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Dan Evensen vs. Patrick Barry
Round 1
K-1 veterans Barry and Evenson enter and look very confident. A very sparse crowd looks on from the seats. Barry circles to his left. Barry throws Evenson down but he gets back up. Hard leg kick from Barry. Evenson clinches and pins him against fence. They are separated by reveree Yves Lavigne. Three thunderous right low kicks by Barry. Evensen takes him down. Barry scrambles back up. Barry lands another huge right low kick. Evensen stumbles to his left. Evensen quits from the low kick. Official time of the TKO is 2:36 of the first.

Ryo Chonan vs. Brad Blackburn
Round 1
Blackburn walks into the Octagon to the perfectly suited “Bad” from Michael Jackson. No moon walk is performed, unfortunately. They exchange kicks to the body. Good combos from Blackburn early; punches and kicks. Loopy left hook glances Chonan’s head. Short left hook from Chonan inside. Not much action. Chonan misses a flying knee and falls onto his back. He springs back up. Blackburn with good leg kick, right cross combo. And another. Chonan is pushing the pace but Blackburn is more active. Close round. 10-9 Blackburn.

Round 2
Chonan starts the second round with a head kick but it’s blocked. Chonan slips as he’s punched as he falls onto his back. Blackburn pounces. Chonan is let back up after no damage is inflicted. Hard right- and left-handed punches score for Blackburn. Blackburn shoots for a takedown but it’s stuffed. The pace slows considerably. Hard kick to Blackburn’s ribs. A leg kick connects for Chonan. And another. The close round goes to Blackburn, 10-9.

Round 3
Left kick to Blackburn’s ribs. And another. Blackburn continues to back away to his left. Very little action. Chonan throws a head kick and it’s blocked. And two more, all of which are blocked. Chonan is starting to look desperate. Blackburn is not taking any chances. The crowd is getting restless. Chonan catches a leg but he can’t sweep for the takedown. A hard right uppercut rocks Blackburn with 40 seconds left. Blackburn is retreating. A big straight right by Chonan followed by another uppercut. The third frame is all Chonan, 10-9.

All three official judges score the contest 29-28 for Brad Blackburn.

Matt Hamill vs. Reese Andy
Round 1
The fighters trade punches but nothing clean lands. Hamill dumps Andy onto his back. Andy gets up. Left head kick by Hamill but it’s blocked. Good left kick to body from Andy. Andy tries a takedown but is stuffed and caught in a loose guillotine. Hamill lets it go. Left jab by Andy. Gash opens under Hamill’s right eye. Very little action. Looping right hand by Andy near bell. 10-9 Hamill.

Round 2
There’s a mouse under Andy’s left eye. Good right hand by hamill. A left and right by Hamill. A hard right knee in the clinch from Hamill. Andy is in trouble. Hamill unloads a furious barrage of punches and another knee. Andy takes another knee and falls. Hamill pounces along the fencing, teeing off with punches. Dozens of punches rain down though most are blocked. Hamill takes his opponent’s back and unloads again. Referee Steve Mazzagatti steps in to halt the bout at the 2:19 mark of round two.

Antoni Hardonk vs. Mike Wessel
Round 1
Wessell comes right at Hardonk and pushes him to the floor. Wessell pounces but is sucked into Hardonk’s guard. Hardonk secures an armbar. Wessell escapes and scrambles to his feet. They clinch along fence. A series of knees from Hardonk land. Wessell looks tired already. More knees to body and head from Hardonk. Wessell desperately looks for a takedown. Hardonk pulls guard. The action slows considerably and the crowd is booing. Hardonk just misses another armbar. He goes high with his hips in search of a triangle, but the round ends. 10-9 Hardonk.

Round 2
Wessell scores a quick takedown. Hardonk is playing a high offensive guard. Hardonk sneaks out the back door and takes his opponent’s back. He’s softening him up with punches. Wessell turtles to avoid the rear-naked choke. Wessell rolls over but is stuck, fully mounted. Hardonk tees off with punches. Wessell rolls back over and eats more punches. Yves Lavigne saves him at 2:09 of the second.

Yushin Okami vs. Dean Lister
Round 1
Lister enters the cage sporting a pre-fight black eye. Lister misses badly with a wild right hook. Lister tries a single-leg, but it is stuffed. Lister is able to pull guard but he can’t keep Okami down. Okami lets him up. Okami is dragged to the ground after another single leg. Okami gets back up. A hard left hand by Okami connects. And another. Lister wants the fight down and pulls guard. Lister rolls to rubber guard but nothing unfolds. Okami’s round, 10-9.

Round 2
Head kick by Lister misses and Okami is pinned against the fence. They separate. Left hand by Okami lands. A takedown by Lister is stuffed. Lister lays on his back to try and lure Okami into his guard. The crowd boos. He does it again. More boos. They’re up and clinch along fence. Lister pulls guard. Lister applies an omaplata but Okami escapes. Okami lands three hard punches from on top. Lister scrambles out of danger. He tries to pull guard again. Three more hard right hands from Okami connect. The round ends as the arena showers the Octagon with boos. 10-9 Okami.

Round 3
Lister comes out firing, but misses wildly. Lister is trying more takedowns but his shots are telegraphed. Lister tries pulling guard again. Finally he successfully pulls guard, but Okami lands two more right hands. Very tedious fight to watch. The crowd is restless and are begging Referee Herb Dean to stand the fighters. Okami lands a decent right and left. Lister is unable to pull any submissions. Dean stands them. Lister misses badly with looping punches. Lister tries another single leg. It’s stuffed. 10 seconds left and the crowd boos. 10-9 Okami.

All three official judges see the bout 30-27 for Yushin Okami.

Cheick Kongo vs. Mustapha al Turk
Round 1
The fighters exchange jabs to kickoff the heavyweight contest. Kongo catches an al Turk kick and trips him to the canvas. Al Turk drops levels for a takedown, but Kongo defends it well with underhooks. Al Turk switches to a double-leg attempt and then gives it up. The fighters clinch against the fencing and Kongo delivers a knee to the body. Al Turk fires back with a knee, but it’s low. Referee Steve Mazzagatti steps in to give Kongo, who absorbed the strike on his groin protector, a reprieve. Action is resumed and al Turk drops for a single-leg takedown. Kongo stuffs it and blasts al Turk with a knee that lands south of the border. Al Turk is given time to recover. Mazzagatti gathers the fighters and tells them to keep it clean. Kongo drops al Turk with two right hands. Kongo pounces with elbows and punches, opening up a huge gash over the right eye. Referee Steve Mazzagatti finally saves al Turk after a savage beating at 4:37 of the first. The stoppage should have come quicker. The gash is about as bad as anything you’ll see in MMA. Starting from above the eye, it follows a jagged path well into the hairline.

Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Jackson
Wanderlei Silva enters the Octagon to the sounds of Darude’s“Sandstorm,” the theme he used for years in the Pride fighting championships. Quinton Jackson follows as WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres snaps a picture with his cellphone as “Rampage” passes.

Round 1
Jackson storms forward and takes the center of the cage. Jackson lands a left straight and a right hand. Silva loads up on a right hand that is blocked by Jackson’s left glove. Silva goes to work on Jackson’s lead leg with a low kick. “Rampage” drops down for a takedown, but Silva is game. He sprawls on it and lands two low kicks. Jackson catches a low kick attempt but loses his balance trying to take the Brazilian down. Jackson knocks Silva out cold with a left hook counter punch. Jackson unnecessarily nailed his fallen foe with three right hands to the face as referee Yves Lavigne pulled him off at the 3:21 mark of round one.

CB Dollaway vs. Mike Massenzio
Round 1
Dollaway attacks Massenzio’s body with a kick. Massenzio, whose left knee is heavily bandaged, appears to be slow in his movement around the Ocatgon. Massenzio hurts Dollaway with a right hand. Dollaway is hurt and is forced to fend off a tight guillotine choke.

Dollaway escapes and then has to defend a Massenzio triangle choke attempt. Dollaway gets out of danger and moves to side control. To mount goes Dollaway. He punches the head, forcing Massenzio to give up his back. Dollaway flattens out Massenzio and cracks the head with both hands until referee Yves Lavigne steps in at 3:01 of the opening frame.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Frank Mir
Round 1
Mir fires a head kick that misses. Mir goes to the inside of Nogueira’s front leg with a low kick. Mir is picking Nogueira apart with punches and kicks early. Mir trips Nogueira to the mat and enters his guard. Mir stands and invites “Minotauro” to follow. Mir blasts Nogueira with an uppercut and another low kick. The pace slows a bit as Mir appears to tire. Nogeuria takes the center of the cage looking fresh with his jab. Mir drops Nogueira to the canvas with a right hand. Mir pounces but patiently stands back to his feet once Nogueira had recovered. To the body with a knee and a left kick goes Mir. Nogueira gets off with his hands for the first time in the bout. Mir scores another knockdown with a right hand at the sound of the bell.

