Pride/K1 New Year's Eve?

[Samurai_Jerk]

MMA Fighting: Dream Reprimands Aoki, Who Admits He Was 'Rude'

Hirota will finally step back into the ring after a botched surgery, another surgery to correct the first one and more than a 1.5 years of rehab at the same event as George Lucas's daughter.

[matsuki]

Is this event for companionship or about a megaton champion ship?

[Samurai_Jerk]

[Samurai_Jerk]

Long after his prime, Kazushi Sakuraba is in the position to save Japanese MMA

At 46 years old, Kazushi Sakuraba, Japan's all-time MMA legend, has no business in the ring. But the man who beat the Gracies and put the sport on the map in Japan is now fighting a much bigger fight, trying to save the sport he built a generation after he did so the first time.

It was 16 years ago next month, at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, when Kazushi Sakuraba saved a declining Japanese MMA scene.

It led to a popularity peak, built on his brutalizing his body against killers that he never should have been in the ring with, that the sport has never quite seen anywhere.

Today, at the age of 46, long past the point anyone should even consider putting him back in the ring, he's being asked to save it once again.

Last week, Nobuyuki Sakakibara's Rizin Fighting Federation announced shows on Dec. 29 and Dec. 31 at the Saitama Super Arena. The main event on the first night pits Sakuraba against Shinya Aoki. It was 15 years earlier, to the month, that the newly-opened Saitama Super Arena housed its first major sports event. Pride 12 "Cold Fury" was a sold out event that saw Sakuraba beat Ryan Gracie in the main event before more than 26,000 fans.

[kurogane]

I just realised that they call their annual national Man on Man Action celebration what we call the annual civic Man on Man Action celebration.

A bit hetero perhaps, but I think we have a theme song:

One man comes in the name of love....................

Two man enter, one man come

[Samurai_Jerk]

I just realised that they call their annual national Man on Man Action celebration what we call the annual civic Man on Man Action celebration.

A bit hetero perhaps, but I think we have a theme song:

One man comes in the name of love....................

Two man enter, one man come

Yeah, but grown men figure skating dressed up as mecha warrior cosplayers in is the height of masculinity.

[kurogane]

Yeah, but grown men figure skating dressed up as mecha warrior cosplayers in is the height of masculinity.

Yeah, yeah, yeah..............I tried out that line a few nights ago at the bar watching the Canucklheads' game. I thought I was going to have to move to Syria and apply for persecuted minority status. What freaks me out is I had never really thought of it like that until you started using that schtick, but it's totally true. Hockey is actually >>> Gay than American Football But not than cage fighting. Hats off to the fighters for their skill and courage, but..........dat some gay shit.

As a friendly warning, if you do visit us up here be Vewy Vewy Ceh-ful with that joke

[matsuki]

Hockey is actually >>> Gay than American Football

I dunno man...Amefoooto is pretty...

[kurogane]

I was trying to be Canadian there. There is nothing gayer than fat men in tights that only move when their aged, fat white dominatrix tells them to.

If the fat fucks actually moved more than twice an hour it would count as a sport. I consider it a fetish.

[Samurai_Jerk]

I was trying to be Canadian there. There is nothing gayer than fat men in tights that only move when their aged, fat white dominatrix tells them to.

If the fat fucks actually moved more than twice an hour it would count as a sport. I consider it a fetish.

Not many fat boys in football these days.

garvin.jpg

[kurogane]

You might be right:

NFL Players: Tired of Being Fat
By Kevin Clark
Updated Aug. 16, 2012 1:31 p.m. ET
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100008723 ... 0029897890

But do take a look at the pictures. Cozzin it dones be funny that that's a professional athlete.

As with most professional athletes, I admire football players athleticism and dedication I simply can't abide the lack of movement that plagues the game. It almost makes baseball look busy. They move for something like 15 minutes per game, and that's one of the busy ones.
(And on that topic, the WSJ: http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014240 ... 2055561406)
If they would ban all the constant substitutions and maybe even restrict communication with those even fatter old white men standing on the sidelines it would definitely help, but I am not sure the NFL is listening...........

[Samurai_Jerk]

Looks like Techno Goliath is in trouble.

Arrest warrant issued for MMA fighter Choi Hong-man

Prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for mixed martial arts fighter Choi Hong-man on Monday for allegedly not repaying millions of won to acquaintances.

Choi, 35, has ignored summonses several times.

According to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, the former traditional Korean wrestling “ssireum” champion allegedly borrowed one million won (about $900) from a friend, surnamed Park, in Hong Kong in December 2013.

[matsuki]

Over $900 in won? hahahahahahahaha

[Samurai_Jerk]

Former Pride Fighter Kevin Randleman dead at 44

Former UFC heavyweight champion and two-time NCAA champion wrestler Kevin Randleman has died at age 44.

Sources told FOX Sports on Thursday that Randleman had been admitted to a San Diego hospital for pneumonia and later passed away due to heart failure. He had been living in Las Vegas.

Long before he was one of the most feared men in the Octagon, Randleman was already a legend on the mats during his years at Ohio State, where he followed in the footsteps of another UFC icon, Mark Coleman.

Randleman was a fierce wrestler who captured two NCAA wrestling championships and was a three-time All-American.

Once college was finished, Randleman decided to follow Coleman into the UFC, where he would soon gain a reputation as one of the most powerful and explosive fighters in the history of the sport.

Randleman debuted in the UFC in 1999, and three fights into his career he was already the heavyweight champion of the world. Randleman defeated Pete Williams to win the vacant title and then went on to defend it against Pedro Rizzo in June 2000.

In 2002, Randleman ventured to Japan, where he became a fixture in PRIDE Fighting Championships, which is where he would spend the next four years while taking on some of the best competition in the world.

One of Randleman's biggest moments came in a 2004 fight against Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, who was a massive favorite in the PRIDE heavyweight grand prix that year. Randleman floored the former kickboxer with a huge punch early in the first round before finishing the fight a few seconds later with some vicious ground and pound.

Randleman's win is still considered one of the most shocking moments in the history of the sport.

His win over Cro Cop.

I still don't know how Fedor not only survived this suplex but won the fight by submission.

[Mike Oxlong]

Fedor was badder than Ivan Drago.

[kurogane]

Men grappling in their bikinis are always impressive.

Anyhoo, 44 is too young. What a waste of bad hair. RIP

[Takechanpoo]

i liked fedors natural strongness. he maybe didnt used muscle drugs. neverthelss he beat down overdruged muscle dudes like the above dead one.

[Samurai_Jerk]

i liked fedors natural strongness. he maybe didnt used muscle drugs. neverthelss he beat down overdruged muscle dudes like the above dead one.

I don't know whether Fedor took steroids or any other PED's but the fact that he wasn't ripped doesn't tell us one way or the other. Most of the Pride fighters did because Pride didn't test them. Steroids don't turn you into a gorilla unless you train to look like one.