Rick Morrissey, Chicago Tribune on UFC 90 in Chicago:

Before each bout begins, the throbbing bass of the piped-in music vibrates inside legs and chests and brainpans. If you were forced to guess — if, say, an Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor threatened to separate your face from the front of your head — you'd hazard that it's the kind of music the Mayans played before ritual sacrifices.

And you'd be fairly sure this answer would allow you to live another day.

Except for the glowing octagon, where the fights are taking place, it's all darkness. And from that darkness comes the oohing and aahing of people who have come to Allstate Arena on a Saturday night to get a taste of blood that isn't theirs...MORE

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