Welcome To Violence Vol. 1: Savaged
by Damon O. on Feb 28, 2011 8:24 PM EST
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to violence. The word and the act. We often try to convince ourselves that MMA is some higher form of art where man achieves his full potential. But let's be real here. It's two people trying to beat the hell out of each other. Sometimes it's a thing of beauty and other times it's pretty damn close to a snuff film. This piece is about the latter. The career enders, the will breakers, the life changers, and the downright hard to watch. These are the fights that we don't want mainstream media to know about. The fights that we only talk about in secret, like it's some sort mutant offspring that we are ashamed of. This is dedicated to the savage beatings that make the most hardcore MMA fan feel uncomfortable.
I'll start this off with the quintessential massacre, Ricardo Arona vs. Kazuyushi Sakuraba. Video and other entries after the jump.
Ricardo Arona vs. Kazuyushi Sakuraba - PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005
We all know and love Saku, he's a legend. The demi-god of Japanese MMA. He's made a career of pulling victory out of the fang filled jaws of defeat. But he's also known for taking merciless beatings. And that's exactly what happened here. The barrage of knees that Arona landed in the opening moments of the fight were just a trailer to slasher flick that Arona would act out on the Japanese legends face. Fifteen minutes, a few soccer kicks, and what seemed like thousands of knees later, Arona turned Sakuraba's face into something inhuman. The look on Sakuraba's face as the camera zoomed in on him after the fight is almost sickening.
Enson Inoue vs. Igor Vovchanchyn - PRIDE 10: Return of the Warriors
PRIDE FC had more than it's fair share of violence but Enson Inoue vs. Igor Vovchanchyn was one of the more extreme examples. The fight started off with one of the most insanely sloppy striking exchanges in the history of the sport. Inoue did the most damage in the exchange but his success ended there. Igor threw him to the floor like a child and proceeded to unleash some of the fiercest ground and pound that I've ever seen. After a quick reset by the referee, Igor transitioned to mount and lambasted Inoue until the bell rang. An exhausted Igor got up and walked back to his corner, while Inoue lay on the canvas. Inoue's beaten body had to be dragged back to his corner. Needless to say that this was the end of the fight.
Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos vs. Jan "Cuddles" Finney - Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum
Truth be told, this fight should have never happened. The California State Athletic Commission really dropped the ball on this one. We knew what was going to happen but we didn't expect it to be this bad. From the starting bell to the end of the fight, Cyborg walked through every bit of Finney's offense and committed what could be considered a war crime. This wasn't a fight at all. It was the equivalent of a bait dog being thrown in with champion game dog. There's no technical breakdown in this one. Cyborg savaged Finney for nearly eight minutes. Many fans complain that the fight went on far longer than it needed to. It's hard to argue with them.
"The Prodigy" B.J. Penn vs. Joe "Daddy" Stevenson - UFC 80: Rapid Fire
I recently saw an episode of "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern" where he witnessed the dispatching of a Camel that he would later eat. The kill was supposed to be swift as the Camels jugular vein was slashed open. The opposite happened. The camel ran around the enclosed area spraying blood for minutes until it was finally put down. This is what happened to Joe Stevenson at UFC 80. After dominating Stevenson on the feet B.J. Penn cut him open with an elbow and bleed him for the rest of the round. Stevenson rushed out in the second round with a look of determination and desperation in his eyes. His efforts were futile though. The round played out much like the first and Stevenson quickly found himself in a rear naked choke that literally squeezed the blood out of him. The beating was so savage that Stevenson was left in tears.
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua - PRIDE Total Elimination 2005
We often hear promoters talk about bad blood. More often than not it's fabricated to hype fights and sell pay-per-view's. This was not one of those instances. Shogun and Rampage had real beef. Shogun's brother was robbed of a win against Rampage in his last fight. Rampage voiced his disagreement with the win but Shogun was having none of it. When Shogun and Rampage finally met in the ring, Rampage was on the receiving end of a shellacking. After breaking several of Rampage's ribs with knees in the clinch, Shogun poured it on. The referee finally stepped in after Shogun soccer kicked Rampage into oblivion. Jackson lay slumped down in the corner with the look of a defeated man written across his face, while Shogun was carried around the ring in celebration.
