Taught a class years ago where I brought up the maternal mortality rate in the not too distant past and *immediately* saw half a room of 19 year old girls turn their heads as one and glare at half a room of 19 year old boys.
Turns out Ronnie was wrong; when there's lightning it doesn't always bring me down.
Pancrase 1! Watch a bunch of Japanese Pro Wrestlers decide see what happens when you actually fight under Shoot Style rules.
youtu.be/cvigVwEG42Q
Working for fight promoter Donald Trump is the surest way to get fucked on money I can conceive of.
🤼The thing about sumo compared to other wrestling is it's sort of the same except more. Like Ura hits this go-behind, a perfectly normal wrestling thing, except going behind Mitakeumi is like running around the block.
Here's a whole ass playlist of Kaito fights! Shootboxing! The unholy combination of Kickboxing and grappling! Sometimes it's kickboxing with takedowns and standing submissions! Sometimes Muay Thai with takedowns and standing submissions! It's not Sanda!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Let us whisk ourselves back in time! The year is 2007 and Japan's PRIDE FC is throwing its second event stateside! Watch what MMA looks like when you care about putting on a quality show!
Use an ad blocker or something because this on the official UFC youtube page.
youtu.be/g2BUfeJwWI4
More Muay Thai, but current! Watch Jaroensook vs. Kazuki Osaki. It's one of the coolest clinch fights that you're going to see!
youtu.be/cxEsD5WWetQ
Maybe you're a real one. You've been watching for longer than I have and you miss the era of Vale Tudo. Watch World Combat Championship in all of its goofy glory! Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is there!
youtu.be/erurN3iFX8k
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Lee Casebolt
Okay but
What would YOUR totally gratuitous White House lawn event be, if YOU were the mad king of a dying superpower
