We can forgive almost anything of our heroes, athletes in particular. Look at Mike Tyson—a man who spent time in prison for rape, a man who practically invented anti-social behavior. Today, he’s the toast of the town, headlining his own one…
We can forgive almost anything of our heroes, athletes in particular. Look at Mike Tyson—a man who spent time in prison for rape, a man who practically invented anti-social behavior. Today, he’s the toast of the town, headlining his own one-man show in Las Vegas—his lunacy long since relegated to part of a charming package. […]
I have a mission for you, the Bleacher Report readers: Ask some of your friends or family members to describe mixed martial arts, and count how many of them use the word “brutal.” Of the ones who do, how many of them are regular viewers of …
I have a mission for you, the Bleacher Report readers: Ask some of your friends or family members to describe mixed martial arts, and count how many of them use the word “brutal.” Of the ones who do, how many of them are regular viewers of the sport? Have they ever sat down and watched […]
We’ve been watching people get knocked out for a long time, Potato Nation. So long, in fact, that it’s gotten to the point where we’ve begun to categorize these knockouts according to the manner in which a fighter’s lifeless body crumbles to the canvas. Is it insensitive, wrong, and perhaps a little too dark? Sure, but if you were worried about sensitivity and other womanly issues, you probably wouldn’t be here. And that’s why we love you as much as two heterosexual sadists can possibly love one another.
But be warned, the knockout that occurred last weekend at Stichting MMA Nederland, in a fight between Wiebe Brouwer and Nick Gorissen, is perhaps the oddest physical reaction to a knockout that we have ever seen, combining the falling tree knockout with Stefan Struve’s Matrix-esque routine against Travis Browne at UFC 130. It will forever change your outlook on the game (?) of limbo, and may cause simultaneous bouts of hysterical laughter and horrified nausea. It did for the CP interns we forced to watch it on a 24 hour loop, anyway.
We’ve been watching people get knocked out for a long time, Potato Nation. So long, in fact, that it’s gotten to the point where we’ve begun to categorize these knockouts according to the manner in which a fighter’s lifeless body crumbles to the canvas. Is it insensitive, wrong, and perhaps a little too dark? Sure, but if you were worried about sensitivity and other womanly issues, you probably wouldn’t be here. And that’s why we love you as much as two heterosexual sadists can possibly love one another.
But be warned, the knockout that occurred last weekend at Stichting MMA Nederland, in a fight between Wiebe Brouwer and Nick Gorissen, is perhaps the oddest physical reaction to a knockout that we have ever seen, combining the falling tree knockout with Stefan Struve’s Matrix-esque routine against Travis Browne at UFC 130. It will forever change your outlook on the game (?) of limbo, and may cause simultaneous bouts of hysterical laughter and horrified nausea. It did for the CP interns we forced to watch it on a 24 hour loop, anyway.
The beginning of the end comes around the 3:05 mark, when, after escaping an armbar that would have given Ronda Rousey a chick boner, Gorissen gets caught with a looping right hand that appears to liquefy his spine. He crashes to the mat, reminiscent of Zoila Gurgel vs. Rosi Sexton, and is luckily spared of any further punishment. Thank science Cecil Peoples wasn’t refereeing, or this video would have surely become Exhibit A in a future murder trial.
Absolutely brutal, ladies and gentlemen. It takes a few minutes before Gorissen is able to stand up, and a lot more before he is able walk away on his own power, but after that KO, we’re just happy that he could walk at all.
The one problem women’s mixed martial arts has come to see is its inconsistent depth in the division. However, with the sport on the upswing it’s likely we’ll see a change in growth over the next several years as it’s popularity…
The one problem women’s mixed martial arts has come to see is its inconsistent depth in the division. However, with the sport on the upswing it’s likely we’ll see a change in growth over the next several years as it’s popularity continues to soar. The inconsistent depth of women’s MMA—specifically the Strikeforce bantamweight division—results in […]
Needless to say, this video from a small East Coast fight league in Charlotte, N.C. from January 26th is not for the weak of heart. Making his professional debut at Fight Lab 20: MMA Cage Fights, Kenneth Crowder took on 1-1 Shane Tyner in a banta…
Needless to say, this video from a small East Coast fight league in Charlotte, N.C. from January 26th is not for the weak of heart. Making his professional debut at Fight Lab 20: MMA Cage Fights, Kenneth Crowder took on 1-1 Shane Tyner in a bantamweight contest that had plenty of highlights, but one particular […]
The UFC has been around for 17 years. Throughout those years, it has given us many, many knockouts. There are some that stand out in our minds, some that we will never forget, and some that were absolutely brutal. These are knockouts that you just saw …
The UFC has been around for 17 years. Throughout those years, it has given us many, many knockouts. There are some that stand out in our minds, some that we will never forget, and some that were absolutely brutal. These are knockouts that you just saw and went “holy sh*t!”. So here are the top […]
