Bash Brother gets bashed in Japan

Jose Canseco tried his hand at professional mixed martial arts earlier this morning over in Japan, taking on 7'2" goliath Hong Man Choi - he of the armbarred by Fedor variety. Now Canseco didn't come into this fight lacking experience. He was the victim of a lucky punch and poor officiating in his celebrity boxing match with Vai Sikahema and later outslugged Danny Bonaduce in an all out war that made Gatti-Ward look amateurish.

Obviously I'm being facetious. Sikahema embarassed Canseco with a thunderous right hand and blitzed him out of the ring. Then Canseco took on Bonaduce, a former Patridge kid. Really? Not only did Canseco struggle to eeke out a split decision, but it against a guy who was smoking a cigarette on the way into the ring. Not exactly an impressive resume. But Canseco is a draw, especially in Japan due to his baseball playing days, and he admitted he was in need of the cash. I give him props for owning up to that. But it certainly didn't get him anywhere in this fight. Check it out...



Valiant effort by Canseco. Unfortunately he appeared to blow out his knee towards the end of the fight and Choi pounced and took advantage. I'd love to be able to say that the knee injury led to his demise, but let's face it, Canseco had it coming, especially wearing pants like those. What did he have, vericose veins he was hiding? Let's hope he heals quickly and gets back to competing soon. Did I really just say that?

-Bess

Jose Canseco to make MMA debut

This isn't celebrity boxing Jose. Reports on mmmajunkie.com confirm that Mr. 40-40 Jose Canseco will make his MMA debut on May 26th in Japan's DREAM organization. Canseco will compete in the 8-Man Open Weight tournament (which is insane own its own) that features Gegard Mousasi, Mark Hunt, Bob Sapp, Sokoudjou... some serious fighters. Jose squares off with the 7'2'' Hong Man Choi. This is going to be a freak show. If you got HDNet you can watch this debactle. There are some other great fights on this card, with real fighters, but this is going to be the most interesting.

Hong Man Choi is just 1-2; but his 2 losses came to Fedor and Cro Cop, so safe to say he'll be thrilled to get in the ring with one of the Bash Brothers. Man Choi is the monster on the left below.

Goodluck Jose.

-Keefe