After defeating Joe Stevenson by rear naked choke submission in the first round at UFC 91, Kenny Florian challenged B.J. Penn saying:
“I want B.J.’s belt. B.J., you’re one of the best fighters out there. I’m here to test myself. I think you’re a great fighter, someone I look up to. I consider you a master. It’s time to kill that master.”
He will have his chance when he faces UFC lightweight champion Penn at the incoming UFC 101: Declaration.
With the recent pay-per-view and ticket sales success of UFC 100, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organization looks to continue its onslaught in the mixed-martial arts (MMA) circle with UFC 101: Declaration.
The show is scheduled for August 8, 2009 (August 9, Sunday here in the Philippines) at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The main event will feature B.J. Penn defending his lightweight championship belt against Kenny Florian. Penn is currently ranked by Sherdog as the #1 Lightweight fighter in the world and by MMAWeekly as the #3 lightweight fighter in the world. On the other hand, Florian is the the #1 contender for the Lightweight Championship.
The co-main event will feature a non-title light-heavyweight bout between Anderson Silva and Forrest Griffin. Silva is the current UFC Middleweight Champion and holds the record for the longest winning streak of 9 straight wins in the UFC. He moves up to light heavyweight in this bout. On the other hand, Griffin is the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He is currently ranked as the #4 light heavyweight fighter in the world by Sherdog, and #3 by MMAWeekly.
As a Technical Specialist for GEM’s CLIC (Computer Literacy and Internet Connection) component assigned in the provinces of Cotabato, Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat, part of my responsibility is to oversee the computer delivery and internet installation to our recipient schools. Whenever there’s a need to repair the computer units and the internet connection, I also accompany our partners in going back to the area. Just like the time when I visited Palimbang.
This past summer, I was given another task: to train the respective computer laboratory managers and IT coordinators of the schools under my area of responsibility. During our previous trainings and seminars, we pay training centers to provide the service. Our partners include UIC–Davao, MSU-IIT, USM-Kabacan, STI and other large universities and colleges all over Mindanao.
I noticed that many people especially foreigners are still incorrectly referring to a citizen of the Philippines as a Philipino, Phillipino or Philippino. Because the spelling of Philippines begins with a “ph”, it is easily assumed that the term for a citizen must also be spelled with a “ph”. This is just like referring to someone from Portugal as Portuguese or from France as French. Well, no other country in the world begins with “ph” so this kind of confusion is unique to us. Actually, the proper term would be Filipino or Filipina (feminine).
If you are asking why Filipino instead of Philipino when the Philippines is spelled with a “ph”, the answer lies with the old name for Philippines. When the country was first colonized by Spain, they give the archipelago the name “Las Islas Filipinas” and its inhabitants “Filipinos”. When it was American’s turn to colonize the country, it was renamed “Philippines”. However, the term “Filipino” stuck.
Filipino also refers to the official language of the Philippines which is based on the Tagalog dialect.
