In this week’s Trading Shots, MMAjunkie columnist Ben Fowlkes and former UFC/WEC fighter Danny Downes look back at WSOF 9 and all the heel-hooking, face-smashing goodness therein. * * * * Fowlkes: So I’m sitting there on my couch watching WSOF 9 late last night, just enjoying the action, when it occurs to me how much the experience reminds me of the old recurring “Mad TV” sketch about the “Lowered Expectations” dating service . Is it just me, or is WSOF the place where fighters go to be measured by a completely different yardstick? Rousimar Palhares heel hooks a guy and lets go before he has to be pried off with a crowbar, and that’s a big deal. Yushin Okami actually finishes an opponent, and that’s an even bigger deal
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Trading Shots: Downes and Fowlkes on WSOF and lowered expectations – MMA Junkie