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Doitagain
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UFC -- what is the appeal?
#388078 - 03/22/10 12:52 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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can someone explain it to me, whenever it's on all i see is 2 guys rolling around on the mat, how is it entertainng to watch? like if they just beat the shit out of each other i would get it,
I like watching sports that move fast like hockey, and ill even get into boxing but what's so entertaining about two guys putting scissor holds on each other for 10 minutes.
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Doitagain
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Re: UFC -- what is the appeal? [Re: ltd]
#388082 - 03/22/10 01:07 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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ltd said: i never cared much for it
tho i would like to see Bruce Lee fight some of those crags
lol yeah bruce would take down any of them in like 3 secs.
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Doitagain
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Re: UFC -- what is the appeal? [Re: ltd]
#388084 - 03/22/10 01:11 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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yeah I'm sure those fucks could own Bruce Lee..
also
9/11 WAS A GOVT CONSPIRACY
yeah 911 conspiracy is bs,
but conspiracy to profit from the events of 9/11 by engaging in a useless war to sustain the industrial military complex i might accept.
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Re: UFC -- what is the appeal? [Re: Homosapian]
#388091 - 03/22/10 01:20 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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At the invitation of Ed Parker, Lee appeared in the 1964 Long Beach International Karate Championships[24] and performed repetitions of two-finger pushups (using the thumb and the index finger) with feet at approximately a shoulder-width apart. In the same Long Beach event he also performed the "One inch punch",[25] the description of which is as follows: Lee stood upright, his right foot forward with knees bent slightly, in front of a standing, stationary partner. Lee's right arm was partly extended and his right fist approximately an inch away from the partner's chest. Without retracting his right arm, Lee then forcibly delivered the punch to his partner while largely maintaining his posture, sending the partner backwards and falling into a chair said to be placed behind the partner to prevent injury, though his partner's momentum soon caused him to fall to the floor. His volunteer was Bob Baker of Stockton, California. "I told Bruce not to do this type of demonstration again", Baker recalled. "When he punched me that last time, I had to stay home from work because the pain in my chest was unbearable."[26]
lets see fedor do that,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee
ltd doesn't lie, bruce lee is definitely the baddest motherfucker that ever lived.
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Re: UFC -- what is the appeal? [Re: Doitagain]
#388093 - 03/22/10 01:21 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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At the invitation of Ed Parker, Lee appeared in the 1964 Long Beach International Karate Championships[24] and performed repetitions of two-finger pushups (using the thumb and the index finger) with feet at approximately a shoulder-width apart. In the same Long Beach event he also performed the "One inch punch",[25] the description of which is as follows: Lee stood upright, his right foot forward with knees bent slightly, in front of a standing, stationary partner. Lee's right arm was partly extended and his right fist approximately an inch away from the partner's chest. Without retracting his right arm, Lee then forcibly delivered the punch to his partner while largely maintaining his posture, sending the partner backwards and falling into a chair said to be placed behind the partner to prevent injury, though his partner's momentum soon caused him to fall to the floor. His volunteer was Bob Baker of Stockton, California. "I told Bruce not to do this type of demonstration again", Baker recalled. "When he punched me that last time, I had to stay home from work because the pain in my chest was unbearable."[26]
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Re: UFC -- what is the appeal? [Re: Triptonic]
#388122 - 03/22/10 03:34 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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yeah i see it on tv occasionally, and always get bored after a few minutes because its just guys grabbing each others ankles as they roll around and hug each other.
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Re: UFC -- what is the appeal? [Re: captain.koons]
#388210 - 03/22/10 11:52 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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captain.koons said: I find it fascinating. I've trained in martial arts since elementary school granted I've stuck to mostly striking martial arts. As I know how hard it is to train to just be a good striker I know how hard it is to be a well rounded fighter. I have lots of respect for these guys knowing it's hard to be a good boxer and it's even harder to be a good kick boxer and it's even harder to be a good kick boxer when you need to keep in mind you can take a knee to the face, get taken down, have your arms broken, or have someone choke you out. For these reasons I have mad respect for UFC as a sport and for it's fighters.
However I have mixed feelings about it because some of the fights are boring as fuck like I saw this fight between Kimbo Slice and Huston Alexander and for the first 3 minutes they just pranced around the ring not fighting or you'll see a fight where someone just knocks the other guy down repeatedly and doesn't do much to try to knock him out then you've got match ups where one guy is phenomenal at something where another guy sucks balls in that same area and it makes for a very unexciting fight. I tend to like Pride fighting a lot more than UFC because I get sort of mad at the rules in UFC when someone knocks someone down and can only kick their legs because you can't stomp someone when they're down which often times results in getting upkicked which is probably just as brutal as getting your head stomped in. It's also boring as shit to watch the bigger guys after the third round where they can't even swing their fists anymore because they're exhausted.
see at least you can look at it objectively, and admit the TV product has some flaws instead of just looking at it with in endless supply of fan-boy-ism.
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Re: UFC -- what is the appeal? [Re: DieselB]
#388711 - 03/23/10 12:19 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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captain.koons said: The thing about Bruce Lee is he was evasive as fuck, probably more so than Michida and we all know how successful that makes him. Bruce Lee also trained in BBJ for years before his death and I'm sure he's one who would ripen with age.
I'm not saying he would thump anyone in the UFC but I wouldn't put it past him if he was given a chance in his prime.
Not really, and I think you mean BJJ? Lee studied many styles (3 major) to form his own hybrid style called Jeet Kune Do. I don't remember him training in any one philosophy except his own. Especially towards the end..
If you guys fail to see what its all about, why don't you learn? Right now they are considering removing something or another from the Olympics just so they can include Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. I personally think that says a lot about the sport. It's technical competition that draws, if you just see two guys rolling around on the floor, you only watched for five seconds and didn't give it a chance, your mind is already made up, so why ask?
just by reading your post in the health-care thread i assumed by the lack of intelligence you displayed there that you would be a fan of this kind of stuff when i saw you had the last post in this thread.
I was right lol. Also the fact that it might be in the olympics says dick about the sport, curling is an olympic sport as is synchronized swimming.
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Re: UFC -- what is the appeal? [Re: DieselB]
#388848 - 03/23/10 03:29 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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i'm not arguing that it's not a legitimate participant sport that doesn't require athleticism, i'm saying it's a crap spectator sport and the whole fascination with two guys rolling around on a mat just makes UFC fans seem gay.
Like if you actually train in MMA competitively or for fun I respect that,
if you sit on your couch guzzling beers and fried pork rhinds while you watch those sweaty mongoloids roll around in the octagon and don't have any athletic ability to yourself than i think you are a
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Re: UFC -- what is the appeal? [Re: DieselB]
#388875 - 03/23/10 04:21 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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DieselB said: I use to be active in martial arts, but with the current back injury I can't really do squat.. I'm helping my girlfriend train though..
I don't drink much anymore, and I don't do prok rinds. Basically I sit there and watch it while hittin' my bong and eatin Nature Valley cashew granola bars.
that i can respect then,
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