If I changed one letter in 'escapade,' all of you would be wondering how the hell did Cadillac make an indestructible Escalade and where can you buy it. A few of you may even get instantly paranoid and wonder exactly why Cadillac has made an 'undefeated Escalade' and what the automotive industry is trying to tell us about our imminent future. Perhaps they're giving everyone a heads up that a cataclysmic event will go down in the near future, forcing humanity into a post-apocalyptic scenario where we need reinforced vehicles to survive.

Fortunately for the sake of everything logical, escapade was used in the proper context -- and it's absolutely true. If you're still sleeping on Chris Weidman, then your pillow needs to uppercut you at night. Better yet, your blankets should just launch an elbow directly at your chin, sort of like what Weidman pulled off tonight on UFC on Fuel TV. From my vantage point on press row, it appeared that Mark Munoz practically ran into Weidman's elbow, which set up a sequence of events that were undesirable for The Filipino Wrecking Machine.

After serving Mark Munoz a hearty helping of Mark Munoz's ground-and-pound on the mat, referee Josh Rosenthal jumped in and the fight was finished. I know a lot of you are going to claim Rosenthal stopped the bout entirely too late -- but keep in mind this is the same guy who reffed Shogun vs. Hendo and Carwin vs. Lesnar. Take it easy with the ref bashing nonsense. Rosenthal is one of you -- seriously, he anonymously comments on MiddleEasy almost daily.

Props to Weidman on an amazing performance -- now let's hope we see a four-man tournament between Bisping, Belcher, Weidman and Lombard/Stan for the next individual to take on Anderson Silva.

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+17 # Guest 2012-07-11 19:09

naaaaaaa that stoppage was at least a few hits late. on the tv it was lookin unpleasant about ten hits before the end.

bad call josh.

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+8 # Guest 2012-07-11 19:56

That was brutal. What the FUCK was Rosenthal waiting for? That being said... this card was awesome top to bottom.

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+8 # Guest 2012-07-12 03:27

That gif skips a bit and shows only 7 strikes that Weidman landed. He actually landed a total of 17 unprotected hard shots to the head of Munoz with Rosenthal looking right at him until he decided to stop. Here's the full gif:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cG_E9wHdDPo/T_467ZOaXxI/AAAAAAAALuk/8BQ6JpFNo3k/s1600/3.gif
Watch it. Count. And weep.

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+2 # Guest 2012-07-12 03:28

Quoting sonny-boyo:

That gif skips a bit and shows only 7 strikes that Weidman landed. He actually landed a total of 17 unprotected hard shots to the head of Munoz with Rosenthal looking right at him until he decided to stop. Here's the full gif:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cG_E9wHdDPo/T_467ZOaXxI/AAAAAAAALuk/8BQ6JpFNo3k/s1600/3.gif
Watch it. Count. And weep.

Somehow the tags disappeared while I was refreshing the code.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cG_E9wHdDPo/T_467ZOaXxI/AAAAAAAALuk/8BQ6JpFNo3k/s1600/3.gif

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-6 # Sambro 2012-07-12 11:27

STFU! That was a perfectly legit stoppage! One more punch then it would have been late and one less punch and it would have been early. Munoz pops his head up like he was ready for more.



Joey "Meximelt" Beltran needs an article dammit! Som'bitch took a dozen KO punches and asked for seconds.

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+25 # synthsis 2012-07-11 19:10

I want Weidman to get the title shot. He FINISHES fights. Can't say that about Bisping.

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-25 # Guest 2012-07-11 19:13

Yeah! Just like he finished Maia!

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+34 # Guest 2012-07-11 19:23

Quoting Losemoney:

Yeah! Just like he finished Maia!

he had a huge weight cut on short notice, so stfu

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+10 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-07-11 23:00

Yeah didn't he cut 30 lbs. in 4 days? Let's really rag on him for that...

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+11 # Guest 2012-07-12 02:08

no like he finished bongfeldt, lawlor, and now munoz

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0 # SkeetEmUp 2012-07-12 08:07

you're an idiot.

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+16 # chiggs 2012-07-11 19:19

Quoting synthsis:

I want Weidman to get the title shot. He FINISHES fights. Can't say that about Bisping.

