Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen had quite the fight on
Saturday, July 7th. Sonnen
dominated Silva once again in the first round, getting an excellent take down
on Silva. However, Sonnen couldn’t capitalize on the dominant positioning. In the second round, Sonnen tried to get fancy and do a spinning back
fist on Silva. Chael missed completely and lost his balance, allowing Silva to
send a barrage of fists towards the challenger. This was Chael’s downfall. Why
did he attempt a move he is not known for? Maybe he felt he was a one-trick
pony. Perhaps he thought in order to beat Silva in this second fight, he needed
to do something different; unexpected. Well, It failed for him this time. He
should’ve stuck with what he was doing all along, and what had worked so well
in the first fight. I’m still a strong believer that Sonnen is the only guy in
the Middleweight division who can provide a decent challenge for Anderson. It
doesn’t look like the champ is slowing down anytime soon.
Wimbledon finished up early in July. I’m not really a follower of tennis,
but I do appreciate the sport. A few headlines stood out to me. Kudos to Serena
Williams on not only winning the women’s Wimbledon title, but also the women’s
doubles title with her sister Venus. It’s an amazing athletic accomplishment to
win a top tennis tournament, but you have to be incredibly talented to win two
top tennis tournaments in the same weekend.
Congrats! A big congrats is also in order to Canadian youth tennis
players. We had a young man, Filip Peliwo, take home the Boys Wimbledon title as well as a
young woman, Eugenie Bouchard, take home the Girls Wimbledon title. I think this is a great sign
for Canadian tennis to see two young athletes compete and succeed at the
top level. Lastly, in the men’s final, there were two achievements the players
were going for. Roger Federer was going
for his 7th Wimbledon title, Andy Murray trying to be the first Brit
to win the Wimbledon title since 1936. Roger Federer went on to capture the
championship in a great match, but what I remembered most from that was the
post-match interview by Andy Murray. Every player wants to win, but the emotion
he conveyed in that interview was beyond measure. He was gracious and
complimentary of Federer, but you could tell he was devastated to make it that
far and still not capture that elusive Wimbledon title. Some say that real men
don’t cry, but I certainly have lots of respect for the emotion and devotion of
Andy Murray.
The MLS is starting to get interesting. There’s not a lot of teams playing crappy right now, and there aren’t a lot of teams that are unbeatable. It’s nice though to see my basement dwelling TFC starting to rack up some wins and turn around this dismal season. However, starting striker Danny Koevermans had to undergo surgery to repair a torn ACL he suffered in the last season game against New England Revolution. Just when things are starting to look up for Toronto, something always happens. Hoping for a speedy recovery! Good on the management and coaching staff though. In Koevermans absence, they have acquired Eric Hassli as well as Amarikwa from the Red Bulls. Hoping this guys step it up and keep TFC's winning ways going! And a side note for me, I’m lucking out and going to an MLS game this week. I am visiting family in Vancouver for this week and am going to see the Whitecaps play against David Beckham and the LA Galaxy. I went to a TFC game against DC United a few years back at BMO Field, and the atmosphere was ROCKING! It was the best sporting experience I ever had. I always knew that soccer/football had the best fans, but I was able to experience that personally. A 2-0 win for TFC helped the cause as well! I’m curious if I’ll have a similar experience in Van City. (*Went to the game, unreal, post to come)
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