watch this fight

This fight is not mixed martial arts. It was put on by DEEP, who generally does MMA, but its not MMA. Its K-1 rules kickboxing. So if you don't like kickboxing you shouldn't watch this clip. Sometimes I will post about kickboxing instead of MMA. I probably won't post about boxing....But I might post about boxing.

On the other hand, if you enjoy the most ridiculous fight of all time then this is for you.
FEATURING:

• strikes to the groin
  
• liver shots
  
• takedowns
  
• throws
  
• a goddamned Rock Bottom
  
• jumping kicks
  
• double jumping kicks
  
• wheel kicks
  
• 1 million spinning backfists
  
• conclusive proof that a three knockdown rule in kickboxing is a stupid idea

the commentary isn't in english so if that bothers you turn the sound off but I personally think its kinda fun.

History of Mixed Martial Arts

Fighting has been around since the dawn of mankind. When man first came to know woman, a shorter, more insecure man immediately started some shit. This proto dwarf was promptly bludgeoned to death by the full sized man's mighty hamhocks. For thousands of years tiny dudes with complexes got their shit ruined on the daily. This phenomena was worsened with the discovery of alcohol, as now even regular folk decided they needed to prove their worth by picking fights for no discernable reason. These unstructured and unruly brawls continued until approximately 410 B.C.. A young Plato was discussing the possibility of achieving truth of self by confronting conflict with his mentor, Socrates. Socrates suggested that they engage in fisticuffs to test this theory. Plato was hesistant as he knew that Socrates was old and possibly frail, but if he refused he would be cowering away not only from conflict, but from discovery. Feigning confidence Plato raised his fists and locked eyes with Socrates. Before he could think to throw a punch, Plato was off his feet and hurtling backwards towards the ground. When he awoke, the foundation for both MMA and Western Culture were laid out beside him*.

Then for like two thousand years absolutely nothing happened.

The UFC began in 93, and although they were certainly not the first, and arguably not the best, they were in English. The first event featured english speaking white dreamboat Ken Shamrock, and some other guys. UFC 1 served as not only a launching board for the sport in North America, but also began the trend of Ken Shamrock being a useless piece of garbage. The first UFCs were absolutely awful, but if are interesting to watch if you are a big nerd. They clearly outline the evolution of the sport, in rules, skill, production and even fans. Current MMA events are attended by A List celebrities such as Rob Schneider and Chriss Angel, whereas the closest thing the early UFC had to celebrities was the fellow in the insert.

At UFC 12 a young Joe Rogan began working as an interviewer for the UFC, and the world was forever changed.

Within a decade of hiring Rogan the UFC had moved from being politically and publicly ostricized to being legitimized via America's One True Art, reality television. Although Rogan is far too modest to accept all the credit, we all know who to thank for MMA's recent boom in popularity.

Also some stuff happened in Japan I don't know watch these videos

*double legs, cheating

Did You See That Fucking Arm-Bar? (feat. Gilbert Melendez)

The first few posts are going to be boring and dry to try to lay down some sort of foundation so if you already know then you already know.

There was a Strikeforce card this past Saturday, and it was even free on Sportsnet (I find it kinda hard to believe that a lot of people would pay to watch Strikeforce at this point). I wasn't able to catch all of it, but what I saw was enjoyable. Ken Shamrock and some dude did commentary, and in a shocking turn of events, Ken's ideas have no basis in reality.

Mitsuhiro Ishida vs Some Midget Bodybuilder

Ishida is a tiny lightweight who is a wrestling based decision machine. He was the first dude to beat the incredibly overrated Gilbert Melendez. Ken Shamrock talks about how slick Ishida's submissions are, despite him only ever submitting one guy (it was not very slick).

Turns out Ken Shamrock is the smartest man alive

Josh Thomson vs Ashe Bowman

Thomson is a very well rounded fighter who made notorious fat ass Gilbert Melendez look like a complete bum in his last fight. I have never heard of Ashe Bowman before, and I don't think anyone gave him much of a chance in this fight. Thomson beat him with ground and pound pretty quickly, and Herb Dean continues to be a shitty ref. Melendez was on commentary, and he made no mention about mercy killing himself or dieting.

Kazuo Misaki vs Joe Riggs

Misaki is a good kickboxer, and his counterstriking is some of the best in MMA. People will try to convince you that he is a good judoka and sub grappler, but they are smelly liars. He's often undersized at Middleweight, but he managed to eat up to 185 for this fight. He's interesting in that most people think he's junk despite the fact that he has some good wins, but there are a small dedicated group of die hard fans who think he just might be The Greatest of all Time. Joe Riggs is good at cutting lots of weight and having heavy hands (also heavy everything else). Surprisingly Riggs came in under weight. The first round consisted mostly of Misaki dancing, and Riggs being terrified. In the second Misaki got bored and started landing some strikes. Riggs landed a decent shot and knocked Misaki down, but Kazuo recovered quickly and returned to his feet (this is a common theme for him). Misaki then immediately put Riggs on the ground with a right, and finished him with punches. It looked like most of them landed on the forearms, but Joe was turtled and doing nothing but hoping that Misaki would stop hitting him.

The big breaking news from this event seems to be that Ishida may have lost his v-card. More on this as it develops.

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Welcome to my Mixed Martial Arts blogs. It will have many interesting features such as jokes and punctuation.