This is Vol. 1 of a 3 part series that I'll be posting over the next few weeks. Comments? Additions? Suggestions? You know what to do. Oh and follow me on Twitter @DeoWade
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Great post
but i would argue Wand v. Rampage 1&2 both were more violent than Shogun v. Rampage. Especially part 2 where Ramapge falls through the ropes and blood starts pouring.
It's definitely brutal
But this was personal.
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Rampage vs Wandy wasn't personal?
I don't want to say he's dirty, but Forrest Griffin looks like directly after a workout his crotch might resemble a cajun swamp.
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Shogun was avenging the fam, son.
THE FAM!
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I don’t think any fighter can redeem themselves after being pummeled and left unconscious hanging on the ropes. Rampage’s KO victory over Wanderlei meant nothing. He’s still down 1-2 to Wanderlei.
Something tells me that Rampage was really using his head when he turned down the opportunity to face Shogun in March for the UFC gold. He knows what will happen if he shows up unprepared. Heck, even if he is prepared . . . I don’t give him a chance against Shogun.
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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by VeeisAnimated on Mar 1, 2011 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
^^^ Gotta agree
Those were some great beat downs, but there was just something… extra brutal… about the way that Rua smacked Ramapge around the ring. For my money, it was one of, if the most one-sided beat downs I’ve ever seen.
by Atomic Salmon on Mar 1, 2011 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
Rampage is one of those scary dudes that can take punishment but doesn’t necessarily look hurt.
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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by VeeisAnimated on Mar 1, 2011 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
Horrible. Just horrible. And yet I can’t look away.
Skipping the early pre-Zuffa UFC stuff (every event had 3 or 4 candidates easily) the fights that most come to mind as being truly horrific are the 3 Wanderlei/Rampage bouts (Wandy’s unending knees to the noggin and Rampage unnecessary and unsportsmanlike additional gnp – just terrible) Cro Cop/Anthony Perosh (has there been a more unfair mismatch the last couple of years of the UFC?) and of course Travis Fulton vs Jeremy Bullock and Wandy vs Iwasaki as two of the biggest and most brutal mismatches ever put together.
This was a fantastic post.
Those Arona knees were amazing. No human could take that kind of punishment………
by Scribonius Curio on Feb 28, 2011 10:02 PM EST reply actions
Igor is violence personified
Igor Vovchanchyn’s entire pre-PRIDE career is an extended exercise in brutality.
In Igor's highlight on youtube
There is a moment where Igor continues kneeing and kicking an opponent as the towel flies into frame from the poor souls corner. Amazing brutality… All fire all the time yet so focused in his early days with it.
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by TheWorldForRansom on Mar 1, 2011 6:31 PM EST up reply actions
James Thompson/Hidieko Yoshida
The ref dragged a motionless Yoshida back to the center of the ring so JT could GnP him more. Cruel.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 28, 2011 10:33 PM EST reply actions
Great post Damon!
Rec’d for sure, this is the type of article I would like to see more of. Something about these “list” posts that I really enjoy, I guess it’s because I’m so used to Cracked.com.
Two of the most violent moments that I’ve ever seen in MMA would be Gary Goodridge v Paul Herrera at UFC 8 :
And Quinton Jackson v Ricardo Arona at PRIDE : Critical Countdown ’04 :
Both of them showed absolutely no regard for their opponents well being, and after I saw them, I thought both guys would be dead. I’m still amazed that Arona is even still alive, let alone still competing. I’d love it if you would go in-depth on both of those.
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by RearNakedChoker on Feb 28, 2011 10:36 PM EST reply actions
Gary Goodridge v Paul Herrera
That was one of the first MMA matches I saw. And it turned me off from the sport, that was simply fucked up. That match also made me realize that I’m not a fighter and to be very cautious of anyone because you never know what kind of skills they possess. That shit looks dangerous. I really couldn’t understand why the fight was not stopped sooner but then realized that Goodridge’s hellbows were just too freaking fast.
