Quote of the Day: Junie Browning on Junie Browning

by Kid Nate on Oct 23, 2008 4:11 PM EDT in MMA News

"Once I graduated [high school] ... " said Browning, voice trailing. "I'm not very smart, obviously, so the whole college thing wasn't going to be my round. I looked up an MMA gym and found one locally, so I jumped into it there."

-- Junie Browning talking about how he got into MMA.

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I am honestly shocked to hear that he made it through high school.

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by BJJDenver on Oct 23, 2008 4:47 PM EDT reply actions

Many high schools spend the majority of their resources carrying guys like Junie to the finish line so they don’t have to deal with them anymore. Sad but true.

by Day Man on Oct 23, 2008 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Dexter Manley anyone? lol. I laugh, but it is sad.

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by BJJDenver on Oct 23, 2008 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

He likes to compare himself to Chris Leben, but I think the one huge difference is that Leben was an ass because of drinking while Juni is just an ass, the drinking just makes it worse.

by mythbuster on Oct 23, 2008 4:51 PM EDT reply actions

Yep.

I doubt that Leben would have spit on a black belt – when you get the always-congenial Anderson Silva mad at you, you must have done something wrong.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by Scott C. Broussard on Oct 23, 2008 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I proclaim that Juni has the ability to take stupid drunk antics to a whole ’nother level. He will do this whilst sober.

by The_Vig on Oct 23, 2008 4:55 PM EDT reply actions

I actually think Junie is smarter than a lot of people give him credit for…

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by Tha Realness on Oct 23, 2008 4:59 PM EDT reply actions

The whole Omorosa thing? It would have been smart if he did it five years ago. Now its just transparently idiotic.

by mythbuster on Oct 23, 2008 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions

That is actually a very interesting comparison. nice.

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by BJJDenver on Oct 23, 2008 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions

smart like a fox, lol.

You are probably right. The big issue with him isn’t his intelligence level, but I would say it is his social acclimation. He can’t seem to co-exist, know when to shut up, or use self control.

http://eliotmarshall.com/

by BJJDenver on Oct 23, 2008 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Very true

however his reasoning behind spitting on a black belt in front of a room full of black belts bring’s his intelligence back into questioning.

by drano1 on Oct 23, 2008 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions

That was a disgusting act and showed a lack of respect well beyond just Roli’s bb.

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by BJJDenver on Oct 23, 2008 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Absolutely did you catch his UFC blog about why he did it?

by drano1 on Oct 23, 2008 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions

I will right now. I’ve read a couple of others, and they were pretty put off by that part.

You know, if he had just handed it to him, or even tied it around his waist, with the “McDojo” showing, it would have been kind of funny. However the act showed a lot of disrespect to Eliot, Vinny, Nog and Mir, not to mention Roli. As well as BJJ as a whole. I was really hoping someone would put him in his place. The apology to Nog was fine, but I doubt if he did it without prompting from some of the other fighters/coaches.

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by BJJDenver on Oct 23, 2008 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah I can’t believe Dana let him stay on the show after all of his speeches in previous seasons.

by drano1 on Oct 23, 2008 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree. Everyone, even the people who hate him (which is everyone I guess), remarks on his talents and ability to pick things up in a flash. That sort of inheritance of skill doesn’t just happen to stupid guys. His mind can assimilate and retain information better than most.
The problem is his personality and – without much doubt – his mental disorders which prevent him from being able to apply the gifts he has.
I’m sure most people have known a guy like that. There was a guy in my high school who would skip classes for two weeks at a time, get high every day, then show up and by the end of class be able to answer questions the rest of us couldn’t.

by Simco on Oct 23, 2008 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he’s very smart, but doesn’t realize that educated intelligence takes hard work too. When something makes your brain hurt its just going to take hard work and determination to learn it. He’s got some sort of self-esteem where he doesn’t think he can do it, so he’ll never do the work to get there in the first place.

He thinks he’s tough and can fight so he works at it. Its a common delusional catch 22. Probably highly common in bipolar disorders. Just guessing though.

by asa on Oct 24, 2008 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions

Too stupid to learn

Junie don’t need no fancy book learnin’ or word papers!

Think its bad now? Wait until a whole house full of TUF’ers try and emulate him in seasons to come.

by Ubernoober on Oct 23, 2008 5:26 PM EDT reply actions

oh no

I think you may be right, and I am scared. Very very scared.

by mythbuster on Oct 23, 2008 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Here is what I think

I’ll come back to this Blog in 3 years, and no one will remember who Junie Browning was/is… Everyone says this kid has talent, but I just don’t see it. He won’t win another fight under the UFC name.

by Colorado Fan on Oct 23, 2008 6:15 PM EDT reply actions

I guess you would have a better angle with which to assess his talent than the people who actually see him train.

by Simco on Oct 23, 2008 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Well, he is talentless in the head. No mind game = No game.

by Colorado Fan on Oct 23, 2008 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Your first sentence seems like an oversimplification, while your second is dead-on.

Probably why there are so many different views on him. I find this kid and the reactions to him fascinating. Who’d have thunk we’d be talking about anyone of TUF this much?

by asa on Oct 24, 2008 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Junie definitely has some self-esteem/self-image issues. I don’t buy that he’s stupid. There are different kinds of smarts. Just because you suck in school doesn’t mean you can’t be good in other areas. The kid has natural athletic talent. He’s a dumbass, but he’s not stupid, and there’s a big difference. He goes from one extreme to another, from really laid back to violent, to crying. That’s not normal, and he’s gotta figure that out. If he doesn’t, that’ll be too bad cause there’s nothing worse than wasting talent.

by pud333 on Oct 23, 2008 6:23 PM EDT reply actions

Bi-Polar

by Colorado Fan on Oct 23, 2008 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions

A lot of it is drinking, a lot of it is him just being a jerk, and a lot of it is acting. He has admitted more than once that much of the stuff he does is for TV.

by mythbuster on Oct 23, 2008 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions

And some of it is most likely editing which makes it more pronounced.

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by Richard Wade on Oct 23, 2008 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think he's stupid, persay

He’s just socially retarded. I’ve given credit to the other guys in the house before for keeping their composure around him, but I would be absolutely intolerant of a drunk guy shoving me around the edge of a pool, spitting at me, throwing glasses at me, eskimo kissing me, threatening me with a bottle….. you get the idea. I couldn’t contend with that. I know there’s the risk of getting kicked off the show for putting him in his place, but challenging a man’s pride is sacred to me, particularly to the degree/s that he has..

He’s probably more of an idiot than he is stupid. In any case, I’d love to see him get put in his place (preferably, in the octagon).

by Blackout612 on Oct 23, 2008 8:06 PM EDT reply actions