http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/28/ultimate-fucking-crazy-is-coming-to-seattle Comments On: Ultimate Fucking Crazy is Coming to Seattle by Unpaid Intern en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
At the highest levels, MMA involves well trained fighters, often skilled practioners of martial arts which have almost no other media exposure in the US, who have been planning and preparing for each particular fight for months. Most fights worth watching will exhibit a mixture of skill, talent, and tactical thinking. For those of us with backgrounds in martial arts other than boxing, this is one of the few times we can readily see competition of this sort.
Posted by Post_Mortem]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:54:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by evilvolus]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:27:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Kinison]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:24:07 -0800 The Stranger de rigeur).

@28 - Different sports may disguise and codify violence to different degrees, but make no mistake--all sport is ritualized wargaming. In my experience, the average UFC fan is no more stupid than the average NFL fan (and football, it should be noted, actually exhibits higher rates of brain and spinal injury than boxing or MMA).
Posted by thelyamhound]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:49:38 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ScrawnyKayaker]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:55:54 -0800 The Stranger
"Boxing (fighting) don't have no old timers league, Butch"
Posted by Sir Vic]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:25:02 -0800 The Stranger Posted by pfffter]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:53:44 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:48:13 -0800 The Stranger Posted by peskypoop]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:40:59 -0800 The Stranger
10/10 would read again!
Posted by TheMisanthrope]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:16:30 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Post_Mortem]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:47 -0800 The Stranger
Al, you put a paragraph together pretty well. And you make some mistakes, but you care about things. Keep writing.
Posted by yuiop]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:44:08 -0800 The Stranger Posted by jayf]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:33:38 -0800 The Stranger
It's also much more directly relevant to real-world self-defense. If it's a boxer vs. a wrestler, always bet on the wrestler.

But, yeah, I know a friend of a fiend who was a UFC fighter who would practice by kicking the shit out of guys in parking lots of various bars in rural Maine. Too bad no one shot him.
Posted by seandr]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:53:00 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Birdsy]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:31:44 -0800 The Stranger
Or maybe this is ironic advertising? Hey guys! UFC is coming! And they got a guy who's just fucking crazy! And he swears! Can you believe it? It's gonna be wild!
Posted by TheMisanthrope]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:02:06 -0800 The Stranger
It's pretty substandard. But then I checked the author. I guess The Stranger gets what it pays for.
Posted by GermanSausage]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:30:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by johnnygaijin]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:30:00 -0800 The Stranger
He may be an a-hole, but we can't throw people to the margins because some others don't them.
Posted by floater]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:17:08 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Post_Mortem]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:57:22 -0800 The Stranger
Gay panic isn't dead, I see.

Nobody should live in fear of appearing to be a little bit gay. There'd be a lot less bullying if teenagers could learn that. It's OK to like sports with male bodies in them. It doesn't make you gay.
Posted by Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:37:30 -0800 The Stranger Posted by john cocktosin Iv]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:34:48 -0800 The Stranger

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:40:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by GermanSausage]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:39:43 -0800 The Stranger Posted by madcap]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:32:27 -0800 The Stranger