2016 was the craziest year mixed martial arts has ever seen. Over the past 365 days, many fighters have risen to great heights while others have been shamed to obscurity. To truly encapsulate the year that 2016 was you have to view the MMA World through a prism birthed from a higher power. Only select
No matter who you are, no matter what you believe, this is supposed to be a time of togetherness. Forget about religion, disagreements or all of the horrible things going on in the world and remember that it’s just us here. One world, all overrun by us naked monkeys too smart for their own good.
And now for a brief musical interlude *Rolls opening credits* ♫ Breaking through the MMA clouds, fly away (fly away), The panorama broadens throughout the knocked out bodies. Kicked in the face, the Earth gets angry (angry), Making blood volcanoes explode. ♫ Right in the melted ice of North-South position Pole, If there’s a young
Before anyone with a GoPro could become a YouTube “celebrity” Kimbo Slice was The YouTube Celebrity. Way back in 2003 the Internet was a different slower non-high definition beast. 13 years after his first Miami backyard street fight popped up on YouTube and or the adult website SublimeDirectory (……..), Kevin Ferguson the man passed away
Sometimes The Internet just gets you. Rising gif-loving Twitter account @WWESubway speaks to all humans on some level. Humans need sustenance to survive and they need theatrics to nourish the mind. If you do not like pro wrestling, maybe you wouldn’t find enjoyment from @WWESubway. If you don’t like Subway’s brand of eating fresh on
Since the dawn time, or roughly 1993, MMA has been Street Fighter and Street Fighter has been MMA. Two months after Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers dropped into arcades, UFC 1: The Beginning beamed into living rooms via 1990s pay per view technology. The first Ultimate Fighting Championship eight man tournament was an
Don’t tell BJ Penn what he can’t do. He’s back. If I had it my way, Penn would retire to a beautiful life growing weird plants in Hawaii with his lovely family. Eventually, he would pass away and become a Smoke Monster deity, or perhaps a ball of light, charged with the responsibility of protecting his island. But it’s not my
When the Fight Gods created mixed martial arts, over the course of five-five minute rounds, a select number of Mythological fighters were birthed. These mystic versions of fighters were meant to be discussed in theory rather than watched in practice. If these ten Mythological fighters were unleashed upon this 100 trillion pound rock we call
All rockstars want to be athletes and all athletes want to be rockstars. And deep down inside everyone wants one shot in a pro wrestling ring. Thanks to WWE owner Vince McMahon’s obsession with the mainstream crossover, a ton of professional athletes have gotten their chance to run-in during pro wrestling matches over the years.
Sage Northcutt is the UFC’s best create-a-fighter ever. No matter how much the UFC pushes the 19 year old lightweight into the faces of MMA fans, Northcutt will never turn heel. If peak Georges St. Pierre and prime nice guy Jon Jones were melted together and cloned in a laboratory the result would be a
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We salute you Chuck Liddell. Chevy trucks, baseball, apple pie, and Chuck Liddell punching people in the head are all the most American things. Like watching an American bald eagle fly over your head with an already lit firecracker in it’s mouth, watching Liddell knockout opponents in his MMA career was a thing of awe
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