"In the most brutal and often most misunderstood sport in the world, becoming a champion takes more than just blood, sweat, and tears. Like Water follows middleweight Ultimate Fighter Anderson Silva as he prepares to crown his four-year run as the unbeaten king of the sport with a record 12th straight win in the UFC. With intimate access to Silva and his intense training, the surprising and inspiring man behind one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time emerges."
- In Part 1 of our extended interview with Miro Mijatovic, the former manager of Mirko Cro Cop and Fedor Emelianenko discusses his initial contact with the Yakuza, their involvement in Japanese MMA, Naoto Morishita's mysterious death, and rumors of fight fixing. http://www.spike.com/video-clips/rrpt...-miro-mijatovic-interview-part-1-of-3
- In Part 2 of our extended interview, Miro Mijatovic details how Pride impacted the Japanese TV landscape. He also mentions why Mirko Cro Cop never fought Yoshihiro Takayama, and how signing Fedor Emelianenko to Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye led to death threats from the Yakuza. http://www.spike.com/video-clips/leoi...-miro-mijatovic-interview-part-2-of-3
- In the final piece of our extended interview, Miro Mijatovic retaliates against the threats of the Yakuza with help from the Japanese police. He also discusses the magazine Shukan Gendai's dealings, why he left the fight game and the climate for MMA in Japan today. http://www.spike.com/video-clips/3y57...-miro-mijatovic-interview-part-3-of-3
On October 21 2011 10:37 ERASA wrote:
I watched it directly from espn page, good quality and no lags, let me see if i can find a link... http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=7124904
indeed very sad :/
This 20 minute video on Razor Ramon aired recently. The first 2 minutes of video one has some lag spikes, but it smooths out after 5 minutes or so. It's a good watch, but very sad.
Initially launched in 2008, XARM features two competitors tethered to the XARM table and bound together at the hand with duct tape. Over the course of three one-minute rounds, competitors are free to punch, kick and seek submission holds while also using traditional arm-wrestling as a means of scoring points. Just like MMA, XARM bouts can be won via knockout, submission or judges' decision.
Art Davie, co-founder of the UFC, serves as the CEO of XARM.
Since I have no life at the moment, I'm on the internet a lot and always run into kewl videos and other various things.
The videos range from documentaries, combat sports, interviews, and much more.
I'll continue to save all the videos in the tab section of my browser and release them when it gets too full.
I could probably just post them in the YouTube/Video thread, but I rather contribute to both places on and off.
- Marathon des Sables, an 156 mile "ultramarathon". This multi-day race is held every year in southern Moroccan, in the Sahara desert. It is considered the toughest foot race on Earth. (Think of the movie Hidalgo, starring Viggo Mortensen, but it takes place on foot instead of horses. Pretty awesome event that I want to try someday.)
10) Nick would take the Anderson Silva fight…anytime
9) Nick fights to finish, not win on points
8) Nick Ain’t Scared Homie
7) Nick doesn’t do gymnastics
6) Nick won’t tap to strikes
5) Nick doesn’t fight in bike shorts
4) Nick doesn’t “play the game”
3) Nick will box you up and choke you with a gogo
2) Nick doesn’t speak French
1) And the #1 reason Nick Diaz should be the new UFC Champ….he Ain’t No Bitch!
If you're a book reader, then you've probably heard of Borders book store. It was the second largest book store, and is now going out of business.
Basically, I don't give a shit about Borders, but I made this thread for anyone who lives near a Borders store and wanted to pick up some inexpensive books that will be available through the companies liquidation process. I'm not sure if they have any poker books, but there might be some good stuff to pick up for yourself or upcoming birthdays/holidays as presents, like the Fire and Ice series (Game of Thrones).
"Borders could not overcome competition from larger rival Barnes & Noble (BKS) and Amazon.com (AMZN), which began to dominate book retail when the industry shifted largely online. Borders, which had filed for Chapter 11 in February, also never was able to come up with an electronic reader like Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook."
Inside a real Kumite by Michael Schiavello. (click the link at the bottom of the page to read the rest of the article and see the Kumite video)
IN A GYM ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF ICHIGEKI PLAZA IN TOKYO, Artur Hovhannisyan stands by a full-length window and looks down upon the streets of Ebisu though his thoughts are miles away. His white gi is pristine and a black belt adorns his waist with three gold bars on the tip (one for each dan ranking). With his shaved head and clean appearance, the 33-year-old Armenian could pass as a banker or an accountant. Indeed it’s not until you see his calloused knuckles and stare into the black abyss of his eyes that you realize who you’re really standing face-to-face with.
“It’s time,” says a voice from across the room.
“Osu!” grunts Hovhannisyan. He slams his fist into his palm, lets out a loud breath and is led out of the gym by two officials with all the solemnity of wardens leading a death-row inmate to the chair. Hovhannisyan enters the tiny Honbu (headquarters) dojo and the wooden door slides shut behind him. The eerie thud of a Taiko drum renders the room silent. As he gazes around the dojo his eyes widen; only now does he truly comprehend the gravity of what lies ahead. On the floor sit one hundred black and brown belts, legs crossed, perfectly postured. They’re bare knuckled and hungry, like a pack of jackals ready to rip Hovhannisyan apart at the limbs.
At 13:00 Kancho Shokei Matsui, Kyokushin Karate’s global leader, addresses the dojo. His voice is soft and melodic, unbefitting of a man who twenty-three years ago steamrolled his way through the Hyaku-Nin Kumite (100-Man Kumite) with a record 76 knockouts. He directs attention to a small altar and invokes the blessing of Kyokushin’s late founder, Sosai Mas Oyama, or God. Perhaps both — though one wonders how any sort of spiritual serenity can exist in the masochistic madness that is about to unfold. Then again traditional Karate is as much a spiritual pursuit as it is a physical one. The small ceremony, precisely worded in Japanese and conducted with complete attentionto detail, seems to still the ego, empty the mind, and raise the vibrational energy of the room in an almost shamanistic way.
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