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[Rambo]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

@Rambo my charge was 2nd degree aggravated assault with serious bodily injury in the absence of a weapon. Being a 2nd degree felony I was facing 2-20 and received 5. I had a really bad attorney who come to find out was related to the judge through marriage (small town). I did day for day meaning my full term. I was locked up 12/4/01 and was released 12/4/06.

That's awful! Glad to hear you're out and enjoying life again. Was it hard getting a job after your prison stint?

[Sakara=Excitement]

Originally Posted by Rambo

That's awful! Glad to hear you're out and enjoying life again. Was it hard getting a job after your prison stint?

Not at all. Granted I wasn't out trying to be the President of the United States. I waited tables and bartended. I did that until I got this job in catering which has great hours since I'm in college.

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

Not at all. Granted I wasn't out trying to be the President of the United States. I waited tables and bartended. I did that until I got this job in catering which has great hours since I'm in college.

Good on ya Sakrara! So how about travelling? Does that become a bit of a problem to travel outside of the states considering your prison record? I was watching a bit of National Geographic and in a specific documentary, one ex-con said it's difficult to conform to normal life with a record hanging over you. Travelling becomes an issue. Is that true?

[Sakara=Excitement]

Originally Posted by Rambo

Good on ya Sakrara! So how about travelling? Does that become a bit of a problem to travel outside of the states considering your prison record? I was watching a bit of National Geographic and in a specific documentary, one ex-con said it's difficult to conform to normal life with a record hanging over you. Travelling becomes an issue. Is that true?

I haven't traveled outside of the United States yet but I do know that it isn't a US issue it becomes whatever country you're traveling in to. They have the right to turn you away depending on your crime. Luckily for me, I was convicted over 8 years ago with nothing on my record before that or after. After 10 years most companies can't go back that far to see any convictions. Plus it only goes back 5 years on your driving record.

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

I haven't traveled outside of the United States yet but I do know that it isn't a US issue it becomes whatever country you're traveling in to. They have the right to turn you away depending on your crime. Luckily for me, I was convicted over 8 years ago with nothing on my record before that or after. After 10 years most companies can't go back that far to see any convictions. Plus it only goes back 5 years on your driving record.

Ok cool. How about the tatoos in the second picture? Did you get those after you got out of prison? Was it a gang-related thing or just something you decided to do after being influenced by your experience in prison?

[Ramma]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

Don't say that Joey...dont say it!

And Ramma....I was told not to try and assume what went on in the cage and what may or may not have been broken and then Ramma you went ahead and said that his foot wasn't broken. You don't know if it was or wasn't.

I'm not assuming anything. He said he broke his foot on the first kick, yet he didn't land it. So how did he break it? There is no assumption there. Could he have broken his foot, sure. Maybe from leg kicks or later on in the fight. But according to him, he broke it on his first kick, which is obviously not true.

You assumed he quit, without looking at the facts. No one called you out for assuming whether or not it was broken. Big difference.

[Mac]

I found this on Sherdog's main site.

The biggest question surrounding the WEC bantamweight picture revolves around injuries San Diego native Cruz may have sustained in Saturday’s melee. Cruz’s head trainer, Eric Del Fierro, told Sherdog.com on Monday that Cruz didn’t break his hand as was earlier suspected, but that the fighter likely fractured his foot. Del Fierro said Cruz would visit his doctor on Tuesday for another examination to determine the damage. Cruz’s return to action could prove a major factor in Shelby’s immediate choices.

Hmm, I guess he didn't also fight with a broken hand.

[rodzilla1988]

I want to say a few things. First hand breaks are a very common injury in the MMA world and that's a given, so there is no point in arguing there. Second it is well within Sakara's right to say what he thinks Bowles is and how he regards Bowles pulling from the fight regardless of any of our opinions. I do agree though that I have honestly never seen a stoppage like that so I don't think it's an out of this world statement to make that most likely Bowles could have toughed through the rest of the fight.

[Mac]

Originally Posted by rodzilla1988

I want to say a few things. First hand breaks are a very common injury in the MMA world and that's a given, so there is no point in arguing there. Second it is well within Sakara's right to say what he thinks Bowles is and how he regards Bowles pulling from the fight regardless of any of our opinions. I do agree though that I have honestly never seen a stoppage like that so I don't think it's an out of this world statement to make that most likely Bowles could have toughed through the rest of the fight.

Firstly, it's one thing to wonder if a fighter could have toughed it out and a completely another to say he pussed out. That said, you are right, Sakara has the right to say whatever he wants as long as it falls within the rules. If that's the case, don't the rest of us have the right to say what we think about his opinion?

Secondly, hand breaks do happen frequently in MMA. However, it would not be very intelligent on our part to assume all hand breaks are of the same variety.

[TBEAR]

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