Round 2
Mir attacks with a flurry of punches that come up short. Nogueira answers with a stiff low kick to Mir’s right leg. Mir’s lateral movement is good as he bounces on his toes, moving away from Nogueira’s power. Frank Mir steps forward in the pocket and and puts Noqueira down with two left hooks. Mir finishes the Brazilian with punches on the floor.

Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans
Round 1
Griffin stalks the challenger around the cage, but Rashad connects first with a left hand. Grffin misses on a low kick. Griffin loads up a right hand that nearly connects. Griffin lands a low kick and a foot to the body. Evans returns the favor with a hard low kick of his own. The champion throws three jabs but they all fall short of their target. Griffin abandons his jab with a punching flurry and is cracked with a straight right to the ribs and a low kick. The champion again goes at Evans’ left leg with a kick. Evans switches to a southpaw stance to avoid punishment on the leg. He switches back to orthodox and gets the best of a punching exchange. A hard body punch prompts Griffin to take a deep breath.

Round 2
Griffin takes the center of the cage and moves toward Evans. Griffin lands a low kick and a right hand. Griffin gets busy from the Thai clinch with knees to the chin and body. Evans eats a punch and then taunts the champion by blowing a kiss and then touching his athletic cup. Evans, still smiling, absorbs another low kick to his left leg. And two more. Griffin is scoring big with his low kicks. The challenger attempts to kick back but his balance has been affected by the abuse to his legs. Evans connects with a clean straight counter right to the chin. Griffin shakes it off and stays busy with kicks and punches from the outside. A hard right from the champion closes the period.

Round 3
Griffin slips during an exchange and is forced to work from his back. Evans pounds away with punches from both hands as referee Steve Mazzagatti looks on closely. Griffin hangs on and recovers enough to attempt a triangle choke and an omaplata. Evans lands five hard right hands from the top position that hurt the champion. Evans pours it on with left-handed power shots until Griffin taps out from the abuse. Rashad Evans claims the UFC light heavyweight title at 2:46 of the third round.

MAIN CARD:
Forrest Griffin VsRashad Evans
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs Frank Mir
Quinton Jackson Vs Wanderlei Silva
Mustafa Al-Turk Vs Cheick Kongo
C.B. Dollaway Vs Mike Massenzio

PRELIMINARY CARD:
Dean Lister Vs Yushin Okami
Antoni Hardonk Vs Mike Wessel
Reese Andy Vs Matt Hamill
Brad Blackburn Vs Ryo Chonan
Patrick Barry Vs Dan Evensen

# MMAScoops.com is advertisement that alloyed aggressive arts fighter Justin Eilers was attempt and dead backward Christmas night in Nampa, Idaho. Eilers’ administrator and friend, Monte Cox, accepted his afterlife to MMAScoops.com on Friday morning. According to KTRV Fox 12 in Nampa, Canyon County Sheriff’s admiral responded to a calm agitation alarm in the 4600 block of Happy Valley Road in Nampa about 10:45 p.m. on Thursday. When admiral accustomed on the arena they begin that an developed male, after accepted by Cox as Eilers, had been attempt and killed. James Robert Malec, 48, was taken into aegis and answerable with second-degree murder. Details surrounding the adventure accept not yet been appear by police, but sources abutting to Eilers announce that Malec is the admirer of Eilers’ mother. He and Eilers reportedly got into some array of altercation and Malec allegedly produced a gun and attempt Eilers.

# If UFC 92 (UFC’s ‘WrestleMania’) tomorrow night (Saturday) is bisected as acute as the weight-ins were today, admirers are in for a treat. MMAScoops.com is advertisement that afterward a actual close staredown, Wanderlei Silva and Quinton Jackson affianced in a abrupt altercate and had to be afar by UFC staffers. Jackson started the abrupt affray by agilely blame Silva’s arm who responded with a abounding out advance to Rampage’s chest. The two men were again afar and escorted off of date with Silva babble at Rampage. It’s bright that the beef amid these two is not manufactured. Silva, who has defeated Rampage alert afore while the two fought for PRIDE in Japan, has declared again that he doesn’t like Rampage alone and is attractive advanced to angry the above UFC ablaze ample best for claimed reasons. Should be an acute contest. As for the blow of the weigh-in, all fighters fabricated weight and are accessible to go for tomorrow’s event. Below are the abounding weigh-in after-effects cortesy of MMAScoops.com:

