I’ve come to admire mixed martial arts cage fighting in general and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners like Forrest Griffin and Diego Sanchez in particular. So I jumped at the chance to catch some live MMA action at my area AMVETS hall. I expected to see local fighters in peak condition accurately executing devastating strikes, takedowns, and the occasional rear naked choke, but, save a couple of bouts, most of the fighters looked like this guy. . .
He weighed in at 316 pounds and pretty much laid on his opponent the whole time. Complete with sloppy, looping blows and easily-winded combatants, many of the other fights could’ve just as easily taken place at TondaBeth’s Hideaway Lounge. A spectacle for all the wrong reasons.
–S.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
If I knew you had a working knowledge of cage matches, I would’ve been too chicken to challenge you to that wrestling match.
Haven’t heard from you in a long time. Hope you’re not upset with me.
January 10th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
It’s the quiet ones you have to watch. . .
All is well. When I’m not working, I am working out — training in, you guessed it, Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
–S.