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“The Oreo Cookie of MMA Shows, ignore the top and the bottom and focus on the killer middle” The UFC Fight Night From Florida

Joey

April 21st, 2019

April has been a pretty hectic month overall for MMA and we end...on a pretty so so note. If you view the main and co-main event on its face, this card is a TOUGH ask. Jack Hermansson vs Jacare Souza feels like the third fight on one of these Strikeforce cards from 2011 while Greg Hardy vs Dimitry Smolyakov is a really bad co-main event designed to once again milk off of whatever name value Greg Hardy has at this point. Look beyond those two fights and there's PLENTY to really take in. Fights 3 to 13 are really interesting from a divisional relevance standpoint to just flat out "There will be violence" standpoint. You have fighters like Mike Perry, Cowboy Oliveira, John Lineker, Cory Sandhagen, Jim Miller, Andrei Arlovski, Gilbert Burns, Angela Hill and then familiar people like Ben Saunders, Dhiego Lima, Carla Esparza and Court McGee. This is NOT the worst card in the world, you just gotta be willing to stomach what's at the top of the helm. ESPN made a really honest decision moving this card down to ESPN+ but now it's just a really solid ESPN+ card to take in on a Saturday night. If you can handle some filler and a yucky co-main of course.

Fights: 13

Debuts: Mike Davis, Thomas Gifford, Takashi Sato, Virna Jandiroba

Fight Changes/Injury Cancellations: 7 (Paulo Costa vs Yoel Romero CANCELLED/Jacare Souza vs Paulo Costa NEVER SIGNED/Yoel Romero OUT, Jack Hermansson IN vs Jacare Souza/Jessica Penne OUT, Angela Hill IN vs Jodie Esquibel/La Jingliang OUT, Mike Perry IN vs Alex Oliveira/Eric Wisely OUT, Mike Davis IN vs Gilbert Burns/Livia Souza OUT, Virna Jirandoba IN vs Carla Esparza)

Headliners (fighters who have either main evented or co-main evented shows in the UFC): 9 (Jack Hermansson, Jacare Souza, Mike Perry, Alex Oliveira, Carla Esparza, Greg Hardy, Glover Teixeira, John Lineker, Andrei Arlovski)

Fighters On Losing Streaks in the UFC: 4 (Andrei Arlovski, Ben Saunders, Jodie Esquibel, Carla Esparza)

Fighters On Winning Streaks in the UFC: 5 (Jack Hermansson, Gilbert Burns, John Lineker, Cory Sandhagen, Ion Cutelaba)

Main Card Record Since Jan 1st 2017 (in the UFC): 25-11

Jack Hermansson- 5-1 Jacare Souza- 3-2 Greg Hardy- 0-1 Dimitry Smolyakov- 0-0 Mike Perry- 3-3 Cowboy Oliveira- 4-2 Glover Teixeira- 3-2 Ion Cutelaba- 2-0 John Lineker- 2-0 Cory Sandhagen- 3-0 Roosevelt Roberts- 1-0 Thomas Giffords- 0-0

Fights By Weight Class (yearly number here):

Welterweight- 3 (26) Lightweight- 3 (26) Heavyweight- 2 (13) Women’s Strawweight- 2 (11) Middleweight- 1 (12) Light Heavyweight- 1 (16) Bantamweight- 1 (20)

Women’s Flyweight- (13) Featherweight- (18) Flyweight- (7) Women’s Bantamweight- (2)

2019’s Records We Keepin' Track Of:

Debuting Fighters (9-24): Mike Davis, Thomas Gifford, Takashi Sato, Virna Jandiroba

Short Notice Fighters (8-11): Jack Hermansson, Mike Perry, Mike Davis, Angela Hill, Virna Jandiroba

Second Fight (26-6): Greg Hardy, Roosevelt Roberts, Augusto Sakai

Cage Corrosion (Fighters who have not fought within a year of the date of the fight) (10-14): Dimitry Smolyakov, Jason Gonzales

Undefeated Fighters (13-18): Virna Jandiroba, Roosevelt Roberts

Fighters with at least four fights in the UFC with 0 wins over competition still in the organization (6-5):

Weight Class Jumpers (Fighters competing outside of the weight class of their last fight even if they’re returning BACK to their “normal weight class”) (14-8):

Twelve Precarious Ponderings

1- If Jack Hermansson finds a way to beat Jacare, is he officially legitimate? I mean I can't imagine a lot of dudes topping Jacare and David Branch back to back in terms of big fights at 185 lbs. Those are two high quality tough dudes at middlewieght and to do them both in back to back months? Hermansson is pretty young, surprisingly tough and showing off some versatility in how he can get things done. At the very least, he becomes somebody to remember going forward.

