Liddell gets a win Hughes gets beat-Weekend Fight Results

Lumpy New Years to all! Your boy Larry Lump is about to get his groove on tonight so don't bother me tomorrow when I will be paying the price.

I didn't get to see it but sounds like the UFC had a good card on Saturday night. Chuck Liddell showed he still got some fight left as he beat Wanderlei Silva in an all out slug fest. Surprisingly Matt Hughes had to submit in the second round against Georges St. Pierre. Like I said I didn't see the dukes so it's pointless for me to comment. Congrats to Moose for going 10-0. As you may recall he picked Brian Minto over Byron “The Bear” Polley. Minto scored a first round KO against "The Cub" to win the WBA Fedecentro Heavyweight (WTF??) Championship. Which brings me to another random thought. Brian Minto beats Vinny Maddalone TWICE and yet Vinny gets the fight with Holyfield, Holyfield beats him, then gets a title shot. Seems like Minto should of gotten the chance to fight Holyfield who he probably would of beaten, then he might of gotten a REAL title shot instead of fighting another chooch fighter, for another chooch belt, in the boxing mecca of Chester, WV. Anyways here are the rest of the weekend results. Be careful tonight kids!

Boxing:
Dec. 29 -- Steve Cunningham records a 12th-round technical knockout over Marco Huck in Bielefeld, Germany to retain his IBF cruiserweight title.
Dec. 29 -- Jose Alfaro records a split-decison over Prawet Singwancha in Bielefeld, Germany to capture the vacant WBA lightweight title .

MMA:
Dec. 31
Yarennoka!, Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan: Shinya Aoki def. Bukyung Jung by (unanimous decision; Hayato Sakurai def. Hidehiko Hasegawa (unanimous decision); Fedor Emelianenko def. Hong Man Choi by (submission 1:54, R1); Kazuo Misaki def. Yoshihiro Akiyama (TKO, 7:48, R1) Mitsuhiro Ishida def. Gilbert Melendez (unanimous decision); Makoto Takimoto def. Murilo Bustamante (split decision) Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Luiz Azeredo (unanimous decision); Michael Russow def. Roman Zentsov (submission 2:58, R1).
Dec. 29
UFC 79, Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas: Mark Bocek def. Doug Evans (unanimous decision); Roan Carneiro def. Tony DeSouza (TKO, 3:33 R2); Dean Lister def. Jordan Radev (unanimous decision); Manny Gamburyan def. Nate Mohr (submission, 1:31 R1); James Irvin def. Luis Cane (DQ, 1:51 R1); Rich Clementi def. Melvin Guillard (submission, 4:40 R1); Lyoto Machida def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (submission, 4:40 R1); Eddie Sanchez def. Soa Palelei (unanimous decision); Chuck Liddell def. Wanderlei Silva (unanimous decision); Interim welterweight championship: Georges St. Pierre def. Matt Hughes(verbal submission, 4:54 R2).

IFL Grand Prix Finals, Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.: Marcello Salazar def. Alex Cook (unanimous decision); Brett Cooper def. Rory Markham (TKO, 1:15 R2); Tim Kennedy def. Elias Rivera via (KO 2:00 R1); Heavyweight championship: Roy Nelson def. Antoine Jaoude (TKO, 0:20 R2); Featherweight championship: Wagnney Fabiano def. L.C. Davis (submission, 3:38, R1); Welterweight championship: Jay Hieron def. Delson Heleno (TKO, 4:00 R1); Middleweight championship: Matt Horwich def. Benji Radach (TKO, 1:58, R2); Lightweight championship: Ryan Schultz def. Chris Horodecki, (TKO, 2:51, R1).

PS
Anyone see cousin Willy? Last I heard he was brewing some Moon Shine in the Georgia Swamps.

Weekend Fight Schedule Plus NEW Feature-Moose's Underground Pick

Yo fight fans, it's been a slow end of the year for us which I why I have not posted every day.
Biggest news for this weekend is the UFC PPV. The two main fights are Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre, and Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva. Liddell is at a crossroads now, if he loses this one I think it's time for Chuckie to wrap it up.

We have to wait until January 19th for Boxing to have it's next big night when the WBA heavyweight belt is on the line and Roy Jones Sr. (oops I mean Jr.) takes on Felix Trinidad.
Have a Lumpy New Year! Your Boy Larry L. Lump is done for 2007!

OK now without further ado I would like to unvail our new Friday feature, Moose's Underground Pick (MUP). A little background first. Moose is a die hard BUMPnLUMPER who has been writing "colorful" comments since the blog went live. He also has an uncanny ability to pick fights, and not only the main headliners but the very obscure ones as well. He is now 9-0 since the blog went live so I have decided to shine the spotlight on him. So here ya go, the inaugural MUP.
Brian Minto vs. Byron Polley:
A disaster for the Polly Nose. McBride ate his lunch and he even gets beat up by the little Cruisers. We're on the streets snoopin' him out now and I can asure you this "lightweight" ain't no where near ready to fight a middleweight, never mind Big Bri. Go with them Mints, play the juice, pick the ring spot & blood drops, you will clean up. (My subscribers knows this talk. They got the bet).

