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Ultimate Fighing Championship
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Does anyone watch this stuff around here? Surely I can't be the only one. For all of those who don't know what UFC is, it's basically two guys beating the crap out of each other in an octagonal cage.
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2009-08-19, 23:25 | Link #4 | |
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There is, however, some truth to the statement that modern Kung Fu has lost a lot of its practical relevance as it is being molded into a sport or performing art. |
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2009-08-20, 00:22 | Link #6 |
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But it requires a lot more practice than Tennis and Golf combined, so I don't think anybody could make it to the UFC in order to fight.
Then again, even if you did, there would be a huge chance that you'd probably get head injuries as well.
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2009-08-20, 06:24 | Link #8 |
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The early UFCs in the 1990s actually had very few rules. Groin shots, rabbit punching, hair pulling were allowed, no time limits or rounds. And the ref couldn't stop the fight until a fighter actually was out cold or tapped out, unlike today when the ref can stop the fight if he feels that a fighter is not intelligently defending himself, without waiting for the fighter to be out cold or tap.
The first few UFCs had quite the circus of traditional martial artists, kung fu, karate, etc etc. They didn't get far, since they had absolutely no ground game and the legendary Royce Gracie had a feel day taking them down at will. Here are some classic old school UFC bouts. Elbows and groins shots galore. Having said that, the UFC isn't the sole mixed martial arts organization around (it's the best known in the USA). There are others out there with differing rules and scoring system, like no elbows to the face, or soccer kicks allowed to a downed opponent or they use a ring instead of an octagon-shaped cage. Today's UFC is a far cry from those unregulated days of the 1990s. Today it as more rules, safety regulations, oversight by the national athletic commission, weight classes, etc etc. American politicians skewered the UFC when it first started, calling it human cockfighting, and the addition of new rules simply made it more palatable to the queasy public. And of course, pre-fight HYPE Last edited by killer3000ad; 2009-08-20 at 06:38. |
2009-08-20, 06:28 | Link #9 |
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I like watching MMA now and again but I don't follow it that much. Right now I'm just interested in what Lyoto Machida will do next.
Anywho, I think it would be fairer to rename this thread the "MMA thread" since UFC doesn't have everything to do with MMA.
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2009-08-20, 06:50 | Link #10 | |
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Sure wish Fedor was in the UFC as well, then again, every MMA fan, whether you love or hate Fedor, wishes he was in the UFC (the haters wanna see him lose, and fans wanna see him clean house in the UFC) |
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2009-08-20, 06:53 | Link #11 | |
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On another issue, another problem with MMA is that it has too much gay hugging---Bonebreaking brutality is much more entertaining. |
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2009-08-20, 07:03 | Link #13 | |
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The classic bit of reasoning a person uses to justify why his fav fighter is better is MMAth. Fighter B beats fighter A, fighter C beats fighter B, fighter A later beats fighter C, so: B>A>C>B ! |
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2009-08-20, 07:06 | Link #14 |
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People just can't seem to get their heads round the "rock, papers scissors" effect. But since we play a lot of rpg games, we understand it well.
btw, I remember seeing an article on Sherdog or some other place giving an in depth analysis of Lyoto Machida's karate. Can anyone give me a link becuase i can't seem to find it anymore. @ Cipher - Yes you're right about Machida.
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2009-08-20, 07:21 | Link #15 | |
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to Haak: Is this the one? http://nokaut.com/?id=12&solo_news=3...ida+Era+Begins It was linked from Sherdog. |
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2009-08-20, 07:53 | Link #16 |
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^ Nah, i remember a picture of him in a fight that analysed his stance in the beggining so that's not it. Good find though.
[edit] Never mind i found it: http://www.sherdog.net/forums/24664177-post3.html
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2009-08-20, 08:18 | Link #17 |
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This thread needs slowmo Matrix GIFs!
Machida's parrying,counter-striking, trips and timing is perfect.
Against Rashad Evans: Thiago Silva: Sam Hogar Sokoudjou Nakamura Tito Ortiz BJ Penn Apologies to those on slow connections. Last edited by killer3000ad; 2009-08-20 at 09:00. |
2009-08-20, 08:27 | Link #19 |
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It's hard to tell if he actually parries, though. It seems that those particular fighters just drop their hands a bit whe. they punch. Really bad habit. Lets face it. How many MMA fighters have decent boxing skills?
By the way. I loved that throw against Nakamura where he uses his left arm to trip him over his left leg. That's like a typical kung fu throw.
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