RavishingRickRudo

1. I almost lost it when the deaf guy broke down after winning. Clearly it meant a lot to him - probably more than the vast majority of racers to have raced. 2. Dude from School of Rock! 3. One of the red heads is definitely the choice cut of the show. Though... 4. The blonde with the dude is smoking. 5. The bungee jump was fairly visceral. Probably one of the few race tasks that would give me hesitation. The asian guy is hilarious in his crackerdom. 6. How hard could that cheese task have possibly been? Cheers to the hick who took 3 at a time and leaped over a few teams. Jeers to everyone else who ate a bag of dicks on that one. 7. Midgets! For the first time in a while, I have a few teams I am cheering for. The midgets, team marlee matlin, white asia (actually, add the asian chick to the list), the hicks, school of rock... and a lot of the other teams have hot chicks on em. This is gonna be a good season. 8. How slow could that blonde chick have been to be lagging behind that bad when coming in last? 9. All nicknames are temporary. Just waiting for Starv to get on this.

I think that goes for pretty much most places in the world. If you want to succeed, at least in the UFC, you have to train in the states (or at least how athletes in the US train). There is something to be said for American work ethic, ingenuity, and synergy. The way most camps stateside have made a science out of training is state of the art right now in fighting. You now have people outside the fighting disciplines getting involved (nutritionists, strength and conditioning coaches, psychologists). There's a reason why so many top fighters come out of so few teams. For one, once a team has a certain amount of high level athletes, they all push the others to get better. Add to that different coaches (strength and conditioning, BJJ, boxing, wrestling, etc) under one roof, being organized by a head trainer. The way fighters are training now is different from when they trained 5 years ago. If you are a fighter still training by those antiquated methods, you are not going to get as far as you should. It's not just about who trains hardest and longest. It's not just about who can get beat up the most in the gym. It's a lot more micro than that now.

"DON'T TELL ME WHAT I CAN'T DO!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNyGAXV3N_I...feature=related

I don't recall the Firefly thread being large, so there will probably be a lag in regards to Joss fans getting on board. Natch, I haven't seen it. More cause I forgot/don't have kaybell. It will be downloaded/streamed sometime this week.

WHAT IS GOING ON?!?!

Jin! Sawyer! YAAY!!

Wow, this is all like some international suspense thriller with Clive Owen in it.

I swear to god I will fight you. *wipes away tear* ...I will... *bursts out crying*

Shiiit, you get all of the racism but none of the benefits.

Lower bowl, 5-15 rows up. Pref. on the sides rather than corners.

Cain looked absolutely vicious. Those leg kicks were ridiculous. Neer/Mac was a really good fight, as was Joe/Stephens. This was a successful show in that it was both entertaining and it progressed the fighters who were expected to win.

I've always wanted to go to Chicago.

The Deep Impact to Paul Blartts Armageddon.

What the hell are you going on aboot? I was clearly referring to Naomi Watts and the hanging vine as the poster comparison to Lesnar and Kongo.

Lesnar vs. Kongo would be insane business. IMAGINE THE POSTER! * *Approximation

YES! I've wondered why they haven't put that fight together yet.

LOL, looking at Miks sig in succession with LOTC's is awesome. It creates an animation of sorts with GSP beating the shit out of Penn. Edit: OMG it's like one of those magic tricks where the persons head falls into their body. BUT WHERE IS THE MAGIC?!

The best part was Jin realizing who the young pregnant chick was. JIN~!~!!

You have to join fight club to get any sort of good, "cheap" ticket. The scalping will be amazing after the pre-sale. The 80 (?) bucks you spend on fight club will be better than the 300 bucks you spend on a 50 dollar ticket. Also, buy extras and sell them for double. The show will definitely sell out. Take away all the people who bought tickets last time and you still have enough to fill the bell centre.

It may have hindered BJ from stifling Georges' GnP with his pseudo rubber guard for a round or two, but I don't think BJ would have been able to implement a full offensive Rubber guard simply because GSP wasn't really giving him anything to work with. Realistically speaking, since it appears to me that Nurse didn't use a lot of Vaseline, how much grease is needed for it to be effective?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd2PmSss_h4

Dana's recent blog is fantastic. Gono practicing his entrance, his Stephan Bonnar post-fight pep talk, him being PISSED about vasgate, Wandy betting him $100 on Tavares (and subsequently rubbing his belly, saying that it's going to pay for his dinner). Oh, and BJ looking broken

But Fedor is in a shit division. GSP is in arguably the most stacked division in MMA and dominates it. He has no shortage of fighters to choose from, so he doesn't move up. A win over BJ is better than a win over Irvin. PFP is purely in regards to skill and the fighter in relation to his division (his competition). If you want to say that Fedor could beat any fighter in the world, that's fine. If you want to say that Fedor could beat a bigger, stronger, heavyweight GSP (or do as well as a smaller WW) you'd be fairly nuts. A division with highly skilled fighters (WW) is a lot tougher to succeed in than one with few (HW), and therefore a fighter who dominates such a division deserves greater respect. In terms of wrestling, JJ, striking, strategy, conditioning, etc. do you really think Fedor is better than GSP? GSP is the better wrestler, is better conditioned, is the better striker (Fedor has more KO power, but GSP outshines him in terms of footwork, technique, variety of strikes, percentages landing, etc.), has better offensive positioning (I'd go so far as to say ground game, though Fedor may be better of his back), and I'd say GSP has better GnP at this point (It's been a while since those Nog and Heath beatings). Not to mention one of Fedor's best features -his strategy- was missing from his last fight (unless you really are going to say he intentionally lulled Arlovski into throwing a flying knee), while Georges displayed excellent gameplanning against BJ. Skill for skill, I'd put GSP against anyone.

Haku?

Um. BJ Penn is a really awesome fighter. Do you know that? If St. Pierre raped him, he would have caused less physical, mental, and emotional damage than what he did Saturday. St. Pierre has serious, serious, skills. Very few flaws. His all-round game is by far the best in MMA. I heart Fedor. But between his last performance and Georges' most recent, the difference is striking. I could go on for days about how fucking good Rush is. His performance last night was another level from what everyone else is fighting. Lots of people make comments about size, but straight-up, St. Pierre was better. Period. Dramatically better. That performance is PHD MMA, to me. GSP made it a close, clinch fight to get BJ's shoulders filled with lactic acid and therefore get tired, which would affect his boxing, ability to defend standing and on the ground. How fucked up is that? He has scientists examining his opponents, breaking them down to a molecular level, examining their DNA to find out their genetic weaknesses and predispositions. When asked about the takedown attempts in the first two rounds, Rush is saying the strategy wasn't to get takedowns, because then it would be a JJ fight. The strategy was to make BJ fight off the takedowns. Mindblowing stuff.