Weekend Boxing Schedule:
TODAY - at Vancouver, British Columbia(ESPN2) - 10 rounds, heavyweights: Dominick Guinn(28-5, 19 KOs) vs. Robert Hawkins (45-4-2, 28 KOs);8 rounds, super middleweights: Darrell Woods(26-11, 18 KOs) vs. Mark Woolnaugh (16-5-1, 5 KOs).
TODAY - at Montebello, California -10 rounds, light middleweights: Eric Mitchell(20-4-1, 10 KOs) vs. Sergey Stepkin (17-2, 9 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Bielefeld, Germany - 12 rounds,IBF cruiserweight title: Steve Cunningham (20-1, 10 KOs)vs. Marco Huck (19-0, 14 KOs); 12 rounds,vacant WBA lightweight title: Jose Alfaro (19-3, 18 KOs)vs. Prawet Singwancha (30-2-2, 18 KOs); 10 rounds,cruiserweights: Tomasz Adamek (32-1, 22 KOs) vs.Tiwon Taylor (26-14-1, 19 KOs).
SUNDAY - at Chester, West Virginia -10 rounds, heavyweights: Brian Minto (28-2, 17 KOs)vs. Byron Polley (21-7-1, 7 KOs); 12 rounds,lightweights: Verquan Kimbrough (18-1-1, 7 KOs) vs.Oisin Fagan (20-4, 12 KOs).

Weekend MMA Schedule:
Saturday, Dec 29
IFL: Grand Prix finals, Uncasville, Conn.,
UFC: UFC 79, Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre, Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva, Las Vegas, PPV

Christmas Day Classic Lump

I got to give credit to long time BUMPnLUMPER Moose who emailed me this gem the other day.
Thanks Moose and Merry Christmas to all!!!
Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama June 2002

Weekend Results Plus Mark Cuban looking for a Posse to hang with?

Merry Christmas Eve and Happy Holidays to Larry's Little Lumpers.
So all this yapping about Floyd Mayweather Jr. thinking about moving to MMA is pretty nutty. Time and time again boxers think they can enter the MMA universe and time and time again they get lumped up badly. I love boxing but let's be honest, it is one dimensional compared to MMA. Now I agree Floyd is a true athlete, and when he puts his mind to something he gives it 110% effort, but how are those weak wrists going to hold up with MMA gloves that offer very little protection? The real comedy of this is the Mark Cuban factor. He is jumping on the Mayweather bandwagon hard core. How out of place did he look coming in the ring with Floyd's entourage during the Hatton fight? Is it just me or does this totally remind you of the time Bruce Willis was "hanging" with P. Diddy and his boys during the MTV Music Awards a few years back in Miami? Floyd stay the hell out of MMA, beat Cotto and Williams, then retire as one of the greatest of all time. That's what most fight fans would rather see you do.

Here is your weekend Boxing Results:

BEYNE-HEUSAY, Belgium (AP) -- Michael Henrotin, Belgium, outpointed Mantas Tarvydas, Lithuania, 12, to retain his IBF intercontinental super middleweight title.
MILANO, Italy (AP) -- Andrea Sarritzu, Italy, stopped Lahcene Zemmouri, Spain, 7, to retain the European flyweight title; Sergey Gulyakevitch, Belarus, outpointed Leva Kirakosyan, Armenia, 12, to win the European super featherweight title; Giacobbe Fragomeni, Italy, outpointed Rachid El Hadak, France, 12, to retain his European cruiserweight title.
HALLE AN DER SAALE, Germany (AP) -- Herbie Hide, Britain, stopped Mikhail Nasyrov, Russia, 6, to win the WBC international cruiserweight title.

Weekend Boxing Schedule

Yaaaawn. Larry Lump taking the day off from working, chillin in his dope robe. All quiet on the fight front these days. There was a snoozer on VS. last night. It was an IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator bout between Joshua Clottey and Shamone Alvarez. Clottey won an easy unanimous decision but I don't think any of the current champs need to be too concerned about this guy.
I read today that EliteXC is trying to put a Ken Shamrock vs. Frank Shamrock fight together. It doesn't seem like there is any bad blood between the two brothers so I really don't know how they are going to be able to go all out if they fight. That's why we will never see the Klitschko brothers fight for the Heavyweight championship.

Other than that the fight year is winding down so not much more to report. Have a great weekend!

No major MMA events this weekend so here is your boxing schedule:

TODAY - at Las Cruces, New Mexico (Telefutura)- 10 rounds, super featherweights: Urbano Antillon(20-0, 13 KOs) vs. Adrian Valdez (18-5-3, 10 KOs).
SUNDAY - at Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany -12 rounds, cruiserweights: Herbie Hide (40-4, 39 KOs)vs. Mikhail Nasyrov (18-0, 12 KOs).
SUNDAY - at Tokyo - 12 rounds, WBC bantamweight title: Hozumi Hasegawa (22-2, 7 KOs)vs. Simone Maludrottu (25-1, 10 KOs).

