Review of UFC The Best of 2008 Blu-ray (2 disc set)
The UFC has finally released it’s 2nd Blu-ray discs following last year’s release of UFC Ultimate Comebacks. The review below is going to cover an overall review of the disc along with what are the changes since their previous effort.
Video Quality:
-Still 1080i with two channel Dolby Digital.
-Video is in VC-1 Codec with a great Bit Rate climbing well above 30mbps at points
-The UFC in 1080i is just unbelievable, it is so crystal clear.
-If you skip ahead a chapter it takes you to the next round. Great work UFC
-The UFC must not want to have paid for image rights to the fighters on the intro tale of the tape video. Instead of their photos it shows the flag of the nation they are from.
-Anderson Silva in High Definition almost makes me question why I like women
-The Fight Clock is redone with the Best of 2008 and the octagon timer in the middle
Intro:
Mike Goldberg walks you through everything that went down in 2008. Starting with BJ Penn capturing the lightweight championship all the way to Sugar Rashad beating down Forrest. Overall I’d say the intro is a great recap of the year, but really lacks the get fired up attitude that the intro on the Ultimate Knockouts disc did.
The introduction ran a total of about 6 minutes before the fights started.
Fights in Order
-BJ Penn vs Joe Stevenson
-BJ Penn vs Sean Sherk
-GSP vs. Matt Serra
-An Anderson Silva year recap showing him dismantling Dan Henderson, Patrick Cote and of course the sterioder James Irvin.
-Wanderlei Silva vs. Keith Jardine
-UFC Fight for the Troops video package. Oddly they did not show Corey Hill’s leg breaking in half or the various other carnage that occurred at that event.
-Evan Tanner Video Package.
-Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir. This fight still upsets me simply based on the fact Lesnar was docked a point and the fight was stood up due to Frank turtling into a ball.
-Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture. I wish this fight never had happened. The legend of Randy Couture was so awesome. Beating Sylvia’s ass, breaking Gonzaga’s nose…now we remember him getting Donkey Kong punched by Lesnar.
-Frank Mir vs. Antonio Nogueria. Nogueria brought a staph infection into this fight and just looked terrible. Fat, out of shape and worthless.
-End of Disk 1 with a recap of who the contenders are for all of the belts defended in Disk 1. Montage of Kenny Florian shouting “I want BJ’s Belt”, Nate Diaz flipping the bird, Thiago Alves tearing Matt Hughes ACL, Gabriel Gonzaga and Cheik Kongo’s rise back to the top of the Heavyweight Heep. Sorry Gabe you just got steam rolled by Shane Carwin. Michael Bisping also gets some face time, Damien Mia’s sick triangle choke of Ed Herman is shown, Lyoto Machida is shown knee’s Ortiz in the ribs.
On to Disk 2
-A quick recap of the Ultimate Fighter reality show and how it was a springboard for new champions
-Forrest Griffin versus Rampage Jackson. Everytime I watch this fight I cry when Rampage gets his knee hurt and eventually loses the fight and his mind.
-Rampage Jackson versus Wanderlei Silva.
-Chuck Liddell versus Rashad Evans. Probably knockout of the year in this one
-Forrest Griffin versus Rashad Evans
Extra Features
-Promo for UFC Ultimate Comebacks
-Top 5 Knockouts of 2008. Rumble Johnson’s KO of Kevin Burnes is in this reel.
-Top 5 Submissions of 2008. The only place I know of where you will find the imfamous armbar by Dustin Hazlett in High Definition!
-Behind the Scenes for 2008. Here you get to see some behind the scenes footage from BJ Penn’s defense against Stevenson. Bob Cook can’t shut up about how great BJ is. I won’t spoil anymore of this, but it’s 30 minutes long and totally worth watching.
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