Theres nothing worse than a boring fight. A boring fight will transcend any bias, hatred or national pride. This was evident at this past UFC 83, when Surrey BC’s own Kalib Starnes went toe to toe with a reinvigorated Nate “The Rock” Quarry. Since the UFC event was taking place in Canadian soil for the first time ever, It was natural to see and especially hear booing from fans to the “non-canadian” fighters. This was pretty much the way the whole night went: canadian fighter enters, crowd cheers, american fighter enters, crowd boos. This was turning into a religious tradition until the Starnes/Quarry fight. This was can easily be one of the most boring, if not the worst fight I have ever seen. As an MMA fan, I could really care less of where you come from. I’d respect a fighter regardless of where he’s from as long as he could fight. But, as a canadian, all I really wanted was a good representation of Canadian fighters to show the world we can scrap with the best of them. Starnes represented Canadians like a George Bush representing all of Americans, we are all not like our representatives. Starnes, spent 15 minutes in the octagon running from Quarry. Starnes was LITERALLY running away from his opponent. It was a mind boggling sight, to see a fighter in the UFC not mentally show up for the biggest event he would ever be in. The fight had to go to the score cards believe it or not. and surprise surprise, Nate Quarry win by a unanimous vote 30-24. An overwhelming disgrace like this has never happened in the UFC, and its sad to happen to one of my own countryman. At one point every single time Starnes was on the Jumbo tron, the crowd boo’d, and when Quarry (an American) was shown, everyone cheered. There is no room for fights like this in the UFC. When most average joe’s order UFC PPV for +$40, there’s no room for shameful fighters. Its Either your in to fight or don’t show up at all. When Markus Naslund (Captain of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks) start to boo you, it doesn’t mean you suck, it means you really really REALLY SUCK.
Starnes has a history of b!tching out, then blaming everything but himself for it. He lacks heart and the will to be a fighter. I think a career change is in order.