Tim Sylvia Wants to Be on Bully Beatdown

by MMAEruption on Jun 17, 2009 11:24 PM EDT Comment 23 comments

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Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia would like to appear in the next season of hit MTV show Bully Beatdown.

Sylvia (24-6) wants the show to let him face two of his childhood tormentors. He says he would donate the prize money to charity.

"I was bullied all through high school, where I was never a big guy. I grew and became a big guy. I still have a chip on my shoulder for all those assholes who picked on me and beat me up," he told Fighters Only recently.

As improbable as it seems now, Sylvia says he was "picked on a lot" in school. He also had a traumatic youth due to alcoholism in the family home.

"If everything goes right, I will be on the second season of Bully Beatdown. What I want to pitch to them is, bring in one or two bullies that bullied me, and what I want to do is take the money - the ten or twenty thousand dollars you win - and donate it to charity, I don’t need it," he revealed.

You'd think that the success Tim has achieved in MMA would be the best revenge against his tormentors. Even with his dramatic knockout loss to Ray Mercer, he has a lot to be proud of. With few discernible natural athletic abilities beyond sheer size, he managed to become a UFC champion with a 24-6 MMA record in MMA. That's nothing to sneeze at.

However, this revelation doesn't look good for Tim's future MMA, because it shows that his eye is off the ball. When an MMA fighter 1) assumes he can waltz into multi-million dollar big-time boxing matches with no effort and 2) cares about going on a silly TV show to even scores from decades ago, he's just not focused on moving back up in the heavyweight division.

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Does Tim Sylvia Want to Be a F*cking Fighter?

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Tim wants to be a fighter, he’s just dealing with temporary insanity problems right now.

Keep firing Assholes!

Out out, you demons of stupidity!

by Ubernoober on Jun 17, 2009 11:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think Tim has gone off the deep end. I will be shocked if he’s ever in the UFC again.

by subo on Jun 17, 2009 11:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I dont bet anymore, but Id put a lotttt of money on that one. never happen

by beersnbroads on Jun 18, 2009 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL maybe the best poll question ever.

by Dropkick434 on Jun 17, 2009 11:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think Tim’s gone off the deep end. I think he’s probably realized the game is passing or has passed him by. He can’t get by on his size/reach anymore when you have athletic guys like Lesnar and co. in the division.

http://www.sackmikegoldberg.com

by Mike Fagan on Jun 17, 2009 11:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If they actually got the bullies I'd watch.

Unless the bullies became real nice people it’d be pretty funny.

Food goes in here

by Pandanus on Jun 18, 2009 3:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

from UFC champion to Bully Beatdown……..someone’s star is on the rise!!!!

by erogers72 on Jun 18, 2009 4:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What would be less than can?

by bigweeze on Jun 18, 2009 9:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Everytime I hear Sylvia’s name, read a story about him, or see a picture of what he has become…. all I hear is toilets flushing now.

What the fuck is a "robster craw"?

by Gunslinger20 on Jun 18, 2009 9:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The way things are going for Tim he could end up getting his ass kicked by the bullies and then where is his career at?

by MMAcGyver on Jun 18, 2009 10:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Somewhere in Brazil Paulo Filho is even laughing at this

by "Mr. NC-17" on Jun 18, 2009 10:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bully Beatdown is such a mockery of the sport. It is sucktastic to say the least. I am appaled that Tim would even consider this.

by Bandaka on Jun 18, 2009 11:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If I'm not mistaken

Tim doesn’t “win” any money. It’s the “bully” that is eligible to win up to 10g if he doesnt get submited/ko’ed. And what if Tim ends up getting ko’ed again??? I’d watch just for that…

by noscarznoproof on Jun 18, 2009 11:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Why Bully Beatdown? He has options.

Like Jose Conseco. That would get Big Tim some respect.

by troy_doney on Jun 18, 2009 12:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thats his plan after the bully knocks him out.

by Graven Image on Jun 18, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If one of those bullies is Ray Mercer

I will watch it

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by Leland Roling on Jun 18, 2009 1:46 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

Perhaps for his next fight, Big Timmeh will suggest an inter-gender tag team match with Gina.

A wise man told me don't argue with fools
Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who

by thetakeover on Jun 18, 2009 5:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Frued

called this penis envy.

by Riney on Jun 18, 2009 6:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Freud ...lol

by Riney on Jun 18, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let him do his thing

I am anything but a Sylvia fan, but if he’s got some scores to settle, let him do it. It’s his life and we all know we’ll be watching, whether on youtube or otherwise.

Given what he’s been through, it may the confidence boost he needs.

by cyke on Jun 18, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He’s a two time MMA champion, there is somthing really wrong if the confidence boost he needs is to go back and beat up some guy who took his lunch money 20 years ago.

by who me on Jun 19, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was beating Nog’s ass just three fights ago, and pounded Vera for 3 full rounds the fight before that. If he gets in shape and gets in a serious camp he could still make a run. That is if he starts picking big fights after this MTV appearance

by Flyghtt on Jun 19, 2009 8:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What 'bully' would agree to fight Tim?

Who the hell would agree to fight big Tim ? I mean us kids can laugh about him behind the computer screen but the dude is huge and strong , and he also happenes to be a professional fighter for half his life when his bullies are normal people at best or unemployed drunks most likely.
Unless his bullies were Brock Lesnar or Fedor I don’t think they would take the fight even for a lot of money .
Sounds ridiculous and bordering illegal to set up a fight between Tim and a nobody who would get killed . I understand it’s probably not UFC rules , with head gear and all that , but still – a pissed off Sylvia against a regular guy who doesn’t know how to fight ? sounds like hospital time!
Get over yourself Tim , or just go to their neighborhood and beat them up without the cameras rolling…
And how the hell could’ve he been small in high school , did he grow 20 inches in his twenties or what?

by JoelMan on Jun 19, 2009 10:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs