne (W/Struve ->Broughton)
5. Brandan Schaub (W/CroCop -> Nogueira)
   
6. Brock Lesner (L-T/Valezquez -> Injured)
7. Shane Carwin (L/Dos Santos)
   
8. Stefan Struve (L/Browne -> Berry)
9. Antoino Rodrigo Nogueira (L/Valezquez -> Schaub)
10. Cheick Kongo (W/Berry -> Mitrione)
    
11. Matt Mitrione (W/Morecroft -> Kongo)
    

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Jon Jones (W-T/Rua -> Jackson)
   
2. Rashad Evans (W/Ortiz ->Jones/Jackson Winner)
   
3. Lyoto Machida (W/Couture -> Davis)
   
4. Rampage Jackson (W/Hamill -> Jones)
5. Forest Griffin (W/Franklin ->Rua)
6. Shogun Rua (L-T/Jones -> Griffin)
   
7. Phil Davis (W/Nogueira -> Machida)
   
8. Kyle Kingsbury (W/Maldonado)
9. Ryan Bader (L/Ortiz)
10. Alexander Gustafsson (W/Hamill)
    

MIDDLEWEIGHT

1. Anderson Silva (W-TD/Belfort -> Okami)
   
2. Yushin Okami (W/Marquadt -> Silva)
   
3. Mark Munoz (W/Maia -> Leben)
4. Brian Stann (W/ Santiago -> Sonnen)
   
5. Vitor Belfort (W/Akiyama)
6. Micheal Bisping (W/Rivera -> Miller; TUF 14)
7. Chael Sonnen (L-TS/Silva -> Stann)
   
8. Dan Miller (L/Marquadt -> Palhares)
9. Chris Leben (W/W.Silva -> Munoz)
10. Wanderlei Silva (L/Leben)

WELTERWEIGHT

1. George St Pierre (W-TD/Shields )
2. Nick Diaz (-> St. Pierre)
   
3. Carlos Condit (W/Kim -> Penn)
   
4. Jon Fitch (D/Penn -> Injured)
   
5. BJ Penn (D/Fitch -> Condit)
   
6. Rory MacDonald (W/Pyle)
7. Diego Sanchez (W/Kampmann -> Hughes)
8. Jake Shields (L-TS/St Pierre -> Ellenberger)
9. Josh Koscheck (L-TS/St Pierre -> Move to Middleweight)
   
10. Jake Ellenberger (W/Pierson -> Shields)
    

LIGHTWEIGHT

1. Frankie Edgar (D-TD/Maynard -> Maynard)
   
2. Gray Maynard (D-TS/Edgar -> Edgar)
   
3. Clay Guida (W/Gomi -> Pettis)
   
4. Donald Cerrone (W/Oliveria)
   
5. Ben Henderson (W/Miller)
   
6. Melvin Guillard (W/Roller -> Lauzon)
   
7. Jim Miller (L/Henderson)
8. Anthony Pettis (L/Guida ->Stephens)
9. Dennis Siver (W/Wiman -> Stout)
10. Rafael dos Anjos (W/Sotiropoulos)
    

FEATHERWEIGHT

1. Jose Aldo (W-TD/Hominick -> Florian)
   
2. Kenny Florian (W/Nunes -> Aldo)
3. George Roop (W/Grispi -> Hioki)
   
4. Mackens Semerzier (W/Caceres -> Lullo)
   
5. Jung Chan-Sung (W/Garcia)
   
6. Diego Nunes (L/Florian -> Gamburyan)
   
7. Mike Hominick (L-TS/Aldo)
8. Tyson Griffin (W/Gamburyan -> Palaszewski)
9. Josh Grispi (L/Roop -> Grice)
10. Pablo Garza (W/Jabouin)

BANTAMWEIGHT

1. Dominic Cruz (W-TD/Faber -> Johnson)
   
2. Demetrious Johnson (W/Torres -> Cruz)
3. Joseph Benavidez (W/Wineland)
   
4. Brian Bowles (W/Mizugaki -> Faber)
   
5. Scott Jorgensen (W/Stone -> Curran)
6. Urijah Faber (L-TS/Cruz -> Bowles)
   
7. Miguel Angel Torres (L/Johnson)
8. Takeya Mizugaki (L/Bowles -> Escovedo)
9. Charlie Valencia (L/Menjivar)
10. Eddie Wineland (L/Benavidez)

UFC Rankings (exiting UFC 133)

As I thought, Rashad Evans has grown and matured as a fighter. Ortiz is older and slowing down. Evans controlled and dominated the Main Event and Ortiz was TKO'd in the 2nd round. Evans has solidified himself as the #1 contender to the Light Heavyweight Title.

HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Cain Valezquez (W-T/Lesner -> Dos Santos)
   
2. Junior Dos Santos (W/Carwin->Valezquez)
   
3. Frank Mir (W/Nelson)
   
4. Travis Browne (W/Struve ->Broughton)
5. Brandan Schaub (W/CroCop -> Nogueira)
   
6. Brock Lesner (L-T/Valezquez -> Injured)
7. Shane Carwin (L/Dos Santos)
   
8. Stefan Struve (L/Browne -> Berry)
9. Antoino Rodrigo Nogueira (L/Valezquez -> Schaub)
10. Cheick Kongo (W/Berry -> Mitrione)
    
11. Matt Mitrione (W/Morecroft -> Kongo)
    

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Jon Jones (W-T/Rua -> Jackson)
   
2. Rashad Evans (W/Ortiz ->Jones/Jackson Winner)
   
3. Lyoto Machida (W/Couture)
   
4. Rampage Jackson (W/Hamill -> Jones)
5. Forest Griffin (W/Franklin ->Rua)
6. Shogun Rua (L-T/Jones -> Griffin)
   
7. Phil Davis (W/Nogueira -> Injured)
   
8. Kyle Kingsbury (W/Maldonado)
9. Ryan Bader (L/Ortiz)
10. Alexander Gustafsson (W/Hamill)
    

MIDDLEWEIGHT

1. Anderson Silva (W-TD/Belfort -> Okami)
   
2. Yushin Okami (W/Marquadt -> Silva)
   
3. Mark Munoz (W/Maia -> Leben)
4. Brian Stann (W/ Santiago -> Sonnen)
   
5. Vitor Belfort (W/Akiyama)
6. Micheal Bisping (W/Rivera -> Miller; TUF 14)
7. Wanderlei Silva (L/Leben)
   
8. Chael Sonnen (L-TS/Silva -> Stann)
   
9. Dan Miller (L/Marquadt -> Palhares)
10. Chris Leben (W/W.Silva -> Munoz)
    

WELTERWEIGHT

1. George St Pierre (W-TD/Shields )
2. Nick Diaz (-> St. Pierre)
   
3. Carlos Condit (W/Kim -> Penn)
   
4. Jon Fitch (D/Penn -> Injured)
   
5. BJ Penn (D/Fitch -> Condit)
   
6. Rory MacDonald (W/Pyle)
7. Diego Sanchez (W/Kampmann -> Hughes)
8. Jake Shields (L-TS/St Pierre -> Ellenberger)
9. Josh Koscheck (L-TS/St Pierre -> Move to Middleweight)
   
10. Jake Ellenberger (W/Pierson -> Shields)
    

LIGHTWEIGHT

1. Frankie Edgar (D-TD/Maynard -> Maynard)
   
2. Gray Maynard (D-TS/Edgar -> Edgar)
   
3. Clay Guida (W/Gomi -> Pettis)
   
4. Melvin Guillard (W/Roller -> Lauzon)
   
5. Ben Henderson (W/Bocek ->Miller)
   
6. Donald Cerrone (W/Kelly -> Oliveria)
   
7. Anthony Pettis (L/Guida ->Stephens)
8. Jim Miller (W/Shalours -> Henderson)
   
9. Dennis Siver (W/Wiman -> Stout)
10. Rafael dos Anjos (W/Sotiropoulos)
    

FEATHERWEIGHT

1. Jose Aldo (W-TD/Hominick -> Florian)
   
2. Kenny Florian (W/Nunes -> Aldo)
3. George Roop (W/Grispi -> Hioki)
   
4. Mackens Semerzier (W/Caceres -> Lullo)
   
5. Jung Chan-Sung (W/Garcia)
   
6. Diego Nunes (L/Florian -> Gamburyan)
   
7. Mike Hominick (L-TS/Aldo)
8. Tyson Griffin (W/Gamburyan -> Palaszewski)
9. Josh Grispi (L/Roop -> Grice)
10. Pablo Garza (W/Jabouin)

