Steak And Eggs

So there I am at midnight on Saturday. The UFC on Fox is on at 1am and I'm getting myself ready for a night of great fights. Steak on the pan, nice and rare. Eggs frying along side. Cold beer in the fridge. Let us, as the man suggests, get it on.

So...you get the pan nice and hot till the oil is spitting. Toss the steak in so that it sizzles and browns (carmelises) on both sides before adding a splash of soy and sake if you have it. Beware of flames! Crack the eggs on the side and...

Sorry, what? you were expecting an MMA blog, rather then a cooking lesson?? I understand. Let me can explain myself.

I watched Damian Maia self-sabotage what was once a stellar career by turning away from first rate jujitsu to second rate stand up. Did this guy really take the criticisms of his stand up game that hard?? Damian, its not working... bail bail bail!!

Then the main event for me, Bisping versus Sonnen. A very poor Sonnen vs a surprisingly good Bisping made for a close, but boring fight. In the end Sonnen squeaked it by way of a large amount of Lay-n-Pray in the third. 

Then there was Davis vs Evans. This was the story of someone who shouldnt have been in the octagon and someone who couldnt kick him out of it. If you showed me any given round of that fight I wouldnt be able to tell you which one it was. By the end fight I was praying for Evans to finish it just so I could go to bed. 

Now I've chided fans who booed fights before but this isnt the same thing. I'm not being hypocritical here. A boring fight is what it is. Sometimes two fighters neutralise each other so much that it just isnt a great fight and I don't deride them for it. 

What was unpalatable was the Fox element. What the hell was that all about? We had Jon Jones reading from a script written in 48-point, a bloke who clearly knew squat about MMA and Randy Coutore sitting in the middle of it, looking embarrassed. 

Ads interrupted ads, we lost the fighter walk ins which made the whole thing feel like a repeat and we often lost the corner men chats between rounds. The entire thing felt debased like some American Gladiators knock off and Chael Sonnen's nonsense gave it an unwelcome whiff of WWE. (though to be fair to Chael his post fight interview was admirably honest )

This wasnt "Ultimate Fighting", this felt like some dumbed down jock-fodder. It took 3 hours to show 3 fights. Thats an hour a fight for the mathematically challenged and thank God in a sense that they all went the distance. I cant imagine the time-filling inanities Jon Jones would have been forced to spout if they hadnt.

In the end of the day, I have to write a blog here, a recounting of my take on the evening and the most interesting, salient, entertaining parts of the night.

So, once the eggs are crispy around the edges, and the meat is pink-red in the centre, serve with crusty bread and...