XARM...Future Sport or Future Bust?

by NCSAR on Jan 3, 2009 11:09 PM EST Comment 16 comments

I seen this and thought I would share with you guys. It is ridiculous. Some like it and true MMA fans hate it beyond belief.

XARM, Future Sport?

I don't want to say too much about this sport. I want you to be as shocked as I was when I watched the video for the first time. I couldn't figure out how to add the video directly to this post or I would have. I do not think this is the future of anything other than pure ridicule from his friends...

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Saw this over at Cage Potato, apparently Art Davie is claiming that MMA has lost it’s way and this travesty of a joke sport is the future :D

by who me on Jan 3, 2009 11:31 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yea, I think he fell and hit his head or something.

MMA hasn’t lost its way…lol but I could make an argument that he has lost something if he thinks that is the sport of the future…

by NCSAR on Jan 3, 2009 11:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Maybe we’re just ignorant to the intricacies of XARM. Sort of like the boxing elitists who know nothing and try to judge and analyze MMA.

by KneeToTheFace on Jan 4, 2009 1:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Nope, turns out it’s just dumb.

by Rundownloser on Jan 4, 2009 1:59 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

By what little I could stomach watching it looks like they tried to combine arm wrestling with kick boxing and left over spandex jumpsuits from American Gladiator. If you really want to watch two guys with their right hands tied together throwing left hand punches over a table then this is probably the sport you have been waiting for.

by who me on Jan 4, 2009 3:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It's like a low budget recreation...

of the “Bad” video by Michael Jackson

by B Money on Jan 4, 2009 5:05 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

why cant anyone spell 'rediculous?'

im not impressed with your performance

by troy145 on Jan 4, 2009 10:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Because they always think it's spelled with an "e" when it isn't?

Anyway, that video is ridiculous. But I’m significantly more offended by the article that was linked to in this fanpost.

The main event is Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson. Does this fight scream entertainment to you?

Que? I think the writer needs a better definition of words like “spectacle”, “entertainment” and “sport”.

by ricker2005 on Jan 4, 2009 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think he meant...

…the Henderson/Franklin fight is a legit match b/w real, evenly matched contenders, as opposed to a blatant attempt at pulling PPV numbers. Let’s face it, this fight doesn’t have the mass appeal of a Brock Lesnar, but for us edickated fanz, it’s a great bout.

by INGO B on Jan 4, 2009 1:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think I understand those words just fine...

…as the main even for UFC 93 will draw 1/5 of the casual fans of UFC 91 because it does not pack the same entertainment value as a Brock Lesnar fight.

XARM: Spectacle
MMA: Sport
Brock Lesnar and WWE: Entertainment

INGO B understands. Thanks INGO B. :)

by mmaopinion.com on Jan 4, 2009 4:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was funny because he also used the word “ridicule” and he spelled that correctly.

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by Richard Wade on Jan 4, 2009 4:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

All of you are elitists who don’t understand what people want to watch. When my grandchildren ask me where I was when XARM 1 happened, I’ll be able to tell them.

by Ubernoober on Jan 4, 2009 12:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Art Davie?

by who me on Jan 4, 2009 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Is “beyond retarded” an option?

by lbk on Jan 4, 2009 5:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wow, how is this sanctioned?

Not only is this stupid, it also looks dangerous. From just the highlight clip I saw the danger of having that idiotic table there. Is this sanctioned by an athletic commission? The only thing missing is some broken beer bottles for stabbin’. Over the Top called, it wants it’s hokey arm wrestling back.

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by thetakeover on Jan 4, 2009 9:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs