Combat Sports - General Q and A thread: Why are these fights so boring?

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Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

He also said that the fight before that last one, his medical bills ended up being higher than what he was paid. So he was not fighting in protest.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2012 20:38

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 18:50

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

mobn was banned because he toxx'ed himself to lose weight, and then half-way through the toxx, he didn't lose any weight, and claimed that he had a pimple on his thigh, and so he could not work out or it would get infected.

e: and he posted pictures of his wife that makes Dos Santos's wife look like a super model by comparison.

Fozzy The Bear fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Jan 29, 2013

# ¿ Jan 29, 2013 06:54

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Forceholy posted:

I was watching Mayweather school a ginger today when I noticed that boxing matches (30-36 min.) are longer than MMA fights (15-25). Is there a reason for this?

Because they are different sports. Football and Basketball have different times as well.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2013 08:33

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

getitoffgetitoff posted:

Casual MMA fan question: why exactly did John Fitch get cut from UFC?

You get to stay in the UFC if you are either winning or exciting. In Jon Fitch's last 4 fights in the UFC he was one win, two losses, one draw. That one win is over someone who is 3-3 (in the UFC). Fitch was almost never exciting.

# ¿ Oct 24, 2013 03:11

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Random question, I made a bet with my friend that steroids help you if you train or not. I remember reading here on PSP about 4-6 months ago about this study that a group doing no exercise gained 7 pounds of muscle vs the control group. I've googled my hardest, but I can't find that study anymore. Anyone have a link?

I specifically remember someone making a joke that the steroid would be perfect for Rampage Jackson.

# ¿ Nov 25, 2013 03:24

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

BlindSite posted:

You might have better luck talking to Shiny sides in the A/T thread, but the biggest benefit of roids for training is increased energy levels and quick healing.

I am thinking of this one specific study, the group taking the steroids gained muscle, and the control group didn't. And both groups didn't work out.

# ¿ Nov 25, 2013 06:52

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

MagicCube posted:

I had it before and couldn't find it, but I just put "steroid study" into google and it popped up first result.

http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/steroids-vs-natural/

I bow to your K-1 level googling.

# ¿ Nov 25, 2013 08:49

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Nostradingus posted:

I hear that boxing is corrupt. In what ways?

This is not a sarcastic post; I am literally ignorant about all things boxing.

Champions are protected from any fighters that pose a real threat to them.

Champions will fight 20-0 fighters, so that it looks like they are being challenged. When in fact the 20-0 fighter has only beat up cans, and posed no threat at all to the champion.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2014 06:23

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

rrrrrrrrrrrt posted:

Why do fighters paw at one another during stand-up? Is it to establish reach? Or to see if an opponent is going to check your hand motion?

They are trying to poke their opponent's eye.

I wish the ref would deduct a point every time a fighter extends their hand with their hand open.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2014 00:37

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Is there any unified mma rules concerning manipulating the ears? No small joint manipulation, no fish hooking. But could someone grab your ear and pull?

# ¿ Jun 4, 2014 04:29

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

[ joe sperg]
OMG Anderson Silva KO'd that guy with an uppercut using his elbow!!!!
/joe]

# ¿ Jun 10, 2014 00:48

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Fozzy The Bear posted:

[ joe sperg]
OMG Anderson Silva KO'd that guy with an uppercut using his elbow!!!!
/joe]

Captain Log posted:

Don't forget when Anderson Silva killed a man with a standing elbow out of boredom.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2014 21:27

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Pretty sure you can try out FightPass for free for one month.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2014 19:33

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Dangersim posted:

Reports of Melendez almost getting ko'd were greatly exaggerated

# ¿ Nov 13, 2015 02:57

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

UFC video game curse came early

# ¿ Nov 15, 2015 07:00

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

1st AD posted:

It's real funny to think that the #3 light heavyweight murdered a middling lightweight fighter.

And lost to a middling lightweight fighter too. Rich Clementi was 169, Rumble was 177.5.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2016 06:06

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

I thought this was the combat sports thread. Can someone explain what a shoot and work is?

