Anybody else watch Ultimate Fighting?

scottyd · #1 05-31-2008, 04:30 PM

I'm hooked to it, I really dislike violence but man seeing someone beat the crap out of someone else with their consent is great!! I like to sit and watch and think to myself sheesh I can take that guy. But honestly I know I probably can't....

Ok last O.T. thread and post of the day! I promise

**Bryan R. Tyler** · #2 05-31-2008, 04:51 PM

Apparently you missed the giant UFC thread......

scottyd · #3 05-31-2008, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

Apparently you missed the giant UFC thread......

Are you serial?

**Bryan R. Tyler** · #4 05-31-2008, 04:57 PM

It has nearly 700 posts in it and was bumped as recently as this morning

scottyd · #5 05-31-2008, 05:05 PM

I see it now, I still like this one better

Spoiled Grape · #6 05-31-2008, 05:27 PM

ITS CALLED MIXED MARTIAL ARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not Ultimate Fighting.

Thank you.

Hawaii Islander · #7 05-31-2008, 05:55 PM

I'm not an avid fan of MMA, but here's a clip of my sister-in-law's son Chris "The Red Bull" Willems in one of his MMA bouts. He's wearing the white trunks. The clip is very short. This fight lasted less than one round.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-8gsClJ1Jhw

scottyd · #8 05-31-2008, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Spoiled Grape

ITS CALLED MIXED MARTIAL ARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not Ultimate Fighting.

Thank you.

Well sure but I'm talking about UFC, the whole shibang, ultimate fighter ect.

tbrannon · #9 05-31-2008, 08:55 PM

Can I say that I'm torn on the MMA thing? As a male I'm intrigued by the sport of it because I can put the violence into context, but as a High School teacher I'm appalled at how the teenage kids I teach are viewing/receiving it.

There isn't any data to support it, but the number of fights is certainly on the increase around here as MMA grows in popularity- it's probably not the students who actually train for MMA (there are quite a few MMA Training Schools around here) because I'm assuming that those who are training are being taught the discipline and respect that marital arts use as a foundation. However, for the rest of the kids MMA is like video games come to life- glorified violence in their eyes. They fail to see the dedication, sport and respect for the opponent. Instead they get caught up in the Kimbo Slice street fight aspect of it. I honestly wonder where this is going to take today's generation of teenagers....

Spoiled Grape · #10 05-31-2008, 10:05 PM

Wow the EliteXC had the worst announcement ever.

Brad Barker · #11 05-31-2008, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawaii Islander

I'm not an avid fan of MMA, but here's a clip of my sister-in-law's son Chris "The Red Bull" Willems in one of his MMA bouts. He's wearing the white trunks. The clip is very short. This fight lasted less than one round.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-8gsClJ1Jhw

the fight hardly lasted ten seconds!

what an amazing kick--and you can hear it connect with the dude's head, too. oh, man.

Spoiled Grape · #12 05-31-2008, 10:33 PM

Yea, those hurt.

Aaron Saunders · #13 05-31-2008, 10:50 PM

MMA is definitely the coolest sport since hockey.

Started boxing about a month ago, got two more months before I change gyms to Gladiator MMA, a gym that opened recently and has 2 former UGC champs and the current UGC champ as trainers, with 3 other guys with pro records on staff and a fight team of like 8 additional fighters. They've even got a weight set + squat rack, which means I can stop paying for gym memberships and JUST pay dues for the MMA gym.

EDIT: Also, I heard the EliteXC card tonight was an embarassment. Whatever. WEC, Faber vs. Pulver coming up...WEC/UFC is def. the way to go.

Vic Winters · #14 05-31-2008, 10:51 PM

I never watch it, but I caught it earlier tonight when Thompson got his ear busted open by Kimbo. My question is, if it looks that bad before the fight, and that susceptible to popping why doesn't he have it removed? Sure it would suck to not have all of your ear, but if all it takes to lose by TKO is a good shot to the ear then he's pretty much screwed as a fighter.

**Bryan R. Tyler** · #15 05-31-2008, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Aaron Saunders

EDIT: Also, I heard the EliteXC card tonight was an embarassment.

It was actually a really exciting night of fights. Smith/Lawler was great up until the stoppage, which seemed very premature.

Brad Barker · #16 06-01-2008, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

It was actually a really exciting night of fights. Smith/Lawler was great up until the stoppage, which seemed very premature.

i don't know much about MMA, but i liked that fight (up until it ended) and the one where crush made her opponent look ugly by the end of the second round.

MakiSupaStar · #17 06-01-2008, 01:29 AM

Tapout73 · #18 06-01-2008, 06:26 AM

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scottyd · #19 06-01-2008, 08:19 AM

THe Kimbo fight didn't end right in my book. It almost looked fixed, if he had another 30 seconds or so he probably could have had a KO, instead of TKO. Maybe its just EliteXC rules on bleeding or something but why stop a fight when both fighters are still on their feet? If they did that at all fights Forrest Griffin would never win....

**Bryan R. Tyler** · #20 06-01-2008, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by scottyd

THe Kimbo fight didn't end right in my book. It almost looked fixed, if he had another 30 seconds or so he probably could have had a KO, instead of TKO. Maybe its just EliteXC rules on bleeding or something but why stop a fight when both fighters are still on their feet? If they did that at all fights Forrest Griffin would never win....

Forrest's ear didn't rip open. Thompson had a completely cauliflowered ear, and if you looked at it at the end of the fight, that ball of an ear had ripped right back open. If Kimbo hit it again (as he would have), dude's ear might have been half ripped off or hearing damage could have occurred. Kimbo was just about to KO the guy anyways- he had gotten 3 or 4 unanswered shots in a row in before the stoppage.