Of course boxing (the heavyweight division) was already dying a slow death or going into a coma, and I still came across those wild anything-goes fight videos. Fast forward to the future, HBO turns its back on Boxing’s heavyweight division with a dominating foreign, educated champion, Showtime gets a huge Pacquiao fight and the UFC has PPV every month and great free televised fights. Damn I love MMA.
Hey, the Sergio Martinez vs Paul Williams fight ended with a great KO last year.
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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by VeeisAnimated on Mar 1, 2011 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
atta boy
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by Earl Montclair on Feb 28, 2011 10:42 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Posting a gif in a Deo Wade thread
I feel like i’m in the twilight zone…
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by ElliotMatheny on Mar 1, 2011 3:20 AM EST up reply actions
lmao
Lauzon’s face is priceless
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Creepy Joe
looks creeped out. :P
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 1, 2011 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
arona-sakuraba was brutal. Anyone looking to keep knees to the head of a grounded opponent illegal only need to point to that fight to make their case.
Or you can point to Japanese refs allowing their fighters to take a beating in hope of a glorious comeback…
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 28, 2011 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
Ah, yes. You are right about that.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 28, 2011 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
As for the story about the camel in the BJ/Daddy write-up...
That happened to my grandfather at a boucherie. He had just married my grandmother and was with her family in the country. Being the new husband, he had to prove his manhood by killing the pig. He takes the pig’s back and slits it’s throat with a knife. Instead of killing it, it just wounds it, and the pig runs around the barnyard with my grandfather holding onto it, muddying and bloodying the ground everywhere. He eventually stabbed the exsanguinated pig to death, when it was promptly cleaned, cooked, and eated. This whole time, his in-laws laughed their asses off.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 28, 2011 10:49 PM EST reply actions
You what? That’s beside the point. What kind of fucked up family makes their son-in-law stab a pig to death?
Did you see the size of that chicken?
Cajuns.
It’s usually a clean kill – my grandfather just screwed up.
@scb0212
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 28, 2011 11:17 PM EST up reply actions
That’s awesome. Mmmmm boudain. Dat sum good stuff daira my main.
Did you see the size of that chicken?
I love being Cajun, but being a suburbanite, I missed much of the more traditional culture.
Honestly, the courir de mardi gras is so much better than the New Orleans celebrations. Instead of the floats and parades, it’s guys in elaborate costumes riding on horses from house to house in the country performing for food. They dance, get drunk, play music, chase the womenfolk, and the captain carries a rope whip to keep them in line. Often they family of the house donates a chicken, and all the riders chase it to have the honor of being the one to catch & kill it. At the end of the day, everyone gathers for a giant dance and cooks all the food in a giant community gumbo.
@scb0212
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 28, 2011 11:25 PM EST up reply actions
Dang,
What year do you live in? Sounds like some ol’ medieval shit right there. :P
Sounds awesome, though.
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by RearNakedChoker on Feb 28, 2011 11:28 PM EST up reply actions
I remember you like Cajun culture. Anything you want to know, hit me up & I’ll try to find the answer. One of my professors is the world expert on all things Cajun (meaning he’s the drunkest one during mardi gras).
@scb0212
The Machiavellian.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 28, 2011 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
Haha,
Great memory Mach! I would have thought you had forgotten, that was a while back!
Actually, since we’re on the subject, I’d like to know, is King Cake still popular? Have you ever gotten the little prize that meant you had to throw the next party? What’s a King Cake party like? I know I can Google it, but I prefer personal experience over Wikipedia. ;) (there also used to be a kickass jazz trio named KingCake, homemade drums, sax & tuba – their music is really hard to find, but if you ever come across them, definitely check ‘em out. I’m trying to find something to show you, I’ll post here if I can find anything.)
side note : a girl I used to work with was from Baton Rouge, and I remember her telling me about her old job back home and the name of one of her customers, it always stuck with me – Big Daddy Yum Yum. I fucking love that name. What are some of the more creative Cajun nicknames you can think of?