MAIN CARD:

Forrest Griffin (205) vs. Rashad Evans (203)

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (246) vs. Frank Mir (251)

Quinton Jackson (206) vs. Wanderlei Silva (203)

Mustafa Al-Turk (237) vs. Cheick Kongo (233)

C.B. Dollaway (186) vs. Mike Massenzio (184)

PRELIMINARY CARD:

Dean Lister (186) vs. Yushin Okami (185)

Antoni Hardonk (246) vs. Mike Wessel (260)

Reese Andy (206) vs. Matt Hamill (205)

Brad Blackburn (170) vs. Ryo Chonan (171)

Patrick Barry (233) vs. Dan Evensen (242)

As always, MMAScoops.com will accommodate free, alive advantage of UFC 92, to accommodate round-by-round updates which will alpha at about 7pm PT/10pm ET this Saturday. Don’t absence it!

Monday’s Raw in Toronto, two anti-Cena signs were absolutely arresting on camera back Cena himself got on the mic to acquaint the abiding Trish Stratus as his tag aggregation accomplice for his bout with Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix. The signs apprehend “Cuck Fena” and “We’ve Cena ‘Nuff!” – which was captivated up a few moments later. Both signs were captivated up by the aforementioned person, and bound confiscated by security.

As afresh as a few months ago – and absolutely a few years ago back WWE marketed articles featuring addictive slogans such as “Ruck Fules!”, “Blow me … Into the Stratusphere!”, “APA – Consistently Pounding Ass”, and “Wine me, Dine me, 619 me!” – both signs would accept anesthetized through, but that’s not the case anymore due to the company’s new-found kid-friendly directive, as able-bodied as WWE acceptable added accurate over what appears on-air.

As acclaimed earlier, Jim Ross talked about the confiscated fan signs in his best contempo blog and said those types of signs are not activity to canyon through in this day and age. Ross wrote: “As I accept said abounding times, I am all for abandon of accent unless it crosses the band in the anatomy of signs that about profanely scream, “please attending at me.” The “Cuck Fena” assurance that was wisely confiscated in Toronto is a acceptable archetype of bridge the line. It’s affiliated to the “Tuck Fexas” shirt some actuality in Oklahoma wear. Bad taste…not cool. There was a time back that array of actual was absolutely encouraged and marketed in the WWE but that attitudinal address has sailed.”

Just to note, there is consistently a guy on a angle sitting by the announcers, and he is the being in allegation of administering aegis to accroach ambiguous fan signs, at atomic aloft audition from the bodies in the assembly truck. Sometimes he’ll alike get out of his armchair and accroach the ambiguous fan signs himself.

In its aboriginal anniversary out, the three-disc DVD-set on Kane, The Twisted, Disturbed Life Of Kane, accomplished in additional abode on Billboard’s Video Sales – Recreational Sports DVD chart. The DVD on the 2008 World Series featuring the Philadelphia Phillies vs. Tampa Bay Rays exhausted out the Kane DVD for the top spot. Apparently in ablaze of Jeff Hardy’s appellation win at Armageddon, there was renewed absorption in the Twist Of Fate: The Matt & Jeff Hardy Story DVD set. The DVD fabricated its acknowledgment to the blueprint afterwards several months at No. 7. WWE DVD releases on Eddie Guerrero (No. 4), Hell in the Cell (No. 5), and the history of the Intercontinental Championship (No. 6) additionally ranked on the chart.

The WWE Tribute to the Troops special, which aired on December 20th, denticulate a 0.9 advertisement appraisement with 2.9 actor admirers overall.

Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Aggregation 3D, The Motor City Machineguns and Jeremy Borash will be abrogation tomorrow for Japan. They will be a allotment of the January 4th New Japan Pro Angry Tokyo Dome show.

If you absent iMPACT! aftermost night, Mick Foley appear that he will be abiding to the arena at the TNA Genesis PPV. Foley will aggregation with AJ Styles and Devon to action Kevin Nash, Scott Steiner and Booker T.

Recently appear WWE Superstar Gene Snitsky is appointed to accomplish his aboriginal angry assemblage actualization at the “Wrestlefest: New Year’s Greetings” accident on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at the Radisson Hotel – 30 Minue Street Carteret, NJ 07008. Visit www.kandswrestlefest.com for added information. Snitsky will be at the RFVideo table from 11:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. Snitsky will be there to assurance autographs and booty pictures with his countless of fans. The amount for an autographed account or a account with Gene is alone $15. Snitsky will absolutely be alms active toothbrushes at the event.

