MMA SQUARED: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of UFC 237

A new thing we’re trying out here on MMA SQUARED. The Good: Rose Namajunas is everything TUF hyped her to be. A slow &…

By: Chris Rini | 4 years ago
MMA SQUARED: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of UFC 237
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A new thing we’re trying out here on MMA SQUARED.

The Good: Rose Namajunas is everything TUF hyped her to be. A slow & steady maturation process gave way to a vicious & humble champion facing her greatest challenge yet. Keep your eyes open before she retires to run a vegetable farm with her dog.

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More Good: The challenger, Jessica Andrade, shared MMA Squared’s KO of the Year award with her Wanderlei Silva vs Sakuraba style flattening of Karolina Kowalkiewicz.

The Bad: Not like *bad* bad. Like Bad Motherf—ker bad. That’s what Alexander Volkanovski vs Jose Aldo is on Saturday. Here we see the Australian retiring Chad Mendes with his fists.

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The Ugly: oh BJ Penn, what have you done?

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Officially known as the Carpenter (hence the sledgehammer), affectionately known as a Caveman , Clay Guida has been tasked with smashing BJ Penn like a ship against the rocks on the shores of the Nostalgia Ocean (I should stick to visual metaphors).

This is Chris @RiniMMA and thank you for reading MMA Squared.

Take care of yourself and I’ll talk to you tomorrow about a special project I’ve been preparing.

Chris

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Chris Rini
Chris Rini

Chris Rini is an artist and BloodyElbow’s editorial cartoonist. He has been an artist since 1996 and publishes an annual book called The Fine Art of Violence. Chris has worked in Mixed Martial arts since 2013 and in his spare time makes terrariums, plays keyboards, and trains BJJ.

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