2011 Bloody Elbow Tournament of Bad: Steve Jennum Region Round of 32 Voting
by Mike Fagan on Jun 3, 2011 8:19 PM EDT
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After a long and extensive process, esteemed colleague Brent Brookhouse and I are proud to bring you the 2011 Bloody Elbow Tournament of Bad, an idea from the local Chicago sports radio show, Boers and Bernstein. The concept is simple: compile a list of 64 of the worst things related to the sport of MMA and pit them against one another in an NCAA Tournament-style bracket. You, the readers, vote on each match up until we have our ultimate champion.
We have a couple close races in the Harold Howard region. You still have time to vote; polls close at midnight ET. And if you don't have it bookmarked by now, check out the updated bracket.
We end the Round of 32 in the Steve Jennum Region. The matchups:
(1) Alan Belcher's Johnny Cash tattoo vs. (8) Cecil Peoples, in every form
(5) Bellator event locations vs. (13) Tito Ortiz's postfight excuses
(3) "Never leave it in the hands of the judges" vs. (6) James Toney
(2) Bob Reilly and the (lack of) regulation in NY vs. (10) UFC media policy
Photos courtesy of UFC.com, Sherdog.com, Jeff Sherwood, Google Image Search, and my own private UFC stash.
Voting after the jump. Polls open until midnight ET tomorrow.
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Belcher
Tito
Judges
Bob Reilly
"Every time I talk on the phone with someone who doesn’t know me, they call me "ma’am"." .....cut to a couple months later....... "You can alter that sig now. I spoke with someone I know on the phone and she repeatedly addressed me as a female. Fuck." - Scott C. Broussard
Belcher over Peoples?
fo real?
"This is blood for blood and by the gallon. These are the old days, the bad days, the all-or-nothing days. They’re back! There’s no choice left. And I’m ready for war."
by John Danaher's Hair on Jun 3, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah dude.
Put it to ya this way. If I had that Johnny Cash tattoo, I would cover it up with a tattoo of Cecil Peoples. It is that hideous.
"Every time I talk on the phone with someone who doesn’t know me, they call me "ma’am"." .....cut to a couple months later....... "You can alter that sig now. I spoke with someone I know on the phone and she repeatedly addressed me as a female. Fuck." - Scott C. Broussard
by Earl Montclair on Jun 3, 2011 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
i still voted for Ol' Cecil, but goddamn that was funny.
by Victor Rodriguez on Jun 3, 2011 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Me too and agreed.
"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."
by AJB on Jun 4, 2011 8:22 AM EDT up reply actions
wait...
you mean that’s not a tattoo of Cecil Peoples??
"This is blood for blood and by the gallon. These are the old days, the bad days, the all-or-nothing days. They’re back! There’s no choice left. And I’m ready for war."
by John Danaher's Hair on Jun 3, 2011 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah but...
…That would just be covering a bad tattoo with another bad tattoo.
A hideous tattoo is, understandable, forgivable even. Cecil Peoples continued existence in the MMA world is not.
After all, Belcher’s tattoo never comes close to endangering anyone’s lives, never does a silly karate chop/kick combo and never says shit that even the most casual MMA fan finds baffling and ignorant. And it can be covered up.
If Cecil doesn’t make at least the semi-finals, I’ll be very disappointed in many of my brethren. Don’t let me down, y’all! :P
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by RearNakedChoker on Jun 4, 2011 2:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Tito has had a favorable draw and he’ll take this, but he’s gonna hit a tattoo roadblock in the next round.
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Because he keeps ducking the number one contender.
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by pdl on Jun 3, 2011 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Bro, he had a fractured skull, he was taking a light fight to warm up.
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by T.C. Engel on Jun 3, 2011 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
too bad its too late to add Jon Jones ducking Rashad in the voting…
by Victor Rodriguez on Jun 3, 2011 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I voted against him
I mean, Bellator would host an event in my driveway during a rain storm if I asked them to.
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by Neil Manich on Jun 3, 2011 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Cecil Peoples
Tito excuses
Never leave it in the hands of the judges (seriously, fuck that)
NY / O’Reilly
by Horselover Fat on Jun 3, 2011 8:23 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
That’s exactly how I voted.
