The A-Team

All I can say was that this movie was worth the wait. It was really nostalgic to hear the original A-Team theme bein' played over and over in the movie.

Hannibal was well played by Qui-Gon Jinn Liam. A leader he definitely was , just like George Peppard. But here, instead of bein' 4 Vietnam vets, they're Iraq vets! Oh the times they are a-changin'!

Face(Bradley Cooper) was a comic relief(remember The Hangover?) and Jessica Biel was hot! Plus I somehow knew that the original Face Peck(Dirkk Benedict) was the other guy who was doin' a tan and Cooper asked him, "How do you protect your face?". Or somethin' to that effect.

And I can't recall Murdock(Sharlto Copley) bein' that crazy. But at least he flies a good chopper! The real Howlin' Mad Murdock(Dwight Schultz) also made a cameo by playin' Murdock's neurologist. I understand that George Peppard can't make a cameo because he's dead, but why didn't Mr.T make a cameo too?

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson just somehow barely pulled off playin' BA Baracus. For one, he's virtually a Hollywood movie virgin. And secondly, he didn't make a clear effort imitating the bad-ass accent that Mr-T has and instead, opted to carry a Memphis, TN accent. Man he didn't even get to say, "I ain't gettin' in no plain fool!" Sacha Baron Cohen did a better job impersonating BA Baracus in Ali G In The House, or some other Sacha movie.

All in all, I give this movie a 4 out of 5 stars. I was expecting a floppish(if there's such a word) remake. But this one clearly exceeds expectations!

Yuri Foreman VS Miguel Cotto

I really didn't know that the Yuri Foreman-Miguel Cotto fight was goin' down 'till I saw the fight before the main event.

In all honesty, I didn't give a rat's ass about all the undercards. I just wanted to see how Cotto would fare at super-welterweight(his true weight class) after Pacman demolished him at welterweight. Plus I'm also curious as to how the taller Foreman would match up stylistically because I'm still kinda' in the dark with regards to his fighting style.

In all fairness, Foreman was pretty good. In fact, he was better than pretty good. He was actually picking Cotto apart for a couple of rounds. He was quick for his size, with impressive footwork to boot!

Unfortunately, Foreman slipped and somehow sprained his ankle in the 7th. His knee was sorta' damaged to begin with because he was already wearing this knee brace for the fight. So the pitiful Foreman hobbled miserably while the rejuvenated Cotto just capitalized.

In round 8, Cotto just continued to brutalize the limping Foreman, which prompted Yuri's corner to throw in the towel(the 1st I've seen since Apollo Creed's corner threw in the towel during the Ivan Drago fight).

But there was no quit in Foreman. Just as we thought the fight was about to end, it resumed because Foreman said so! Unfortunately, the fight was stopped by the referee in round number 9.

End result: Cotto via TKO(referee stoppage)

UFC 114 (post-fight analysis)

I really didn't get to watch the preliminary undercards, but I've heard that Luiz Banha Cane lost to France Cyrille Diabaté. For you giblets not in the know, Cane I think was the person that sent Sokodjou packing from the UFC. He was stupid enough to leave it to the judges' scorecards.

I also didn't get to watch Amir Sadollah vs. Dong Hyun "Stun Gun" Kim and the Efrain Escudero vs. Dan Lauzon matches. Boooo!

The only preliminary undercard that I got to view was the one shown on PPV, the Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard VS Waylon Lowe match. Greg Jackson's camp really does wonders for any fighter, especially for Melvin. I realized with Melvin that any dangerous striker with decent take-down defense would kill anyone. Wrestling with all the Greg Jackson wrestlers sure paid dividends for Guillard. And I liked him calling out Li'l Heathen after the fight. WAR GUILLARD!

Now the first main card fight was really an upset. I knew Hathaway was a sleeper, but was foolish enough not to bet on him. His long reach and height was the difference. Diego "The Nightmare" Sanchez wasn't fast enough to get inside Hathaway's pocket, therefore was constantly peppered with counters. Poor Diego. His skills are declining I believe while young up-and-comers like Hathaway are increasing their skills exponentially.

Second stop was the Todd Duffee-Mike Russow fight. Now if there was such a thing as a freak KO, this was it. First time that I've seen anything like it. Even color-commentator Joe Rogan said that it's the strangest KO that he has seen in over a thousand fights. Todd was peppering Mike Russow from the 1st 'till the 3rd round, 'till he got caught. Mike Russow gave a right hook, or overhand, which hit Duffee's temple, sending him to the canvass. He was even complaining to the ref that he wasn't out, when he was! His arms stiffened. I saw it. Time to end it.