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 1, 2011 12:04 AM EST up reply actions
King Cake is always popular. I don’t know about parties, but traditionally, if you had the plastic baby in your slice, you bought the next one – choking hazards have nearly eliminated that part, though. I guess they can be the centerpieces at drunken parties and the baby recipient throws the next one.
Nicknames? Almost everyone from the “greatest generation” age group knows a T-someone (T’ Boy, T’Bruce, etc). Those folks, my grandparent’s generation, are arguably the last traditional Cajuns. I’m as American as they come; only lately have I begun trying to reacquaint myself with those roots (I can trace my ancestors back to the boats from the Grand Dérangement).
Classic Cajun party example: my high school has a tradition called Senior Skip Day, where the senior class sneaks onto the campus grounds at night and plays pranks on the school, some mean, others fun (one class lined the science lab with Visqueen and filled it with water, another rigged the tennis ball launcher to go off when the tennis coach opened his office door, etc). So we did our stuff and one of my classmate’s family own Avery Island (where the plant for Tabasco is), so we went to his lodge out there for a crawfish boil. The guys with the fake IDs show up around noon the next day with a keg of Abita, two large sacks of crawfish, the boiler, and a sofa, all in the back of the truck. We partied all day and night (so they say – I got blind stinking drunk and don’t remember a lot of it).
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by Scott C. Broussard on Mar 1, 2011 12:31 AM EST up reply actions
Huh,
I wonder what I confused the King Cake tradition with? Maybe I heard it from my friend, might be a Baton Rouge thing?
My new nickname will be T’naked. :P
Our Senior Skip days in Southern California consisted of ditching school and going to the beach, six flags or some other amusement park, getting as stoned and drunk and possible and…I don’t remember much else.
That’s pretty cool that you know one of the actual owners of Avery Island. I’m a Tabasco fiend, I’d love to make a pilgrimage someday. Did you know that it’s the only fruit/vegetable that actually has it’s own patent? Funny story, when I used to wait tables this Scottish guy came in for breakfast, and he asked my buddy if we had any Mcilhenny’s. My buddy was stumped, as the guy kept insisting we must have Mcilhenny’s, that it’s popular everywhere, and lots of people use it on their breakfast. So my buddy comes to me kinda flustered asking if I’ve ever heard of this Mcilhenny stuff, and I’m just as stumped as he is. Finally, we find out that he’s talking about Tabasco sauce when he sees a bottle and grabs it to show us. All three of us had a pretty good chuckle about that. :)
Oh by the way, the Visqueen and water gag must have been epic. I would have loved to have seen that.
One more strange coincidence. Today someone broke a beer bottle in the lobby of my apartment complex. I had never heard of the brand before, which I found strange because I’m pretty familiar with most beers. The name of the beer? Abita.
Strange how stuff like that happens.
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 1, 2011 1:18 AM EST up reply actions
Abita is quite good.
“T’” is a contraction for ‘petit’, meaning little, and I don’t know if you want to be called “Little Naked”…
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by Scott C. Broussard on Mar 1, 2011 7:07 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Abita is wonderful
and I still ship King Cake for Fat Tuesday all the way out here to Vegas. And by “I” I mean, I make the sucker who keeps getting the baby to do it.
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by Chris Barton on Mar 1, 2011 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah,
I think you’re right. What’s the contraction for “slightly larger than average”? I’ll take that one. lol
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 1, 2011 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
The closest I can get is : Comme ci comme ca [cum see cum sah] means So-so.
If you can't wow them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
Cool,
Then I’ll be Comme ci Comme Ca’Naked, or CCCC’Naked.
HA!
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 1, 2011 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
“Un peux plus grand” = a little bit bigger.
@scb0212
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by Scott C. Broussard on Mar 1, 2011 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah Scott seems to have a little better knowledge of Cajun French than me. All I know is a little small talk. My grandmother refused to teach me because that’s how she talked trash about everybody in town.
If you can't wow them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
Actually, I know a more general Parisian French. I sometimes have trouble conversing with my grandparents, who are completely Cajun.
