Insomnia and Wikipedia are a dangerous combination: the undocumented career of Mostapha al-Turk
by some schmuck in texas on Dec 22, 2011 5:29 AM EST
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PrintYou see a lot of vandalism on wikipedia pages, especially the ones about subjects no-one could be reasonably expected to give a rat's patoot about. You know, like Mostapha al-Turk. As a result, inaccuracy creeps in. Changes are made and no-one bothers to check them or even notices them. Until a man too tired to do anything useful but unable to sleep finds a steaming load of horse apples, then posts it to BE for your delication. I didn't write this nonsense, and I'm not going to bother correcting it (because, as previously noted - who cares?) but I thought you fellers and non-fellers might find it amusing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mostapha_Al_Turk#Amateur_Career
Amateur Career
Most of al-Turk's amateur career is up for speculation, as the Middle Eastern nations he fought in kept no documentation of the fights he participated in. Rumor has it that he was pitted against top level competition and big name fighters, such as Dan Henderson, Royce Gracie, Dan Severn, Chuck Liddell, Brian Ebersole, Bob Sapp, Jeremy Horn, Tim Sylvia, Jeff Curran, BJ Penn, Giant Silva, Joe Riggs, and even Fedor Emelianenko. Al-Turk’s cumulative record is said to be somewhere around 66-6, but no one knows for sure.
I...see. 'Rumor has it' eh? Well, that's good enough for me! Mostapha al-Turk choked out Royce Gracie and KOed Dan Henderson in a one night tournament...somewhere...once...probably...maybe even at the same time.
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...somewhere...once...probably...maybe...
You could even say “perhaps”?
by GreyedOut on Dec 22, 2011 5:42 AM EST via mobile reply actions
sure, why not?
the best thing about that ridiculoid claim to me is, ok sure. al-Turk had a lot of undocumented fights in underground competitions that have flown under the radar of official recordkeepers. I can believe that, no problem. The guy is a minor figure at best, and has connections to a part of the world where mma is obscure and unregulated. But Hendo, BJ, Fedor etc.? These guys’ lives are documented in almost excruciating detail. Sure, Jeremy Horn has probably forgotten 2/3s of his matches – maybe even a marriage or two. Same could be said of Chuck Liddell. But Liddell surely has a staff that’s going to notice if he decided to test his skills in a Tunisian bare-fisted pitfight because the UFC just wasn’t giving him that old thrill anymore.
This is an oule.
by some schmuck in texas on Dec 22, 2011 6:02 AM EST up reply actions
Who knows?
Gaddafi (sp?) could have spent a few millions to sponsor some good ol’ human cockfighting. Maybe even the one JCVD won?
by GreyedOut on Dec 22, 2011 6:26 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
nice wikipedia-trolling right there
who wrote this and why? pretty nice list of scalps.
by kaptenstofil on Dec 22, 2011 6:14 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
and why did they stop where they did?
Surely ‘it is said’ that Mostapha al-Turk also fought Shang-Chi Master of Kungfu, The Humongous, and Pecos Bill.
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by some schmuck in texas on Dec 22, 2011 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
At least
People will remember him, that loss to Kongo was one of the most brutal I can recall.
by taptomyarmbar on Dec 22, 2011 7:07 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I think it holds the UFC record for fouls per round
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by some schmuck in texas on Dec 22, 2011 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
He was like The Ayatollah of his time.
And you never know what goes on in the mysterious near east. That 66-6 record, that’s a bold claim though. Rumor has it he was also paid in spices and various oils. This is lucrative.
with fiery Dornish peppers
by Psychic Octopus on Dec 22, 2011 9:10 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
He was paid
In the forbidden practices of dusky odalisques, some of whom will do anything for a price…anything but let you gaze into their eyes!
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by some schmuck in texas on Dec 22, 2011 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
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by Zachary Kater on Dec 22, 2011 11:18 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
...and for that, I apologize
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by some schmuck in texas on Dec 22, 2011 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
legend has it
that Al-Turk took on Fedor, Henderson, Silvia, and all the Silvas, all on horseback, at the same time in a pit of fire
by lordrubbish on Dec 22, 2011 12:23 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
...and with just a gesture as command
the horses, all as one, threw their riders to the burning coals and trampled them, sparing their infidel lives only when al-Turk again gave a sign with his hands.
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by some schmuck in texas on Dec 22, 2011 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
at which point he proceeded to make each and every one of them submit...
with repeated german suplexes and indian rug burns. so it goes…
by lordrubbish on Dec 22, 2011 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
I heard he fought
Shang T’sung and beat him by fatality, using a Scorpion Death Lock.
It’s kind of wierd that you posted this because I was trolling Wikipedia myself last night while I was drunk. I stumbled on Mostopha Al Turks page but I swear I didn’t write that.
by El_Ee_Oh on Dec 22, 2011 2:01 PM EST via Android app reply actions
well, when you train with Frank Dux, your underground fight cred is pretty legit.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Dec 22, 2011 5:21 PM EST reply actions
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