3rd main card fight of the night was the Dan Miller (Miller Time!) and Michael Bisping bout. I was pulling for Miller, and he technically looked good standing up with Bisping. Now Miller has a better ground game than Bisping. Problem was that he couldn't take Bisping down. Another mistake was that he kept on circling towards Bisping's power right, so he ate a lot of it, costing him some points (or rather, earning Bisping some points) from the judges. In the end, Bisping won the UD.

The co-main event was also quite entertaining. Jason Brilz just stepped in on 4 week's notice as a late replacement for Forrest Griffin against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Minotauro's younger twin bro). This fight was the first time that I saw someone doin' the crucifix on another fighter (you only get to see this shit in WWE or something). Rogerio crucifixed Brilz and was hammer-fisting his face.In all fairness, Brilz did a good job and seemed to put the pressure on Rogerio and seemed to win it all. But Nogueira's name won him the fight via split-decision. It's very controversial, especially if you look at fightmetric.com. All the shots landed, plus octagon control stats are there.

Now for the main event, it was the opposite of what Shad and Page said they would do to each other. Rampage seemed flat-footed, while Rashad was just cat-quick. I believe that due to all the explosiveness and plyometric training that Rashad was doing, he maybe just as fast as Lyoto Machida, or even faster! Stupid Rampage, didn't finish him off when he had the chance in the 3rd round, which had me screaming hysterically. Shad was clearly on queer street, but Rampage didn't capitalize and instead, just jumped around like a fool. I thought the Rampage pick was a lock. Now I only got the Nogueira pick right! What a douche...

Rakista Jam (Goodbye Dayo Bar Gig)

I'm sad to say this, but Dayo bar is now gone with the wind. I really didn't know how to react when Ridz (a.k.a. "Rakista.com Mastermind) texted me about the last gig at Dayo. I mean, Dayo Bar itself evokes a lot of memories from my wasted mind. My first Rakista Jam was here at Dayo. I was fucking devirginized by this bar when it comes to Rakista Jams.

This place was also where I first met most of the online members. We would slug it out in the chat room and stuff. But here inside the bar, we were all friends. All tensions are gone when in this bar.

Well enough of the reminiscing. Let's get it on with the usual stuff...

I arrived at Dayo, dripping in blood, err sweat. Now once inside, my sweat just multiplied exponentially! That's one of Dayo's flaws. The poorly ventilated interior. Man I can't even sometimes stand to hang out in Rozmic's corner (the usual one that they sit at by the back door entrance) even if there's an electric fan blowin' at us. I always tend to stand by the door.

Of course, some familiar faces were once again met, like Mikki, Allan, Bochok (w/Bikwa), Chang, Dixx, Ichie (skipping emceeing duties, hehe!;)), Flare(I forgot her name, but Allan introduced us a long time ago, told 'ya I'm not good at remembering names!), Ridz (who didn't look that busy), Ehmz and her friend Van(who I'm not really close with), JC and Riez, Banban(or something like that, from the Smart Text Clan), Yummy Dingding, "the other guy with the camera(I have a feeling that he's the co-founder of Rakista.com or somethin')", Mac(kod), Tseng (from the MIddle East), Mika (akim) and Tim (Rivermaya sessionist), and many many more(sorry if my memory lapses sometimes)!

And special mention to for we all have witnessed the return of Jay (a.k.a. "brutaljhay"). The only pulutan that I ate during that gig was from him, a pack of cornick named "Karoke" (with a singing bee or something singing in a karaoke, hence, "karoke"). I wonder where Lexxie is, hehehe!

Intolerant rocks!! Sorry, couldn't pass up on that one.

Hopefully, Ridz and company get to find another bar that's just as accessible as Dayo. I will miss that bar so much.

Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time

All the hype was worth the wait. I guess it would've been better if I've watched this in 2.7D. But even if it was just in plain old 2D, I still enjoyed every single moment of the film.

For one, I feel quite nostalgic just reading the title of the movie. I bore witness, and played the 1st installment of this game waaay back in the day, when PC monitors could handle mostly white and gray colors only. Now it's on Blu-ray! (just kiddin'!)

Another thing that made me enjoy this movie quite a lot was the "parkour-like" moves that Jake Gyllen-ho was pulling off. I mean, just the sight of the young Dastan (Gyllenhaal)jumping off of roofs and walls evoked memories of Banlieu 13 (the ultimate parkour movie).

Now on to the celebrity sightings...

I liked Alfred Molina (one of my personal favorites) and his acting chops. Same thing with Sir Ben K!

I swore that Persia's eldest prince named Tus (Richard Coyle) was played by the same guy who played Eomer (Karl Urban) in Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers. Turns out otherwise, thanks to IMDB.

And oh! I loved Tamina's cleave shot! I knew she was the same girl who played the "girl guide" to Perseus in Clash Of The Titans (the recent one of course). I forget names a lot, but I never forget a face!

And finally, Gyllenho was just bein' Gyllenho...