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>> ^Yogi:

I swear at first glance with his UFC color commentary career [...] he looks like such a douchbag.

I'm curious what the connection is?

I swear at first glance with his UFC color commentary career and his appearance he looks like such a douchbag. The more I listen to Joe Rogan though the more I think that we'd be cool.

>> ^HadouKen24:

I've watched it twice now.
That man has clearly spent a great deal of time with the sword. I know it looks ridiculous--and the suit doesn't help at all--but he pulls off some fairly difficult cuts with fairly smooth form. He cuts a water-filled two-liter cleanly in two. At one point, he tosses one into the air with his sword, and easily divides it on the way down.
At no point was he flailing or out of control. I didn't even see him over-swing.


He is clearly off ballence at Manny points, could all be fixed with editing also when attacking targets that are so low instead of leaning over he should bend his knees more allowing to do clean strikes with a steady posture , in a real combat situation you would require a firm posture and solid balance so that u can use your body wight behind the blade and increase its cutting power.

But In many ways real sword combat is bound to be quite messy and would likely not resemble what we are used to seeing in films or what you see in that dance based sword stuff. it will be more akin to what you see in UFC or street fights where the first blow or geting the guy on the ground is the most important thingy after that its stabby stabby flailing..

Wow. Usually kind of bored by UFC, but that really was a damn good fight.

*edit* Oh, and damn poor sportsmanship there at the end.

>> ^direpickle:
I can't actually watch the video. I guess my adblocker's overzealous. Not too concerned.


Nope, it was actually dead.

I've replaced it with what will probably be a reliable source. The two backups as of right now are a part 1 and part 2.

>> ^lavoll:

uhm,...? whats special about this fight?


It's two men beating the snot out of one another! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

I can't actually watch the video. I guess my adblocker's overzealous. Not too concerned.

>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^lavoll:
uhm,...? whats special about this fight?

What's special about it? Not sure how to answer that.
It's a title fight.
It's a title fight that ends in a draw... that's only happened like 3x before.
It's a really close, hard-fought battle (hence the draw).


aha, i was just curious. it was an intense fight, and more interesting now with a little more context

>> ^lavoll:

uhm,...? whats special about this fight?


What's special about it? Not sure how to answer that.
It's a title fight.
It's a title fight that ends in a draw... that's only happened like 3x before.
It's a really close, hard-fought battle (hence the draw).

I just want to fill in the context for those who are unaware to explain just how epic this is (SPOILERS, obviously):

This was the main event of the final WEC show, before the whole roster gets folded into the UFC. This fight was for the WEC Lightweight Championship - the winner getting an automatic shot at the UFC Lightweight (155lb) Champion (to be determined in January, 2011).

Through four rounds of this 5-round fight most people had the fight scored even at two rounds apiece, and it was shaping up to be a fight-of-the-year candidate. The fourth round itself was possibly the round-of-the-year with incredible back-and-forth action on the feet and on the mat.

As the fifth round played out, Anthony Pettis started taking control of the round, but with just under 90 seconds to go, this happens. Benson Henderson, who is legendarily difficult to submit or KO survived the following onslaught, but this shot effectively closed out the round, fight, show, year, organization.

Anthony 'Showtime' Pettis won the fight by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46).

edit: It's now called the 'Showtime' kick.

Side note: Anthony Pettis is also tangentially famous for being featured in the 'World of Jenks' show on MTV.

>> ^budzos:

I enjoy a good UFC match and the surrounding drama, but does anyone else wish they'd go back to the days of UFC I through III where it was a lot more like Street Fighter II?

Style clash is certainly intriguing to think about, but rarely seems to play out as a good fight.

It is nice when you see someone come in with a unique feature, talent or approach to fighting: Lyoto Machida & Anderson Silva (as GK says), Genki Sudo, Megumi Fujii, Cung Le, Karo Parisyan... These fighters all do (or did) things that made them stand apart whether they were successful or not.

I miss Pride even with all it's head stomping douchery.

WEC is good cause their fights are more technical .

Lighter weight classes means a smaller portion are heavy handed.

Carlos Condit is on this card too. He's was a WEC badass that switched to UFC cause he's REEALLY good at beatin' people up.

Tho yeah, the only unorthodox fighters in the UFC are Lyoto Machida and Anderson Silva really.

Oh well, UFC became all about the revenue as soon as Dana White took over.
You can't really expect a whole lot after that.. = p

I guess I wish there was more judo in MMA in general. That's rather fun to watch. =]

I enjoy a good UFC match and the surrounding drama, but does anyone else wish they'd go back to the days of UFC I through III where it was a lot more like Street Fighter II? It used to be a crazy clash of styles and personalities... now everyone does "MMA style striking plus grappling" and the main difference between fighters is their specific mix of striking (do they also kick?) and grappling (are they former wrestlers or life-long jiu-jitsu practicioners?).

I've always thought of sports as a substitute for combat... all those guys in the NHL, NBA, NFL would have been renowned warriors if they were born vikings, celts, moors, vassals, etc. at certain times throughout history. They do sports because they're extraordinarily good with their bodies... biomechanical geniuses. Fortunately their placement in time allows them to use these skills to their own betterment without mortal risk. Because sports are only analagous to combat. So I can appreciate the point of putting the words "sport" in sarcasm-quotes when talking about a sport that is about beating the shit out of another person. Once the sport becomes actual combat, the metaphor is so direct (if all sports are a metaphor for combat) that instead of a "sport" they should just call it "professional combat". Of course, this is just semantic wankery. It's a sport.

Hey Genji,
Judging from your comment, seems im not the only one who shares my thoughts!

I remember when UFC first started in one form or another and guys would wear karate gear and the big sell was this guy is a boxer fighting a wrestler or this guy is a karate expert fighting a boxing guy.
But the "sport" seems to have evolved into an organized school brawl. The fights look amateurish and often dont go beyond 2 rounds, cause lets face it, not matter how big and muscly you are, skin is skin and easily cuts. The term "ground and pound" comes up often.

Dont get me wrong, I like a good fight just like the next guy... but im not seeing the skill in UFC. Where are the Tyson's, Ali's, Zhu's, etc.

Im keen to learn more, point me in the right direction

later bro


In reply to this comment by GenjiKilpatrick:
Goddamnit. Why do we always have this discussion?

First.
The only person who's struggling after two minutes is Lesnar.

He's a transplant from "professional" wrestling. Which is why he sucks.
He has no skill. No Endurance. And no clue what to do inside an octagon.

Lesnar was only the champion cause he's built like a grizzly bear/tank/meat shield hybrid.

He is essentially baby huey.

Shane Carwin almost beat him. Frank Mir did once before. He sucks and everyone knows it.

Second.
Of course it's a sport old fogey.

Are you really gonna sit there and try to tell everyone that
- FIGHTING ANOTHER HUMAN BEING FOR 15 TO 25 MINTUES STRAIGHT! -
doesn't take any athleticism, technique, training or endurance?

Fer cereal? = /

>> ^GuyFawkes:

I dont get this "sport", give me boxing anyday. For "professional" athletes they sure struggle after 2mins. Maybe its a gen y instant gratification thing... maybe im old.

This was a deleted scene from Air Bud: UFC A-hole