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Posted by: Asheron Feb 1 2008, 08:13 PM

It looks like it will be interesting. I wonder if Lesnar can handle MMA. Anyone planning to watch?

"At UFC 81, former UFC® heavyweight champion Frank Mir will put wrestling superstar Brock Lesnar to the ultimate test, as Lesnar makes his move from the squared circle into the Octagon™ to prove that he is for real."

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=EventDetail.FightCard&eid=1023

Posted by: D Minor Feb 3 2008, 10:31 AM

Brock looked good but ended up losing to a knee lock. He allmost finished it in the in he first minute.
He definitly needs to work on submision defence. All in all, good show but too quick.

Posted by: Adam Feb 3 2008, 10:43 PM

Just a note, this wasn't Brock's first sanctioned MMA bought: He fought and beat Min Soo Kim at a K1-Dynamite show in LA in under two minutes, June 2007.

Posted by: DTFarstar Feb 4 2008, 12:53 AM

So weird seeing you respond to something outside of your official personage, Adam. That said, I think submission defense is probably the hardest thing to learn, but I might be weird. I'm good at striking, blocking, and my mass makes me good at grappling(in a strictly incredibly amateur way- please do not think I'm comparing myself to these MMA professionals)and all those things are pretty instinctive with me, but for some reason I have to really work at submission defense.

Chris

Posted by: Adam Feb 4 2008, 01:04 AM

Ack -- I meant June *2007* -- duh.

I don't think it's so strange that submission defense is the hardest thing to learn -- nobody instinctively tries to lock on a triangle choke in a schoolyard or bar fight, after all. Well, maybe they do *now* ...

[Disclaimer: no martial arts training. Also, this thread is totally off topic and never was on topic. It's a good thing it's about my favorite non-gaming subject; the other admins might smack us down, though.]

Posted by: Fortune Feb 4 2008, 01:06 AM

Number 81? Man! I haven't seen a UFC event since #4 or 5.

Posted by: DTFarstar Feb 4 2008, 04:31 AM

I can remember renting #2 with my dad when I was a kid. I think. It was MMA of some sort, I think UFC.

Chris

Posted by: Adam Feb 4 2008, 01:30 PM

Heh ... things have sure changed since those days. The sport has evolved a lot, and is much more refined and interesting.

Posted by: Caine Hazen Feb 4 2008, 05:07 PM

Come on kids, you're hurting our heads here. We need you to make at least some lame attempt at relating this to gaming in some way. At least one Aztechnology fighting pit deathmatch dissertation or Fung Shui rules argument please...

Posted by: Abbandon Feb 5 2008, 09:22 PM

I thought Brock's new chest tatoo was pretty stupid. How drunk, messed up on drugs was he that day ??