Finished is right lol, thats what you call Pure Brutality, at its Finest

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+7 # Guest 2012-07-11 22:47

...Like A BOSS

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-13 # Guest 2012-07-12 07:25

Micheal Jizz bin Will light this yanky up and spit in his corner mans face on the way to collect his new belt from Anderson !Bispings then gonna move up and handel Hendo for the LHW crown and prov he is The G.O.A.T FACT

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+1 # Hairy Potter 2012-07-12 11:01

So bath salts finally hit the uk huh?
Remember: just one sniff.

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+1 # Guest 2012-07-12 13:22

You mean Bisping who only has 4 decision victories on his record? Ok.....

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+23 # Guest 2012-07-11 19:11

I thought i witnessed a murder and felt silva's spidey senses tingling at the same time

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+23 # Guest 2012-07-11 19:23

you have spidey-senses for spidey-senses?

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+36 # Guest 2012-07-11 19:42

spideyception

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+13 # LandOfCanaan 2012-07-12 07:06

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+30 # Lefthea D. Kick 2012-07-11 19:12

Munoz looked like an amateur against Weidman tonight.

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+14 # Guest 2012-07-11 19:12

belcher vs bisping
vs
weidman vs winner of lombard/boetsch

winner gets Anderson

Id love to see Anderson fight sooner but we all know that aint gonna happen

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+9 # TDM 2012-07-11 19:12

Munoz looked like a leaky faucet. And IDK where Weidman gets his strength from but he's freaky powerful. I want to give him another top contender and if he wins that, give him Andy.

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+1 # Guest 2012-07-12 09:14

He got his power from Long Island's testosterone filled water sources and the grimy wrestling rooms at Hofstra University. WAR WEIDMAN

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+14 # HipsDontLie 2012-07-11 19:13

Josh Rosenthal is my favorite MMA ref. This certainly should have been stopped earlier. Glad to see that Munoz got and up and he was clearly alert in the post-fight interview. One of the few times I have actually yelled at my television, "Stop It!"

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+3 # Guest 2012-07-11 19:25

i haven't seen the fight yet, but i also like josh.
i guess is better late than early

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-2 # Sambro 2012-07-12 11:30

It was not a late stoppage. Look how quickly Munoz got up after the fight. It was right on time. All those a-hole refs stopping fights early- Lavine and Dean has got your head messed up.

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+3 # chiggs 2012-07-11 19:17

That was an insane beatdown and an insanely laaaaaaaaate stoppage, feel bad for Munoz, Weidman shoulda did a walk off perhaps lol, maybe than Rosenthal would have seen he was out for a good, 20secs or so. Great display in the cage for sure, nuts considering he's only been fightin 2years.

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+18 # Guest 2012-07-11 19:25

Dude, you could see Munoz get knocked out, and just see Rosenthal mouthing "Finish Him!" the whole time the bashing continued.

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+14 # Guest 2012-07-11 19:30

Looked like Senior vs Freshman

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+9 # boo 2012-07-11 19:33

they will be scooping Munoz's brain out with a god damn soup ladle when they take him to the hospital.

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+31 # MustacheHero 2012-07-11 19:41

Josh gives guys every chance in the world to recover and win the fight. Sometimes that means taking an epic beating when you have already seemingly lost. This sport is about fighting. Fighting is dangerous. Get off the guy's nuts. Too bad he wasn't reffing Anderson & Chael's fight.

Also, Big John's stoppage of Roop vs Swanson was way later than this.

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0 # Lefthea D. Kick 2012-07-12 08:17

And Big Johns Carwin Mir stoppage hahaha

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+14 # Guest 2012-07-11 20:02

Still can't believe just HOW dominant Weidman was tonight. Not to mention, he showed an incredibly well-rounded game. His wrestling/jiu jitsu was seamless, and props to him for finishing the fight on the feet/transition ing to the ground & pound. Weidman truly showcased a variety of skills in a main event against a legit opponent.

Anderson or not, Weidman just proved that he may not be seasoned, but he is a threat to anyone in the division.

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+22 # Guest 2012-07-11 20:04

That stoppage was perfectly fine. I think Josh Rosenthal is the best referee in MMA, and has the sickest shoes.

But that's just my opinion as an anonymous totally random MiddleEasy reader.

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+3 # Guest 2012-07-11 20:26

Quoting Rosh Josenthal:

That stoppage was perfectly fine. I think Josh Rosenthal is the best referee in MMA, and has the sickest shoes.

But that's just my opinion as an anonymous totally random MiddleEasy reader.