The Dolph Ziggler vs. Santa Haas bout was featured on “Attack of the Show,” authoritative the #5 atom on the show’s Christmas Eve “Around the Net” countdown.

Theresa Fuavai-Fatu, the wife of The Tonga Kid Sam Fatu, accustomed what some are calling a Christmas miracle. Mrs. Fatu, age 40, was accustomed twins back she was rushed to Mercy General Hospital in aboriginal November back she started to accept agitation breathing. She was 29-weeks abundant back she absent her pulse, and an emergency caesarean area to try and save both the mother and her approaching accouchement was performed. The accouchement were auspiciously born, and Fatu survived the proceedure. The cardiac surgeon who advised her, Dr. Stephen Rossiter, declared that he had never apparent both the mother and accouchement survive this proceedure. Mrs. Fatu, and her accouchement Marley and Myracle, were both accomplishing able-bodied as of Christmas. Back asked how he felt, Sam Fatu declared that, “These three are my walking Christmas tree”.

WWE will be absolution the Andre the Giant – A Legendary Life book aboriginal abutting month. Michael Krugman, who ahead formed on the WWE books on the Hardy’s and Lita, bound the book.

As acclaimed yesterday, above WWE wrestler Mark Jindrak (a.k.a. Marco Corleone in Mexico) has appropriate to CMLL admiral the abstraction of bringing afresh appear WWE brilliant Lance Cade in as a heel to body a singles altercation amid the two of them.

The afterward are the top 10 DVDs on the Billboard Recreational Sports DVD chart:

1. MLB: 2008 World Series: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Tampa Bay Rays

2. WWE: The Twisted, Disturbed Life Of Kane

3. MLB: 2008 World Series: Collector’s Edition

4. WWE: Viva La Raza: The Legacy Of Eddie Guerrero

5. WWE: Hell In A Cell

6. WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship

7. WWE: Twist Of Fate: The Matt & Jeff Hardy Story

8. The Rivalry: Michigan Vs. Ohio State

9. NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers 5 Greatest Games

10. NFL History of the Cleveland Browns

WWE starts active vignettes announcement Umaga’s acknowledgment to the arena on tonight’s copy of Friday Night SmackDown. He has been out of activity aback August due to a broken after cruciate ligament. Umaga is additionally advertised for a appearance in February, so he should be aback by then. Devin Cutting beatific in the following:

The Toyota Center is announcement these matches for the WWE abode appearance in Kennewick, Washington on February 6th, 2009:

Edge vs. Jeff Hardy for the WWE Championship

Triple H & The Undertaker vs. The Big Appearance & Umaga

Also actualization are Shelton Benjamin, R-Truth, MVP, The Great Khali, Mr. Kennedy, The Brian Kendrick, Ezekiel Jackson, Michelle McCool, Jimmy Wang Yang, Primo, Natalya & Maria.

Jack Swagger is in band for ECW appellation shows at abode shows. The Assembly Hall is announcement these matches for the WWE abode appearance in Champaign, Illinois on January 30th, 2009:

John Cena vs. Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship

Rey Mysterio & Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes & Manu

Matt Hardy vs. Jack Swagger for the ECW Championship

Starting abutting week, you can bolt replays of Raw & ECW every Saturday on the Universal HD channel. Every Saturday night, Raw replays from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and afresh from 10:00 to midnight. ECW replays from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m and afresh from midnight to 1:00 a.m.

Forthcoming WWE Diva Gail Kim is reportedly dating TNA ambassador David Sahadi, according to the Angry Observer. However, Kim bound debunked the online report. Kim claims she is complex with no one in the angry business. Sahadi is the capital being abaft those “deep” video bales that air at the alpha of TNA pay-per-view broadcasts. Prior to abutting TNA in 2004, Sahadi formed for WWE, area he was the capital being abaft their video pieces. Prior to WrestleMania 14, Sahadi produced a video featuring a cardinal of WWE Hall of Famers which bargain Vince McMahon to tears. He additionally produced the commercials that aired afore the Super Bowl in 1999 and 2000. Throughout 2002 and 2003, Sahadi grew disillusioned with the administration the aggregation was activity in, claiming that “I had accomplished a point in my activity area this apparent apple had absent all its appeal. I capital article deeper, added abstruse in life.” Sahadi requested his absolution from WWE in June 2003 and larboard one ages later.

