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Man, this thread is all kinds of messed up. It makes me sad, this thread was probably the coolest thing I ever participated in on this forum. :(

Maybe because his opponent, although on his back is not completely down on his shoulders. People took their pins quite seriously back then, or so I´ve heard. Bottom guy probably posted on his forearm to forestall the pin, opening himself up for the arm entanglement.

Widely known by who? Like, is there any proof of that? Certainly doesn't look staged to me. It looks pretty much exactly like I´d expect someone who knows how to wrestle would look against someone who really doesn't, but is overconfident and comes forward recklessly. Not saying that it...

The only reason you don't hear the "size doesn't matter" line in wrestling is that wrestling is almost exclusively thought about by its coaches and practicioners as a competitive sport that is done against other skilled wrestlers. Jiu-jitsu is still, although this is rapidly changing in the...

EU IV is way, WAY easier to get into than EU III or something like Hearts of Iron or Victoria. So many systems have been streamlined or just made to work more logically. If you are interested but intimidated by the game, I wholeheartedly encourage you to make the jump and try it out...

That was an amazing display by Maia. I´m pretty much as bummed out as anyone can be that Gunni lost, but there is no denying that Damien Maia is the greatest exponent of jiu-jitsu in MMA, ever.

No-one who is a "pretty terrible" mixed martial artist beats guys in the top 10 in any weightclass in the UFC, unless your standard for what constitutes "good" is insanely high. That being said, I agree that Edgar would give him fits and probably beat him.

Holy shit this is awesome. Thank you for posting, this is definitely going into heavy rotation!

I´ve never taken the time to listen to them enough to form an opinion. Most of the post-hardcore stuff is not really something I like, with some notable exceptions. I do know, however, that Kurt Ballou is an amazing producer. So many albums I love have been recorded by him. And a lot of...

Lucky you! On the live tip, any of you guys going to Roadburn Festival next year? The lineup is nothing short of insane. If things weren't so up in the air in my life right now(I may be switching jobs soon) that I don't know if I can make it, I´d have bought tickets already.

If you have any interest in Renaissance and/or Enlightenment history, you should check this game out. Every game gives you some compelling alternative history. Last time around I played Georgia, and went from being a tiny irrelevant kingdom hiding from big bad Turkomen hordes in the safety of...

This is currently the only game I am playing at all. After the Common Sense DLC introduced forts, this game has gone from being good to being absolutely fantastic IMO. Looking forward to the new features being introduced in The Cossacks, but haven't bought it yet since the word is that they...

Hardly qualifies as "New".

The only places were there are really strong Judo scenes but weak wrestling scenes are western Europe and some countries in Latin America - France and the Low Countries in particular. You can draw a line north-south from the Baltic to the Mediterranean through roughly Germany. Everything...

Yeah that was some Iron Sheik-level shit.

I think the UFC didn't actually make a deal with Reebok, they made a deal with some chinese outfit that makes Reebok knockoffs.

I sense potential greatness in this thread. Or maybe it´ll just sit here and stink up the place, like a garbage bag left on a porch in the midsummer heat.

People used to harp on Gunni's size and strength disadvantages at 170 until he trounced Thatch, one of the biggest weight cutter in the division. Of course Maia is not Thatch and Thatch is not Maia....but as long as Gunni stays sharp, mobile and above all lets his power go standing, I think...

I think Nelson will employ the "1-2 combo" takedown to establish top position. Whether he manages to pass from there depends entirely on how rocked Maia is :) I think Maia's best bet is actually to pursue the takedown early and agressively, because he'd much rather grapple a dry Nelson from...

Ido Portal had some commentary on their session together on his blog, his rationale behind having them react to stick attacks etc is pretty cool(although I don't know if it holds up in terms of the neuroscience), essentially he wants to break the athlete out of the movement patterns he is used...