First Annual Lumpies

Ho Ho Ho have yourself a Lumpy Little Christmas. How are ya doing fight fans? Not much to report today in the fight game so I decided to create the 2007 Lumpy Awards so we can vote on the fight of the year and the fighter of the year in both Boxing and MMA. That's four awards for the mathematically challenged. So don't be shy, tell me what you think. Here are my votes:

Boxing:
Fight of the Year
Jermaine Taylor vs. Kelly Pavlik (Pavlik win by TKO)
Fighter of the Year
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Wins over Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton)

MMA:
Fight of the Year
Roger Huerta Vs. Clay Guida (Huerta wins via Submission)
Fighter of the Year
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson

Speak up Speak up let your voice be heard!

Larry Holmes training for MMA? Classic Lump

Heehee this week's Classic Lump is in tribute to Larry Holmes for being inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame last week. Here is one of the lost moments of his career. You guys remember this one? Damn Larry nice drop kick, the UFC might be interested in you.

Final thoughts on Mayweather vs. Hatton plus Weekend Fight Results

So I was able to watch the Mayweather/Hatton fight in peace and quiet last night. No screaming people, no nacho chips flying across the room, no gin and tonics spilling on my head.

Without a doubt it was a tough fight to score because the punch stats did not necessarily jive up with the look of the fight. I read a few fight reporters ripping into Harold Lederman for having it so close, and actually having Hatton ahead after 6 rounds. After I added up my scorecard I had it the exact same as Lederman, 57-56 for Hatton after 6, and 86-84 for Mayweather after 9. If Joe Cortez did not take a point away for Hatton on a borderline punch behind the head foul he would of won the 6th round too instead of only getting a 9-9. The real turning point of the fight was the 8th when Floyd clocked him good. After that he was able to pick and choose his punches and finally sealed the deal in the 10th. I really don't think Hatton was outclassed as some people are saying. I think his game plan did not pan out. Too much mauling and smothering, not enough punching. He made it very difficult for Floyd to tee off when they were in the corners but Hatton was not getting off enough clean shots when he had the chance. When the fight moved to the center of the ring it was all Mayweather. I doubt very much there will be a rematch. Hatton would have to win at least two big fights first, and Floyd has other business to attend to in boxing, assuming he even wants to box anymore.

So where does Floyd stand as of today in regards to "pound for pound" the best? As of today, yes he is the best pound for pound fighter in the world, but as for all time, he can't be in that discussion yet. In my humble opinion he needs at least one more fight and possibly two more to get into that discussion. First he must beat the WBA welterweight champ Miguel Cotto, that's priority one. After that I would love to see him fight the 6' 1 WBO champ Paul Williams (reminds me of Thomas Hearns). Before that fight happens though Williams need to defend his belt at least once to "earn" a fight with Mayweather. Those are two tough fights with two real welterweights. Cotto will provide the power and accuracy that Hatton did not bring, and Paul Williams with his freakish height should provide a lot of trouble with a huge reach advantage.

Come on Floyd two more for the peeps. Then retire and let the historians figure it all out. I know you are bored of boxing but you DO love those greenbacks. So it's a win win, two more dukes then shut it down.



Weekend Fight Results
Boxing:
Dec. 15 -- Jorge Lineres records an eighth-round knockout over Gamaliel Diaz in Cancun, Mexico to retain the WBC featherweight title.Dec. 15 -- Edwin Valero records a third-round knockout over Zaid Zavaleta in Cancun, Mexico to retain the WBA super featherweight title.
Dec. 15 -- Ulises Solis records a 10th-round technical knockout over Bert Batawang in Guadalajara, Mexico to retain the IBF flyweight title.
Dec. 16 -- Danny Green records a unanimous decision over Stripe Drews in Perth, Australia to capture the WBA light heavyweight title.

MMA:
Dec. 15
HDNet Fights, American Airlines Center, Dallas: Marcus Lanier def. Lee King (submission, 2:58 R2); Liam McCarty def. Jason House (TKO, 3:00 R3); Jay White def. Patrick Castillo (submission, 0:50 R1); Nissen Osterneck def. Freddie Espiricueta (verbal submission, 2:37 R1); Corey Mahon def. Chris Bowles (submission, 4:22 R2); Pete Spratt def. Tristan Yunker via (TKO, 1:38 R1); Krzysztof Soszynski def. Robert Villegas (DQ, 3:15 R2); Yves Edwards def. Alonzo Martinez via (submission, 3:04 R2); Frank Trigg def. Edwin Dewees (submission, 1:40 R1); Jason Miller def. Tim Kennedy (unanimous decision).
Dec. 14
TKO 31, Centre Bell, Montreal: Guillaume Lamarche def. Stephane Bernnadel (tech. submission, 2:25 R1); Adil Ayoudi def. Ben Gallent (submission, 1:45 R1); Alexis Davis def. Valerie LeTourneau (split decision); Yannick Galipeau def. Josh Bittner (TKO, 0:43 R1); Thierry Quenville def. Yoon Heo (unanimous decision); Lance Evans def. Bob Landry (TKO, 2:57 R1); Ben Greer def. Stephane Vigneault (submission, 1:26 R2); Chad Reiner def. Stephane Dube (submission, 4:59 R1); Mark Hominick def. Danny Martinez (unanimous decision); Icho Larenas def. Steve Bosse, (TKO, 2:31 R3).

Weekend Boxing/MMA Schedule and Random Rants

Larry Lump here, dug out from the snow, taking the day off. Chillin like a Villain.

Any of you guys see ESPN E:60 show on Tuesday night? They had a piece on Kimbo Slice. It was pretty interesting. The guy is actually shy as hell. It also mentioned he signed a long term deal with EliteXC (owned by Showtime). That kind of sucks, if he rattles off another 2-3 wins he needs to get over to the UFC. How about a Bob Sapp vs. Kimbo Slice fight? That would be interesting. Still don't know who Kimbo Slice is? Guess you never heard of YouTube either. Check him out here.
On Wednesday night the WEC had a live event on the VS. network. There are some stars emerging from that league which has the same owners as the UFC. I was under the impression that the WEC was a minor league for the UFC, but that does not seem to be the case anymore. It's getting to the point that it is similar to how the WWE has the RAW Roster of talent and the Smackdown talent. I hope they don't go this route because then there will be two champs and then there will be unification bouts, and it will start to turn into the same mess as boxing., 5-6 world champions. We don't need that.
Yahoo just put out their current top 10 pound for pound boxing list. What do you think about their picks:

Not too many stand out fights this weekend but there are a lot as you can see from below. Anyone get HDNET? My cable company, Cablevision does not get it. Wish they did because I wanted to see Frank Trigg fight.

HBO will also re-air the Mayweather vs. Hatton fight on Saturday night at 10:15. There has been a lot of back and forth about how this fight was scored. Harold Lederman had it VERY close while the ringside judges had it as a Mayweather blow out. Your boy Larry Lump will score it and settle it once and for all.

Have a great weekend Fight Fans!

Weekend Boxing Schedule:
TODAY - at Leumeah, Australia - 12 rounds,
middleweights: Daniel Dawson (29-0, 20 KOs)
vs. Daniel Geale (17-0, 12 KOs).
TODAY - at Johannesburg, South Africa -
12 rounds, bantamweights: Simpiwe Vetyeka
(17-1, 10 KOs) vs. Lubabalo Msuthu (8-1, 7 KOs).
TODAY - at Lazio, Italy - 12 rounds, cruiserweights:
Vincenzo Cantatore (33-4-1, 27 KOs) vs. Johny Jensen
(22-0-2, 9 KOs).
TODAY - at Monterrey, Mexico - 10 rounds,
super flyweights: Julio Cesar Miranda (23-3-1, 16 KOs)
vs. Salvador Montes (5-2, 2 KOs).
TODAY - at Chihuahua, Mexico - 12 rounds,
super bantamweights: Genaro Garcia (35-6, 20 KOs)
vs. Miguel Roman (23-1, 16 KOs).
TODAY - at Managua, Nicaragua - 8 rounds,
flyweights: Evert Briceno (27-4, 22 KOs)
vs. Edwin Diaz (8-11, 3 KOs).
TODAY - at Cicero, Illinois (Telefutura) -
10 rounds, featherweights: Orlando Salido
(28-9-2, 18 KOs) vs. Hector Julio Avila
(41-3, 38 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Rzeszow, Poland - 10 rounds,
crusiserweights: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (38-2, 28 KOs)
vs. Aloryi Moyoyo Mensah (14-4-1, 8 KOs); 8 rounds,
cruiserweights: Pawel Kolodziej (18-0, 10 KOs) vs.
Jose Manuel Barreira (9-11, 5 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Edinburgh, Scotland - 12 rounds,
super featherweights: Alex Arthur (25-1, 19 KOs) vs.
Steven Foster Jr. (23-1-1, 16 KOs).
SATURDAY - Guadalajara, Mexico - 12 rounds,
IBF lightweight title: Ulises Solis (25-1-2, 19 KOs)
vs. Bert Batawang (50-6, 34 KOs); 12 rounds,
featherweights: Fernando Beltran Jr. (29-2-1, 17 KOs)
vs. Rodrigo Juarez (13-4-1, 10 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Cancun, Mexico (PPV) - 12 rounds,
WBC featherweight title: Jorge Linares (24-0, 15 KOs)
vs. Gamaliel Diaz (22-6-2, 9 KOs); 12 rounds, WBA super
featherweight title: Edwin Valero (22-0, 22 KOs) vs.
Zaid Zavaleta (14-2-2, 9 KOs); 12 rounds,
featherweights: Rodolfo Lopez (20-4-1, 14 KOs) vs.
Naoki Matsuda (28-7-3, 11 KOs).
SUNDAY - at Perth, Australia - 12 rounds,
WBA light heavyweight title: Danny Green (24-3, 22 KOs)
vs. Stipe Drews (32-1, 13 KOs).