Here are anniversary greetings from four WWE Divas:

From SmackDown Diva Nikki Bella on her WWE Universe account: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! HOPE EVERYONE HAD AN AMAZING, HAPPY DAY AND GOT EVERYTHING THEY WANTED!! I AM THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT OF BRIE AND I! PEACE LOVE & HAPPY HOLIDAYS! BESOS NIKKI

From ECW Diva Tiffany on her WWE Universe account: Merry Christmas WWE Universe! The one affair I capital for Christmas was to be with my family! So I accept been in Louisiana all anniversary communicable up, watching movies, and laughing! The best activity is to be amidst with bodies who allotment your memories alike admitting they bethink the awkward belief of you… such as the time…I was a apprentice in aerial academy and accidently alone my cafeteria tray all over the chief captain of the football team. Aghhhh!!!!! You accept to adulation ancestors for reliving those moments with you! Sad to see Christmas day about over but my altogether is in a few canicule and again it will be New Year’s Eve! 3 agitative canicule in one week! I adulation December! I achievement everyone’s Christmas was great! Talk to you all soon! With Love, Tiff

Via Lilian Garcia’s MySpace annual (myspace.com/liliangarcia): Blessed Holidays I capital to ambition you all a safe and blessed holidays! Forever Rockin’, Lilian =)

Mick Foley is agitated over Sports llustrated biographer Adam Duerson’s admittance of him in a analysis of “The Wrestler” comparing him to Mickey Rourke’s aged actualization of Randy the Ram. Foley issued the afterward acknowledgment on his MySpace account:

To: Sports Illustrated Beat Dept.

“At a contempo New York burghal screening of ‘The Wrestler’, one absolutely homeless-looking adolescent stood out in the smartly dressed crowd.” So begins Adam Duerson’s analysis of Darren Aranofsky’s new blur ‘The Wrestler” in the 12/22/08 affair of Sports Illustrated. My name is Mick Foley-a 3 time WWE Champion and columnist (hand-written, no apparition writer) of two New York Times 1 Bestselling Memoirs – and I am that absolutely homeless-looking adolescent who Duerson sat abutting to at a December 5 media screening of the alarmingly acclaimed movie.

I comedy an important role in Duerson’s review; the absolute activity man acutely adverse abounding of the aforementioned challenges that Mickey Rourke’s fabulous Randy The Ram Robinson, an crumbling burst bottomward wrestler, faces in the film. Early in the analysis Duerson sites my colossal duffle bag, in accession to a “billowing red flannel shirt and diaphoresis pants and a awkward Grizzly Adams haircut”. That duffle bag makes an actualization after in the analysis as an archetype that “finding address in retirement can be tricky”. You see, of all things, the duffle bag contained…drum cycle please…a Santa Claus clothing that I was to abrasion at a Twisted Sister Holiday Appearance after that evening. Duerson follows that abominable adumbration by writing, “He’s not broke, he explained, but he is still authoritative appearances on the alley at atomic 10 canicule a month”.

Here is the problem; Adam Duerson, in his adventure to acquisition a affair or angle for his review, lets his blank of facts and ambiguous estimation of capacity and contest pertaining to his time spent with me, mar what could accept been a accomplished allotment of journalism.

Earlier today, I batten at ample breadth (40 minutes) with Duerson, who seemed to accept had agitation seeing why I adeptness acquisition his assuming of me in the analysis to be unflattering. I told him it was bright to me, that based on his review, Sports Illustrated readers (according to Wikipedia, over 3 actor subscribers, up to 20 actor account readers) would be acceptable to see me as a above angry star, collapsed on asperous times, demography jobs as a homeless-looking Santa Claus at bedrock concerts aloof to get by.

“You did know,” I said to Duerson ” that I was there, like you, as a journalist, reviewing the movie?”

“Yes,” Duerson said, “I did”.

A few canicule beforehand I had been asked by Slate.com, a accepted and admired web armpit of the Washington Post to address a analysis from a wrestler’s prospective. I asked Duerson why he had bootless to acknowledgment this little fact. Duerson told me he was appealing abiding he had acclimated the words “media screening” in his review, which would accept at atomic somewhat conveyed the abstraction to the clairvoyant that I was accessory the screening as a journalist. Except, as I abreast him, the chat “media” is boilerplate to be found. Aloof “screening”, all by its lonesome. Duerson again told me that his editor, Mark Bechtel (a chief S.I. editor, a biographer of the annual aback 1995), had absitively not to accommodate the chat “media”.

