Chris Leben Comment Of The Week:
“It’s a little bit of a headache, it’s a little bit of a hassle, all I know
is I want to get in the cage and smash some cats”- Leben on waiting to find
out who’s going to fight.
Liddell’s team had 4 Light Heavyweights and Coutures had 2, so the episode starts out by Chuck having to send a guy over to even out the teams. Chuck sent over Alex Schoenauer, the guy who he said was the least rounded fighter on his team.
Bobby Southworth was getting some criticism from Coutures team for picking their weakest guy to fight.
Since the Light Heavyweights fought last week, this week is the Middleweights turn. Team Couture decided they didn’t want to lose any more < fighters, so Leben was going to lose the challenge and challenge Josh Koscheck. But they switched the rules to the challenge, and now the winning team picks the two fighters that fight. So Liddell’s team ends up winning the challenge. Immediately Leben starts calling out Koscheck trying to provoke him into picking him for the fight saying “Gonna pick me Koscheck? Josh Koscheck when are we going to get in there and mix it up?” After thinking on it for a while Liddell’s team decides to put in Diego Sanchez against Alex Karalexis. That’s: Diego Sanchez {10-0}(Team Liddell) vs. Alex Karalexis {1-0}(Team Couture).
Some words are exchanged after the announcement between Alex and Diego, Diego says “I want to get Karalexis and his cursing mouth out of the house”, and Alex comes back saying “that’s the first complete sentence you’ve said all show”.
Later that night in the kitchen Leben and Koscheck were talking trash to each other, with Koscheck saying Leben was scared to fight him, and Leben saying he’s scared to fight no man. Leben said later in his personal interview that they would have to fight eventually, so why not get it over with at the next event.
The fight is hyped as Sanchez with the submissions and Karalexis as the striker. Dana White says “Karalexis has power and could KO Diego”. And remember the winner gets $5,000 for a Sub or KO victory.
Here’s how the fight goes down: Alex load up and tries to throw a bomb, and Diego goes right in and gets the TD Alex holds him in the half guard Diego gets full mount, so Alex rolled over and gave up his back Diego got the rnc (rear naked choke) after a little grappling
The experience showed in this one as Diego the highly skilled grappler just took him down and controlled completely. Diego has fought quite a few times in King of the Cage, and this is a fight that no person with 1 fight on their record should have been in. The fight was about 1:30. Diego showed just how skilled he really is, and I’m thinking that the four Middleweights Leben, Quarry, Koscheck and Sanchez are going to make this one heck of a finally. The winner will deserve to enter the UFC, which just happens to have the most competitive Middleweight division in the world. I’m still leaning towards a Team Quest fighter at this weight class, but after seeing Sanchez and knowing him from the past, I think it will be a tough win for Leben or Quarry. Koscheck I’ve heard is a really good wrestler, but you have to understand that these 3 other guys are top tier fighters.
Preview for next week: They all get a night out on the town, everyone gets really drunk, a fight might have broken out, blood on the floor and broken things. Leben and Southworth were squaring up after some words were exchanged. I’m thinking a brawl between these two for sure.
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Matt Britton
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