Anybody else getting sick of Tristan Critchfield?

[EndlessCritic]

http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/1/Sherdogs-Top-10-Might-Have-Beens-51555

He writes this article on "Top 10 Might Have Beens" and includes Brock Lesnar at #9. Lesnar was the UFC heavyweight champion. He defended his title twice. That is the absolute pinnacle that one can reach. That is what Frankie Edgar accomplished. That is what 99.999% of fighters will never accomplish.

Then, just a few days prior, he writes this golden piece of nonsense: http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/By-the-Numbers-UFC-on-Fuel-TV-9-51505

There would be no underdog story in Sweden

Umm... Reza Madadi and Akira Corassani pulled off two big upsets. Swedish underdogs going 2/3 ain't half bad.

5: Times that a UFC headliner has featured two fighters making their first appearance with the promotion after Mousasi squared off with Latifi on Saturday. The others: Royce Gracie vs. Ken Shamrock (UFC 1); Harold Howard vs. Steve Jennum (UFC 3), Efrain Escudero vs. Philipe Nover (

 

[Free_MMAson]

Yeah, now that you mention it

 

[Hachemisafish**]

This is Tomas Rios under a new allias.

 

[Takun]

Doesn't Sherdog have a history of hiring bad writers?....everyone fucks up though

 

[Hachemisafish**]

-l*

 

[EndlessCritic]

In his defense, Yael Grauer not having a clue how betting lines work is still the funniest article Sherdog has ever published.

 

[lloydrage]

yea but it doesnt matter

 

[ScarletnGray 33]

It's fair to say Brock could have been one of the greatest ever had he began MMA at an earlier age. Listing him under what could have been is actually a complement to Brock if you think about it.

About the rest, everyone makes errors/mistakes... I have never noticed these things but they seem like some obvious errors. The guy probably has a real job and does this on the side?

 

[SeattleFightFan]

never heard of him.

i agree with him about Brock. he reached the top; but he could have been one of the best ever, not right in there with....Tim Sylvia.

so i guess, no.

Fowlkes is the best. and i like Dr Johnny, but many don't.

 

[Shaddows]

http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/1/Sherdogs-Top-10-Might-Have-Beens-51555

He writes this article on "Top 10 Might Have Beens" and includes Brock Lesnar at #9. Lesnar was the UFC heavyweight champion. He defended his title twice. That is the absolute pinnacle that one can reach. That is what Frankie Edgar accomplished. That is what 99.999% of fighters will never accomplish.

Then, just a few days prior, he writes this golden piece of nonsense: http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/By-the-Numbers-UFC-on-Fuel-TV-9-51505

Umm... Reza Madadi and Akira Corassani pulled off two big upsets. Swedish underdogs going 2/3 ain't half bad.

Umm... two things. One, Shamrock/Gracie was not the headliner of UFC 1. Second, Schaub/Nelson main evented in their respective debuts.

Umm... what? I'm not going to go through Brandao's entire fight with Elkins, but he clearly jumped guard with a kimura 50 seconds into their fight. If that's not a submission attempt I don't know what is. It's almost as if Critchfield pulled this number completely out of thin air.

Did he beat you up and took your lunch money or your girlfriend?

Seriously, you need to relax.
I must ask you: If you don't like what he writes, why the F*** do you read his articles? just to bitch and moan later??
Get a life and grow a pair!

If you are so much better, why don't you apply for his job? You not only free the word of his articles, you'll be able to post whatever YOU like and have people like YOU crying and bitching about how much YOU don't know about everything!

 

[iwhoopedbatman]

Shamrock and Gracie were the only names most anyone knew going into UFC 1 or after it. It was the only highly anticipated match up in the tourney. You can argue that doesn't make it a headliner, but you're arguing semantics.

Otherwise, I'll be honest and say I've never read anything of his. I clicked the thread because I was wondering who this Tristan Critchfield is. I have no opinion on him.

 

[EndlessCritic]

Did he beat you up and took your lunch money or your girlfriend?

Seriously, you need to relax.
I must ask you: If you don't like what he writes, why the F*** do you read his articles? just to bitch and moan later??
Get a life and grow a pair!

If you are so much better, why don't you apply for his job? You not only free the word of his articles, you'll be able to post whatever YOU like and have people like YOU crying and bitching about how much YOU don't know about everything!

Nobody says you have to know everything. It's just if you're going to write an article with blatant inaccuracies you should be called out on it -- especially when we're talking numbers.

The lesnar thing is debatable and the "underdog" comment is contextual. There is ZERO excuse for saying brandao has a 100% success rate on submissions. It's just a flat out lie. It wasn't even a tough one to check considering Brandao has only had 3 fights in the UFC.

Also, I don't want to hear about how that may or may not be what say Fightmetric reported. If that was the case, then fightmetric is wrong too, and you shouldn't put your name on it.

 

[Zhalimar]

nobody comes to to sherdog for the articles. (with good reason)

 

[bowened]

I do take issue when people undervalue Brock's success. Despite all the complaints people have about him, he won the HW championship and defended it with very little experience. He accomplished some amazing things during his brief run.

I skimmed that article earlier today and I didn't get the sense that is was knocking him as much as it what saying it sucks that he got half his intestines removed and nearly died because of it. I tend to agree.

 

[SeattleFightFan]

Nobody says you have to know everything. It's just if you're going to write an article with blatant inaccuracies you should be called out on it -- especially when we're talking numbers.

The lesnar thing is debatable and the "underdog" comment is contextual. There is ZERO excuse for saying brandao has a 100% success rate on submissions. It's just a flat out lie.

or a mistake.

i'm glad you can pat yourself on the back for finding a mistake on an internet article nice work!

just an FYI, sherdog doesn't pay for editors, and their articles have had mistakes as far back as i can remember.

 

[EndlessCritic]

A mistake is when you watch the fight and mis-tally.

There is no possibly way Tritchfield counted the submission attempts in Brandao/Elkins and thought he attempted 0.

There are innocent mistakes and negligent ones.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

TS, your screen name coupled with your original post made me lol.

 

[Shaddows]

Nobody says you have to know everything. It's just if you're going to write an article with blatant inaccuracies you should be called out on it -- especially when we're talking numbers.

The lesnar thing is debatable and the "underdog" comment is contextual. There is ZERO excuse for saying brandao has a 100% success rate on submissions. It's just a flat out lie. It wasn't even a tough one to check considering Brandao has only had 3 fights in the UFC.

Also, I don't want to hear about how that may or may not be what say Fightmetric reported. If that was the case, then fightmetric is wrong too, and you shouldn't put your name on it.

Again, people make mistakes.

Some could debate that not all "submission attempts" are attempts to finish a fight. It could be a tool for reversing position or for getting a more dominant position.

You are nit-picking just to bitch about him.

Like I said, why do you even read what he writes? If he pisses you off, simply don't read what he posts and that's about it!

If nobody reads what he posts, he'd be out of a job...

...and BTW, you just contributed for him to get a lot of hits on his articles thus securing his job for another month

 

[tappedtostrikes**]

The articles have always been terrible, and the latest one is no exception. Saying that Lesnar was a "might have been" is some of the stupidest shit I've ever read.

 

[mooseman17]

Hes actually Tomas Rios' third cousin on his mom's side.