Fox News Picks Up Jacob Volkmann Administrative Leave Story
by Josh Nason on Jan 10, 2012 1:02 PM EST
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Not surprisingly, Republican-slanting Fox News picked up the story Tuesday on UFC lightweight Jacob Volkmann being put on administrative leave from his assistant high school wrestling coaching job following some negative comments he made toward Barack Obama at UFC 141.
After his win over Efrain Escudero, Volkmann told Joe Rogan that Obama should schedule a "glassectomy" with Volkmann, a joke medical procedure where "you cut your belly button out and put a piece of glass in there so when you have your head up your butt you can see where you're going."
Volkmann told Fox News that one parent had complained to Minnesota's White Bear Lake High School and that on the Friday following his victory, he was told he couldn't be around the wrestlers anymore. He added he will contact an attorney if he's not reinstated within two weeks.
Fox interviewed Gene Policinski of the First Amendment Center about the issue:
"It's offensive, but we really don't want the government to use mere offensiveness to govern speech," Policinski told FoxNews.com. "But the terms of his employment agreement might give [district officials] greater latitude."
Policinski said Volkmann's comments may provide a "negative impression" in the eyes of district officials, but noted that he appeared in the capacity of a mixed martial arts fighter -- and not an assistant wrestling coach. Remarks that pertain to the president, however, can be taken "more seriously" than those relating to other individuals, he said.
The UFC has taken no action against Volkmann and isn't expected to. This is the second time Volkmann has been put on administrative leave from the school following his infamous UFC 125 comments about Obama.
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I said this earlier when the story broke
and I’ll say it again. Stop being an idiot and publicly stating that violent things should happen to the president and the secret service will stop visiting your doorstep. If you are a public employee and did this once and got placed on leave for it, perhaps you shouldn’t be so mind-fuckingly stupid as to do so again.
Or you could be Jacob Volkmann.
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 10, 2012 1:07 PM EST reply actions 15 recs
I think he believes in the fictional phrase “freedom of speech.”
by MaximumWatermelon on Jan 10, 2012 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom to physically threaten the president. the first amendment also allows employers to fire employees who act like idiots. you’re confusing a bunch of things here.
by thuggis on Jan 10, 2012 2:01 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Anyone who thinks there's no exceptions to freedom of speech...
Should tell everyone on the next plane they’re boarding that there’s a bomb on it.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 2:04 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
And that’s not even mentioning that stupid fallacy where people forget it only has to do with government intervention in the first place. Otherwise, everyone would tell their boss what a dick he is.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 2:04 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I see you're a Fitch fan
You’re a dick.
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 10, 2012 2:30 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I'm still in my grieving process, come on now.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
freedom of speech?
he is free to say whatever he wants/chooses but that doesn’t mean he will stay employed. Hell, if I went up to my boss and called him a fucking cock sucker and got fired, I wouldn’t argue that I have freedom of speech and therefore can’t be fired.
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by keyboardwarrior on Jan 10, 2012 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
I assume that was a reply fail...
Since I said this up above…
And that’s not even mentioning that stupid fallacy where people forget it only has to do with government intervention in the first place. Otherwise, everyone would tell their boss what a dick he is.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
it wasn’t a direct reply to you, just a reply to the conversation in general. I hate the people who think freedom of speech absolves them of all responsibility for the things that come out of their mouths.
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by keyboardwarrior on Jan 10, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
Ah, well carry on, then!
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
Oh sorry, i didn’t know expressing your opinion about a president and making terrorist accusations was the same thing.
by MaximumWatermelon on Jan 11, 2012 12:20 AM EST up reply actions
Physically threaten the president...
Do you really think he was being serious? Do you seriously think he would actually try to attack Obama? If you do, please stay away from any type of satire, you may end up getting a stroke.
no, i don’t think he was serious, but i also think it doesn’t matter. it’s just like a bomb threat. it doesn’t matter if you were “joking.” and i’d say the same thing if it were Jeff Monson promising to slap a keylock on Bush. it’s just not acceptable in a democratic country to physically threaten elected officials, especially the president.
