Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers Promotional Pictures

by Nick Thomas on Nov 4, 2009 4:40 PM EST in MMA News

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Damn

Chill out on those weights son, you might strain something

by Cory Braiterman on Nov 4, 2009 4:36 PM EST reply actions

As I mentioned in the "Gegard arrives to Chicago" story

Why are these fighters in a basement next to friggin’ pipes?

Just put them in the cage with fancy lighting and have them do “action” shots.

by dv8shun on Nov 4, 2009 4:40 PM EST reply actions

It’s like every UFC fighter intro reel. For some reason they’re invariably shown standing in a dark room near a sprinkler.

It’s EXTREME!!!!!!

by moconne6 on Nov 4, 2009 5:24 PM EST up reply actions

It’s EXTREME!!!!!!

The correct terminology is “Hard as fuck”

Keep firing Assholes!

I am the King of Rome, and am above grammar. -Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

by Ubernoober on Nov 4, 2009 5:26 PM EST up reply actions

Its like multiplying negative numbers. Picture the UFC photo shoots, A room full of dudes, one dude is half naked, another dude is spraying water on him, and a third dude is taking pitures, while likely more dudes are watching the action. Gay * Gay = This fighter is a bad ass. Its math.

by szucconi on Nov 4, 2009 5:30 PM EST up reply actions

You got it, gay guys are tough. Ask the Spartans.

by John Nash on Nov 4, 2009 5:36 PM EST up reply actions

Ask Alexander the Great.

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

by Scott C. Broussard on Nov 4, 2009 9:12 PM EST up reply actions

The late Evan Tanner shooting for his fight against Grove

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

by Scott C. Broussard on Nov 4, 2009 9:11 PM EST up reply actions

not that it really matters, but evan had a beard when he fought kendall.

by woooburn on Nov 4, 2009 9:37 PM EST up reply actions

Oh yeah – Okami then?

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

by Scott C. Broussard on Nov 4, 2009 10:55 PM EST up reply actions

Mayhem and his 2.5lb weight is hilarious.

Keep firing Assholes!

I am the King of Rome, and am above grammar. -Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

by Ubernoober on Nov 4, 2009 4:40 PM EST reply actions

I didn’t even recognize him without the Strip of Doom.

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

by Scott C. Broussard on Nov 4, 2009 4:45 PM EST up reply actions

Yes, I was like “Who the hell is this bum?”

by szucconi on Nov 4, 2009 4:48 PM EST up reply actions

It looks like they’re in Freddy Kruger’s boiler room.

by Big4Nuthin' on Nov 4, 2009 4:45 PM EST reply actions

Seriously, this boiler room theme is just bizarre.

"That feeling after you win and they raise your hand... it's like you have this energy that releases from your body, and it's like you mingle with the cosmos, and you feel omnipotent"

by woomikee on Nov 4, 2009 4:49 PM EST up reply actions

Gotta say it

Marloes Coenen is sexy as hell

" Tell me something Steve, How does a guy from Puerto Rico loose a ball in the Sun? "

by aaronb on Nov 4, 2009 4:51 PM EST reply actions

Can she fight?

Giving Shogun his props. I had the fight 48-47 Machida but Shogun put up a monumental performance and I am honored to have seen it in person.

by Day Man on Nov 4, 2009 4:59 PM EST up reply actions

Um

Yeah.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Nov 4, 2009 5:16 PM EST up reply actions

Stupid and Terrible Strikeforce Pictures

These pictures are terrible. Not the shots themselves, but the whole “we’re trapped in a boiler room (and in Bigfoot’s case, the hatch from Lost)” motif.

But the Mayhem shot is actually pretty funny. I don’t know how many viewers it will pull in to the CBS show, but it entertained me, so it’s fine.

...Behold, a pale horse. The man that sat upon it was Wieters, and hell followed with him.

"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard

by Brett Jones on Nov 4, 2009 4:56 PM EST reply actions

Industrial complexes in which climactic battles are fought are never built with the safety of workers in mind. Thus, narrow catwalks with simple rope/cable handrails are inevitably hung by 30-pound-test fishing line over open bubbling vats of green acid, massive machinery works lack protective covers (with the switches controlling them in the furthest and most awkward of places), and other hazardous conditions so terrifying that any sane person would probably insist on a six figure danger bonus to even go near the place.

HT: TV Tropes

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

by Scott C. Broussard on Nov 4, 2009 5:05 PM EST up reply actions

Also, they are great for photo shoots

Ok, I made that part up, but whats your point?

by szucconi on Nov 4, 2009 5:08 PM EST up reply actions

A joke.

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

by Scott C. Broussard on Nov 4, 2009 5:11 PM EST up reply actions

I enjoy Humor Jokes.

by szucconi on Nov 4, 2009 5:14 PM EST up reply actions

TV Tropes generally uses dry humor. Not for everyone.

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

by Scott C. Broussard on Nov 4, 2009 5:18 PM EST up reply actions

The passage itself is fine and I did find it funny, but was only slightly confused as your usage of it.

by szucconi on Nov 4, 2009 5:21 PM EST up reply actions

Ah – offering an ‘explanation’ why they used an apparently-abandoned warehouse for the shoot.

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

by Scott C. Broussard on Nov 4, 2009 5:23 PM EST up reply actions

how long ago were these taken? mayhem is lookin’ kinda soft.

by woooburn on Nov 4, 2009 5:21 PM EST reply actions

indeed. Very soft and kind of out of it. Like they did it at 4am or at 10am after a night of binge drinking.

by szucconi on Nov 4, 2009 5:26 PM EST up reply actions

That doesn’t look like Mayhem. It looks like a 170lbs Forrest Griffin.

If Werdum would have been in that kind of shape for dos Santos he may still be in the UFC.

by swells2048 on Nov 4, 2009 5:41 PM EST reply actions

Werdum dropped from the UFC over pay issues, not because he dropped the JDS fight.

by philodox on Nov 4, 2009 5:51 PM EST up reply actions

OK

He had just resigned his deal and after losing to JDS the UFC wanted to renegotiate his deal. He didn’t and was cut. The two went hand in hand. If he wouldn’t have lost then their wouldn’t have been pay issues.

by swells2048 on Nov 4, 2009 6:00 PM EST up reply actions

Werdum was in great shape on his Strikeforce debut.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Nov 4, 2009 5:52 PM EST up reply actions

The setting seems a rather transparent symbolism for the rough, determined, hard work athletes go through.
I don’t understand how this is eluding as many people as the comments here suggest.

by Simco on Nov 4, 2009 8:30 PM EST reply actions

The setting doesn’t project that vibe.

by szucconi on Nov 4, 2009 9:02 PM EST up reply actions

I don’t consider myself finely attuned to subtlety yet it was the quick – and only – conclusion I came to.
Perhaps my clairvoyance has been greatly understated.

by Simco on Nov 5, 2009 2:13 AM EST up reply actions

The setting is very 80s hair metal video.

Where they were all in a factory that only made sparks, except MMA has sprinklers

by IRodC on Nov 5, 2009 12:37 AM EST reply actions

They are missing pictures of John Matrix and Bennett in this...

"I call this here Clark Kent. Just sniff this, right here. It’s good, huh?! You smoke this s**t and you just wanna rip your clothes off in a phone booth and fight crime"

by TheKCB on Nov 5, 2009 11:00 AM EST reply actions