Official MMA Discussion Thread

[Kidnemo]

Lots of place say they are teaching "MMA" now when they are really the same old crap karate place from last year, they just went to one seminar or picked up a few BJJ books.

[MarkRyan]

Karo Parisyan makes me want to learn judo throws, because the ones I use are for little girls.

Yeah, Karo rocks Peep dis.

[Saint of Killers]

That's essentially the route I'm drawing out. Though I am preceding that with first: 1) getting in fucking shape, 2) and learning how to properly kick and punch. Karo Parisyan makes me want to learn judo throws, because the ones I use are for little girls.

Karo has been training judo his entire life and has spent years adapting it to use without a gi. I don't want to discourage you from training judo because judo is fucking awesome but if you want to fight I would recommend focusing on wrestling for stand up grappling. It is more immediately applicable to MMA.

[Gooch]

Absolutely agree, it's on the list but there are way too many things I need to worry about first. This is a lifetime/lifestyle commitment, and I have no delusions of ever seriously competing, but it is something I'd like to learn, much like how I'd like to learn many languages in my lifetime.

By the way, just saw Rampage interviewed on ESPN and what a spokesman for the sport he can be. It's obvious that will all the ESPN coverage, Entourage appearances, and increased celebrity sightings (though guys like Shaq have been attending for a while now) at PPV events, that UFC/MMA is on the cusp of mainstream acceptance.

[Dolemite]

I forgot about the PPV this past weekend. Wow, Chuck sure got his fucking ass handed to him.

Also, stolen from GAF, the best picture ever, and the best photoshop ever:

When the fight was going on I was screaming for him to hook the leg before he got slammed. "HOOK THE LEG AND SWEEP!"

Sweep the leg. Do you have a problem with that?

[Kidnemo]

Bwoop.

[Kidnemo]

And also...

In 1995, as the current Shooto welterweight champion, Nakai was selected by the Shooto Commission to represent Shooto in the Vale Tudo tournament Vale Tudo Japan 1995. His first opponent was Gerard Gordeau, a Dutch Savate fighter. Gordeau illegally eye-gouged Nakai during their fight, causing Nakai to lose vision in his right eye. Despite the eye injury, Nakai proceeded to defeat Gordeau by heel hook in the fourth round. The next fights, on the same night he fought with a bandage on his eye. In his second bout, Nakai defeated the American fighter Craig Pittman by armbar, and in the third and final bout, he lost to the Brazilian jiu-jitsuka Rickson Gracie by rear naked choke at 6:22 of the first round.

Yuki Nakai became permanently blind in his right eye due to Gerard Gordeau's illegal tactics. For years he kept his blindness a secret to protect the reputation of Vale Tudo. The injury forced Nakai to retire from mixed martial arts competition, but impressed with Rickson Gracie's technique, he took up Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, where he currently holds a black belt and is the president of the Japanese Confederation of Jiu-Jitsu.

Hardass IMO.

[Saint of Killers]

Nakai is the man. When I saw Choke (the documentary about Rickson and that tournament in particular) I was rooting for Nakai even though I knew before I watched it that Rickson won the tournament.

Edit: Gordeau is a total piece of shit. He bit Royce's ear in their match in UFC 1. They had like three fucking rules at that point and he couldn't even abide by those.

[Kidnemo]

Spike TV TUF fighter, Gabe Ruediger, has been barred from fighting in this Saturday's K-1/Pro Elite show. Ruediger was released from his UFC contract to pursue fighting elsewhere. He recently signed with the K-1 where he was to face Katsuhiko Nagata (2-1). He was dropped from fighting on the card by California State Athletic Commissioner, Armando Garcia, who had recently watched Ruediger on The Ultimate Fighter TV show. Garcia cited the show in determining that Ruediger was "mentally unfit to fight". On the show Ruediger seemed to have suffered a mental breakdown after unsuccessfuly making the 155lbs. weight limit. This fight would have been at 161lbs. It is unclear if Ruediger will be able to fight in California if he is not cleared by a mental health specialist.

Damn.

[Dolemite]

How did Gabe have a UFC contract in the first place?