does a 400% improvement = victory in the ufc?

Interesting question to ponder, huh?

Generally (General Lee) Lummus would face a tough combatant - last year's UFC runner up Wendy "Still a Nasty Newlywed" Mathis in a Sturgis opening round battle. And we were about to see if a combatant taking in over 4 times the power this year versus last would be enough... or if it would be one of those plans, like a financial plan, in which huge improvement didn't get you that fat bonus...

Let's go to the battle:

Lummus was a little ragged going into this one. Let's be honest, between the K2 close and the need to use up all of the minutes in his cell phone plan, he's been pretty busy lately. A little distracted. But that didn't stop him from sending out a few emails early in the day. Just wanted you to see his title: CONTROLLER. of what, I'm not sure, but that was enough to give (Generally) an early 2-0 lead.

He called Mathis into a meeting in his office (a ploy of power often done by financial types - the famous "meeting in my office" without any more info that gets your heart racing while the financial types laugh and wait. Lee's mind games extended his lead to 6-1, before the matchup turned.

Mathis entered his office with a tactic of her own. She had brought out a budget report or something like that (this one was named the Wendy report, I think - as most reports are given names, the Ben Report, the Sally Report, etc. much like Hurricanes, I guess) Anyways, Mathis asked Lummus to come over and explain a figure. It was in small font, of course. Lummus came over and was shocked when he was thrown head first into the table and then onto the ground. Mathis tied the score at 6.

As lee laid on the ground, Mathis went WWF old school. She broke out a move popularized by the Iron Shiek. Known to you WWF afficionados (Hoying) as the Camel's Clutch.
Mathis sat on Lummus' back, and began to force both of Lummus' arms on his thighs. She then reached around Lee's head and applied a ChinLock. Finally, she leaned back, pulling Lee's head and torso into a convulsion. The move sounds complicated, but the speed and agility to which Mathis deployed it will go down as a Shock and Awe maneuver. Mathis held Lummus in this position and the points began to rally. 16-6. Then she too began to play mind games, taking Lee's cell phone from his pocket and reprogramming his FIVE. Wow. The anger, confusion, and eventual loss of time it would take Lee to reprogram his list were enough to close this battle before the K2 close.

Mathis wins 23-8, despite the fact that Lummus garnered 4 times more votes than he did last season!

She advances to meet Andy "AK47" Pawlowski on Wednesday, 8/29.

Up today, our Double Dose Monday to conclude the Sturgis Region:

#7 Scott "Big Tuna" Siebers vs. #10 Mark "Cosmo" Kraemer
#2 Dan "Big" Bieg vs. #15 Chuck "Nuclear Power Plant" Malloy

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