@scb0212
The Machiavellian.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Mar 1, 2011 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
I heard that many times. Cajun French has a lot of slang and some english mixed in.
If you can't wow them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
It’s also an older language. French evolved because it was in contact with other languages in a changing world – the Cajuns hung out in southern Louisiana until the world knocked on their door. For example, the modern French word for pen is “stylo”, while in Cajun French, it’s “plume” – a reference to archaic quill pens.
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by Scott C. Broussard on Mar 1, 2011 5:09 PM EST up reply actions
Abita’s good if you like wheat beers.
If you can't wow them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
Do you need to add lemon
Like with Hefeweizen? That beer tastes nasty without a squeeze of lemon or orange in it. I think I might grab a bottle tonight for kicks.
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 1, 2011 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
Naw. They make an amber beer that’s pretty good, but there claim to fame is Purple Haze which has a slight raspberry flavor.
My personal favorite is the Andy Gator. It has some extra alcohol content and my name in it.
If you can't wow them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
Your name is Gator? :P
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 1, 2011 4:56 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah I’m named after my great grandmother. Apparently she had some kind of dry skin disease. :p
If you can't wow them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.
literal lol. :)
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 2, 2011 12:02 AM EST up reply actions
My dogs name is Gator
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Woulda been funnier if his name had been Andy. :P
What kind of dog?
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 2, 2011 12:05 AM EST up reply actions
Boston Terrier/Chihuahua mix
He’s like a shrunk down Pitbull. It’s pretty hilarious actually.
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That does sound hilarious.
Does he look anything like this? :
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 2, 2011 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
A few days ago
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Did you have somebody laying on the floor taking that pic? :P
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 2, 2011 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
One of my cousins college friends
Just got a new camera, so he was taking pictures of everything.
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Mmmmm
Andy Gator. I can’t wait to be down there in May.
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Where are you going in May? Which part of La?
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by Scott C. Broussard on Mar 1, 2011 6:07 PM EST up reply actions
Bringing my GF home from school, she graduates in May from UF so I am Uhaling her stuff back here.
She has never been to LA, so I am going to take her to spend time at my families place in Metairie. This is a long way to say, “mostly south, but I am driving and have flexibility to go where the spirit takes me”.
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"A samurai would bite your cock off if you tried that shit on the battlefield." - Kid Nate
How come mainstream doesn’t know about this? That sounds a heck of a lot better than floats and drunks passing out on benches.
Some of my favorite days growing up consisted of fishing for bream with a couple cajun ladies. Also, sitting next to them in bossier city at the wheel-of-fortune slots. Shit gets crazy.
Did you see the size of that chicken?
Haha, you're from north La?
How can someone not like this?
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by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 28, 2011 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
Man,
that looks fucking nuts! Dem boys havin’ a good ol’ time!
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 1, 2011 12:06 AM EST up reply actions
Also, after the pig is killed, all the kids get little knives to skin the pig for making cracklins.
@scb0212
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 28, 2011 11:18 PM EST up reply actions
Cracklin is fucking delicious
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It’s like a fried twinkie. There is no excuse for something so damn wonderful and deadly.
Did you see the size of that chicken?
Damn,
Y’all just made me hungry than a mug. I’m off to grab some stuffed jalapenos & bacon cheddar fries. Thanks fuckers, I was just about to start eating healthier too. :(
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by RearNakedChoker on Feb 28, 2011 11:24 PM EST up reply actions
LA is bad ass
Lived in 9 states including LA and it was by far my favorite
I should have satyed out of Cain’s strawberry patch.
been in South Louisiana all my life
and I’m relating to (and enjoying) everything that ol Brousse is saying.
Good king cakes are delicious and bad ones are still pretty good…I just bought one with bavarian cream filling and blueberries…sinfully delicious!
Mozambique Drill
Really? Which part?
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Mar 1, 2011 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
Awesome fucking article Damon
If you imagine Sam Elliot is narrating, its even more awesome
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
- Helen Keller
by The Blackula on Mar 1, 2011 12:37 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
Rec for Sam Elliot narrating
And awesome, Damon
I should have satyed out of Cain’s strawberry patch.
