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Brandon shares a fascination with the Martial Arts as many others do; However, his association and family history with the sport is unique compared to most. Since the age of four he has trained in submission style fighting, primarily coached by his Samoan father, Raymond, who himself competed for the US Men’s Team, and was ranked as the 2nd Greatest Fighter in the Nation by Karate Magazine. From his Martial Arts training Brandon brings a ‘never giving up’ attitude to his daily work routine.

Brandon Sua is one of 4 siblings. His older brother is a paramedic firefighter, and Brandon, his identical brother and sister are triplets.

Lid posted:

https://www.instagram.com/suacyde/

His lawyer

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRCpCsCDDC2aAWB8h_7EEgf_1t99TVgKsxbKs40/

Suacyde.

https://mobile.twitter.com/brandon_sua?lang=en

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That is... quite an identical sister.

Say Nothing posted:

So, they're going for the 'She asked for it' defense?

Captain Log posted:

Never underestimate the fuckery of the American justice system. When a jury get's involved you might as well draw a verdict from a hat. As long as 90% of the options say guilty unless you can afford a lawyer.

I'm personally against the prison complex (Hi Atom) but I can't think of a better example of a threat to society than War Machine.

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THE attempted murder and sexual assault trial of a former mixed martial arts fighter took an unexpected turn on Wednesday (AEDT) when a once-potential juror showed up to court with a gift of sorts for the man who calls himself War Machine.

The unidentified woman arrived with a smile and handed a small manila envelope to the marshal in Courtroom 15B, despite not being selected in the high-profile case, which saw its second day of testimony on Tuesday, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. War Machine is accused of viciously attacking ex-girlfriend and former porn star Christine Mackinday in a jealous outburst over a new boyfriend.

The woman had penned a letter with what appeared to be a handmade blue leather bracelet inscribed with the word “grace” on it. The gesture confused both defence lawyers and prosecutors, leading them to approach District Judge Elissa Cadish’s bench to inspect the envelope’s contents.

The letter’s contents were not made public, but lawyers said the woman wrote that she was praying for War Machine — born Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver — and asked others to do the same. She also wrote that someone close to her was serving time behind bars under similar circumstances, the newspaper reports.

Cadish ruled that the woman should be allowed to write Koppenhaver, who remains held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas. The package, however, would need to be mailed and processed to Koppenhaver just as it would any other inmate, she said.

The letter was simply “private thoughts” that the woman wanted to share with Koppenhaver, according to his defence lawyer Jay Leiderman, who called the gesture “very sweet”.

Prosecutor Jacqueline Bluth, meanwhile, objected to allowing the woman to present Koppenhaver with a package, calling it “absolutely inappropriate”.

Witness testimony continued in the case after the one-time potential juror appeared with her note, including that of two officers who responded to the initial 911 call made by Mackinday. One of the cops testified that she was traumatised by seeing the former porn star’s extensive injuries, LasVegasNow.com reports.

“Geez, her face was completely swollen; both eyes just puffy and closed,” said Officer Somalia Shepard. “Her teeth were — two of her teeth were missing. She had dry blood around her mouth and her nose. She had bruising on her leg. She just complained of pain.”

Prosecutors this week began their case against Koppenhaver, who legally changed his name during his 19-fight MMA career, with opening statements of his trial on 34 counts, including attempted murder, kidnapping and sexual assault. Roughly an hour before the early-morning attack on August 8 2014, Koppenhaver and Mackinday — known by her stage name, Christy Mack — had exchanged “I love you” text messages, according to Leiderman.

“And then it all breaks loose,” Leiderman told jurors.

Koppenhaver, 35, has pleaded not guilty and faces up to life in prison if convicted. He was arrested outside Los Angeles a week after the alleged attack in Las Vegas.

willie_dee posted:

It's scary how movie villain/cliche those pictures are of the fat ugly smug man next to him and War Machine looking relaxed and smiling. It reminds me of that pedo courtroom scene in Devils Advocate, only with the roles reversed.

Digital Jedi posted:

https://twitter.com/AntonioNews3LV

Is live tweeting the testimonies when court is going on.

Lid posted:

War Machine's trial has started

The defence is that Christy Mack had rape fantasies and War Machine just went a little too far and doesn't know fantasy from reality.

Jerusalem posted:

Didn't he also beat the poo poo out of some poor schmoe who was visiting her at the time as well? Did he think that was part of her "fantasy"?

Or am I thinking of a different horrific beating case?

DumbWhiteGuy posted:

Marching Powder posted:

They all just had sex together.

DumbWhiteGuy posted:

Quisling posted:

look at the size of that boob

Quisling posted:

look at the size of that boob

Rigel posted:

A double-knockout happened this weekend. Unsurprisingly, because this is so extremely rare, the ref screwed up and awarded the win to the first guy who was able to stand. (A double knockout is a technical draw in MMA)

willie_dee posted:

I prefer the refs interpretation of deciding who wins. It's a real test of how hard you knocked the other guy out vs how hard you got knocked out, and heart in getting to the feet as soon as possible and trying to act like you are good.

Rigel posted:

The rules do make sense in their way though, the fight is supposed to end the moment there is a KO, and if both were KO'd nobody wins.

Rigel posted:

(A double knockout is a technical draw in MMA)

chaleski posted:

Isn't it supposed to be a No Contest?

Rigel posted:

A double-knockout happened this weekend. Unsurprisingly, because this is so extremely rare, the ref screwed up and awarded the win to the first guy who was able to stand. (A double knockout is a technical draw in MMA)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYR1-0XH30M

Chris James 2 posted:

DumbWhiteGuy posted:

https://twitter.com/smoogymma/status/842176876613365760

see if you can spot all the funny things in this tweet