It does matter
If a person says something that is ridiculous, it cannot be taken seriously, and thus there is no crime. The glassectomy thing is incredibly ridiculous, so I shouldn’t even need to elucidate on that. His comment saying someone “should knock some sense into that guy” is rhetorical speech, and should not be seen as an actual threat. His calling out the president to a fight in the UFC, is also ridiculous, and once again, I shouldn’t have to point out why.
A bomb threat is an entirely different story. There is nothing ridiculous of threatening to detonate a bomb in a plane. Especially given the fact that people have tried, and have succeeded in doing this.
I don’t agree with a political discussion in your post-fight interview. But it seems you don’t understand how the first amendment is truly used in these cases.
by juanchoD on Jan 10, 2012 3:37 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
who said anything about a crime?
what has Volkmann been charged with?
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 10, 2012 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
Last I checked
saying stupid shit generally isn’t a crime either, which is what thuggis was talking about. It’s just stupid, and often carries ramifications.
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 10, 2012 3:42 PM EST up reply actions
A bomb threat is an entirely different story. There is nothing ridiculous of threatening to detonate a bomb in a plane. Especially given the fact that people have tried, and have succeeded in doing this.
By this logic, threatening the president should be taken just as seriously, because people have tried and succeeded in killing the previous presidents.
QED.
When you live in a country where a man tried to murder the president in order to impress Jodie Foster...
… very little counts are ridiculous.
Look up True Threat
That is the criteria the courts use to determine whether or not a threat can be prosecuted.
True Threat:
a threat that a reasonable person would interpret as a real and serious communication of an intent to inflict harm
NOTE: True threats are not protected as free speech by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and render the person making the threat liable to criminal prosecution.
taken from dictionary.reference.com.
Also, read this as it helps to illustrate further what a True Threat is.
http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~eroberts/cs181/projects/nuremberg-files/legal.html
Okay…now where’s the part in the dictionary that says you can’t be suspended from your job for making ridiculous (threatening) comments on a sitting president?
If your job is waiter, I guess there is no problem. If your job is teaching children it might be inappropriate.
You do know
that he can easily litigate that suspension right? Everything he said in that interview was protected speech. There were no fighting words, obscenities, etc. And there was never a “True Threat”.
Actually sometimes it is necessary to threaten public officials
Different story entirely.
by discoandherpes on Jan 10, 2012 6:57 PM EST up reply actions
the secret service
has paid visits to grade schoolers who drew pictures of the president getting shot. They give zero fucks if you are kidding or not.
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 10, 2012 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
A serious case can be made that the parents of the kids were trying to brainwash them into hating the president.
In which case the Secret Service had more than a right to pay a visit to them. As for the secret service paying a visit to Volkmann’s house, if they tried to prosecute him for what he said in the interview with Helwani. The case would be dismissed immediately.
...
Winner of the dumbest comment of 2012 so far. Congratulations, juanchoD
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 10, 2012 5:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
“Physically threatening” the president would be to grab him by the collar and tell him if he doesn’t do his job right you’ll bash his face in. Jacob Volkmann did not physically threaten the president at all.
by MaximumWatermelon on Jan 11, 2012 12:17 AM EST up reply actions
In order to post here
everyone should be forced to read, and truly understand, what the first amendment actually allows. Seems like this freedom of speech argument comes up all the time.
by MemphisMike on Jan 10, 2012 2:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
One of the staffers banned someone for it once. Hilarious.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 2:42 PM EST up reply actions
Nope, that's far from the truth.
As long as people act civilized they face no fear of being banned. I’m yet to even get a warning here in the 3 years I’ve been a member, and I’m kind of a dick at times.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
thats true.
so is the banned part.