I like herb dean tthe best, but josh is close second

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+25 # NokkonWud 2012-07-12 03:17

I like Cecil Peoples best. Not because he's a good referee, but because of this:

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-2 # MustacheHero 2012-07-11 20:06

+1

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+11 # Guest 2012-07-11 20:21

munoz has waked out to e-40 tell me when to go twice. both times he's lost brutally

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+11 # Guest 2012-07-11 20:27

weidman told him when to go!

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-4 # Guest 2012-07-11 21:24

I love this, "Lets pick the next contender for Anderson's belt" contest we have going on. Just a few days ago the troops were rallying behind Bisping crying to all the doubters that he's legit and such an underrated fighter. A KO late Chris Weidman is the front runner.

Once again I contest that the same fools rallying behind Bisping were probably his biggest critics in past and are likely now the same people you see here dumping Bisping for Weidman. MMA fans are hilarious, sometimes I'm embarrassed to be a part of this lot. Chris is good, bt I agree with the makeshift tournament idea. He's a prospect and definitely dangerous, but he still has a bit more to prove

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+5 # connertreffry 2012-07-11 21:40

Quoting Dio:

I love this, "Lets pick the next contender for Anderson's belt" contest we have going on. Just a few days ago the troops were rallying behind Bisping crying to all the doubters that he's legit and such an underrated fighter. A KO late Chris Weidman is the front runner.

Once again I contest that the same fools rallying behind Bisping were probably his biggest critics in past and are likely now the same people you see here dumping Bisping for Weidman. MMA fans are hilarious, sometimes I'm embarrassed to be a part of this lot. Chris is good, bt I agree with the makeshift tournament idea. He's a prospect and definitely dangerous, but he still has a bit more to prove

nope, i have been bisping bashing for the longest and have yet to stop, eff that redcoat

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+6 # Ryu 2012-07-11 22:24

I have a hard time believing anyone on this website has ever supported Michael "the cunt" Bisping.

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-1 # Sambro 2012-07-12 11:33

STFU DIO! No one said Bisping was a contender.

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-19 # Guest 2012-07-11 21:37

I'm no doctor... but

it would appear that there are 5 men in your "4 man tournament"

now let's hope we see a four-man tournament between Bisping, Belcher, Weidman and Lombard/Stan for the next individual to take on Anderson Silva.

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-12 # Guest 2012-07-11 22:24

who the fuck minus 1'd me for being able to count to five?

stop encouraging stupidity.

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+13 # Ryu 2012-07-11 22:29

Your reading comprehension leaves a lot to be desired. A / usually means or. As in Lombard or Stann fights Weidman. You need to lay off the weed and get back in the gym Nick. We're all worried about you.

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-4 # Guest 2012-07-12 05:29

You are the one who is the ball licker.

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+5 # Guest 2012-07-11 22:55

Yuji Shimada approved that stoppage.

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-1 # Fatty_Sam86 2012-07-11 23:06

Josh Rosenthal is an M.E. commenter? Makes me like him even more.

And similar to the Eminem walk out music equals you losing... I have a theory that if your hair is stupid, you will lose. It doesn't always happen, but it seems to happen more often than not.

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+3 # Guest 2012-07-11 23:33

That stoppage wasn't late, I love seeing fighters nearly get killed in the cage.

Weidman's combo was sick, he turned his jab into a elbow then his left hook into a takedown, then smashed Munoz's face in.
Munoz was looking past Weidman, moaning about Lombard and title shots and shit. Now he is out of the picture.

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+3 # Guest 2012-07-12 01:24

Chris Weidman will FINISH Anderson Silva.

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0 # Guest 2012-07-12 04:35

HAHAHAHAHAHA

no.

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0 # Guest 2012-07-12 04:47

Who would say that was an early stoppage? Munoz wasn't doing anything except getting beat when it was stopped.

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+6 # KingGhidorah 2012-07-12 06:35

Lombard (assuming he beats Tim) v. Stan for the next title shot.

Weidman vs Belcher for the title shot after.



And nobody gives a shit about Bisping. Maybe line him up with Munoz.

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+4 # TIMinBALTIMORE 2012-07-12 07:53

So the Silva/Sonnen stoppage was a tad early, Weidman/Munoz super late, I'm guessing when Barao KO's Faber this weekend it will be timely?

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+4 # Guest 2012-07-12 08:33

I donnt always praise God but when I do it because I bashed a man's brains out.

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0 # Guest 2012-07-12 10:08

Just the fact that Weidman attended Hofstra and still has a clean bill of health (STD wise) that place is skank heaven! Eventhough I am sure CW did some real ground & pounding in his day ;^)

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