Sixteen years ago, I snuck away from home on a school night to attend my first Yankees game because a classmate told me he had an extra ticket.  When I asked for permission, my parent said something to the effect of “hell no,” but back then, there was still such thing as ‘opposite day’ so I went regardless of whether or not my parents approved.  I didn’t think too much about the punishment during the game, just tried to take it all in cause it was pretty magical for a 13 year old.  I got home slightly after midnight and the living room light was on the moment I opened the door.  I knew my Nintendo was probably going to get smashed with a hammer, amongst whatever other punishment my parents had already thought up.  I don’t really remember how long I was grounded, all I remember was Dwight Gooden pitching a no hitter, and to date, it was the greatest sporting event I’ve ever attended.  I’ll probably spend the rest of my life going to live sporting events that’ll never live up to that brisk May evening in 1996, but I hope other kids get to experience what I did in their respective generations.  While Junior Dos Santos can’t promise he’s going to deliver a performance like Dwight Gooden did for me, he has brought along a boy from his gym who’s dream was to come to America and watch him defend his belt at UFC 146.  I could go on telling you about this, but there’s a video approximately three inches below this sentence that picks up where this irrelevant writing leaves off. 

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+26 # Jerm 2012-05-25 04:42

Very cool, another reason to add JDS, again, as one of my favorites.

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-1 # Sambro 2012-05-25 13:47

baseball is gayer than soccer!

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-14 # Guest 2012-05-25 04:53

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+12 # Guest 2012-05-25 11:20

Sorry.....we can't read M-1 Global. Nice try though!

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+15 # Tom Hardy 2012-05-25 05:07

Damn, my apartment looks exactly like that kids home.
Cigano is such a stud.

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-17 # Guest 2012-05-25 05:27

too bad brazil doesnt have computers. someone better show this kid that video QUicKlY while he's in vegas

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0 # Guest 2012-05-26 23:03

I didn't think anyone really believed Chael ...but you proved me wrong. They have had internet since 1988.

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+20 # Guest 2012-05-25 06:11

Wow. Senhor Dos Santos is a class act. I am very impressed with JDS' rate of english acquisition as well.

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+9 # Guest 2012-05-25 06:26

Hey listening to Adele and Katy Perry helps

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-6 # Guest 2012-05-25 06:27

FrontRowBrian said this is all a bullshit PR stunt that the UFC was behind, not JDS.

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+9 # KevZeeBest 2012-05-25 06:43

Quoting CaptainObvious:

FrontRowBrian said this is all a bullshit PR stunt that the UFC was behind, not JDS.

Fuck! FrontRowBrian

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+1 # Guest 2012-05-26 08:21

FRB is jut a guy with a twitter account, big deal.

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0 # Guest 2012-05-26 23:07

Well when you Google FrontRowBrian ..seems like MANY people call him and his show BS. Said his tweets are even worse.

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+9 # synthsis 2012-05-25 06:41

Classy.As.Fuck.

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+4 # juice lee 2012-05-25 07:09

they get love for playing the assassins creed theme

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+4 # TDM 2012-05-25 07:20

It's sad, but that was the part of the video I enjoyed more.

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-21 # Guest 2012-05-25 07:25

i wonder how much did they pay to the kid for this commercial.mma is not a sport and is not strong or insprational thing.it is fighting,that is it.who wanna get punch or arm broken for money.no one.except a people with no brain who cant do anything else besides fighting.and idiots called zuffa paid this idiots well.lol.good to watch but come on this is not the sport to inspire a little

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-14 # Guest 2012-05-25 07:26

kids.

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-13 # Guest 2012-05-25 07:27

and who believe this is not commercial/pr thing you guys are mor idiot than fighters.

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+11 # Patrick 2012-05-25 09:11

Hey, at least WE know how to spell.

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-9 # Guest 2012-05-25 09:16

misclick fuckn nazi bitch.get a life

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-6 # Guest 2012-05-25 09:18

Learn how TO COMMUNICATE BETTER in English with PROPER sentences. I want to PUNCH YOU for having the opinion that mma is not inspirational. YOU'RE SISTER is inspirational. IRRITATING me. Queer. If I KNEW that kid I'd ask him TO SHIT in a paperbag and THROW IT at your dads face AFTER I finished kissing him. Dafuqouttahurr

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-3 # Guest 2012-05-25 09:45

english is not my first language.so fuck you i communicate with whatever sentence i want.

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-9 # Guest 2012-05-25 11:30

Yeah FOR SURE. You should definitely 'communicate with whatever sentence you want'. Queer. No doubt in my mind your either armenian or turkish - no disrespect

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+2 # juice lee 2012-05-25 12:21

I'll bite...

mma is 5 sports rolled into one
boxing, wrestling, judo, jiu-jitsu, karate, (4 of those 5 are OLYMPIC sports)

if mma is not inspirational then why in life are there always so many analogies to fighting, not all necessarily mma but fighting in general?

when you see someone who was counted out beat the odds and take down a stronger opponent is that not inspiring?
what about when you have a guy who is over the hill and people say he's too old or too slow to win and he pulls out that W how is that not something to rally behind? it's as if to say "if this guy beat the odds then maybe I can too" that's the definition of inspiring the last time I checked.

also many fighters have graduated college
jon jones
rashad evans
kenny florian
scott jorgensen
tito ortiz
shane carwin

just to name a few

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-4 # Guest 2012-05-25 16:41

trying to k.o someone cold or choke him to sleep is not inspiring to me.good to watch,entertain in but thats all.