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by gspmademegay on Jan 10, 2012 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
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by Hendo_One-Shot on Jan 10, 2012 1:29 PM EST up reply actions 8 recs
it is now get your dumb ass in the back of that car and zip it
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by Mac Marley on Jan 10, 2012 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm all for calling out all the scumbags that populate Washington DC
But be tactful about it, especially if you work with children in any capacity.
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
Why not just call out Washington then?
There is no such thing as an honest politician. And really, Obama is the closest thing to it, and I trust him about as much as I trust a grizzly bear not to eat my dinner if I left it in front of him.
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by theprodigy1981 on Jan 10, 2012 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
No he's not the closest thing to it, he is a US president.
The close-to-honest politician is usually some city council member who shakes things up and doesn’t get re-elected because they wouldn’t play the game.
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by menckenstein on Jan 10, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Right
The guy who appoints a Goldman-Sachs member as secretary of state is the closest thing to an honest politician…
Fact fail
I think you meant Treasury Secretary, but keep fucking that chicken
by SteamboatWillie on Jan 10, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
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by gspmademegay on Jan 10, 2012 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 10, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
It may not have been what was intended but Volkman's statement baited the school district into this action
They are being made to look like underlings for Obama that will protect his name at any expense. If they had let it go and wait for real fricken threat this shit would not be as overblown as it is now.
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by Luke Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
It's FOX News.
Any rational person will see through their attempts to demonize any sort of decency towards the President.
at least Chael is funny
he has charm and does his trolling in a tounge-in-cheek manner.
Volkmann has an odd delivery and the jokes ain’t even that good. not only that, but saying the president should be beat up [even though i don’t take it to be a serious threat, coming from him] isn’t so much edgy as it’s just childish.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 10, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Wow
he really doesn’t Obama.
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by SentientAndroid on Jan 10, 2012 1:21 PM EST reply actions
he accidentally the whole bottle?
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Poland cannot into space?
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by menckenstein on Jan 10, 2012 1:32 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Psychoblack all the white people.
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Abe Lincoln the theater.
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If it wasn't for Reddit consuming my life, I'd have no idea what this meant.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 3:26 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
If it weren't for retirement, I wouldn't either.
But that shit’s funny as hell
by Skoobs on Jan 10, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
lol lol
*like
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by SentientAndroid on Jan 10, 2012 1:36 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah they did, they just took the opportunity to you real good.
by Rob Young on Jan 10, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Well sir
I hard.
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awkwarrrrrd
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by dajulzta on Jan 10, 2012 3:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
My wife is a teacher.
I learned from her, and Volkmann should know, educators aren’t allowed to have a political opinion. They’re prohibited from having politically oriented bumper stickers, going to public rallies, etc. His dumb ass should know better.
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Pump millions into the coffers of democrats. If he’d said this about Bush they’ve hailed him as a hero.
by filo bedo on Jan 10, 2012 1:29 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
What a great point
And this is why you don’t go around saying shit personally about the president in inappropriate venues
by troyd on Jan 10, 2012 3:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hank Williams' song getting pulled from Monday Night Football is another good example.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
I understand why
the NEA does that. Regardless of any other issue, Democrats are generally the ones who pump money into education.
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i understand why
They do. It’s just funny how teachers aren’t allowed to have political opinions…unless they’re pro-democrat. No matter which side of the political spectrum you’re on this is wrong.
by filo bedo on Jan 10, 2012 1:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
look dont be mad no one wants to hear your silly greedy right wing views
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not mad at all
You seem like the one who’s mad. I never claimed a political side. You are the one who used the term silly right wing views. So sorry if my distaste for censorship offends you.
by filo bedo on Jan 10, 2012 1:59 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Pretty sure he was just being facetious.
In-depth political opinions aren’t for here…
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 2:01 PM EST up reply actions
"No, you're mad!"
Did we really just go there? Are we 12? I don’t think anyone has a problem with people expressing themselves, but if the sound of your voice is muffled and difficult to understand because your (I mean Volkman, not you) head is crammed up your no no place, then we can use our ability to express our opinion, and tell him he’s a mo.