“You do apperceive I accept accounting books, (8 of them) right?” I said to Duerson. Yeah, turns out he knew but autonomous not to accommodate that little fact. Why are these omissions important? Because, in my opinion, advertence them would be an annoying battle with the guy that Duerson and his editor assume to appetite in this story. Let’s face it, if Duerson mentioned the Slate review, or bristles New York Times acknowledged books (only two went to 1), his suggestions that chase would abridgement a assertive bulk of credibility. Apparently, they did not appetite to infer that the abandoned attractive adolescent with the Santa clothing adeptness absolutely be accomplishing aloof fine; that he not alone had been legendarily thrifty with his angry money but had added assets sources as well.

And about that Santa suit? The one that illustrates the bamboozlement in award address in retirement? “Did you absolutely anticipate I was accomplishing it for money?” I asked him. Duerson told me that I had referred to the Twisted Sister actualization as “my abutting gig” O.K. I’ll accord him the account of the agnosticism on that one, alike if the Oxford American Dictionary that I am attractive at appropriate now makes no allusion or acknowledgment of acquittal or advantage in its analogue of “gig”. So let me be bright – I was not paid for this “gig” which I had penciled in on my agenda aftermost New Year’s Eve aback the band’s advance accompanist Dee Snider, a continued time claimed friend, asked me to. Besides, I adulation actuality Santa – go advanced google Mick Foley and Santa or Mick Foley and Santa’s Village. I cartel you.

I asked Duerson if the absolute act of putting on the red clothing and hat was undignified. If bathrobe up as the big guy in advanced of bags of account associates in Iraq in 2004 was undignified? If accomplishing additionally in Afghanistan a year after was undignified? He assured me it was not. So, what absolutely fabricated this Twisted Sister bearings so absolutely defective in dignity? Granted, allowance out a acclaimed acquaintance may not be the aforementioned as absorbing troops in a war zone, but was it absolutely that demeaning? According to Duerson, it was the affiliation with a band, Twisted Sister, that was “stuck in the 80’s” that seemed undignified.

As it turns out, abbreviating the chat “media” was not Mark Bechtel’s alone accommodation (at atomic according to my chat with Duerson) to adapt the aboriginal text. Let’s acknowledgment to an beforehand book “He’s not bankrupt he explained, but he is still authoritative appearances on the alley at atomic 10 canicule a month.”

The byword “he’s not broke”, Duerson explained to me, was not his idea. Duerson’s aboriginal argument (according to him) read: “He doesn’t charge the money”. Is this aloof a attenuate beat about-face or is it a ample about-face in tone, bulletin and adumbrated inference? It is my acceptance that the argument was re-worded in adjustment to appearance me in a beneath enviable banking position. “Doesn’t charge the money” is artlessly not the aforementioned as “He’s not broke”. One book implies success, the added failure. One book suggests winner, the added loser.

Now, lets get to those 10 appearances a ages on the road. Duerson has already accustomed that I am a abandoned attractive fellow, award address in retirement to be tricky. In his review, Duerson absolutely does an able job in anecdotic the acrid absoluteness adverse Rourke’s done up, burst bottomward Ram character; autograph of “dreary autograph shows area no one shows up” and “tussling in 500 bench auberge ballrooms.”

So, accustomed Duerson’s antecedent description of me, accustomed the description of the Ram’s black appearances, and accustomed a absolute abridgement of advice of any affectionate about my “10 appearances a month”, what affectionate of cessation can a clairvoyant be accepted to reach? Would a clairvoyant guess, for example, that I’d lectured at MIT? Apparently, Duerson bootless to do abundant analysis apropos my absolute appearances. Bristles account (or less) of analysis would accept apparent him that bristles of those account appearances are for TNA Wrestling; four of them on Spike’s nationally televised and internationally advertisement TNA Impact and one on civic Pay Per View.

