First of all, I have to chime in on the Silva/Belfort fight. I don't care if Belfort only landed two punches. Two punches is twice as many as it takes in NHB fighting. Silva got caught (repeatedly) and he was DONE in that fight. Anyone can get caught though and Silva has proven that he has a great chin. Belfort's hands are blazing fast though and everything worked "just right" for him. Silva was a great fighter then... and he has been a great figher for a long time now. Belfort is such a underachiever and he knows it. It kinda makes me mad. He seems to be a great guy. I really hope he comes back around. The guy has such tremendous talent.

Anyway, the Ortiz/Shamrock fight was certainly a letdown. I was pretty upset at the stoppage initially, but after watching it a few times I realized 3 things. 1) Shamrock got nailed like five times and he wasn't protecting himself. His hands where up but they certainly weren't protecting his head. How many more would it have taken to seriously damage him? Maybe one or maybe none. I don't know, but I definitely don't want to see anyone seriously hurt out there. 2) In all honesty, suppose he survived that initial barrage, how much better do you think he could have done? Personally, I think he was in for a butt whoopin' any way you look at it. Ortiz may have gotten tired (a la the forest griffin fight), but I believe he was in far better shape this time around and shamrock isn't a forest griffin calibre fighter these days. 3) To be truthful, I was only upset due to the fact that I wanted to see a longer fight, not because the fight didn't need to be stopped. There was a lot of hype going into this and it was a let down to have it last less than a minute and twenty seconds... I'm sure my girlfriend has felt that way about me quite a few times.
P.S= Go silva!!