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by theprodigy1981 on Jan 10, 2012 2:04 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
well sir you can tune in to watch those jokes have their little debates and then you can make your own opinion on how you feel thats all the evidence i need in my opinion but what do i know mr young? have a nice day
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by Balrog on Dec 30, 2011 9:20 PM PST"
All unions do that
No politics, unless it is their politics
wrong or otherwise
dude
they can have opinions, they just need to keep that shit out of the classroom. who the fuck could honestly believe that ALL teachers that express their political views are pro-Democratic? dude was right, you are the one that is wrong.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 10, 2012 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
Not where I live.
Here, teachers are effectively prohibited from having a political opinion different from that of their union, but if they want to back the union’s position they can yell it as loudly as they want.
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True enough and I am in a union, its whoopie union this or back of the line we do not want to here your opinion.
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by Luke Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
you mean they’re not allowed to express an opinion.
perhaps as an assistant coach he might not see himself as a teacher.
then again, i don’t have a clue what his reasoning might be.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 10, 2012 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
as an educator
I can support that. We are allowed to have our own opinions, but we all know that if we get too vocal with it can blowback on us because the administration will be worried about parents getting upset that we could be influence their children’s views.
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by Our Bovine Public on Jan 10, 2012 1:24 PM EST reply actions
Oh dear, Fox News is gonna have a field day with this and somehow blaming the Obama Admin for putting the Volk on leave.
I can see it now. Fox News will Volkmannize us all.
Fox "News." More like Fox "Right Wing Rhetoric"
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by theprodigy1981 on Jan 10, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
I dare sir, I dare.
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by theprodigy1981 on Jan 10, 2012 2:06 PM EST up reply actions
Damn Pinko
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by Luke Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
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by The Lethal Haze on Jan 10, 2012 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
Ugh
Volkman’s politics are garbage, but even if I agreed with him 100% percent I don’t want politics in the cage, period. It is the last thing I want to hear about from a fighter. Well, I guess other than rape van jokes.
No kidding.
I long for the days that we just talked about how boring it is to watch him fight. Jacob “Niquil” Volkman!
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by theprodigy1981 on Jan 10, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
is Niquil the Russian knockoff version of NyQuil?
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 10, 2012 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
Stupid and pointless. Why even put yourself in that position? For a cheap pop?
That being said,
one parent had complained
I know that’s Volkmann claiming that, but if it’s true, c’mon.
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It was Volkmann's mom
she’s releasing a tell all book about how he sleeps with all the presidents behind his wife’s back.
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by menckenstein on Jan 10, 2012 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
I remember when I checked out Volkmann's twitter account.
His answer to every negative tweet was that the user is probably
a) unemployed
b) uneducated
c) on a welfare program
d) therefore ‘steals’ money from hard working guys like him.
and
e) voted Obama.
Actually his answer was always a), b), c), d) and e) combined. Very Charming guy
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lol whatever he’s not matt hughes thats a chest a young man can admire and wish to only be equal to
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by Balrog on Dec 30, 2011 9:20 PM PST"
Dude, Brian Ebersole. 'Nuff said.
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by theprodigy1981 on Jan 10, 2012 2:12 PM EST up reply actions
The guy is a bit of a twit.
I get if he doesn’t agree with Obama’s policies, but he consistently makes threats or durogatory comments about Obama with no real reason other than the fact he has nothing better to say. I’m all for freedom of speech, but pull your head outta your ass when you speak. And to the point, what exactly has Obama done that has this dum dum so up in arms? Ooooh, he wants to give people who can’t afford healthcare a chance to get…..well, healthcare. Isnt that one of the things we praised the UFC for last year? I get it, he hates poor people……great, now I am talking politics on an MMA site.
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We can talk about how boring Volkmann is as a fighter instead.
I would rather watch him give a 15-minute stand-up comedy performance than rewatch that Escudero fight. In fact, the last fight of his I’d consider rewatching is his Kampmann loss.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Gah!
