After Matt Serra KO-ed him just over a year ago in UFC 69, Georges St. Pierre claimed that it “was the best thing that could have happened.” It sounded like a generic statement a young and extremely promising ex-champ would make post-dethroning. But since then, GSP quietly made changes and improvements both professionally and personally. Then began his systematic destruction of the toughest competition the UFC had to offer, culminating in his dismantling of Matt Hughes in UFC 79 (which he took on short notice). Then it was announced that his rematch with Serra, a chance at the title and redemption, would happen in his hometown.
On Saturday night in Montreal, he reclaimed the UFC welterweight championship belt. I guess it was the best thing that could’ve happened to him.
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And the Cincy boy won too! NATI, NATI, NATI...
~Rick
speaking of UFC ...
http://www.sonyclassics.com/redbelt/site.html
http://www.sonyclassics.com/redbelt/NoMas_DavidMamet.pdf
i must have told you this a thousand times, chris: "who imposes the terms of the battle will impose the terms of the peace."
- matt
more ...
Redbelt
Directed by David Mamet
April 25, 27 (Tribeca Film Festival)
The synopsis in the press notes for Redbelt, the latest meditation on American malehood from the heart and loins of David Mamet, is three pages long. Surprisingly, it's the talkiest thing about this labyrinthine, sequence-driven movie. Mamet's steely, staccato language is still in evidence, largely by way of a super-chill ethical vessel named Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor), whose manifold codes of honor derive from the martial arts. A Desert Storm veteran with a demanding Brazilian wife (Alice Braga) and a jujitsu studio where he puts cops, thugs, and rape victims through their paces, Terry is a fighter, not a competitor. A series of chance encounters (most absurdly, with a Hollywood fat cat played by Tim Allen), however, conspire to get him back in the ring. Mamet is clearly enthralled with the world of body drops, Zen koans, and fight-movie motifs, but his self-seriousness actually works in favor of this satisfyingly overblown genre romp.
- Michelle Orange (Village Voice)
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