George Rush St. Pierre BJJ Coach Renzo Gracie Black belt John Danaher

by Cagefanatic on Feb 10, 2012 12:02 PM EST

We caught up with John Danaher at the UFC on FOX 2 open work outs.... Now I can say in this industry I have meet some characters, but none, absolutely none are as unique at John Danager. After walking around in Chicago during the freezing cold, John Danaher decided to tell me a short story about how the Mongols invaded Russia during the winter and that we are not cold, but basically wimps. Thanks Danaher for a very unique experience with you. (Sorry guys no Mongolian story in video)

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I miss John Danaher's hair.

He is still my favourite MMA coach. His appearance on The Aftermath was very informative.

by Llewdor on Feb 10, 2012 12:40 PM EST reply actions

Where’s the Mongolian invasion story?

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by Ben Thapa on Feb 10, 2012 3:15 PM EST reply actions

For anyone that is curious, the OP is talking out of his ass, this is just a pretty boring interview with Danaher about Weidman vs Maia. Fucking sick of the lame shilling that is happening here all the time now

StevenGiles is a huge MMA fan and also happens to be the best person in the world. He is also hugely pretentious and loves to have sigs that make a lame effort at exaggerating his own importance

by StevenGiles on Feb 10, 2012 6:44 PM EST reply actions

this happens annoyingly often

by Cunny on Feb 10, 2012 7:19 PM EST up reply actions

who is this fraud?

jdh wannabe.

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by gspmademegay on Feb 10, 2012 8:37 PM EST reply actions

Sorry guys I am not the actual interviewer, Im the camera guy, and he was telling me this story off camera, but if you want to read about the history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasion_of_Rus%27

He was telling me this story off camera while relaxing after the UFC on Fox 2 event.

Not talking out of my ass (OP) the title says its an interview with John Danaher, sorry about the subtext being misleading, it was my own experience and just wanted to share it with you guys. Next time I ll asking him to talk about it on camera.

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by Cagefanatic on Feb 11, 2012 8:35 PM EST reply actions

More Danaher is always better.

I’d be interested to know which books he was reading on the subject. I’ve read Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World and a few others, hadn’t seen much about the Russian invasions.

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by Ben Thapa on Feb 12, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions

Read the Devil's Horsemen again not long ago, that's a pretty good one on the Mongols.

Also the book How Great Generals Win by Bevin Alexander is a classic with pretty great breakdown of winning strategy with good chapters on the Mongols, Napoleon’s Italian Campaign, Hannibal vs. Scipio, Stonewall Jackson and so on. Pretty great read. A little older, but easily found used online.

What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself? The land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two?

by Kwisatz Haderach on Feb 13, 2012 3:53 AM EST up reply actions