EX250 Type R posted:

that was the megathread that was sent to byob or whatever where their mods probated and banned a bunch of people for months old posts made while the thread was still in GBS right?

Booblord Zagats posted:

Thanks for that explanation, Moridin, I know many of us were thinking these were death matches and planning on showing up with a net gun and a tazer to become grand champions, but you saved us the embarrassment

Zzulu posted:

Ninjas were a bunch of pussies who couldn't do poo poo without sucker punching people or using weapons, from behind

massive fuckin dorks of the martial arts world

Zzulu posted:

Welll, it's illegal to strike right above the neck but you can still elbow the poo poo out of people, like this;


It's extremely hard to pull off though, that guy is only one of very few to do it

Wamdoodle posted:

A real fight is fuckin dirty.

a retard posted:

the only reason downward elbow strikes are illegal in mma is that an old lady from the nevada athletic commission saw a video of a mcdojo guy breaking cinder blocks with his elbow and she actually thought that was real so when the rules were written up she specifically requested that "downward elbows are banned" be put in there

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The meeting consisted of representatives of a number of major MMA organisations including Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Pride Fighting Championships and International Fighting Championships (IFC) as well as doctors and referees in New Jersey, United States. In the meeting, doctors raised concerns about 12-6 elbows after seeing an IFC match where 12-6 elbows were used to the back of a fighter's head. One doctor argued that they could be life-threatening, and refused to sanction any set of rules that didn't prohibit them.[3]

McCarthy argued that the rules already prohibited strikes to the back of the head and questioned if it was just the 12-6 elbow strike that was the problem. Following this discussion, Nick Lembo wrote the Unified Rules, including a rule prohibiting downward elbow strikes.

Keg posted:

How is this a real opinion? lmao

proof of concept posted:

I didn't think I'd be reading a passionate defense of anti-grappling by someone who actually believes in it in 2016, but here we are.

Life sure is full of surprises sometimes!

LegoPirateNinja posted:

wasnt there a black dude with relatively little training who used to get people on the ground and jackhammer their heads with his elbow? he caused serious concussions in everyone he beat and did serious damage to himself in the process. i thought that was why they banned it.

proof of concept posted:

This is probably a dumb idea but I'm actually going to respond to you in good faith: you're missing the point of those videos entirely. It doesn't matter how many super deadly mortal kombat fatality techniques you know if you can't land them on someone who is not only trying to avoid them but is also trying to hurt you right back. And it's pretty hard to get good at something you can't practice under those conditions without injuring your training partner. So in all of those "ninja vs. an actual athlete who intends to gently caress up his poo poo" videos the ninja dudes always get their faces pounded in because their training regiment of cosplay, larping and reading revisionist history doesn't magically give them the power to ploink someones eyes out like they're in a three stooges movie, and surprise surprise it doesn't magically give them any conventional wrestling/punching skills to fall back on when their secret techniques fail them either.

Al Cowens posted:

hitchensgoespop posted:

Attention Thread: I am an actual MMA champion. I've fought hundreds of ninjas both in the octagon and in vicious street fights. I've never once lost.
Mordin knows little of what he talks about, I'm living proof of that.

etalian posted:

Best Rousey video is the one in which she throws the fat martial arts nerd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXvIjk8YJtI

Stealth Tiger posted:

Sacred ninja techniques like "punching a dude in the nads" were perfectly legal in the early UFC's and those were all still won by Jiu Jitsu guys or wrestlers. Literally the only guy who managed to lose a fight from ball strikes was the guy who played Random Task in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.

Fire Barrel posted:

Was crazy to watch some of those matches, especially when some of those guys came up against people with actual training.

Bro Dad posted:

reminder that american rednecks invented the most hardcore fighting sport known to man:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouging_(fighting_style)

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many mischievous and ill disposed persons have of late, in a malicious and barbarous manner, maimed, wounded, and defaced, many of his majesty's subjects

a retard posted:

homeschooling isn't a bad idea if you know what you're doing

Jesus Christ posted:

I had a friend in high school who was a nice enough dude in general but he was home schooled 'til 10th grade and was really into anime and would go on these weird long tangents about how ninjas could totally kick the poo poo out of soldiers with guns and poo poo because ninja powers can slice bullets in mid air if they're even detected and there was something about Saddam for some reason (this was before we owned his rear end) but Moridin what's your stance on arms proliferation in central and south America?

proof of concept posted:

this is just your sad attempt at ninja deception I'd say you need more time in the dojo grasshopper

Nauta posted:

my argument is that 1.) mma dudes are as capable of gouging eyes or slamming your nutsack as any ninja 2.) most street fights end up in wrestling anyway (unless you manage to ko your opponent in the first seconds of the fight, source: liveleak videos) so your wrong morondin

jonathan posted:

Perhaps people should just concede that secluded martial art styles with heaps of bullshit on top from years of story telling and mysticism are about as effective as ancient chinese remedies.

proof of concept posted:

yeah but ninjas put paper in their mouths so they can breathe sideways, which has many important advantages in a real life situation

quote:

At one point Falcao is knocked unconscious with a baseball bat and the men still continue the attack, punching, kicking his head and stomping on him several times. Maiquel Falcao and his friend were sent to the hospital with serious injuries.

jonathan posted:

That video doesn't really show anything against mma or anything. If there is a bunch of people with clubs, you probably aren't going to win any fight unless you have a machine gun or a bear suit.

evobatman posted:

Somebody put way too much work into this.