War Machine Victorious At XFC 9 This Past Weekend
by Kelvin Hunt on Sep 7, 2009 12:00 PM EDT
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PrintWar Machine, previously known at Jon Koppenhaver defeated Mikey Gomez this past weekend at XFC 9: Evolution. It was his 5th straight win since being released from the UFC last year. War Machine has been able to finish all 5 opponents as well. However, if we take a closer look at the records of these five fighters, we'll find that the majority of these guys are fairly green or have mediocre records. War Machine lost his last fight inside the octagon after being choked out against Yoshiyuki Yoshida at UFC 84.
War Machine has made some pretty ignorant statements in the past year, but I'm admittedly a fan. His perfomance against Jared Rollins sort of endeared me to the guy for some odd reason. I think the kid has skills, but it's more of a mental thing with him in my opinion. Hopefully he can keep his head clear and stay out of trouble and continue winning. I'd eventually like to see him return to the bigger shows. What are your thoughts on War Machine?
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I like the guy. He may be stupid but he isn’t a Bad guy. Far worse people are employed by the UFC in my opinion. I hope to see him at a big promotion soon. If not the UFC, Strikeforce. The guy deserves another shot. No matter what he does. his fight against Jrock will always hold a special place in my heart.
by cauliflower_ears on Sep 7, 2009 12:29 PM EDT reply actions
I just watched the fight, and War Machine caught the dude with an overhand left, he fell back holding his eye (like he got poked), and the ref started to move in. Machine hesitated, the ref got a bit closer, then punced with three big shots just as the ref was moving in to call a time-out, which then turned into him waving off the fight.
The finish was half bad ref’ng, and half him swinging past the ref calling for a time out. I know a lot of people really dug the fight between him and Rollin’s, but all I remember about that is two untalented guys swingin’ at eachother. He’s refined a bit more since then.. but I don’t think we’ll see him in the big show for a while, and it’s not because of his big mouth.
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