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[yumitree]

Originally Posted by #1taz

showing up at other people's PPV matches wearing his belt just to show off (like Tim did when Matt fought Royce)

hell, tim wore his fucking belt to the ifl events.

put me in the "tim is too tall and monson will have a hard time getting him down" camp, but man... i do love me some sweet anarchy tattooed monson.

he needs to come to the ring waving an upsidedown american flag.

[killerinstinct]

Originally Posted by yumitree

hell, tim wore his fucking belt to the ifl events.

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If I had the belt I'd be wearing it around everywhere too.Give the man some credit.Almost no one expected him to beat AA.Let alone twice!!!

[#1taz]

i do love me some sweet anarchy tattooed monson.

he needs to come to the ring waving an upsidedown american flag.

I thought you guys might appreciate this article that I found on the internet a while back.

Monson wears his politics on his sleeve, as well as the rest of his body. An anarcho-syndicalist star is tattooed on his chest, an anarchy sign on his back and another “A” on his leg. While he loves his sport, he also feels a responsibility to use whatever exposure he receives for a larger purpose. “I don’t think I’m more important than anyone else, but since some people are paying attention, then I’m going to use this as a vehicle to express myself,” he says. Some fans have labeled him anti-American, but he shrugs off such criticism. He was slightly taken aback, however, when three Secret Service agents showed up at his gym in Olympia, Wash., last fall.


A t-shirt prompted the visit. While Monson was preparing for a fight in Portland, a film crew came to the gym and recorded his outfit that day, which included a tank top that read “Assassinate Bush.” When he entered Portland’s Rose Garden for the fight, a video clip of him training in the shirt was played on the Jumbotron, and after he finished off his opponent in the first round, he was more interested in speaking to the post-match media about the devastation of Hurricane Katrina than his fight career. He mentioned his anger that the Bush administration had diverted $76 million from the Army Corps of Engineers for the levies, and that the National Guard were in Iraq instead of Louisiana and Mississippi."


“I was making a political statement, trying to open people’s eyes,” says Monson of his t-shirt and post-fight comments.
Not long after, he had three sets of open eyes walking through the doors of his gym. “The Secret Service told me that they wanted to search my gym and my house. They said that if I refused, they would have a warrant within an hour.” They poked around the gym and then headed over to Monson’s house. “I told them that they could go to my house if they wanted, but that I was going to stay here and finish my workout,” Monson says, not sounding the least bit intimidated. “They haven’t bothered me since.”


Lmao!...typical Jeff.

[Kewl144]

Originally Posted by Luis Cruz

Silva is not 5'9, no way! lol I'm pretty sure he's over 6'0, that HAS to be a mistake or not an official website. I just think Sylvia is too big for Monson that's all. Can Monson win, of course this is mma BUT my prediction will stand as Sylvia by TKO round 1.

I was thinking the same thing. But the website I was referring to is this one: http://www.assueriosilva.com/ingles/ingles_02.html His height is listed at 182 cm. Anyway, I guess we're just going to have to wait for it to happen.

[Alvin]

#1taz (sorry I'm not gonna quote you, you go on a bit!) I'll concede this cos you have a habit of taking quotes out of context.

If Monson can get past Sylvia's punches & if Monson can take Sylvia down, yes he'll be favorite to win the fight.

I was never doubting Arlovski's skills as a ground fighter, but he is fundamentally a stand up fighter. Most of his 14 fights have been slug-fests. I've yet to see him shoot in & take his opponent down as his plan A.

And as another point, just for you when I suggested you "grow up" I wasn't talking physically & I think at 50-old you'd probably be too old for me to adopt. It was a figure of speech, sunshine.

Right, now that I've said that I'm officailly bored with this thread. I thank you.