It Begins

This blog is a long time in coming. After writing and commenting on Bleacher Report's MMA section for a long time now and hanging around in other MMA communities online, I'm finally deciding to take writing about MMA a little more seriously ... or perhaps I've decided to take my obsession with MMA to the next level. Is there a difference?

After going by Ed J Pickle McNasty III for well over a year, I changed my display name to my real name. It was a lovely pen name that I never figured would go anywhere, and I didn't care. But it's hard to be taken seriously when your name is a joke, right?

So much going on in the MMA world. "The fat kid who could," Roy Nelson is turning some heads with two straight first round knockouts. Shane Carwin is back in action and knocking out "the world's biggest loudmouth" Frank Mir. UFC 112 is almost upon us with it's two, "you seriously call this guy a title contender?" title fights.

Strikeforce is about to do their second CBS broadcast. The biggest shocker in the past two years: Alistair Overeem might actually defend his SF title!! I'm believing it when I see him in the cage.

That's all I got for now.