Tulsa, OK

Our friend Victor gave us tickets to the World Combat League fights this weekend. So, James and I took the kids to the fights Saturday afternoon. We met our friends early and headed out to see the fights together. Watching the fights by yourself just isn’t the same.

I didn’t really know anything about this World Combat League, except that it was Chuck Norris‘ baby. Tulsa’s own Dale “Apollo ” Cook is coaching the Oklahoma Destroyers. We only had tickets for the afternoon fights, which was the eastern division. Oklahoma fights in the western division, but the western division fights were Saturday night. We didn’t have tickets for those fights. Which was too bad, really. I would have enjoyed cheering on our local fighters. It makes for a better experience if you’re at least a little invested in the fighters.

Even if we didn’t have a local team to cheer for at the afternoon fights, it was still fun. The first couple of fights were a little slow, but the action picked up pretty quick after that. The female fighters were pretty impressive, at least Maegan and I were impressed. I personally think some of those “girls” were tougher than some of the guys up there.

I think I like the penalty points for passivity. Really, who goes to the fights to watch a couple of guys dancing? You go to the fights to see, well, fights. If the fighters spend 2 of their 3 minutes dancing around each other and the ring, you’re really not getting your money’s worth are you?