BANTAMWEIGHT

1. Dominic Cruz (W-TD/Faber -> Johnson)
   
2. Demetrious Johnson (W/Torres -> Cruz)
3. Joseph Benavidez (W/Loveland -> Wineland)
   
4. Brian Bowles (W/Mizugaki -> Faber)
   
5. Scott Jorgensen (W/Stone -> Curran)
6. Urijah Faber (L-TS/Cruz -> Bowles)
   
7. Miguel Angel Torres (L/Johnson)
8. Takeya Mizugaki (L/Bowles -> Escovedo)
9. Eddie Wineland (L/Faber-> Benavidez)
10. Charlie Valencia (L/Menjivar)

Indoor Soccer Division Champions

2 Years was the last time that I won a championship with Steve and Sandy. That game I only played 5 minutes; 0 minutes in the first half. From that point I knew i wanted to start my own team.

Friday night was a completion of a 2 year circle. "Going Green" has became the Division D7B champions. It was a long night. It started with our supposed 6PM game time. Except the referee didn't show up. Another referee showed up 15 minutes later.
Semi-Final game was an intense physical game. We shot a lot of balls but the goalie was up to task. We executed perfect passes from the corner to take a 1-0 lead. But with less than 1 minute left in the half the other team was able to tie the game. The second half we executed another great pass from the corner and scored to make it 2-1. It was a battle and physical. but we were able to pull off the victory.

Between games, we found out that Diggers had won their game over sporting. That was good news for us. Sporting is an extremely physical team who we knew would take some cheap shots. Diggers was a team that we respected and we knew that they would be out to enjoy and have fun.

Diggers jumped ahead 1 nothing on a shot that perfectly went over my hands. Then 2-0 when I got beat high again. But less than 1 minute left, we were able to score and get 2-1 going into halftime.

So I gathered the team around and I gave them my pep talk: "Alright Green. It's one goal at a time. Lets get the game tying goal. And remember, we got Gatorade and cliff bars. And Gatorade is thirst aid." (no seriously I said this...)

The second half we took over. We quickly scored the tying goal. Then less than 3 minutes later, we took the lead, 3-2. (I think Cat assisted in both of these goals.) We traded goals again to make it 4-3. However they got a break-away and tied it up 4-4. Time ran out, and we went to overtime.

We switched ends and talked about who was playing front and back. Omar, Paco, Erin, and Jen S took over the game. I realized that our between game meal helped keep our strength up. Omar and Paco took full advantage of the open space of playing 4 on 4. Erin and Jen S backed them up. Everyone took shots and their goalie was up to task making save after save. We got lots of break-away on a tired team; we couldn't break him. After 4 minutes, we completely dominated the overtime period. Finally Omar took a pass and broke away, 1-on-1 with the goalie; he shot short side and SCORES!!! We have one our first Champion Game.

It was a hard fought game and everyone played their hardest on both sides. We got our picture taken and new shirts were handed out. It was awesome. It was great to see so many people come out and watched our game. Lots of thanks to my parents, and my wife. And there was Eric, Marissa, Mia and Marcus. And Nick came out. Also Cat's parents came as well. Tonya (who tore her ACL) came out and cheered us on. Many thanks to everyone who has supported us this season.

So things have finally come full circle. Especially for Steve, Sandy and Myself. They have been with me since the beginning. Our last title was that game so many seasons ago. Ironically Kevin was on that team too, and now he's got another title with me. But this one, This Championship, I will hold special to myself because I know I was able to make an impact and help lead this team to victory.

On to next season... and a repeat title!