Let me start by saying, I might be hyper critical of how boring Gi JiuJitsu and stalling handfights and collar ties in NoGi grappling et cetera, but I'm simply not ever going to be critical of two men settling beef or perceived beef when they are cagefighters.
The term for men like this back in the day was "sports". A "sport" was a guy who lived on the fringe of society, betting on all manner of gambling, fighting - be it human or animal (dog, rooster, bear baiting, rat baiting et cetera). At any rate, we might live in a more modified and codified era of mixed martial arts with rounds, and scoring, and weight classes, but these are still dudes trying to bludgeon one another with every allowed weapon on their unarmed body and even mangle and strangle and cripple one another potentially. Let them be what they are, punish them for rowdiness afterward, but let us never wring our hands in despair as to the "horror! the horror!"
Masvidal entered the legends hall of fame pantheon for beloved MMA fighters this weekend for the 1-2 awesomeness that was violent dead falling man tree KO of the much larger Till, then the "3 piece and soda" for lighting up Leon Edwards who fought a runner's pointfight match against Gunnar Nelson.
Masvidal came to early fame scrapping in boat yards in MMA bare knuckle, and to say that he's gonna let a guy who just barely outworked a decision dull his shine after a career high KO of a former title contender and KO artist...well, we see how it played out.
There were some internet algorithm grabbing articles about a "black eye for the sport" what with Dolly Bus attacks and cell phone smashing and the like...but frankly, you get men and women who train to fight other people for money while locked in a cage...waters wet, fire burns, y'know? Of course, punish them because y'know, we can't have riots break out ala the Khabib/Conor or busses attacked with Dollies, but y'know, know that it's all part of the fight game and always has been. I would rue the day every dude showed and was respectful and just did his job and left.
Anyhow, here are some of my favorite trip down memory lane bad boy moments in MMA:
Babalu hanging onto the choke after his opponent tapped. Greatest post fight speech ever. Rogan tries to let him wiggle out of admitting he did it....but no, Babalu straight owns the moment. This got him booted from the UFC.
Daley suckerpunches Koscheck. Weak sauce moment because he got taken down and controlled. Daley got booted for this one and had his UFC contract scrapped.
Nate Diaz flipping the camera the bird after locking down the triangle. I had forgotten he also flipped Benson Henderson the bird hahaha.
Scrap Pack (Diaz bros, Jake Shields, Gilbert Melendez) in cage brawl with Mayhem Miller: Another illustrious Diaz Bros moment. Love these guys til my dying day. This literally ended MMA as a sport on CBS back then.
Nick Diaz FOUGHT Joe Riggs in the hospital after their welterweight showdown in the cage.
Lee Murray committed the largest bank heist in UK history and is currently in prison in Morocco.
Shinya Aoki flipped his opponent, Hirota, the bird after hammerlocking his shoulder into oblivion.
The term for men like this back in the day was "sports". A "sport" was a guy who lived on the fringe of society, betting on all manner of gambling, fighting - be it human or animal (dog, rooster, bear baiting, rat baiting et cetera). At any rate, we might live in a more modified and codified era of mixed martial arts with rounds, and scoring, and weight classes, but these are still dudes trying to bludgeon one another with every allowed weapon on their unarmed body and even mangle and strangle and cripple one another potentially. Let them be what they are, punish them for rowdiness afterward, but let us never wring our hands in despair as to the "horror! the horror!"
Masvidal entered the legends hall of fame pantheon for beloved MMA fighters this weekend for the 1-2 awesomeness that was violent dead falling man tree KO of the much larger Till, then the "3 piece and soda" for lighting up Leon Edwards who fought a runner's pointfight match against Gunnar Nelson.
Masvidal came to early fame scrapping in boat yards in MMA bare knuckle, and to say that he's gonna let a guy who just barely outworked a decision dull his shine after a career high KO of a former title contender and KO artist...well, we see how it played out.
There were some internet algorithm grabbing articles about a "black eye for the sport" what with Dolly Bus attacks and cell phone smashing and the like...but frankly, you get men and women who train to fight other people for money while locked in a cage...waters wet, fire burns, y'know? Of course, punish them because y'know, we can't have riots break out ala the Khabib/Conor or busses attacked with Dollies, but y'know, know that it's all part of the fight game and always has been. I would rue the day every dude showed and was respectful and just did his job and left.
Anyhow, here are some of my favorite trip down memory lane bad boy moments in MMA:
Babalu hanging onto the choke after his opponent tapped. Greatest post fight speech ever. Rogan tries to let him wiggle out of admitting he did it....but no, Babalu straight owns the moment. This got him booted from the UFC.
Daley suckerpunches Koscheck. Weak sauce moment because he got taken down and controlled. Daley got booted for this one and had his UFC contract scrapped.
Nate Diaz flipping the camera the bird after locking down the triangle. I had forgotten he also flipped Benson Henderson the bird hahaha.
Scrap Pack (Diaz bros, Jake Shields, Gilbert Melendez) in cage brawl with Mayhem Miller: Another illustrious Diaz Bros moment. Love these guys til my dying day. This literally ended MMA as a sport on CBS back then.
Nick Diaz FOUGHT Joe Riggs in the hospital after their welterweight showdown in the cage.
Lee Murray committed the largest bank heist in UK history and is currently in prison in Morocco.Shinya Aoki flipped his opponent, Hirota, the bird after hammerlocking his shoulder into oblivion.
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