Rolling UFC/MMA Thread

[luka]

Mma the only sport where it's fine to bully a man about how he got bummed by his dad as a child

 

[Corpsey]

Its hilarious in a way that a sport patronised by MAGAs is being dominated by bearded muslims

Is it that they have disciplined minds and don't drink and fornicate? Or that they're wrestling bears when they're in short pants?

 

[luka]

Yeah I think it's fine cos it's like the taliban they admire the patriarchal bearded god fearing nature of it

 

[Murphy]

It’s being schooled in wrestling from a young age, wearing out an opponent by fatiguing them

Look how shit Nurmagomedov was at punching, beat CM by wrapping him up for a long uncomfortable cuddle (not directed @Sean_Strickland)

 

[luka]

There was always a frank admiration of the Taliban among the American right. It makes sense

 

[Murphy]

Loads are doing stunt work on the west coast as day jobs which could end up as security work

America can assimilate almost anyone

 

[luka]

It’s being schooled in wrestling from a young age, wearing out an opponent by fatiguing them

Look how shit Nurmagomedov was at punching, beat CM by wrapping him up for a long uncomfortable cuddle (not directed @Sean_Strickland)

That applies to thousands of other people too, Americans etc. Could be the altitude plays a part in conditioning. Or a really nifty doping regime. Or Allah.

 

[Murphy]

Askren was a high profile wrestler though and was out thought to the extent of retiring. Hasn’t happened to a Caucus mountain man yet

Abstinence from bacon and shit booze never hurt anyone. They’re utterly different in style to, say, Fedor too. Better cardio and really hard to nail striking, so they hug you out into the murky waters and the current only travels one way down there

 

[0bleak]

Could be the altitude plays a part in conditioning. Or a really nifty doping regime. Or Allah.

prolly some combination of allah the above

 

[Corpsey]

Reddit says

• "Big wrestling tradition in these areas.
• Cultural appreciation for being tough, much higher than Western nations.
• Exchange rate - the UFC purse is worth a lot more to them than your average American. I'd expect a lot more phenoms would pop up if every UFC purse was magically 5x'd all of a sudden.
• Higher volume of training at a lower intensity - this approach has proven to produce better outcomes, but also requires more time."

"I think point 3 is huge. The UFC is by far the easiest major sports organization to get into with the lowest level of competition. Even MLS, the least competitive of the premier US sports leagues, is miles ahead. UFC is also a solo endeavor vs basically every other sport. If you are an athletically gifted person from that area, are you gonna try to break into a team sport (very likely your country doesn’t have a competitive national team and no scout is gonna be looking at your local teams) or get some pro MMA fights, crush a few cans, and work your way up into the better known low-level organizations?"

 

[IdleRich]

There's all those Russian Muslim guys who just wreck everyone.

Pretty sure none of them are Russian.
Edit - maybe pedantic but I mean it's not just that they're not technically Russian, they're not culturally Russian, they're nothing like Russians.

 

[IdleRich]

Ha ha "Khamzat Khizarovich Chimaev (born 1 May 1994) is a Russian...." doh

 

[luka]

They're all Russian

 

[luka]

Dagestan is part of Russia.

 

[IdleRich]

Yeah yeah shut up

 

[IdleRich]

My friend Taras (Russian) was in this party talking with an English guy and a girl from Belarus. The English guy said "I never know, is Belarus part of Russia or what?" and Taras said "not yet" - apparently the girl didn't find that very funny, started screaming about how "You fucker try it we will fucking burn you down" etc