Snapshot of the Day: WAMMA Reading Light Edition
by Luke Thomas on Sep 7, 2009 9:18 PM EDT
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Tacky, but better reading light than you'd think. And although it took forever to get here, I'm delighted to have this scalp. Back story here.
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Luke you may be able to make a tidy profit selling this back to them for their new offices.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 7:01 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
I wish it was a bad reading light so you would smash it with a hammer.
by Phildo on Sep 7, 2009 7:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You took a scalp off of someone that was only mostly dead?
Brutal.
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
by Ubernoober on Sep 7, 2009 7:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
PS I hope WAMMA didn’t actually get any money out of this from you.
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
by Ubernoober on Sep 7, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If that’s over your bed, you are never getting laid again.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by themachiavellian on Sep 7, 2009 7:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ha, no. Just near a table where I do a lot of blogging.
by Luke Thomas on Sep 7, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is legendary :D You should take it to events and try and get fighters to pose with it.
by who me on Sep 7, 2009 7:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i’d rather have the wargods snowboard, but this is pretty damn amazing.
by woooburn on Sep 7, 2009 7:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh the memories. Thank you again.
Just BE.
by mattman73 on Sep 7, 2009 7:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn’t put that thing near anything flammable. Knowing how badly WAMMA failed it might burn your house down.
Most likely it will: Stop working, Blow up, Try to establish a fake belt, or Steal from your wallet.
by Sokonojudo on Sep 7, 2009 8:13 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
What’s a fake belt? There is no difference between a WAMMA belt and any other. They’re all arbitrary.
In concept I don’t see how any fan can be against WAMMA
by gunranger on Sep 7, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you kidding me? Are you new to BE? The fake belt thing you are correct about…but their rankings are garbage…
Man…
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by kyfm621 on Sep 7, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really don’t care much for their rankings or anyone’s for that matter anymore, but I don’t get why people are opposed to the concept of WAMMA. It’s what the sport needs. One champ throughout all of MMA not just each promotion. People complain about boxing but the equivalents of WBC, WBO,WBA and IBF is having champs in the UFC, WEC, Strikeforce, DEEP, Shooto, Sengoku etc.
Uniformity and balance in MMA is a good thing. There is still a damn gap between choosing between a ring and cage.
by gunranger on Sep 7, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Other than HW the Zuffa belts are the gold standard.
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
by Ubernoober on Sep 7, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because the concept of WAMMA is bullshit.
You can’t have 1 champ across all MMA if you refuse to acknowledge most of the best fighters in MMA, like WAMMA does.
by Phildo on Sep 7, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I take that back a little.
The concept is ok, but their execution is terrible, that is where the problem is. I don’t give credit for concepts if you go out and do things that don’t match that concept.
by Phildo on Sep 7, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well they can’t give UFC fighters the belts if they won’t be recognized. How is that their fault?
It isn’t like they don’t have GSP, Anderson or Machida ranked #1 in their respective divisions.
by gunranger on Sep 7, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They could give them their belts. They won’t give them the belts because the UFC won’t give them sanctioning fees.
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
by Ubernoober on Sep 7, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do they need to be recognized?
How does it hurt anyone if they call GSP the WW champion?
by Phildo on Sep 7, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, when has anyone recognized Aoki?
That whole argument goes out the window with Aoki. Does he even have a belt?
by Phildo on Sep 7, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aoki has beaten more top10 opponents and fights more often than BJ at Lw. BJ went 15 months without fighting at LW. That would be grounds for removal of ranking. Many have been arguing that for awhile now.
by gunranger on Sep 7, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But where is his belt?
How did Dream “recognize” WAMMA?
They call him the champion, but it appears that Dream is just as willing as the UFC to work with them (not willing at all).
by Phildo on Sep 7, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Find me one picture of Aoki with his belt. Even if the belt is upside down.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not arguing who should be ranked higher (although, BJ was ranked higher before Aoki’s "championship match) but that’s besides the point.
If GSP can’t be champion because Dana won’t let some guy who needs a haircut hold the belt upside down inside the octagon. Aoki shouldn’t be the champ, because there was no guy who needs a haircut holding the belt upside down inside the ring that night. He also didn’t bring it to the ring and it wasn’t mentioned when he fought at LW at Dream 10.
by Phildo on Sep 8, 2009 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was listening to Sherdog radio once upon a time (can’t remember what show…I think Breen…) and I remember them saying that FEG straight up told WAMMA they weren’t invited to Dynamite.
by Tonley on Sep 8, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well they can’t give UFC fighters the belts if they won’t be recognized. How is that their fault?