2- How likely is it that Jacare is allowed to sit out until a title fight opens up for him? Jacare has been promised (suggested) a title fight IF he beats Hermansson and so now I'm left wondering what happens if Whittaker gets hurt again or there's some controversy in Adesanya vs Whittaker in August or September.

3- Let's get the elephant out in the open. Greg Hardy is not a co-main eventer----but kinda he is. Let's be fair and point out that the draw on this card isn't Jacare or Hermansson or a surprisingly good undercard BUT Greg Hardy who brings in perhaps a bit of a freakshow audience. Let's be entirely 100% fair, Greg Hardy is the closest thing the UFC has had from an in cage perspective to Kimbo Slice. There's an appeal there; a charisma and yes a freakshow factor that other dudes lack. While Kimbo was a freakshow gimmick by one of the nicest people ever, Greg Hardy's a freakshow full stop. In a perfect world where contrition is legitimate and guys do the hard work to earn their way back into the good graces of the public, we may not even be having this discussion because Hardy is not in the UFC but as Joe Blanchard once said in the wrestling biz, "You can draw people to a gutting if it's for the right guy." People want to see Greg Hardy lose and until that loses its luster, he will be featured prominently. Also again, Shakur Stevenson JUST fought on Saturday and nary a mention of his issues based on a fight he allegedly instigated by catcalling women which led to a dude getting dropped. "Keep the same energy" as a fella I know would say.

4- How much longer does the Greg Hardy experiment last if he loses? CM Punk got two fights, James Toney got one, Kimbo got two and so on so forth. How tight is the leash here before they pull the plug?

5- I don't know who is going to make me more uncomfortable on this card, Andrei Arlovski or Ben Saunders.

6- Mike Perry vs Cowboy Oliveira seems like a microcosm of what 170 lbs is. Win enough fights and eventually you're going to get somebody who is out of your league. Win that one and you get a title shot because who else exists to get one? Lose and they discard you into the mid tier shark tank of action fighters. Mike Perry went from Max Griffin to Paul Felder to Donald Cerrone and his "bounceback" from Cerrone is another Cowboy who is just weirdly violent in all facets of the game. Cowboy Oliveira violenced dudes like Carlos Condit and Andre Pedersoli before getting Gunnar Nelson and now HIS bouncback is a violent as hell Mike Perry. There's a purgatory at 170 lbs between numbers 20 to 10 and most of these poor dudes are living in it. 170 lbs feels like the one division where "action fighter" is a detriment designed to suck the life out of your career.

7- So what can Cory Sandhagen do to vex John Lineker? The dudes who have given Lineker problems have to be a) tremendous movers who can dart in and out of the line of fire and b) really good wrestlers who can convince Lineker that there's danger in pressing forward because the threat of the takedown is real. I don't think Sandhagen is THAT kind of wrestler and I don't think his offense which is very flashy is going to fit well with a dude who just marches you down, cuts off your escape routes and then throws his entire existence into combinations. That said if you go REAAAAAAAAAAAL deep into the memory banks, Jose Maria Tome found success with knees when he could commit to them. It didn't stop the rain so to speak but it kept him dry long enough to not be a human speed bump.It's been a long while since Lineker looked suspect to submissions and I get the feeling that if the gameplan is to sub him, it's going to require something real deep in the arsenal.

8- So the UFC is going to keep feeding Glover Teixeira to young dudes until he finally gives up, right? Ion Cutelaba is just really violent and really aggressive and not much else so this is a fight Glover would've won five years ago but now it's going to be very, very hit or miss. Ion can wrestle a touch as well although the one fight I saw him use a takedown heavy gameplan, Jared Cannonier was just like "Take me down see if I give a fuck" en route to Cannonier just pasting Cutelaba for a late surge decision win.

9- If there's an honorary wing for "Small Tough Dads", Jim Miller has to be in there. He may not be in the riding lawnmower division but that's because he's too small to reach the steering wheel. Miller's last seven opponents are absolutely insane; Charles Oliveira, Alex White, Dan Hooker, Francisco Trinaldo, Anthony Pettis, Dustin Poirier and Thiago Fuckin' Alves. All of those dudes are still in the UFC, two of those dudes are champions, FIVE of those dudes are competent top 15 lightweights (Hooker, Pettis has position flex, Poirier, Trinaldo and Do Bronx) and two of those guys are active welterweights. That's a man's man right there. He gets a bit of a breather in the dangerously flawed Jason Gonzalez. Gonzalez is a tremendous kicker with so-so fight IQ, so-so takedowns, so-so submissions and fights at a so-so pace. He feels like a guy who could be better than he is but just might be IN that range of good but not great.

