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Six Degrees of Kevin Randleman

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You guys have all heard of the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, right? Basically you name an actor or actress and try to connect them to Kevin Bacon in as few steps as possible. For instance, George Clooney. Clooney was in 'Ocean's 11' with Brad Pitt who was in 'Sleepers' with Kevin Bacon. Easy enough, right? So I got to thinking about an MMA version of the game, except instead of movies we'd be talking about fights. Obviously it won't be as easy in MMA with the different weight classes but I think Randleman is a good choice since he has fought at both HW and LHW. So I'll give you an example- Nate Marquardt, a middleweight. Marquardt has fought Anderson Silva who has fought Forrest Griffin who has fought Shogun Rua who has fought Randleman. How about Caol Uno, impossible right? Nope. Uno- BJ Penn- Lyoto Machida- Vernon White- Pedro Rizzo- Randleman. I'm going to throw a few other random names out there and if anyone is bored enough you can try to make the link (if there is one):

  • Kimbo Slice
  • Royce Gracie
  • Tom Lawlor
  • Don Frye
  • Mayhem Miller
  • Bob Sapp

And you guys are free to pick different ones if you want, I just thought this was something fun and interesting to pass some time and help us learn about the history of the sport as well. Have fun!

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Kimbo→Nelson→Arlovski→Fedor→Randleman

by ChiCubs23 on Oct 13, 2009 11:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Sapp→Cro Cop→Randleman

Lesnar→Mir→ Big Nog→Fedor→ Randleman

by ChiCubs23 on Oct 13, 2009 11:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BJ Penn → Machida → Evans → Griffin → Jackson → Randleman

Wagney Fabiano → Fredson Paixaio → Thomas Denny → Miletich → Carlos Newton → Sakuraba → Randleman

Can anybody get anybody smaller?

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito Ortiz on Vitor Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Oct 13, 2009 11:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Lawlor > Primm > Soszynski > Whitehead > Randleman

Twitter: @Mike_Fagan_13
http://www.sackmikegoldberg.com

by Mike Fagan on Oct 13, 2009 11:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL, good one. Lawlor rules.

Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by ufc4 on Oct 14, 2009 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mayhem > Robbie Lawler > “Ninja” Rua > Hendo > Rampage > Randleman

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Ben Franklin

by donkeypunch on Oct 13, 2009 11:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Frye > Fedor > Randleman

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Ben Franklin

by donkeypunch on Oct 13, 2009 11:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nope,

Frye never fought Fedor.

You have to stick Coleman or Goodridge in there between Frye or Fedor

by Scott Haber on Oct 13, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thought that was to easy

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Ben Franklin

by donkeypunch on Oct 13, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

oops

Frye > Goodridge > Fedor > Randleman

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Ben Franklin

by donkeypunch on Oct 13, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I could play this all night

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Ben Franklin

by donkeypunch on Oct 13, 2009 11:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The key to any 6 degrees game is to focus on the following guys:

BJ Penn – fought plenty of guys at LW, WW, MW, and Machida
Anderson Silva – fought at 170, 185, 205
Jeremy Horn – fought EVERYBODY
Mark Coleman – bridges new school/old school

by MMAEruption on Oct 13, 2009 11:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Don’t forget Travis Fulton and Dan Severn!

BJ is going to be even more useful after Machida fights Shogun.

by Jahbulon on Oct 14, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Uriah Faber > Jens Pulver > Mach > Anderson Silva > Forrest Griffin > Shogun > Kevin Randlemen

Damn that’s seven

by Zack Gobie on Oct 14, 2009 12:02 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ok I'm going to cheat

Uriah Faber > Jens Pulver > BJ Penn > Lyoto Machida > Shogun > Kevin Randlemen

by Zack Gobie on Oct 14, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Miguel Torres > Mitzugaki > Jeff Curran > Mishima > Kenny Florian > BJ Penn > Lyoto Machida > Nakurama > Randlemen

by Zack Gobie on Oct 14, 2009 12:08 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Can anyone do Bowles → BROCKLESNAR!!!!?

Keep firing Assholes!

Never trust a man with no shirt on.

by Ubernoober on Oct 14, 2009 1:15 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Brian Bowles > Miguel Torres > Mitzugaki > Jeff Curran > Mishima > Kenny Florian > BJ Penn > Lyoto Machida > Nakurama > Randlemen > Couture> BROCKLESNARRRRRR

by Zack Gobie on Oct 14, 2009 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Now do Kyle Maynard to Ray Mercer

Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by ufc4 on Oct 14, 2009 1:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kyle Maynard to HMC.

Keep firing Assholes!

Never trust a man with no shirt on.

by Ubernoober on Oct 14, 2009 1:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Royce>K.Shamrock>Tito>Chuck>Randelmen

"I'M GOING TO SHA-BOOMS!"

by beery_pbr on Oct 14, 2009 10:51 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

David Heath > Babalu Sorbal > Chuck Liddell > Tito Ortiz > Randy Couture > Pedro Rizzo > Kevin Randleman

by "Mr. NC-17" on Oct 14, 2009 11:26 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

GSP > Karo Parisyan > Nick Diaz > Frank Shamrock > Bas Rutten > Kevin Randleman

by Big4Nuthin' on Oct 14, 2009 11:39 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I do this on wikipedia sometimes

I try to get from one fighter to another by only clicking on names in their records.

It’s just like any other network, there will be a few “hubs,” that lots of people are connected to. So, the goal is pretty much to get from one hub to another.

I find that BJ Penn is GREAT for this.

by Shaun32887 on Oct 14, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL I do this as well…Sometimes i’ll end up taking 10 extra minutes just to get to a fighter

by Fedorable on Oct 15, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Coleman> Fedor>Randallman …

by Chuntsman949 on Oct 14, 2009 6:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Fedor > Arlovski

by grein on Oct 15, 2009 8:51 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Rumina Sato —> Caol Uno —> B.J. Penn —> Renzo Gracia —> Sakuraba —> Randleman

by JRN on Oct 15, 2009 9:00 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Scott “Lionheart” Blevins——>Zach Jenkins——→Abel Cullum——>Richard Montano———>Manny Tapia——→Eddie Wineland——→Rani Yahya——>JZ—→Caol Uno —> B.J. Penn —> Renzo Gracia —> Sakuraba —> Randleman

by Fedorable on Oct 15, 2009 9:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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