Weekend MMA Schedule:
Friday, Dec. 14TKO: TKO 31, Centre Bell, Montreal, Steve Bosse vs. Icho Larenas
Saturday, December 15
HD Net Fights: Frank Trigg vs. Edwin Dewees, American Airlines Center, Dallas

In This Corner With Cousin Willy

What up What up? Larry Lump is snowbound in CT. Makes me a little jealous that Willy is chillin' down in SC. Well without further ado please enjoy another episode of In this Corner with Cousin Willy:

How can you predict? When you can’t predict! Larry?
Willy signing on from Moncks….Your boy Willy almost had the fight to a “T” almost. If you looked at my previous post I called how the fight was going to be…Did I not? I did not predict TKO, but if you did, hey you are better then me. Here’s a good question though, how many people did not see the punch that knocked Hatton down the first time? I swear if you blinked you missed it, and from the way that Hatton dropped you would have thought he was hit with a bomb. Good fight over all though…Kudos to both fighters. Now we have Mayweather hinting at retirement, now my belief is that there are still a couple more fights out there left for him. There are some people out there making some noise, Cotto to name one, some could make a case that he should be next in line of the Pound for Pound Champ.
Now, I am turning my focus to the battle of the old timers if you must….Tito/Jones Jr. Let me ask you this question, how many times have you sat down to watch a PPV fight with Jones Jr. while peelin’ some taters to see him knock some poor clown out in 38 seconds of the first round from body shot to the kidneys? Huh answer that one for me. While these fighters were great fighters a few years ago, I don’t know if I can stand another battle of the declining fighter. I will touch base on this later in the coming weeks.
Oh and Larry don’t get your panties in a bunch b/c you can’t predict a winner. Come on down to Moncks and let your boy take you to school!
Willy Out!

Zune 80GB Review-Larry Holmes inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame

Lump of the Morning to you. Wednesday is review day at BUMPnLUMP but before we get into that how about a warm Bump n Lump to Larry Holmes for being inducted into the boxing hall of fame. The Easton Assassin was the last (and maybe only) Heavyweight to ever challenge Marciano's 49-0 record. Holmes went 48-0 before losing a close decision to Michael Spinks. Larry was the last dominant heavyweight fighter prior to Tyson. He held the heavyweight crown from 1978-1985 and defended the belt 20 times. Things I remember about Holmes:

1. He had one the all time best jabs in boxing.
2. When he beat the snot out of the "Great White Hope" Gerry Cooney
3. When he dissed Rocky Marciano after his loss that would of tied the record. His quote was "If you want to get technical about it, Rocky Marciano couldn't carry my jockstrap."
4. But my all time classic moment was when he puked going back to his corner during the fight against Holyfield. Classic YouTube moment.

OK so now to my long ass but detailed review of the Zune 80 GB Digital Media Player Black (2nd Generation). I still have not taken a sip of the iPod Kool-Aid, there are so many other mp3 player options out there if people took the time to look around. Anyways here we go:

Let me start off this review by saying I bought this Zune to replace a Creative ZEN Micro 5GB from 2004. It was an awesome mp3 player that if you don't need video or photo viewing still holds it's own against a lot of the current mp3 players out there. I replaced it because I finally filled up the 5gb of space. I was hoping to replace it with a newer version of the ZEN Vision M but that product never came out. Creative decide to go the Flash route and came out with the very cool new ZEN. I almost bought it but could not justify the $250 price for only 16gb of storage when I could get the Zune with 80gb of storage and a much bigger screen for the same price. Now Creative has a 32gb ZEN but they want a whopping $320 bucks. If the 32GB was $250 I would of picked it over the Zune, but it isn't sooo....I gave you all the background because even though I love the Zune it is lacking a bunch of basic features that my mp3 player from 2004 can do, that's why I am a bit frustrated.
Let me go over what I like about it.
Size: It's not a huge brick anymore like the first Zune was, it is much thinner and lighter. This was very important to me because 90% if the time I use my mp3 player at the gym. This Zune probably would look corny on an arm band, but as for a belt clip it would work fine for gym use.
Ease of use: Menu system on Zune is very basic and so is the Zune software. This is a pro and also a con (will get into that later).
Screen: beautiful screen, I love seeing album art, pictures look great, and video is very good too. I have watched 30 minute shows and it was easy on the eyes.
Sound: Sound quality is great and I really like the in ear buds that come with it. People are complaining about not having an EQ but it really does not bother me.
Price: $250 for 80gb is a good deal. I doubt I will have to replace this anytime soon because it is out of room.
FM radio is also cool, when it gets a station it actually pulls up info about what kind of music the station plays. I also like the fact that you can do video out with the Zune. I played a photo slide show on my 42 inch TV the other day with music playing as well, very cool. Video out on the TV was so-so but that really is just an added feature, I will watch most video on the Zune itself (if I can find any).
Here are my issues. I am going to ramble off a lot but obviously none of them have been deal killers otherwise I would have returned it. However, damn Microsoft, some of them are so basic, I have no clue what you guys were thinking.
Video-Such a great screen yet you STILL do not offer any real video content (music videos don't count) in the Zune Marketplace. When are you going to get TV shows and movies like Apple, Amazon, and Walmart, already have? You are one of the biggest companies in the world, ink a damn deal already. The good thing is that I have Microsoft Media Center running on Vista. So I can record shows and transfer them onto the Zune. However here comes another negative. Anything you record via Media Center needs to get converted by the Zune Software before it transfers over. And it TAKES FOREVER. 30 minutes shows take about 40 minutes to transfer onto a Zune. However an MPEG 4 file of a 30 minute show will transfer over in about 15 seconds. Why does a file created by a Microsoft product need to get converted to work on another Microsoft product? Which brings me over to my next gripe.Can't play protected WMA's and you can't use Microsoft Media player. The Zune is a Microsoft product and it doesn't even play their own file types nor use its own media product.Zune Software is sooo basic, that it doesn't let you rank or organize your collection as good as Media Center. It also doesn't work with auto play lists nor does it come with any preset play lists except "ZUNE GEMS" which is useless.With my 3 year old ZEN I can transfer files via Media Player including DRM WMA files. My ZEN comes with cool play lists. My favorite is called "Rarely heard" which picks 20 songs that have the lowest play count. This makes sure I hear all the songs on my player. I can't do this with the Zune because it doesn't come with it and it does not work with auto play lists that you can create in Windows media player (A Microsoft product).
Another thing my ZEN can do that the Zune can't is delete files directly from the device. You have to be docked to the Zune software to delete files, how dumb is that?Also if you delete a file from your collection on your your Zune Software, it also deletes it from the device, why the hell does it do that? Dumb again.As for the wireless feature I really could care less. I don't have a wireless network in the house and it really is not a big deal to plug in the ZUNE before transferring files. Plus the odds of me finding another Zune owner that I want to "share" files with is slim to none.
A few other things that drive me nuts.
Lack of accessories. It is unreal that I cannot find a decent case for this thing. Only ones available are very feminine leather cases that are bulky, and do not have belt clips or kick stands to watch video. They should of come out with some decent cases at launch. Since there are a decent amount out for the old Zune I am sure some will follow for this one as well, but now I am afraid to bring this thing to the gym until I get a case.
My final rant is not only about the Zune but about most mp3 players out now. Most come with no accessories other than headphones of some sort. Not even an AC charger. They make you shell out another $30 bucks for that. My ZEN MICRO that is almost 4 years old came with: headphones, TWO removable batteries, Case with belt clip AND kick stand attachment, and an AC Charger. I think it's a joke that most the players coming out now including the Zune can't even include a decent charger or a very basic case.Anyways I know I sound like I bashed the ZUNE but it's really only competitor (high capacity under $300 with video playback) is the iPod Classic, and I still believe the Zune is a better deal out of the two.The iPod touch is a totally different (and overpriced) product and the flash players such as the new ZEN and Sansa View don't have enough capacity (yet).I'm sure by next year around this time there will be plenty of 30gb or higher flash players in the market under $250. But I needed/wanted something now and the Zune fit's most of my needs even though its feature set is still a bit frustrating.
Larry gives it 2 1/2 Lumps out of 4

