'Doggymeat' At Ringside

Almost as quickly as I read the following email yesterday, I just as quickly replied to it and promptly got a bounce. That shows how not-so Internet savvy this Free-For-Aller is. It's only appropriate since I got this email from "'Anonymous' ." Anyway, read on...

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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:11:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Anonymous" Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
To: paulotaneo@yahoo.com
Subject: [Free-For-All] New comment on Addendum.

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Addendum":

Hey Paul. nice to see you writing you blog again. Its me, Aldie aka Doggymeat.

What did you think of GnP 3 last week? I was at ringside enjoying the action and was surprised none of the MMA bouts went to the 3rd round. MMA in Cebu has gotten to the next level indeed.

What's your take on UFC 74? I have "The Natural" winning by decision. another match i'm looking forward to is GSP vs Kos with GSP winning by a split decision. That card might as well be called "Really Stacked" as card looks really solid on paper. Asides from the GSP vs Kos tussle, I think the match of the night would be against Marcus Aurelio vs Clay Guida.

Lastly, try to visit www.mmaplayground.com if you have time to kill. It's a Fantasy MMA site and is quite fun. Earn points by predicting who wins in what round and how they will win.

"Hope to see more columns from you."

Aldie,

It's also nice to read you email again.

I took notes right after scoring the rounds of the GnP 3 bouts. I will write about the competition as soon as time allows. It would also be fun to speculate on UFC 74 but there's a lot of stuff I want to write about going four to six UFCs back. I will always root for Randy "The Natural/Captain America" Couture until he turns Unnatural/Captain Universal Cop. I hope he wins by submission/referee stoppage but a decision will do all right.

If you were at ringside, you must have seen me. Were you the tall Filipino-looking English-speaking guy with what appeared to be two Middle-Eastern MMA fans behind me to my left who kept on doing color commentary and giving fight suggestions as the matches went along?

By the way, Aldie, please use your name instead of "Anonymous" next time. I tend to ignore Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms. Anonymous when I see their names on my Inbox. Fortunately, this wasn't one of those times.

Thanks and do keep on reading Free-For-All and emailing me.

Paul