Him and Nik Lentz should fight . There ability to be utterly worthless in the cage would cancel each other out and they’d be swallowed by a black hole.
Actually, I take that back Lentz’s last fight with Bocek was watchable. Albeit barely.
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by theprodigy1981 on Jan 10, 2012 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
Wonder if I am going to get the typical....
,,,,“you’re not a fighter, how dare you have an opinion on MMA?!” response?
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by theprodigy1981 on Jan 10, 2012 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
Reminds me of when Serra was a dick to that non-fighter on TUF long ago...
Can’t remember the context behind it anymore, though.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
Context
Dude was all up on Hughes’ nuts for beating Royce Gracie, which was the last straw for Matt Serra and he just unloaded on the guy. I kind of sided with Serra, honestly, because the dude was laying around, sleeping, looked like a couch potato yet knew all there was to winning fights…having never competed himself.
Yeah
Marc Laimon was acting like a real life keyboard warrior.
by discoandherpes on Jan 10, 2012 7:03 PM EST up reply actions
Here's the video from TUF
Ignore the title of the vid, i really have no idea why they named it that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D27t1mllMpM
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by Genki Sudo's Choreographer on Jan 11, 2012 1:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
is there a difference
between his comedy and his striking?
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 10, 2012 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
Striking? What striking? He can't even really strike on the ground effectively.
(I feel like I’m figter bashing. Am i fighter bashing?)
Naw, just telling the truth.
I typed this whole thing with a broken frickin' skull!
by theprodigy1981 on Jan 10, 2012 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
He doesn’t put in weeks of training for his jokes… At least… I hope not.
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
the only interesting part of that fight was when Escudero tried to work that submission in the third. aside from that, it was almost like the Woodley/Mein fight.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 10, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe a parent complained because their child had begun to tell poorly constructed jokes.
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by Ubernoober on Jan 10, 2012 2:36 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Just leave politics AND religion out of your post fight interviews...........
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amen
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 10, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions
Thanking your deity isn't on par to suggesting harm come to someone.
Just sayin’.
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by menckenstein on Jan 10, 2012 2:40 PM EST up reply actions
I'm a Christian.
And that was too far even to me.
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by T.C. Engel on Jan 10, 2012 9:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hallmans was a definite beverage exiting nasal canal WTF moment for sure. I was laughing so hard after that one. As for Bendo I just feel awkward for the guy.
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by NickRingp4pGOAT on Jan 11, 2012 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
Despite the fact that he isn't a very exciting fighter
I actually am a fan of Volkmann the fighter…the guy who came in and lost his first UFC fight, battling through being dropped once or twice during the fight…the guy who turned around and took a super short notice fight against a dangerous guy and lived with starting his UFC career at 0-2.
The guy who then dropped down to LW and has done what he needed to do to put wins together and sort of earn some ‘Win security’ with the promotion.
He isn’t exciting, but I like that he has done what he needed to do to stay in the best organization out there.
I do not like the stupid, lets call them ‘jokes’ he makes about the president….it’s just annoying…and frankly, I don’t like stories about him being visited by the CIA or being put on administrative leave taking up space on MMA websites.
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I tried
I was a student at Minnesota when Volkmann and Brock were wrestling and I saw them wrestle. When Volkmann came to the UFC I was excited and wanted to be a fan of his.
He clearly wants me not to be a fan of his.
by Philosophy Pro on Jan 10, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah I can get behind Volkmann
until he opens his mouth. If he would just do the whole thanking of the sponsors thing or call out a future opponent and be done he’d be doing himself a solid.
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by NickRingp4pGOAT on Jan 11, 2012 2:35 PM EST up reply actions
You get the turkey, you eat the dressing.
