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The Ultimate Fighting Championship featuring the main match between Randy Couture and Mark Coleman will start 2 hours from now. Everybody can’t wait for the start of the UFC 109 live stream. The crowd outside Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas are getting ready to witness one of the biggest UFC events this year.

This February 2010, the UFC has a total of 11 bouts on the card including a matchup of Hall of Fame fighters such as Randy Couture and Mark Coleman. There are five fights in the pay-per-view portion of the card and six preliminary bout. This is gonna be a very exciting match and I bet everyone is dying and can’t wait for the preliminary matches to start.

If you’re at home, you can still watch UFC 109 live stream via SportsLiveBlogger.com. These guys are streaming UFC and you should be able to watch it because they’ve successfully stream the previous UFC events and I bet this one will be another successful UFC live stream.

Here are the preliminary fight cards that everyone is waiting for:
» Mark Coleman vs. Randy Couture
» Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen
» Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago
» Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller
» Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg

Via: Daily World Buzz

Tekken Tag Tournament was the most competitive, alongside Street Fighter, and was also the most played fighting game in the arcade scenes from its inception in 1999 until now (yes until now, there are still a lot of people playing this game).

Back when I was still in college, I got addicted in playing this arcade game. Back then, there was still no Ragnarok Online to play with. Before and after classes, my friend Mark F. (aka Jwoarang in Tekken Zaibatsu forums) and I would go to University Mall beside McDonald’s near La Salle and would battle the “seniors” there. We would usually get owned and get beaten, but it was a starting point for us to improve. Like in any sport or any game, better competition will make one a better player. A senior student named Hector became our good friend and sparring mate and he was the best among U.M. players. The master was a measuring point for everyone who would want to improve their game.

I would often use Kazuya and Hwoarang as these were my main characters that time. Mark would use Jin and Hwoarang. Sooner and after I’d give Jin and Kazuya a try because Hwoarang was quit complicated to use and improve, and I’d become what they call a “Mishima Whore”. Soon we would find a lot of friends in that place, including Roel, a 3rd year student.

Months passed I and Roel joined Synergy’s TTT tournament at SM Megamall. In that tournament, all of the best from all arcades (or should I say, all dojos) in Metro Manila met. Too bad Mark and Hector weren’t available during those times. There was an entrance fee of P100 as far as I can remember. I made a few friends while competing there. All of my matches were, ummm, humiliating defeats. But in any case it propelled and inspired me to become a better player.

After getting badly beaten and humiliated in that tournament, I decided to concentrate on playing the Changs, Julia and Michelle. This team’s offensive and turtling game suits my fighting style. Going back to our dojo (or our arcade at U.M.), I was a better player and everyone was surprised. Despite the fact that U.M. players have the reputation of rarely traveling to other malls/arcades to challenge other dojos, I visit other arcades like the ones in Robinson’s Galleria and SM North EDSA and challenge players there. And I’m proud to say that I got most of the wins. I joined other tournaments afterwards and performed well despite not reaching the finals. Thus, I gained the reputation of being one of the best Changs players in the country.

The 2006 NBA champions, The Miami Heat, has finally made a good acquisition. It’s maybe late because the dawn of the new season is coming, but that’s better than never.

After being very quiet in the off-season with dull moves like signing former superstar yet geriatric Penny Hardaway and letting go roleplayers like Eddie Jones and James Posey, the Heat sent out-of-shape forward Antoine Walker, Wayne Simine (who is supposed to be primed for a breakout year), Michael Doleac and a conditional first-round pick to the Timberwolves for Mark Blount and Ricky Davis.

Ricky Davis, a 6-7 guard/forward, has averaged 14.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.06 steals and 30.4 minutes in his career. Mark Blount, meanwhile has averaged 8.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 0.91 blocks and 23.7 minutes while shooting 51.3 pecent from the floor and 73.6 percent from the foul line in his seven-year career.

The Wolves gets Michael Doleac, a 6-11, 262-pound center, averaged 3.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 13.4 minutes a game. They additionally get Antoine Walker who averaged 10.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists and 25.1 minutes as a Heat. This former all-star who spent 11 seasons in the NBA has career averages 18.0 points, 7.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 36.2 minutes a game. Last but not least, Simien during his two-year career has averaged 3.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 9.9 minutes a game.

How will this trade impact both teams?

The Heat finally gets rid of Antoine Walker who is in the downfall of his career and will never seem to get back to his former all-star form. We’ll get to see if he can revive his career once he arrives in Minnesota, where his veteran presence and leadership is needed by the young rebuilding squad. The Wolves also get promising Wayne Simien, who may now be competing major minutes at the small forward and may also get some backup time for the Timberwolves’ major acquisition, Al Jefferson. Wayne Simien is a good pick for the rebuilding Wolves, who has sent franchise player Kevin Garnett to the beantown, Boston Celtics.

In the meantime the Heat gets Ricky Davis, who is an upgrade to Antoine Walker at the small forward position. This player may be enigmatic due to his image of off-court problems but has showed improvements in the past years. Mark Blount surely will get minutes backing up old big guys Shaquille O’Neal and Alonzo Mourning at the center and can play backup to Udonis Haslem at power forward. We’ll probably see a starting lineup of Shaq, Haslem, Davis, Dwayne Wade (once he comes back) and either Jason Williams or Smush Parker.

The Heat had a very quiet off-season. They failed to get Mo Williams and Charlie Bell out of Milwaukee Bucks, and only settled for a very old former all star Penny Hardaway and former Los Angeles Lakers point guard Smush Parker. We will be watching within the next months how this trade affects the former champs, whose roleplaying veterans Eddie Jones, James Posey and Gary Payton have already packed their bags and left Florida.