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[Dan0]

Originally Posted by Palma Wrestler

Have you ever done any drug before? I know pot is usually viewed as the mellow drug, but it can either be very intense (more then lsd to some people) your first time or have no effect.

Check your PM's

[jjhk001]

Originally Posted by DonFrye

Well, I am Batman. So, let me riddle for you.......Those video series are for 14 year olds who only want to see the thrilling few seconds of a fight that ends it. They are for the same kids who skip basketball games and watch Sportscenter to see the dunks.
Cool nicknames are coined by fans and commentators. Any fighter who gives himself a nickname is a fag.
I agree that violence is entertainment for the masses. I also agree that blood sells tickets and that I may have taken some frustration about direction out on you. My apologies for that.
I just believe that the whole reason i like Pride more is the respect level in that organization. Theatrics come before fights and fighting happens in the ring.
By now, I'm ranting again and I will leave it at what it is. Fighters don't bleed to entertain you, they compete with one another to entertain you and blood is frequently a by-product when two guys want the win so bad the put it all out there. If you are just looking for blood and ko's, go to youtube and watch some of those one-sided fistfights. If you want true respect, competition, and discipline, stay and watch MMA.

I like watching Pride fights sometimes more than the UFC because there is a certain edginess about it that the UFC doesn't have. I have to say something about theatrics in Pride...aren't they the same organization that had Butterbean, Tyson and Bob Sapp? Also, fights like Punk Minowa vs Giant Silva? Aren't those fights kinda like a joke? I think Pride does these kind of off-the-wall things to satisfy the Japanese curiosity for their kind of entertainment - I lived in Japan for 3 years and sensed that myself - although I am kicking myself because I didn't find out about Pride until after I left Japan - I would have definitely watched a show or two at Saitama. I guess that's where we differ - I see it as entertainment, but I also enjoy and respect a hard fought match, but you have to admit, watching a brutal knockout or frenzied battle (i.e. Shogun/Rampage or Any Wandy fight) is where it's at!

[Dan0]

Originally Posted by Bobcat1

...I agree, I don't like MMA as a name. It can be misleading...

How can MMA be "MISLEADING???

That’s it exactly. A Professional MMA fighter has his roots usually in one, maybe two discipline(s). When he enters the ring or cage, if he hasn’t enhanced his game with knowledge of several other disciplines he may find himself in trouble real fast (requiring him to mix his martial art skills). The Gracie’s invitation in UFC 1 caught everyone’s attention. Every discipline believed theirs to be the best (or they wouldn’t have broken off from their parent discipline). The fighters saw that they either needed to learn – at this point anyway - offensive JJ (in addition to their fundamental principal orientation) or at the very least learn how to defend against JJ submissions.

I guess I just don’t get it.

Why do you need a “cooler” sounding name when MMA sounds so uhm, uhu, alarming?

Oh no, this guy has mixed Martial Arts, while I only have my (insert a single discipline here, college wrestling, Kempo, etc.)

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Mixed @$$beating Arts. MAA