Great piece, man. My SIL has EDS. Diagnosed maybe 20 years ago. Rare condition. It's a rough go, but manageable. Just gradually breaks you down. She was a show horse rider. Now she just tries to be with the horses as much as possible, even though she's not supposed to. Can't bear her own children and it would be tough to raise a child period. It's probably an understudied condition because of its rarity and lack of awareness. Best of luck to the Marshall family.
Don't remember seeing this in your piece, but the NCAA golf substitute rule is ridiculous. Can't believe that exists in this day and age. Still, that was great theater and I had a feeling it was just too many things pointing towards a magical moment for Oregon.
The Helwani thing is so petty by Dana and the UFC. They are missing the forest trying to control the leaves.
It felt damn good watching Rockhold get his smug face pounded in and then acting like a baby afterwards. The dude pouted like a champ, that's for sure. Be better is right. Hope he has to sit around awhile and face someone else before getting another shot. Good for you, Bisping.
I was shocked by Urijahs performance. Cruz was Cruz, but I think once Faber took that first shot that sent him to the canvas, the whole fight changed. He literally did nothing after that except survive. How can you not give Cruz props for continuing to win? I don't like the guy, but nobody can figure him out. Not sure where Faber goes from here, but that was bad. Garbrandt does look like a scary dude in that class if he can continue to evolve.
Dan Henderson sounds like he's fighting for a check at this point. Loved that fight, but I've probably listened to a half dozen interviews with him over the last week and he's constantly mentioning needing money. Hope he doesn't just go that route, but I feel like we get more of him, because as he said he's got bills to pay. *Amending my comments from earlier here as I just looked and he made $800,000 last weekend, so why does he sound so hard up for money?
The Brock thing is really interesting. I'm super pumped, but what is going on here? It's a money grab for the UFC and Brock has had the itch for a while, but if he loses and/or gets hurt....and it's not like Mark Hunt couldn't pull it off, what is Vince and the WWE thinking? That's a chink in the brand for sure with SummerSlam looming the next month. Does everyone involved think Lesnar just rolls through Hunt with no concerns? It's a risk reward scenario I suppose. However, Brock is already one of the biggest sells in WWE and doesn't really need a push from the UFC and if he wins I guess there would be a little cross over appeal of a few new fans, but it wouldn't be significant in my mind. The aura remaining in tact is more important, IMO. Especially when you consider a good portion of the WWE fan are doesn't know who Mark Hunt is and the others know he's a jag. I think Brock has always wanted to go back because of how things ended last time and this was a prime spot. Very interesting scenario. Regardless, bring on 200!
