Jason Frazier, Alestle Reporter
by Jason Frazier, Alestle Reporter
This week’s edition of the Timeout Awards is highlighted by a couple of first. This marks the first time a UFC fighter makes the list, and we get our first repeat offender. So let’s start dishing out Timeouts, shall we?
I am a huge fan of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. I make it a point to catch every Ultimate Fighter episode on Spike TV and watch every PPV. I have mostly been satisfied with what I have seen until last Saturday. Anderson Silva, the so-called pound-for-pound best MMA fighter, decided to be best pound-for-pound clown in the world.
Silva got the wrong impression that somehow the people in attendance and PPV viewers paid to see him dance around and taunt his opponent Demian Maia. He forgot to do one thing during the fight, and it’s a key element in UFC: fight. Saying he upset UFC president Dana White with his actions is an understatement. White refused to hand Silva his title after he won the fight by decision. He also had these choice words for Silva.
Anderson Silva may have lost the respect of his fans and his boss but at least he earned the first Timeout for an MMA fighter.
Maybe Silva could have cleared the octagon for next two Timeout recipients, who desperately wanted to tear each other’s heads off. Vinny Del Negro and John Paxson reportedly got into a shoving match. This wouldn’t as big of a problem if they didn’t both work for the Chicago Bulls. Del Negro, the Bulls coach, and Paxson, the team president, got into a heated argument over the playing time of Bulls forward Joakim Noah.
Instead of uniting and rallying their team for a playoff run, two of the guys in charge of the team are trying to dish out haymakers to one another. Great way to lead by example, Del Negro and Paxton. Fortunately, your team made the playoffs while you two were training for your UFC bout against one another. Timeouts to both of you.
The last guy on the list probably deserves a Timeout Lifetime Achievement Award. I’ve written this blog for a little over a month, and he is getting his second of what will probably many more Timeouts to come.
Seattle Mariners outfielder Milton Bradley was at it again, when he visited one of his former teams, the Texas Rangers. Last week he flipped the bird to Rangers fans after catching a foul ball in the corner. There is not much more to say about this, but Milton Bradley is a low-class individual. It’s not like this is a one-time, minor incident. Bradley’s career is full of despicable tantrums and tirades. This is a guy who injured himself arguing a call with an umpire. Milton, congrats on being the first two-time recipient of a Timeout Award.
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