10- So let's talk about what I'm calling "the UFC Fast Pass Fuckery" for a bit. The UFC found Marcelo Golm, gave him a super gimmie fight and then turned around and put him in there vs Tim Johnson. Johnson isn't "good" but he's big, committed to a gameplan and just kinda knows what he can do and knows how to do it. Golm lost a decision to Johnson and his career hasn't recovered. Junior Albini? He KO'd Johnson in his debut and then the UFC turned around and gave him Andrei Arlovski. Arlovski is another quality competent big dude who knows what to do and how to do it. He Muk'd his way to a decision over Albini and Albini's career hasn't recovered. Arjan Bhullar lost HIS second fight after the UFC gave him a big time step up in competition. Sometimes winning fights early in your career, especially at HW, is a detriment. The UFC might've found a fun violent HW in Augusto Sakai so OF COURSE two fights in, he's fighting a very faded but kinda not really bad Andrei Arlovski. It's a dicey proposition but again, this is kinda what the UFC does. Best of luck, Augusto Sakai.

11- Court McGee vs Dhiego Lima is the sort of fight that you normally see on a show that has the stench of being thrown together at the last minute. It's the ECW spotfest tag match opener from 2000.

12- It's an AWFUL matchup but Mike Davis making his UFC debut is intriguing. It's short notice vs Gilbert Burns (two big issues off the jump) but Davis is a really exciting prospect whose sole loss is to the damn good Sodiq Yusuff. He's got pretty much every tool you'd want from a young up and coming prospect. The problem is he's a natural 145er fighting at 155 lbs against a dude who really should be at welterweight.

#MMA #UFC #Jacare #Hardy #Hermansson

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visplay · 3 years ago

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Chris: This Russian film is a sequel to Viy and has incredible special effects, well worth seeing, a fantasy/horror film, a bit obscure, Watch: On Subscription Service.

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#movie review #forbidden empire

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moviemaniac2020 · 4 years ago

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Forsaken: Mission Mars (2018)

Il cosmonauta Alexander Chapayev è l’unico membro di un equipaggio di una missione spaziale russa che, per salvare la vita ai propri compagni, riesce ad atterrare sull’ostile suolo di Marte. Chiuso nel suo modulo di salvataggio, l’uomo deve cercare di sopravvivere fino a una futura missione di soccorso, ma col passare dei giorni e delle settimane entrerà in contatto con qualcosa di inspiegabile... Il cinema russo negli ultimi anni sta facendo passi davvero da gigante e sta colmando completamente quel gap tecnico che lo ha separato per molto tempo dal cinema occidentale. Non sono di certo passati inosservati alcune perle fuoriuscite dalla ‘nouvelle vogue’ russa dell’ultimo decennio come “The Guardians” (2017), “Metro” (2013) e il più recente “T-38” (2018). “Forsaken: Mission Mars” del regista russo Alexander Kulikov (che interpreta anche il personaggio principale) è un film di fantascienza girato in Russia nel 2018, che non è sicuramente ai livelli del capolavoro sovietico “Solaris” (1972) di Andrej Tarkowskij, ma che è comunque un film ricco di idee e che si fa una strada di tutto rispetto. La prima parte della pellicola può sembrare uno dei tanti banali ‘movie’ che narrano le eroiche ma sfortunate gesta dell’Uomo alla conquista del ‘pianeta rosso’, con l’unica variante, appunto, di essere una produzione russa anziché americana. In realtà, nella parte finale della pellicola, lo spettatore si addentra in un labirinto filosofico ed esistenziale dal quale è difficile uscirne con risposte certe e chiare. Chapayev dall’interno della sua capsula, che gli ha salvato la vita ma che gli fa anche da prigione, tiene ogni giorno svariati collegamenti con le telecamere terrestri, finendo dritto nei televisori del mondo e diventando ben presto un beniamino di tutti. Inoltre, un grosso magnate proprietario di un’importante TV nazionale, che ha in esclusiva le immagini del cosmonauta, ha promesso che con il ricavato dell’audience potrà finanziare nel giro di pochi mesi la spedizione di salvataggio. Tuttavia, quando Chapayev inizia a soffrire di depressione e a sentire strani rumori esterni, sprofonda in una brutta depressione, tanto da interrompere le sue apparizioni. Così, sulla Terra, l’emittente TV in accordo con un Ministro con pochi scrupoli, che sta seguendo da vicino il caso, decide di mandare in onda una controfigura, col bieco compito di fare pure squallida propaganda politica usando il personaggio di Chapeyev. Il giochino va avanti fino a quando la polizia irrompe nella sede dell’agenzia spaziale e smaschera l’inganno. I responsabili sono costretti a diffonde la notizia che tutto è stato in realtà una finzione e che già dal burrascoso atterraggio il cosmonauta non era sopravvissuto all’impatto. Ma allora chi è Chapeyev? Un rimorso tridimensionale e animato di un cosmonauta perito realmente in un incidente spaziale oppure un attore al servizio del potere mediatico capace di creare e far vivere un personaggio? Siamo davvero arrivati a un punto che una persona esiste e smette di esistere soltanto perché lo decide la Televisione? Il film di Kulikov si interroga su questi dilemmi, vagando su Marte come un pensiero alla ricerca di risposte agli interrogativi sull’esistenza. Il finale, molto aperto e tanto emblematico quanto affascinante, lascia allo spettatore tutte le possibili interpretazioni. “Soltanto ora stiamo cominciando a capire che abbiamo creato noi questa realtà e adesso stiamo provando a comprenderla. Siamo più che semplici uomini, in un certo senso siamo alieni. Siamo arrivati in questo mondo per cambiarlo. Noi facciamo parte dell’Universo, possiamo distruggere tutto ciò che incontriamo lungo il cammino oppure possiamo preservarlo. Noi siamo la causa delle tragedie e delle catastrofi, proprio come ognuno di noi è la causa di tutto ciò che gli accade nella Vita. E se non lo facciamo noi, chi può cambiare il corso degli eventi? Se ci riusciremo, allora, potremo guardare l’Universo e dire: Io Esisto”. Con questo monologo finale, mentre Chapeyev (o l’idea esistenziale che abbiamo avuto di lui) esce dall’astronave, si dirige verso una montagna e la scala fino in cima, si chiude un film che non è quindi il solito di fantascienza su attacchi alieni, arrembaggi su Marte e scoperte di civiltà extraterrestri, bensì è una pellicola, forse non girata benissimo, con una regia e un montaggio a tratti un po’ troppo frettolosi, ma che lascia un messaggio esistenziale sull’Io senziente molto significativo e profondo, come poche pellicole di genere hanno saputo fare dai tempi di “2001: Odissea nello Spazio” e del già citato “Solaris”. Mission Mars (Forsaken). Regia: Alexander Kulikov. Russia, 2018. Con: Alexander Kulikov, Andrey Smolyakov, Yuri Tsurilo, Anna Banshchikova. streaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_gFddXT-wo&t=12s (rece: Mirko Confaloniera)

