Early UFC was a circus. Basically Royce Gracie beating up on a bunch of people who didn't belong in any kind of competition, let alone a fighting competition.
The MMA thread
- Thread starter Fortitude
- Start date
Yeah, all that and sumo wrestlers getting the head kicked off them.
Remember the bloke who wore a single boxing glove? What the hell was he thinking?
Art Jimmerson.It was a circus alright...but hilariously entertaining and violent.
Ninjitsu!! vs Pit Fighting!!
Sumo!! vs Muay Thai!!
I must admit, i've only been a big UFC fan for the last 2 years but like Pogue was initially put off by the shear ferocity of the sport. I couldn't believe this kind of fighting was legal even with the modern format with gloves and amount of protection fighters actually get. I mean boxing is boxing, but UFC with the cage, is quite something. You'd expect to see it in movies not real life.
I think the problem for MMA is hardly anybody knows the fighters outside of the telecasts. I had a mate that was in Sydney at the time, that went up to Nogueira had a short chat and shook his hand and nobody took a second look while he was standing there with him. He 'Nogueira' seemed to be a little shocked that somebody knew or recognised him.
I think the problem for MMA is hardly anybody knows the fighters outside of the telecasts. I had a mate that was in Sydney at the time, that went up to Nogueira had a short chat and shook his hand and nobody took a second look while he was standing there with him. He 'Nogueira' seemed to be a little shocked that somebody knew or recognised him.
It was a circus alright...but hilariously entertaining and violent.
Ninjitsu!! vs Pit Fighting!!
Sumo!! vs Muay Thai!!
My favourite.
Good stoppage.
Reminds me of this one. The thudding sound of elbow on skull still makes me wince....
The commentators were hilariously clueless.
Reminds me of this one. The thudding sound of elbow on skull still makes me wince....
The commentators were hilariously clueless.
More crappy officiating. Those people were insane to even step in those cages.
This is one of the first MMA fights i can remember seeing:
Brutal.
This one was just funny as hell. What sort of sadist would let that guy into a cage with Don Frye?
Brutal.
This one was just funny as hell. What sort of sadist would let that guy into a cage with Don Frye?
^ I cant stop laughing at the guy's facial expression after the stoppage.
Frye was awesome. Always up for a scrap.
The debuts of Tank & Belfort will always be standouts for me. I take it that most UFC fans have seen em so I won't post em up here.
The debuts of Tank & Belfort will always be standouts for me. I take it that most UFC fans have seen em so I won't post em up here.
Prelims live on facebook again...
anyone got stream for the spike tv fights?
im watching them on facebook?
what page?
Rory the fecking real deal mcdonald. Future champ for sure.
Boom!
I'm assuming this is just the general MMA thread now, yea? If so, can it be renamed?
Guy I know won the welterweight category at the recent takedown grand prix at the velodrome.
Videos for anyone who's interested, he's in the black shorts:
Did well to recover from being rocked, and a good takedown^
Guy I know won the welterweight category at the recent takedown grand prix at the velodrome.
Videos for anyone who's interested, he's in the black shorts:
Did well to recover from being rocked, and a good takedown^
I approve of the title change
Yeah. Except it should be MMA, not Mma.
thats true
Is it UFC Rio this weekend?
Anyone fancy the upset from Okami?
Anyone fancy the upset from Okami?
Yes it is and no I dont. They just needed an opponent for Silva in Brazil. It will be a piece of piss for him
SHould be a good event though
SHould be a good event though
The MMA thread -- yeah!
i'm looking forwards to shogun vs griffin
Prelims have started on Facebook.
Why arent ESPN showing the prelims yet again?
It's been awhile since I saw the prelims on ESPN. They're usually shown on FB instead.
It's about time
Any streams? My friend doesn't have ESPN and wiziwig is down
Any streams?
I keep forgetting that myp2p is gone. I used to have some other sites to go to for football and MMA, but myp2p made me complacent. Now I have no idea... anyone got a stream?
Ditto, there must be another alternative to myp2p
utterly majestic that cnut is.
He's.. good. He's good.
Good.
Good.
That was dominant. A typical Anderson Silva performance. Started off slowly and once he got in the swing of things a few minutes in he was methodical. That was more embarassing than Griffin!!
What about these bouts, mad if you ask me
For me, GSP is the only fighter that could get even close to actually stopping him. Both are incredible. Tell both fighters to hit 80kg 'one goes up the other comes down' and let them go at it.
Anderson Silva - that was pretty impressive
Did you see fat Ronaldo in the audience after silva won? he's turned into a right porker
Did you see fat Ronaldo in the audience after silva won? he's turned into a right porker