Classic Lump: 49-0 looks to be safe for quite some time

Bruiseday Tuesday for my flock of Lumps. Today is a tribute to the greatest Heavyweight of all time. With the current crop of misfits out there in the Heavyweight division I don't think we have to worry about his record getting broken anytime soon. Enough said for today. Watch and enjoy.

Weekend Fight Results

Good morning from the Land O' Lumps. I feel like I went 10 rounds with Floyd Mayweather Jr. this weekend. Well you know all about that one but did any of you get to see the UFC fights on Saturday night? There were a few good brawls. All I can say is just like boxing, the excitement is in the lower weight classes. I got a good Classic Lump coming tomorrow but I am looking for some suggestions for this weeks poll. Let your boy Larry know.

Here are the rest of the weekend results:
Boxing:
Dec. 07 -- Joachim Alcine records a 12th-round technical knockout over Alfonso Mosquera in Montreal to retain his WBA super welterweight title.
Dec. 08 -- Arthur Abraham records a 5th-round technical knockout over Wayne Elcock in Basel, Switzerland to retain his IBF middleweight title.
Dec. 08 -- Brahim Asloum records a unanimous decision over Juan Carlos Reveco in Alpes-Maritimes, France to capture the WBA light flyweight title.
Dec. 08 -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. records a 10th-round technical knockout over Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas to retain his WBC welterweight title.

MMA:
The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale Results
1. WW: Jonathan Goulet def. Paul Georgieff via sub (rear naked choke) - R1 (4:42)
2. WW: Roman Mitichyan def. Dorian Price via sub (ankle lock) - R1 (0:23)
3. WW: Matt Arroyo def. John Kolosci via sub (armbar) - R1 (4:42)
4. WW: Troy Mandaloniz def. Richie Hightower via KO - R1 (4:20)
5. WW: Ben Saunders def. Dan Barrera via unanimous decision
6. WW: George Sotiropoulos def. Billy Miles via sub (rear naked choke) - R1 (1:36)
7. WW: Jon Koppenhaver def. Jared Rollins via TKO (strikes) - R3 (2:01)
8. WW: Mac Danzig def. Tom Speer via sub (rear naked choke) - R1 (2:01)
9. LW: Roger Huerta def. Clay Guida via sub (rear naked choke) - R3 (0:51)

