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Maxwell Lord posted:I've only just recently become aware of the fact that UFC, now a prestigious and well-regulated mainstream sports promotion, basically started out a few steps above bum fights. But just barely. Jon "Scientific Aggression Fighting Technology of America" Hess won his first UFC fight ever against the owner of Dallas' own Totally Nude Steakhouse.
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For my money I would put any of the early PRIDE shows up against the worst the UFC has to offer. PRIDE.1 famously pit UFC retreads (who could actually fight) against UWFi pro wrestlers (who could not) all in an attempt to salvage something from the Rickson/Takada feud that had already put the UWFi's second-biggest star in the hospital. Thrill as:
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OldTennisCourt posted:Didn't UFC 1 have a match where a blackbelt came out in a full on white gi and got completely demolished in seconds? You're thinking of Fred Ettish, though UFC 2 had a karateka and K-1 fighter who got poo poo on by Royce
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Sep 3, 2014 20:13
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coconono posted:Which one? There were a few guys in Gis that go their poo poo ruined. Pat Smith proved that in the land of the blind the man with one halfassed guillotine choke is king Iirc he went on to be ambushed by Tank Abbots hangers on at UU 96
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Sep 3, 2014 20:15
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coconono posted:just watched UFC9 and if you like sloppy fights with Big John being forced into the moral quandary to end a fight to save a dude's life or let it continue for the fans, this is for you. Main event was piss but Don Frye made up for it with his flagrantly illegal brutalization of some schlub. Don Frye has a superpower and he uses it when we need it most
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