#forsaken mission mars

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danilakozlovskyfansbr · 7 years ago

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The Hollywood Reporter : “COACH”

Expedição: "Coach" Danila Kozlovsky

THR visitou as filmagens da estréia de Danila Kozlovsky na direção e aprendeu como o ator vai ganhar os corações dos fãs e espectadores.

O jogo de equipe mais popular do mundo. Não apenas um esporte, mas um espetáculo que pode capturar uma grande audiência. No entanto, no nosso cinema moderno ainda não havia um filme sério comercialmente bem sucedido sobre futebol como profissão. Para corrigir a situação, Danila Kozlovsky tentará: no próximo ano, ele apresentará sua estréia como diretor "Coach". THR visitou as filmagens do drama esportivo e aprendeu como o ator vai ganhar os corações dos fãs e espectadores.

O talentoso atacante da seleção russa Yuri Stoleshnikov (Danila Kozlovsky) não marca uma penalidade no jogo decisivo, logo após sua carreira declina. Para lidar com a depressão, ele tenta encontrar-se como treinador da equipe provincial "Meteor". Com o novo clube, o herói novamente terá que acreditar em si mesmo e liderar a equipe, que ninguém leva a sério, na Premier League.

De acordo com Kozlovsky, seu filme é sobre pessoas que não têm medo de lutar por seus sonhos e, assim, dar esperança aos outros. "Há muitos desses exemplos na história do futebol: o FC Rostov, o clube inglês Leicester, a seleção nacional da Islândia. Na última temporada, essas equipes fizeram um verdadeiro milagre de futebol", - acrescentou o ator. Um fato notável: Kozlovsky tornou-se o embaixador da Copa do Mundo de 2018 na Rússia.

Irina Gorbacheva é dono da equipe "Meteor", a filha do prefeito de uma cidade provincial fictícia. É ela que convida Stoleshnikov a trabalhar. O operador do projeto foi Fedor Lyass ("Soulless", "Hardcore Henry"). As cenas de confronto de futebol prometem ser épicas - durante as filmagens estão envolvidas até 34 câmeras, e o próprio operador as vezes se desloca para Segways (meio de transporte de duas rodas lado a lado).