"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."
by AJB on Jun 4, 2011 8:22 AM EDT up reply actions
1st ones hard but went with belcher as Peoples is covered in leaving it to the judges
by 1N87 on Jun 3, 2011 8:24 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
this^
"This is blood for blood and by the gallon. These are the old days, the bad days, the all-or-nothing days. They’re back! There’s no choice left. And I’m ready for war."
by John Danaher's Hair on Jun 3, 2011 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Seconded
Bob Sapp vs. Rodrigo Nogueira Bob "The Beast" Sapp is 400 pounds, and if 300 pounds of it aren’t pure steroids, then someone has got to be fucking kidding. -SeanBaby
Anyone not voting for that abortion of a tattoo is a savage.
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by Mike Fagan on Jun 3, 2011 8:37 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
But it's Cecil Peoples
Let the fighters fight, let the referees ref, but dear God, don't let the judges judge.
Cecil Peoples thinks Munoz beat Okami.
Game over.
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by pdl on Jun 3, 2011 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Belcher's tattoo doesn't do this though
by simpsycho on Jun 3, 2011 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Oh GOD.
It’s even worse in slow motion!
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by McKinley B. Noble on Jun 4, 2011 3:39 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't,
because I remember hearing about how that tattoo is a tribute to his late father. Not saying that the tattoo isn’t bad, or that it doesn’t belong in the tournament, but I can’t vote for that.
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by ElliotMatheny on Jun 3, 2011 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
truth
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by The Lethal Haze on Jun 3, 2011 10:31 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Nothing can beat Cecil Peoples!
But i was always wondering why there’s no Just Bleed Guy in the competition?
Lorenzo hitting the J is muy bueno.
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by Derek Suboticki on Jun 3, 2011 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
True
But just the fact that any dude is puffin a fatty in the Just Bleed GIF is awesome. I din’t notice it forever until someone on here pointed it out.
And check out rosy cheek Dana, hard to believe that that is the face of MMA
"The path to enlightenment is through suffering"
by RearNakedChoker on Jun 4, 2011 2:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Because this is a tourney of bad things not awesome things.
Bolts from the Blue // "I eat cereal out of a giant novelty wine glass because it makes me feel fancy." - Britney Wade
Bloody Elbow // "Everybody underestimates the kick in the groin." - Bas Rutten
by Richard Wade on Jun 4, 2011 5:50 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
There’s at least one contender in every region that has RUNAWAY TRAIN written all over it.
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He should
He’s an absolute abomination.
"The path to enlightenment is through suffering"
by RearNakedChoker on Jun 4, 2011 2:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Cecil Peoples, in all his forms, including ACTOR.
Boys becoming men...Men becoming wolves
by spectaa on Jun 3, 2011 9:06 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
People > Things
Cecil
Tito
Toney
Bob
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Legalize MMA in New York.
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Belcher's tat is...
Snatchin’ Cecil Peoples up!
Seriously, tough one though. Belcher gets the nod because Peoples is not alone in his terrible-ness. (I’m looking at you Glenn Trowbridge)
Tito
Judges
Reilly
"Nothing's ever what it seems. And even if it is, ends justify means." -Matt Good
WHY must I choose between Belchers Tat and Peoples they are soooo bad in there own terrible way
Peoples is the greater evil though
Bellator
Judges
and NY
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I NOMINATE A LATE REPLACEMENT IN THIS TOURNAMENT
WHOEVER THE FUCK MADE THESE SEEDINGS.
GODDAMN CECIL AS AN EIGHT SEED ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
TELLIN YOU WHY I MAD
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by Cory Braiterman on Jun 3, 2011 11:04 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
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Cecil
Tito
Never
Golum
Learn JiuJitsu, it's fun.
I spend way too much time on the SB blogs......it's embarrassing.
Belcher, Tito, Judges, Bob. None were close.
Bolts from the Blue // "I eat cereal out of a giant novelty wine glass because it makes me feel fancy." - Britney Wade
Bloody Elbow // "Everybody underestimates the kick in the groin." - Bas Rutten
I don’t think the lack of MMA in NY is as big a hindrance to the sport as the UFC picking and choosing journalists…
Belcher’s tat is permanent……..and I see it more than Cecil.
Bellator’s event locations are awful, and contribute to terrible judging IMO.
The “judges” comment is essentially people accepting bad judging which should not be the case if we want things to change.
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