Mayweather-Hatton Result

Remember when Pedro Martinez call the Yankees his "Daddy"? Well Floyd Mayweather Jr. you are Larry Lump Lump's Daddy. I wanted you to lose, thought you would lose, but you proved me wrong and at this point I must admit you are the best pound for pound fighter out there. I'm sure my cousin Willy is going to bust my chops about this one. Floyd Mayweather Jr. TKO over Ricky Hatton in the 10th round. Ringside judges had it 89-81 on two cards and 88-82 on another. The fight "looked" like I thought it would, with a lot of clinching, and charging in by Ricky Hatton, but Floyd's counter attack was on point. Ricky Hatton only landed 63 out of 372 punches. At the beginning of this fight you thought it was taking place in the UK with all the singing, flags, and chanting going on. The boo birds were blaring during the US national anthem. Even after Hatton was knocked out his fans were still in full effect chanting his name. What happens now for these two? Floyd is hinting at retirement again and wants to focus on promoting (with Oscar De lay Hoya no less). Makes you wonder about how much pre fight trash talk is real vs fake. However you know everyone (including me) wants to see him fight Miguel Cotto, and when the money is right I am sure Mayweather will take on the challenge. As for Ricky Hatton, it's only his first loss so it's not like he is done. If the Mayweather-Cotto fight does not happen he could fight Cotto, or maybe even Oscar De La Hoya. Overall is was a decent fight, like I said a lot of clinching, but Mayweather earned my respect. Regardless of all the trash he talks, and his out of ring lifestyle, when it comes time to train and fight he is all business. Guess I got to buy two cards this year for Fathers Day.

Tomorrow Larry Lump will go over some of the under card fights, UFC finale, and the rest of the weekend fight results.

Mayweather Hatton Prediction. And the winner is....

Hold up wait a minute let me put some LUMP LUMP in it. What up What Up? Up ya What Up ya What? (know what movie that is from?). One more day till the big one baby. Your boy Larry is all pumped and lumped up for this one. So let me get straight to the point and let you know that Ricky Hatton is going to pull off a split decision on this one. Floyd should of lost against De LA Hoya, but for some reason Oscar let him off the hook and did not keep up the pressure in the late rounds. If you recall, after the first six Oscar was up on most cards. Ricky is not going to let that happen. He will bully, grapple, punch hard, and frustrate the crap out of Floyd. Hatton's lack of "boxing" skills will actually be his benefit. Mayweather will put up a great defense, do his usual pitter patter point scoring flurries, but I don't think it will be enough. If the judges go by who is the aggressor and who is bringing the fight, then Ricky Hatton can pull it off. What's going against Ricky? Well a lot. First of all the fight is in Vegas, Floyd's hometown, in regards, city, state, and country! Plus it is for Mayweather's title, so he is the champ, and I always believe in order to win a belt from a champ you need to "take" it from him. If you don't win in a convincing fashion you have not earned it. Of course lets not forget that Mayweather is a great fighter, he has not gotten to where he is because of all the crap he talks, he does back it up. Anyways as long as it doesn't turn into a 3 punch, clinch, 3 punch clinch, affair we should be in for a good one.

I should also mention the under card has an interesting one as well. Jeff Lacy vs. Peter Manfredo. Personally I think Manfredo is all hype, he is just getting these fights because of being on "The Contender" TV show. I think Lacy has way more skillz to pay the billz, but both are coming off surgery's. I still think Lacy should win.

Have a great weekend Lumpers and if you do watch the fight don't forget to DVR the Ultimate Fighter finale on Spike TV, that should be good too!

Weekend Boxing Schedule:
TODAY - at Montreal - 12 rounds, WBA light middleweight title: Joachim Alcine (29-0, 18 KOs)vs. Alfonso Mosquera (19-5, 7 KOs); 10 rounds, super middleweights: Adonis Stevenson (9-0, 7 KOs) vs. David Whittom (8-4-1, 5 KOs).
TODAY - at Las Vegas (Telefutura) - 12 rounds,middleweights: Bronco McKart (51-7, 31 KOs) vs.Enrique Ornelas (25-4, 15 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Basel, Switzerland - 12 rounds, IBF middleweight title: Arthur Abraham (24-0, 19 KOs) vs.Wayne Elcock (18-2, 8 KOs); 12 rounds, super middleweights:Cristian Sanavia (40-3, 12 KOs) vs. Danilo Haussler(29-3, 7 KOs); 12 rounds, heavyweights: Oleg Platov(25-1, 21 KOs) vs. Cengiz Koc (23-3, 15 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Belfast, Northern Ireland - 10 rounds,middleweights: John Duddy (22-0, 17 KOs) vs. Howard Eastman (42-5, 35 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Bolton, England - 12 rounds, lightweights:Amir Khan (14-0, 11 KOs) vs. Graham Earl (25-2, 12 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Alpes-Maritimes, France - 12 rounds, WBA light flyweight title: Juan Carlos Reveco (17-0, 8 KOs)vs. Brahim Asloum (22-2, 9 KOs); 12 rounds, welterweights:Frederic Klose (41-5, 8 KOs) vs. Yurly Nuzhnenko(26-0, 13 KOs).
SATURDAY - Guadalajara, Mexico - 12 rounds, IBF lightweight title: Ulises Solis (25-1-2, 19 KOs) vs. Bert Batawang(50-6, 34 KOs).
SATURDAY - at Las Vegas (HBO PPV) - 12 rounds, WBC welterweight title: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (38-0, 24 KOs)vs. Ricky Hatton (43-0, 31 KOs); 12 rounds, super bantamweights: Eduardo Escobedo (20-2, 14 KOs) vs. Daniel Ponce de Leon (33-1, 30 KOs); 10 rounds, super middleweights:Jeff Lacy (22-1, 17 KOs) vs. Peter Manfredo Jr. (28-4, 13 KOs).