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-1 # Guest 2012-05-26 23:39

Quoting juice lee:

I'll bite...

mma is 5 sports rolled into one
boxing, wrestling, judo, jiu-jitsu, karate, (4 of those 5 are OLYMPIC sports)

if mma is not inspirational then why in life are there always so many analogies to fighting, not all necessarily mma but fighting in general?

when you see someone who was counted out beat the odds and take down a stronger opponent is that not inspiring?
what about when you have a guy who is over the hill and people say he's too old or too slow to win and he pulls out that W how is that not something to rally behind? it's as if to say "if this guy beat the odds then maybe I can too" that's the definition of inspiring the last time I checked.

also many fighters have graduated college
jon jones
rashad evans
kenny florian
scott jorgensen
tito ortiz
shane carwin

just to name a few

Even if he did take titos name off your list, it isn't helping your argument

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+2 # TheFuckingBest 2012-05-26 10:20

These fighters dedicate and break their bodies, they bear their hearts in soles in these fights that are the greatest example of tenacity and human spirit. Not everyone is willing to take such an ass whoopin after weeks of harsh training for a few grand.

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+6 # TIMinBALTIMORE 2012-05-25 10:31

JDS seems like the nicest guy in the world, type of guy who would hold the door for you if you were like 50 feet away.

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-2 # Im Your Huckleberry 2012-05-25 10:58

I usually root for Americans over Brazilians, but I find it so hard to root against this guy and Aldo. They just seem like real class acts.

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-5 # Guest 2012-05-25 11:24

More like the guy who'd ignore you at best if there's no camera nearby.

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0 # Puck 2012-05-26 10:41

That's funny, I usually root for the guy I like. Novel idea right, Whudda' thunkit??

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-5 # Guest 2012-05-25 11:01

FAKEEEEEEEEEEE

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-6 # Guest 2012-05-25 11:22

I don't buy it. JDS is pushing that good guy image a little bit too hard lately. All this bullshit where he said he didn't mean to insult Mir when he said that he had no heart and wasn't a man? Dude, come the fuck on, this gypsie cunt is a bigger bullshitter than Chael. He's using this kid like a cheap replacable crack whore is used by her pimp.

This guy is a total fake and this bleeding heart story is 100% PR hype bullshit - BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OLSHEEEEEEEEIII IITT, I tell ya!

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0 # noreaga 2012-05-25 12:48

there are a shit ton of cultural differences between brazil and the united states, especially in regards to masculinity.

long story short, the country's plantation history lead to the development of incredible machismo that still permeates modern brazilian society. literally everything from movies and music to basic slang revolves around manhood, sex, or dominance.

cliffs: what you heard and what JDS said are not the same thing. even mir recognized it in that bullshit fox interview.

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+1 # Patrick 2012-05-25 12:52

Then why are there so many trannies in Brazil?

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0 # FreeLeeMurray 2012-05-25 12:56

Cause when you're that much of a man, fucking a woman isn't dominant anymore, you gotta step it up.

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0 # Guest 2012-05-25 22:43

..the fuck?? hahaha

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+1 # noreaga 2012-05-26 01:35

i really don't have a good explanation for this but fun facts about trannies in brazil

a) synthol

b) instead of "male" and "female", brazil's sexes are "male" and "NOT male."

c) roberta close was voted the most beautiful woman in brazil--and it was widely known that she was born a man

d) some transexuals will look for the toughest, tatted up dudes and 'receive' for a while, but if asked to 'give,' they do it and lose interest because their bfs don't seem as masculine anymore

source: an elective in cooledge

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+1 # Patrick 2012-05-26 09:15

Crazy Brazilians.

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+1 # FreeLeeMurray 2012-05-26 09:28

Well this explains Cris Cyborg.

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-1 # Guest 2012-05-26 23:25

A simple Google of Gays in Brazil will show that as of 2011 Brazil has the world's highest rate of homophobic murders ever with a gay person being killed every 36 hours. Now not only is that startling, the fact remains that there are PLENTY enough to continue surviving this Brazilian fear slaughter, and growing. So Tell us more about this MACHO...or machismo stuff that these guys are so secure in their manhood that they feel the need to kill people that offer NO THREAT to them or their wife. And you are right...there's a SHIT ton of difference in Brazil and the United States in regards to Masculinity.. In the United States we don't feel the need to kill gay people every 36 hours. We are more secure in our manhood than that.

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-1 # Guest 2012-05-25 22:42

You must be fan of the Chael

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+7 # FreeLeeMurray 2012-05-25 12:55

Dana White's total enslavement of Brazil is a work in progress.

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+4 # Guest 2012-05-25 19:21

i must admit i nearly shed a tear whether fake or not it's nice to see

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