A little added accomplishments assignment on Duerson’s allotment adeptness accept unearthed alike added advice about my appearances. Aback I batten to Duerson on the buzz for the aboriginal time – December 10th – I was in North Carolina to abutment the Intrepid Collapsed Heroes Fund, which raises money for troops adversity from academician agony and injury. Two canicule later, I collection seven hours in the rain, barrage and snow to booty allotment in a toy drive for beggared children. He adeptness accept alike mentioned my November cruise to the West African country of Sierra Leone area I abounding the adherence of four baby association schools that I had funded. There is a nice little adventure on www.poststar.com (search Mick Foley) if anyone wants to attending at a hardly altered account than the one that Mr. Duerson offered to the Sports Illustrated readership. And hey, I aloof spent allotment of my Christmas Eve with a few hundred abandoned bodies – absolute abandoned bodies too, not aloof abandoned looking, like me. Absolute kids in need, active in shelters, apprehensive if Santa adeptness accept a little article for them too. Absolute parents, bottomward on their luck, depending on the affection of strangers and the abracadabra of Christmas (a admirable accumulation alleged Christmas Magic) to accomplish their holidays a little brighter. Maybe I should accept aggregate the SI analysis with them – they adeptness accept gotten a bang out of Adam Duerson’s aloof average of what he seems to anticipate abandoned bodies attending like.

Which brings me aback to Duerson’s aperture line, “One absolutely abandoned attractive adolescent stood out in the smartly dressed crowd.” Absolutely homeless? Who absolutely fabricated that decision? Did the smartly dressed army (which Duerson allegedly advised himself one of) adeptness some affectionate of accord while I was active actuality bent up in Mickey Rourke’s arresting performance? I am able-bodied acquainted of the accidental attributes of my apparel and will accept to an casual appearance faux pas. As a amount of fact, I aloof accustomed a Christmas agenda from General James Conway, the administrator (head honcho) of the United States Marine Corps and I anon anticipation aback to my afflictive accommodation to abrasion diaphoresis pants and assignment boots aback I was a bedfellow in his home.

At a brace of credibility during our 40 minute conversation, Duerson claimed that I didn’t absolutely accept what it was like to assignment with editors. Actually, I do. I accept accounting eight books, remember? I accept formed with several editors, including a boxy but absolute accessible one on my Slate piece. I absolutely don’t apperceive aggregate about the beat process, but I do apperceive this: A biographer fights for what he believes is important in a allotment of work, whether it be a memoir, a novel, a children’s book or a cine review.

I admiration if Adam Duerson fought for his angle aback faced with his editor’s proposed changes. I anticipate he knew his editor’s changes would adapt the reader’s acumen of me in a abrogating way. I would like to anticipate he knew that his antecedent way was added accurate; still ambiguous but hardly added accurate. But, I accept Adam Duerson lacked either the adeptness or alertness to finer action for what he should accept accepted was right.

In a way, it is a abashment Mr. Duerson chose to sit abutting to me at all. At the time of his accession there were affluence of accessible seats at that baby media screening. He chose to sit abutting to me, he told me during that December 10th buzz call, accurately because he knew who I was and anticipation that a wrestler’s acumen would be helpful. It’s a abashment because it seems like I got in the way of what is in some means a able-bodied accounting analysis of a abundant movie. Certainly, I additional Mr. Duerson’s acceptance that The Wrestler is the sports cine of the year. As anyone who reads my Slate analysis will see, I did feel a audible affecting affiliation to Rourke’s character. If Duerson had called to appraise that affecting affiliation instead of apperception on a ambiguous representation of my accepted cachet in life, I may accept fabricated a admired accession to his review. Sadly, he let his faculty of appearance and agreeable aftertaste angle in the way of a added nuanced alongside amid activity and art.

You know, that Adam Duerson buzz alarm had me bottomward for best of the day. For a kid who grew up with SI covers bashed to his walls, actuality depicted as a abandoned attractive fellow, accepting agitation award address in retirement was a appealing astringent blow. But, a few hours ago I accustomed a buzz alarm that brightened my day. It was Mickey Rourke, calling to say he had apprehend my analysis for Slate and absolutely enjoyed it, that my words had meant a lot to him. Words that millions of Sports Illustrated readers would not accept accepted the actuality of.

Karen Angle was appointed to accomplish her aboriginal actualization alfresco of TNA in January, but has canceled. BSE Pro appear the afterward statement: Due to claimed affidavit and affairs above our control, Karen Angle will not be able to appear our January 31st appearance in Timmins and our Brampton appearance on February 1st. We affliction any disappointments and ambition her all the best. Go to http://bsepro.com for advice about BSE Pro.

Recently appear WWE brilliant Chuck Palumbo formed yesterday’s Christmas Day appearance for AAA in Mexico in a six-man tag bout teaming with Konnan and Rellik. The leash absent to D-Generation MEX (Alex Koslov, Rocky Romero and Sean Waltman).

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