If you’ve seen the latest TV spot for the soon-to-be-released Assassin’s Creed: Revelations game, you may have done a double take when you saw a character that looked an awful lot like BJ Penn.
Don’t worry, you aren’t going nuts. Penn appeared in the commercial sandwiched between Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose and the game’s protagonist, Ezio Auditore da Firenze.
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If you’ve seen the latest TV spot for the soon-to-be-released Assassin’s Creed: Revelations game, you may have done a double take when you saw a character that looked an awful lot like BJ Penn.
Don’t worry, you aren’t going nuts. Penn appeared in the commercial sandwiched between Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose and the game’s protagonist, Ezio Auditore da Firenze.
His inclusion in the ad supports the argument that MMA has gone mainstream, especially since “The Prodigy” isn’t even the sport’s most popular fighter, yet Ubisoft was confident enough that he would be as recognizable to the growing population of MMA fans as Peterson and Rose would be to Football and basketball fans.
You would think that Nick Diaz’s camp would cool it with all of the accusations about Georges St-Pierre being scared or faking an injury to get out of fighting their boy now that they got the desired result, but that’s not how they do things in Stockton, evidently.
Dring a media scrum after the UFC 137 presser, Cesar Gracie was asked, in a somewhat baited way if he thought GSP’s injury was legit and he didn’t hold back, although he made about as much sense as his protegee.
“He ran past me earlier. I mean, he literally RAN past me, so… Look, he’s a great guy. He’s a black belt under [my cousin] Renzo Gracie. I don’t know the guy that well, personally, but I’m gonna tell you guys something right now… Nick Diaz missed a press conference and he’s here and [he] fought,” Gracie sort of explained. “The guy that went to the press conference didn’t fight. That’s all I gotta say about it. Nick…Yeah, he got kicked out, he’s this…he’s the bad guy… We didn’t go to what Nick called, ‘the beauty pageant,’ but come fight night you guys saw what he’s made of and he showed up and he did everything he had to and the guys that made the press conference, they weren’t here tonight, so you be the judge. You know what I mean?”
No, we don’t know what you mean since it makes no sense. So let us get this straight, somehow GSP faked an injury to get out of fighting Nick, even though he was scheduled to face Carlos Condit when the injury occurred. Wait, what?!
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You would think that Nick Diaz’s camp would cool it with all of the accusations about Georges St-Pierre being scared or faking an injury to get out of fighting their boy now that they got the desired result, but that’s not how they do things in Stockton, evidently.
Dring a media scrum after the UFC 137 presser, Cesar Gracie was asked, in a somewhat baited way if he thought GSP’s injury was legit and he didn’t hold back, although he made about as much sense as his protegee.
“He ran past me earlier. I mean, he literally RAN past me, so… Look, he’s a great guy. He’s a black belt under [my cousin] Renzo Gracie. I don’t know the guy that well, personally, but I’m gonna tell you guys something right now… Nick Diaz missed a press conference and he’s here and [he] fought,” Gracie sort of explained. “The guy that went to the press conference didn’t fight. That’s all I gotta say about it. Nick…Yeah, he got kicked out, he’s this…he’s the bad guy… We didn’t go to what Nick called, ‘the beauty pageant,’ but come fight night you guys saw what he’s made of and he showed up and he did everything he had to and the guys that made the press conference, they weren’t here tonight, so you be the judge. You know what I mean?”
No, we don’t know what you mean since it makes no sense. So let us get this straight, somehow GSP faked an injury to get out of fighting Nick, even though he was scheduled to face Carlos Condit when the injury occurred. Wait, what?!
Then Gracie backtracks on saying that the UFC welterweight champ is faking his injury after clearly implying that he is faking his injury.
“I’m not gonna say that. I have no idea. But I’m saying Nick was injured and he still fought. Nick hurt his hamstring. He’s got a knee injury. There’s this, that… I mean these fighters train so hard that they’re gonna get the injuries and everything, but despite his injuries that guy was here for the fans and he’s a warrior just like BJ,” he said. “I think people appreciate that. But one guy [who is supposed to be injured] jumping off the cage, running around, it’s disheartening is all I’m gonna say about it.”
Then Cesar tried to say he was happy that Nick’s opponent was switched to Penn, even though he still seems pissed off about St-Pierre pulling out of the Condit fight for some reason. Maybe he had money on the bout?
“I was so mad at Nick and Nick’s like family to me and everything and I understood Dana. You guys saw the phone call, whatever, but I don’t think he should have been pulled out of that fight,” Gracie explained. Now in hindsight I’m glad he did. I’m glad he got pulled out because GSP would have puled out no matter what. Let’s face it.”
The Brazilian kick, AKA crescent kick, AKA question mark kick is an effective move that could net positive results against an opponent who doesn’t close the distance and who pays close attention to your hip movement in an MMA or kickboxing bout. Adding it to your arsenal offers another option when an opponent is reluctant to engage or is tired or hurt and is dropping his (or her if you’re Brett Rogers) hands in the later rounds of a bout.
First, fake a front roundhouse kick by throwing your hip around with your shin drawn back. As your opponent reacts to the movement and braces for a leg or body kick, twist your hip and snap your shin up mid-movement so that it is now moving in the direction of your opponent’s unprotected head while snapping your lower leg back, pointing your heel towards your opponent. These moves must be performed in unison and will take a great deal of practice to put all of the movements together. Flexibility is key, so stretching will help prepare you for the move.
Joe Rogan explains the kick in more detail and Glaube Feitosa demonstrates how to decapitate someone with it after the jump
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The Brazilian kick, AKA crescent kick, AKA question mark kick is an effective move that could net positive results against an opponent who doesn’t close the distance and who pays close attention to your hip movement in an MMA or kickboxing bout. Adding it to your arsenal offers another option when an opponent is reluctant to engage or is tired or hurt and is dropping his (or her if you’re Brett Rogers) hands in the later rounds of a bout.
First, fake a front roundhouse kick by throwing your hip around with your shin drawn back. As your opponent reacts to the movement and braces for a leg or body kick, twist your hip and snap your shin up mid-movement so that it is now moving in the direction of your opponent’s unprotected head while snapping your lower leg back, pointing your heel towards your opponent. These moves must be performed in unison and will take a great deal of practice to put all of the movements together. Flexibility is key, so stretching will help prepare you for the move.
Joe Rogan explains the kick in more detail and Glaube Feitosa demonstrates how to decapitate someone with it after the jump
GSP admits he cried over the knee injury forcing him out of UFC 137 fight with Carlos Condit. UFC fights go 3D starting Super Bowl Weekend 2012. TUF 14‘s Akira Corassani explains he did not.
GSPadmits he cried over the knee injury forcing him out of UFC 137 fight with Carlos Condit.
UFC fights go 3D starting Super Bowl Weekend 2012.
TUF 14‘s Akira Corassani explains he did not tap in his quarter-finals fight with Dustin Neace.
Ringside 12 will feature headlining bout: Paul Daley vs. Luigi Fioravanti this Friday, October 21st.