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by Luke Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
you stick your head up a bull's ass, you get a good look at a t-bone
by Rob Young on Jan 10, 2012 3:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
beat me to it. i must rec.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 10, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
You mess with the bull, you die horribly and end up on 4gifs
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by menckenstein on Jan 10, 2012 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
You mess with the 4chan, you get the goatse
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by Paulo Filho's Psychiatrist on Jan 10, 2012 3:07 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
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Come on, Rebel, we gonna bust him up tonight!
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holy shit.
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by gspmademegay on Jan 10, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
love helwani
hes like, ‘i didnt see anything.’
can we get m.sphinx on the payroll, just cranking out gifs all day????
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by gspmademegay on Jan 10, 2012 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
Called out
JacobVolkmann Jacob Volkmann
Hey @BloodyElbow stop twisting the truth to make a story.
by Charger567 on Jan 10, 2012 3:10 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
What did bloodyelbow twist?
"UFC is so gay, pride is awesome!"
by Hendo_One-Shot on Jan 10, 2012 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
They called Volkmann a fighter.
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Jan 10, 2012 3:13 PM EST up reply actions 16 recs
That was timely and spectacular. kudos.
"UFC is so gay, pride is awesome!"
by Hendo_One-Shot on Jan 10, 2012 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 10, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
I tweeted him this exact question immediately after he tweeted it
he has yet to respond
by cletusvandam on Jan 10, 2012 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
He’ll probably just assume your an unemployed, uneducated person on welfare who steals money from people like him and voted for Obama.
by Machiel Van on Jan 10, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
BE TOOK HIM OUT OF CONTEXT
(typical thing for his type to say even when you weren’t taken out of context)
The headline was misleading.
Shoulda been “Illegally Censored by His Government, Political Firebrand Jacob Volkmann’s Search for Freedom of Speech aided by Fox News Patriots”
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by Paulo Filho's Psychiatrist on Jan 10, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions 9 recs
American Hero and UFC Title Contender Jacob Volkmann
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
by menckenstein on Jan 10, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
hey @jacobvolkmann
please record yourself reading this thread, then post the video under ‘fanshots.’
btw, you have excellent chest hair.
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by gspmademegay on Jan 10, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
or maybe im just secure enough to appreciate a good chest patch?
#no h_m_
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by gspmademegay on Jan 10, 2012 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
It's nice and whispy.
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by NickRingp4pGOAT on Jan 11, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions
im curious when hes gonna accuse obama of being an muslim
by benten20 on Jan 10, 2012 3:19 PM EST via mobile reply actions
You know Fox only reported on this cause Volkmann keeps the “Chirst” in Christmas. If his name was Jacob “Xmas” Volkmann we’d have never heard this story.
Can't expect much from a media outlet that can't even tell the difference between Sarah Palin and Tina Fey...
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
or an outlet that believes a Japanese dance club is an actual city with a nuclear reactor in it.
of course they’ll make it look like this ‘American Hero’ is being ostracized and being silenced by the big evil mega-liberal government. it’s what they want their cattle to believe.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 10, 2012 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
Did you know Firefox, Microsoft, and Apple are search engines?
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by Zachary Kater on Jan 10, 2012 5:20 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
fuck...
i missed that one. almost spat my water back out.
thanks!
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 10, 2012 6:24 PM EST up reply actions
They got it only half right...
…because that club is the bomb. Boo-ya. Please don’t ban me.
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by NickRingp4pGOAT on Jan 11, 2012 2:42 PM EST up reply actions
He didn't get arrested or charged with any crime, so noone should be crying about freedom of speech being called into question.
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by AwkwardwithwordmakingisGoldberg,huhJoe on Jan 10, 2012 5:44 PM EST reply actions
Free speech isnt a ticket to say whatever the fuck you want without any repercussions. If you say something lots of people disagree with, those people will exercise their freedom of speech and call you out on your bullshit. If you arent prepared for that or dont like it, shut up.
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by ProfessorBLove on Jan 10, 2012 10:50 PM EST reply actions
This isn't about politics
This isn’t a Republican or Democrat issue – it’s about parents not wanting a nut job asshole teaching their kids
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