Olya Zueva interpreta a médica da equipe. No filme entre ela e o herói de Kozlovsky, haverá uma linha romântica.

Andrey Smolyakov é o pai do protagonista, que dedicou sua vida a fazer de seu filho uma estrela de futebol.

Vladimir Ilyin vai desempenhar o papel de treinador da equipe infantil "Meteor", e não está muito feliz por Stoleshnikov liderar a equipe principal. Seu sobrinho Aleksandr Ilyin, aparecerá no papel de líder de um grupo de torcedores de futebol.

Durante a preparação do roteiro Kozlovsky visitou muitas equipes provinciais, coletando informações e se comunicando com jogadores e treinadores. Um dos consultores do filme foi o ex-treinador principal da seleção russa Leonid Slutsky.

A primeira etapa da produção foi realizada em Moscou, Krasnodar e Novorossiysk. Como locais de filmagem, muitos estádios reais estão envolvidos, entre eles "Otkritie Arena", "Arena Khimki" e "Krasnodar Stadium".

No passado, a estrela do "Lokomotiv" e da seleção russa, Dmitriy Sychov, de 33 anos, interpreta no filme um veterano do clube chamado Dodin. Kozlovsky o nomeou em homenagem ao seu mentor e diretor do Maly Drama Theatre, Lev Dodin. Os jogadores restantes serão jovens atores, estreantes.

O filme tem o apoio do Ministério dos Esportes da Federação Russa, da União Russa de Futebol e do vice-primeiro-ministro Vitaly Mutko. A produção é por conta dos estúdios Kinoslovo, TRITE Studio de Nikita Mikhalkov e DK Entertaiment, recentemente criado por Kozlovsky. A estreia está agendada para 19 de abril no próximo ano.

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Expedition: "Coach" Danila Kozlovsky

THR visited the filming of the debut of Danila Kozlovsky in the direction and learned how the actor will win the hearts of the fans and spectators.

The most popular team game in the world. Not just a sport, but a spectacle that can capture a large audience. However, in our modern cinema there was not yet serious commercially successful film about football as a profession. To rectify the situation, Danila Kozlovsky will try: next year he will present his debut as director "Coach". THR visited the shooting of the sports drama and and learned how the actor will win the hearts of fans and spectators.

The talented striker of the Russian national team Yuri Stoleshnikov (Danila Kozlovsky) does not score a penalty in the deciding game and his career declines. To deal with depression, he tries to find himself as a coach of the provincial team "Meteor". With the new club, the hero again will have to believe in himself and lead the team, which no one takes seriously in the Premier League.

According to Kozlovsky, his film is about people who are not afraid to fight for their dreams and thereby give hope to others. "There are many such examples in the history of football: FC Rostov, the English club Leicester, the national team of Iceland. Last season, these teams made a true football miracle", - added the actor. One notable fact: Kozlovsky became the ambassador of the World Cup in 2018 in Russia.

Irina Gorbacheva plays the owns the team "Meteor", the daughter of the mayor of a fictitious provincial city. It is she who invites Stoleshnikov to work. The operator of the project was Fedor Lyass ("Soulless", "Hardcore Henry"). The scenes of football confrontation promise to make be epic - during the filming are involved up to 34 cameras, and the operator himself sometimes moved to Segway ( a two-wheeled, self-balancing, personal transporter).

Olya Zueva plays the team doctor. In the film between her and the hero of Kozlovsky, there will be a romantic line.

Andrey Smolyakov plays the father of the protagonist, who devoted his life to making his son a football star.

Vladimir Ilyin will play the role of children's team coach "Meteor", and is not too happy about Stoleshnikov leading the main team. His nephew Aleksandr Ilyin will appear as the leader of a group of football fans.

During the preparation of the script Kozlovsky visited many provincial teams, collecting information and communicating with players and coaches. One of the film's consultants was former Russian head coach Leonid Slutsky.

The first stage of production was held in Moscow, Krasnodar and Novorossiysk. As shooting venues, many real stadiums are involved, including "Otkritie Arena", "Khimki Arena" and "Krasnodar Stadium".

In the past, the 33-year-old star of "Lokomotiv" and the Russian national team, Dmitriy Sychov, plays a veteran of the club called Dodin. Kozlovsky named him in honor of his mentor and director of the Maly Drama Theater, Lev Dodin. The remaining players will be young actors, debutants.

The film is supported by the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation, the Russian Football Union and the Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko. The production is handled by Kinoslovo, TRITE Studio by Nikita Mikhalkov and DK Entertaiment, recently created by Kozlovsky. The premiere is scheduled for April 19 next year.

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