# ¿ Apr 26, 2016 19:37

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

UFC thread had the answers

fatherdog posted:

"Shoot" and "work" are prowrestling terms. A "work" or "worked match" is a predetermined pro-wrestling match. A "shoot" is a real fight. To "shoot" on someone means to break script and go after them in a worked match/situation.

Pancrase as an organization started out as a branchoff of a stiff-styled prowrestling organization, with the concept of doing "shoot fighting". It's generally thought that the early cards were mostly stiff works, with one or two shoots per show, and eventually as MMA became a popular sport in it's own right in Japan it transitioned to being just another mma org.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2016 19:40

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Vitamin Boss posted:

arghh, dangit

Wait, do we only have pro wrestling mods now?

# ¿ Jan 20, 2017 05:52

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Dan Didio posted:

I have good news, and bad news.

Bad news first... wait... is Atom the new mod?

# ¿ Jan 20, 2017 05:59

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Stairmaster posted:

does boxing gently caress up your brain more than football?

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/25/539198429/study-cte-found-in-nearly-all-donated-nfl-player-brains

110 out of 111 NFL brains have CTE.
Earlier study said 87 of 91 have CTE.

I can't find any good numbers for boxing. MMA is too new to get good numbers.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2017 15:22

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Captain Log posted:

drat. I haven't used a computer in years so I was hoping for something without advertising to break a phone.

But I'm getting a computer this week, so I'm saving those bookmarks.

If you ever work at Dell for a period of time you will leave literally hating technology.

You can install adblock on phones.

# ¿ Aug 16, 2017 04:56

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

david carmichael posted:

When i think non attribute fighter i think jon fitch, jake shields, donald cerrone, etc

Forrest Griffin.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2018 17:31

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

kimbo305 posted:

Has he said if he was juicing for the first Anderson fight?

He was juicing for every fight.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2018 19:48

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Jack B Nimble posted:

Is there a website for long form journalism on combat sports? Not articles on who won the recent fight, but deep dives on fighter biographies, gym drama, etc etc. Like, a breakdown of what went wrong in Rhonda Rousey's training and career would be an example of what I'm looking for.

Those aren't very profitable for the websites. When you come across one you like, look up the author on twitter and follow him. It tends to be the same 2-4 guys writing them all. One good one is: https://twitter.com/ChuckMindenhall
https://www.themith.com/

# ¿ Dec 24, 2021 21:52

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

DumbWhiteGuy posted:

I'm watching DAZN boxing tonight and a guy sounded like Frank Shamrock was commentating. Which leads me to the question, what ever happened to Frank Shamrock because I remember he got braces to do more desk work and I haven't heard anything about him in years.

He posts on social media occasionally.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2022 03:58

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 18:50

Fozzy The Bear: Dec 11, 1999; Nothing much, watching the game, drinking a bud

Eat The Rich posted:

Note: I've had about six glasses of scotch and I'm drunk and I'm gonna do a little rambling.

I found a love for wrestling through eyepatch wolfs video about wrestling. It led me to AEW after a touch of NJPW and just following it up with a whole lotta love for Kenny Omega and the Golden Lovers.

I guess what I wanna know is how everyone keeps up with pro wrestling. I followed AEW hard until recently and I've seen a few shows live. I watched CM Punk lose to MJF in Chicago and I saw the seventh ladder match in LA between Penta and The Elite. But I've focused on projects or games or life.

How do you keep up with wrestling when life prevents you? How do you not listen to Battle Cry on repeat? How do I as a semi-new fan not lose the plot?

I feel like I know the answer, which is watch the things! They're coming to a mile away from me and I have tix and I'm super pumped but haven't found time to watch at all.

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Edit: I feel like there was a joshi subforum and I'm gonna be so pissed if sober me finds a wrestling-specific subforum

prof wrestling isn't combat or a sport :lol:

# ¿ May 12, 2023 20:07

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