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Knuckle Up
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February 16, 2015
How MMA can save itself
Eugene S. Robinson lends his "one"-of-a-"kind" "perspective" to a very, very slow thaw over what's become of MMA, why, a way out [all drug tests, all the time] and a discovery that the UFC is suggesting the same.
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February 9, 2015
Eugene rages against the MMA gods
Bloody Elbow's literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his "one-of-a-kind perspective" to a towering rage over the most recent and worst recent week of MMA history with enough fear, failure & panic to make you think he's gone off of his meds.
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February 2, 2015
Silva v. Diaz watching like a horror film
Eugene offers his depressive and unyieldingly existential take on UFC 183 and how it felt like watching a friend's funeral. An Irish funeral though. With plenty of reasons to celebrate.
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January 26, 2015
Almost gloating about the Gus bust
Bloody Elbow's literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his "one"-of-a-"kind" "perspective" to not alienating an entire generation of possible fans/fanatics by chortling non-stop at having a 100 PERCENT SUCCESSFUL pick rate at UFC on FOX 14.
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January 19, 2015
Gravy thy name is Conor McGregor
Why UFC Fight Night 59 was a parade of the paradoxically predictable/unpredictable and why that's so incredibly business as usual.
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January 12, 2015
Jon Jones and the 3-D media chess gotcha games
Eugene S. Robinson lends his "one"-of-a-"kind" "perspective" to the mass media swirl that's swirled post-JONES v. CORMIER what with drugs and rumors of drugs, confusion, sudden announcements, disclosures, denials and cluster
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January 5, 2015
The Jones soul crush principle you don't get it
Eugene on JON JONES' complete extirpation of DANIEL CORMIER's soul at UFC 182 and why this is so massively significant not just in the light heavyweight division but for all of MMA.
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December 15, 2014
Dos Santos & the lost battalion, lawsuit & Kogan
Bloody Elbow's literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his "one"-of-a-"kind" perspective to the two most recent UFCs, the lawsuits + losses that framed them, how despite winning JDS still soldiers on as the head of the Lost Battalion.
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December 8, 2014
The highs & lows of 181 + Eugene at a fight club
Eugene on the high highs and low lows of the nearly perfect UFC 181 plus his attendance at a 500-person fight club the same night and you have the stuff of which legend is made
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December 1, 2014
Insider take on UFC 181 + MMA longevity + Ferguson
Bloody Elbow's literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his "one"-of-a-"kind" perspective to the prequel to the sequel of UFC 181: HENDRICKS vs. LAWLER #2 with an almost fight by fight breakdown for all degenerate gamblers and touts.
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November 24, 2014
Eugene got ALL his picks wrong Saturday
Bloody Elbow's literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his "one"-of-a-"kind" perspective to self-flagellation, bitter recrimination and an excoriating examination of the "what the hell am I even doing here?" variety during an evening when his pi
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November 17, 2014
Eugene reviews UFC,Tito, WSOF + outlaw bikers
Bloody Elbow's literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his "one"-of-a-"kind" perspective to the horrible, average and stellar of this past weekend's explosions of fights and fight-related goodness. Plus real live interviews. And shit.
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November 10, 2014
A Tale of 2 UFCs
Literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his "one"-of-a-"kind" perspective to the terrible wonderful explosion of MMA misery and greatness from this past weekend's UFC doubleheader.
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November 3, 2014
Eugene humbled by 2nd place finish at IBJJs
Bloody Elbow's literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his one-of-a-kind perspective, modestly, to his most recent silver medal win at the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world championships and life.
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October 27, 2014
How Aldo thoroughly juked Mendes + nazis, cuckolds
Eugene on the most recent and thorough example of a genius level fight IQ (JOSE ALDO) versus a community college one (CHAD MENDES) and an outcome that was as inevitable as it was stunning and not for what was done fistic-style.
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October 20, 2014
Eugene makes a studied defense of fighting
Eugene lends his one-of-a-kind perspective in developing a philosophical defense of fighting, why it solves Rene Girard's sacrificial crisis and how its how its blacks and whites nicely balance societies grays.
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October 13, 2014
Celebrity Skin, Anderson agoniste, being a fighter
What it actually means to be a professional fighter, JAKE SHIELDS v. RYAN FORD, the return of ANDERSON SILVA and how it inevitably leads to WEIDMAN no matter what
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October 6, 2014
Eugene on the UFC 2fer, Cung Le & HGH, more
Bloody Elbow's literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his one-of-a-kind perspective on BOTH of this past weekend's fights and covers them, the consistent theory of home town advantage/home town failure, CUNG LE's drug testing Kerfuffle + more.
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September 29, 2014
UFC 178: Losing like that can change your DNA
Eugene on UFC 178 up to and including the TEARS of TIM KENNEDY, how McGREGOR and DJ crush minds, championship calculus with a minor aside on RACE MATTERS
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September 22, 2014
On Mayweather, Rumble & DV + religion in the cage
Bloody Elbow's literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his one-of-a-kind perspective on MARK HUNT v. ROY NELSON et al on UFC Fight Night, the domestic abuse incidents tied to sports figures this past week, including MAYWEATHER's previous problem
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September 15, 2014
Eugene on Mike Tyson, Asses v. Holes in the ground
Bloody Elbow's literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his one-of-a-kind perspective on Friend of Knuckle Up [FOK-U] EMANUEL NEWTON's win last Friday, UFC Fight Night: BIGFOOT v. ARLOVSKI and an in-depth discussion of MIKE TYSON'S rules of order
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September 8, 2014
Eugene talks to Emanuel Newton + Death, UFC vs BFC
Literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his one-of-a-kind perspective on last Friday's UFC Fight Night, Bellator 123 (with a call-in from EMANUEL NEWTON), and an in-depth discussion of gunshots to the face.
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September 1, 2014
KU#402: UFC 177, fan/media shame, Mike Goldberg
Bloody Elbow's literary gunslinger Eugene S. Robinson lends his one-of-a-kind perspective on last Saturday's UFC 177 PPV in the latest edition of Knuckle Up.
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August 25, 2014
Looking back at Macau + Tulsa & Ripping H. Rollins
Eugene on CUNGLE [rhymes with JUNGLE] v. BISPING, DOS ANJOS leads a Brazilian resurgence, why JORDAN MIEN's father, arrested on fight night for sexual assault is probably the worst father he's read about this week and his problem with Henry Rollins.
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August 11, 2014
How Rashad's 'fake' meme set up Jones vs DC
From the genesis of RASHAD EVANS' genius creation of the "fake" narrative to its total failure as a defining issue, plus a panel of experts talks the competing Jones & DC skill sets that will clash at UFC 178 in the biggest MMA fight of 2014.