MMA schedule:
Saturday, Dec. 8
UFC: The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale, Clay Guida vs. Roger Huerta, Las Vegas, Spike TV

I'm not going to mention anything today about Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Ricky Hatton

Let's save all that chit chat for tomorrow. I got a bunch of other stuff worth yapping about today.

Did you hear about the two big, gigantic, blockbuster, must see TV heavyweight titles fights scheduled for early 2008? You didn't? What the hell type of fight fan are you? Jeez, well let me remind you what everyone else has already marked down on their calendars.
Jan 19th, Duesseldorf Germany- Matt Skelton (21-1) will challenge Ruslan Chagaev (22-0-1) for his WBA belt. Who, what, where? What a comedy. If they even attempt to put this nonsense on PPV Larry Lump Lump is gonna have to give someone the bump bump.
OK OK I was just joking about that one, I understand if you did not know either of those guys. These next two though you gotta know about.
Feb 23rd at Madison Square Garden-WBO Champ Sultan Ibragimov (22-0-1) will battle IBF champ Wladamir Klitschko (49-3) in the first heavyweight unification bout in 8 years! Finally we will know who the true heavyweight champ of the world is.
Oh my Lumpness, what a total mess! For decades the heavyweights were in the marque boxing division, but since Lennox Lewis retired it has been a complete joke and it doesn't look like it's getting better anytime soon. If boxing didn't have the welterweight and middleweight divisions right now it would be dead in the water.

OK enough of that nonsense. You guys hear that Big John McCarthy is retiring after Saturdays Ultimate Fighter Finale (9pm SpikeTV)? For all you fair weather fans, if you saw only one UFC fight in your life you probably saw Big John as a referee. He has been around since UFC 2 and has reffed in 98 of 100 UFC fights. You didn't want to mess with Big John, he rules the Octagon. He is only 45 years old and will now become a MMA Analyst with the Fight Network.
You had a great run Big John. Best of Luck.

OK this is great, American Gladiators is coming back to TV. Remember that show, when average Joe Schmo's got their ass handed to them by juiced up guys and girls in multiple competitions? The new version starts up Jan. 6th 9pm on NBC. Hosts will be Laila Ali and Hulk Hogan. All his checks will probably get directly deposited into his soon to be ex wife's checking account.

That's all for today fight fans..tomorrow we will yuck it up about "those other two guys"

L Cubed Out

Better late than never-This weeks Classic Lump

What up Lump-a-Holics? Your boy Larry Lump got mad jet lag, just got back in the from the Windy ass city of Chicago. I didn't want to go this week without a Classic Lump and since we have never done one from the world of MMA I have decided to give tribute to the "World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock. Yes he is about 10 years past his prime, but he is one of the original UFC guys and since this is called "Classic" Lump I thought it was appropriate. Stay tuned for tomorrow when we really dive into the Mayweather/Hatton Fist-a-Cuffs. Oh one quick note to Cousin Willy, have fun driving home from Chicago in your 1976 Ford F-150. That should be enjoyable!!!

Weekend Boxing Results plus first recorded death in a sanctioned MMA event

I'm posting tonight because I am off to sunny Chicago tomorrow for a few days to take care of a little biz'nis. Just watched the last Mayweather/Hatton 24/7 and I am ready for them to finally get it on. Both are so confident that they are going to prevail, I know who I want to win, but all the stars and planets are going to have to be aligned for it to happen.
This weekend Antonio Tarver and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. both won. They have probably put themselves in a very good position for some big paydays.
On a more somber note the MMA industry had it's first recorded death this weekend when Sam Vasquez of Houston died from injuries sustained in mixed martial arts competition 6 weeks ago in Texas. MMA can no longer claim that they are the only combat sport to never have a fatality.
This is the exact type of ammo politicians would love to use to ban the sport. However, even with this death MMA has had a very good track record of safety. There have been way more deaths and life threatening injuries in sports such as boxing, football, and even motor sports. There can never be enough safety measures put into place and I am sure more will get added after all the facts get reviewed.

That's all for today folks, stay warm this week. Also a new poll has been posted, who do you think is going to win next weekends fight? Let Lump know!

Weekend Championship Boxing Results:
Dec. 01 -- Vernon Forrest records an 11th-round technical knockout over Michele Piccirillo in Mashantucket, Connecticut to retain his WBC super welterweight title.
Dec. 01 -- Nonito Donaire records an 8th-round technical knockout over Luis Maldonado in Mashantucket, Connecticut to retain his IBF flyweight title.
DEC. 01 -- Celestino Caballero records an 8th-round Technical knockout over Mauricio Pastrana in Panama City, Panama to retain his WBA super bantamweight title.