What?
Be the 9th person to follow me on Twitter: @EugeneSchelfaut
by Eugene Schelfaut on Sep 8, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL. Exactly...
If WAMMA didn’t need FEG’s recognition to “sanction” the Aoki/Alvarez fight as a LW title match, I don’t see why they need the UFC’s recognition to “sanction” title fights involving GSP, Anderson, and Lyoto.
by Tonley on Sep 8, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You obviously don’t understand what they are all about.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Sep 7, 2009 11:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
That is awesome. It’s probably the best thing to come out of WAMMA.
by thekiltedwonder on Sep 7, 2009 8:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I remember when I saw that on ebay, I knew someone with a sense of humor would get it. Glad it was our very own Matt Brow…err…Luke Thomas!
"You guys are jerking eachother off with some pseudo deep bullshit." - Kid Nate
by kyfm621 on Sep 7, 2009 8:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wamma updated its website recently.
Is that all they are now? A website?
crosses fingers
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes
by Paynuss on Sep 7, 2009 9:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
what a unique memento. Nice one Luke.
"Like a ballet of violence clothed in fine Brazilian silk." ~ MMASuPreMaCy
by Benicio on Sep 7, 2009 10:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if it would be possible to sell a bunch of merch by setting up a promotion that was doomed for a 0-1 card run of failure right from the start.
Just make it the biggest shit show possible and then sell all kinds of tacky stuff to hardcore fans after the fact.
I dislike Matt Hughes.
by MonkeyCHops on Sep 7, 2009 10:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thats actually pretty awesome.
Go Leafs and Bruins!
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by Brad Ackerson on Sep 7, 2009 10:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I threw up in my mouth a little bit..
when I saw thought
by cagefightonacid on Sep 7, 2009 10:30 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Awesome.
"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 Sep 7, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I want it. We can fight to the death. If I win I get the WAMMA light. If you win you get my YAMMA t-shirt. Game on.
by szucconi on Sep 8, 2009 1:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Are you aware that Luke is a 240lb former Marine? Just make sure you don’t wear the YAMMA shirt during the fight, wouldn’t want to get it bloody.
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
by Ubernoober on Sep 8, 2009 1:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bring it on. I fear no man. And I want me some WAMMA merch.
But obviously I am kidding. Not a smart move to tangle with someone who’s basic job was killing. I have a friend that just got out of the Marines and he often talks about how he misses killing. Mostly when he is stuck in traffic.
by szucconi on Sep 8, 2009 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your friend is creepy, thank him for going over seas and all but creepy. Most of the people i know who went over there and had to do that ended up with post tramatic stress disorders.
by Riley_96 on Sep 8, 2009 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I have a freind like that also. He was army though. Now he drinks more. But the ex-marine has always been creepy. He is only kidding about killing people. It is the kind of joke he would have made before he was a marine, so don’t be alarmed.
by szucconi on Sep 8, 2009 2:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like one of those jokes you laugh at then start looking for the exit.
Keep firing Assholes!
ZE GOGGLES! ZAY DO NOZING!!!!
by Ubernoober on Sep 8, 2009 2:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could be wrong – and I SERIOUSLY mean no offense – but I thought Luke was more of a behind the front lines sorta guy. Not that he didn’t get far more combat training than I had in the Air Force, but I don’t think he was Marine Recon or anything.
Then again, where I was stationed I think the plan was that if we ever got attacked, the Marines and Army guys would shoot us Air Force wussies and stack us like cordwood to have a better firing position. We don’t shoot too good, but we’re good and fat for maximum bullet-stopping potential.
Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ.
I blog at TangleBones - you should follow me on Twitter here.
by jemaleddin on Sep 8, 2009 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Luke told us his REAL missions, he’d have to kill us.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by themachiavellian on Sep 8, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or worse:
He’d BAN us!
Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ.
I blog at TangleBones - you should follow me on Twitter here.
by jemaleddin on Sep 9, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never served in combat but was a Forward Observer for a field artillery unit. Spent plenty o’ time in all forms of combat training year after year including the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP). Never used most of that training in real life.
But I can put 10 rounds in the black with the M-16 A2 service rifle with no scope at 500 yards. Nothing amazing, but I feel good about it.
by Luke Thomas on Sep 8, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, sorry for the confusion. I must have figured that since you lived in the DC area you were more likely an intel weenie like the rest of us.
Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ.
I blog at TangleBones - you should follow me on Twitter here.
by jemaleddin on Sep 9, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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