You get 10pts. for casting Sam Elliot as the narrator!
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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by VeeisAnimated on Mar 1, 2011 9:07 AM EST up reply actions
If I had a choice
David Attenborough would narrate everything.
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Morgan Freeman.
Andy Dufresne was a good man…..
by Brent Ducharme on Mar 1, 2011 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
Werner Herzog.
@scb0212
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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Mar 1, 2011 12:17 PM EST up reply actions
^^^ yeah!!!
. . . I see your avatar. Is Charlie Sheen that dude now? Is he pop culture?
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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by VeeisAnimated on Mar 1, 2011 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
He quoted Allen Iverson on CBS the other day like it was something to do.
He has surpassed all living creatures. He wins.
by Brent Ducharme on Mar 1, 2011 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
WORD?!?
Anybody that publicly quotes Iverson is on to something special.
I haven’t seen any of these Charlei Sheen interviews yet. What quote did he pick? Something about practice.
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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by VeeisAnimated on Mar 1, 2011 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
Yes.
They asked if he ever missed a day of work.
He responds with something like “not a day that ever cost anybody a nickel. Practice. To quote the great Allen Iverson – we talkin’ about practice man.”
Television history.
by Brent Ducharme on Mar 1, 2011 3:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
THANKS!
I really need to check out these infamous interviews.
Yes, Allen Iverson is great although he’s no longer playing in America!
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by VeeisAnimated on Mar 1, 2011 10:55 PM EST up reply actions
I know.
The aliens really got him this time and he’s playing Space Jam. Word.
by Brent Ducharme on Mar 3, 2011 12:44 AM EST up reply actions
He will always, ALWAYS
be the drug addict from Ferris to me. 2 and a half men? Meh.
His recent tirade was something about him and the main writer from that show getting in the octogon with his fireball fists, so I felt it was pertinent somehow.
I find the whole thing to be pretty funny. When someone does not give a fuck on the level that Charlie Sheen does not give a fuck, you shouldn’t push them to reveal how much they do not give a fuck.
Cuz they will show you.
"It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere."
Ok this is too good I have to share.
“I fire back once and this contaminated little maggot can’t handle my power and can’t handle the truth. I wish him nothing but pain in his silly travels especially if they wind up in my octagon. Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words — imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists.”- Sheen
Cocaine is a helluva drug. For added amusment you can read it in the voice of Mike Tyson.
"It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere."
I prefer to read it
in the voice of Gilbert Gottfried. The real Gilbert Gottfried voice :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdbElWMnkyY
"The path to enlightenment is through suffering"
by RearNakedChoker on Mar 1, 2011 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
I have always seen Shogun vs Rampage as a ballet of brutality
i watched that fight right before Shoguns title shot and was convinced that if this Pride guy could go back to his previous form he wouldn’t get tooled by Machida.
Imagine how surprised I was during the event that the calculated savagery that is a game Shogun showed up that night to damn near take the title.
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
- Helen Keller
I have never watched Arona vs Sakuraba all the way through
its on par with Frazier vs Forman in terms of sickening one sided torturous violence.
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
- Helen Keller
Ehhh . . . rec'ed
I really didn’t consider Penn vs Stevenson violent but more bloody than anything else.
Rampage vs (Wandelei | Shogun) in Pride . . . damn.
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I agree about Penn/Stevenson, it was bloody but not excessively brutal by any means. Arona/Saku was like watching an overly violent documentary…truly brutal…
"Sometimes I wonder if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." -Mark Twain
by The American Ronin on Mar 1, 2011 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
Next article
Are all the articles going to be about one-sided fights?
I think it would interesting to one on one-sided fights, one on brutal wars (where the both guys take a beating) and one amazing comebacks (where the guy who takes the beating ends up pulling out the victory).
Just an idea
Vol. II: The Land of Wind and Ghosts (Knockouts)
Vol. III: Separation of the Soul and Body (Submissions)
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by Damon O. on Mar 1, 2011 11:04 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Knockouts Where We Thought The Guy Died.
@scb0212
The Machiavellian.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Mar 1, 2011 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
See the GIFS above
;)
What are some other ones you can think of where you thought the guy died?
"The path to enlightenment is through suffering"
by RearNakedChoker on Mar 1, 2011 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
Why ruin the surprise? :)
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True
Part of the fun is the suspense, I guess. I’ve just gotten so used to instant gratification with the internet and all.
"The path to enlightenment is through suffering"
by RearNakedChoker on Mar 1, 2011 4:59 PM EST up reply actions
Loved it.
May I suggest: Diaz vs Davies (My wife actually burst into tears at the end of that one!), Shogun vs Kanehara is awesome (for that one she did the “GASP!” and put her hand to her mouth and turned her head away real fast like, About 5 or 6 times.)
Chicks are a good litmus test for brutality if you are personally desensitized from watching years of heinous shitkickings get handed out
"It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere."
Took a friend and his judgmental, ‘sensitive’ girlfriend (trust me, she’s an awful person) to a bar once to watch the UFC. She almost vomited watching Velasquez run the meat grinder on Kongo.
"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."
by AJB on Mar 2, 2011 6:37 AM EST up reply actions
Good lord, Cyborg can throw a right hook like a motherfucker
that woman throws heat!
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-Huey Freeman
Bones fans have completely forgotten about that Shogun/Page fight.
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Shogun would do much the same to Rampage today if they fought again.
"Sometimes I wonder if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." -Mark Twain
by The American Ronin on Mar 1, 2011 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
Rampage was not in any condition to fight that night. Read somewhere he had been fasting...
“I never even should have took the fight. Going into the fight I was already injured. It was one of those things it taught me a mean lesson."
His own words
He had an excuse for all of his losses in pride
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Shogun would do much the same to Rampage today if they fought again.
. . . uhmm . . . (what Ronin said) we know Rampage had an excuse for his first fight against Shogun in Pride. With that said, Rua would pretty much do the same to Rampage today.
- If Rampage expressed some frustrations dealing with Machida’s elusiveness and had serious problems against him in the 3rd round. What do you think Shogun’s going to do to Quinton Jackson in rounds 1 and 2?
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by VeeisAnimated on Mar 2, 2011 9:15 AM EST up reply actions
Firmly believe a well trained and conditioned Rampage would be a lot more competitive with Shogun. That being said, yeah he got his ass kicked really really bad and the mental aspect of that will definately be fucking with him if they ever go at it again. If Shogun takes out Jones, that should be the next title fight.
I’ll give Rampage props for clearly clearing the mental hurdle and putting Wanderlei to sleep. So mentally I think Rampage will be really focused on what he needs to do to defeat Shogun.
I just think Shogun has a lot of tools that Rampage can not handle. A lot more competitive, yes. The outcome, more or less the same.
I’m a Rampage fan but I’m questioning whether or not he will be able to defeat Matt Hamill. Hamill is a strong dude with the ability to take and recieve a punch. If Rampage relies solely on his power . . . I smell an upset.
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by VeeisAnimated on Mar 2, 2011 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
What's amazing about that Saku fight
is how much damage was inflicted when you consider how much time they spent just circling each other in the first round. The damage to actual fighting time ratio is off the charts.
YES!
"What do you know about my vision? My vision will turn your world upside down, tear asunder your illusions and send the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you. Now ask yourself: Are you really ready to see that vision?"
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by dgonz on Mar 2, 2011 1:38 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
rec for the huey freeman sig
I AM THE STONE THAT THE BUILDER REFUSED!
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
- Helen Keller
I felt like the repeated elbows that Jones fed Hamil was one of the most violent things I’ve seen in a cage. Then those 12-6 elbows just sort of iced the cake. With Hamil just lying there, so glad that it’s over.
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Yeah . . . Jones was like “when is the referee going to stop this beating, is he out yet?”
I tend to be biased towards strikers . . . exciting strikers.
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by VeeisAnimated on Mar 3, 2011 8:45 AM EST up reply actions
This post
makes me happy in my pants
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
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