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Conor McGregor Tries to Fight Urijah Faber Before UFC 189 Weigh-in

Before a big fight, Conor McGregor is like a caged lion.Don’t poke him—better yet, don’t even look at him the wrong way—because the King of Dublin is an absolute wild man.Right before his weigh-in for Saturday night’s head…

Before a big fight, Conor McGregor is like a caged lion.

Don’t poke him—better yet, don’t even look at him the wrong way—because the King of Dublin is an absolute wild man.

Right before his weigh-in for Saturday night’s headliner with Chad Mendes at UFC 189, McGregor got into a strange scuffle with Mendes’ teammate Urijah Faber. In a video Faber posted on his Instagram, McGregor kind of pats him on the head and calls him a “little man.”

Faber laughs a bit and appears to joke back, but McGregor didn’t take kindly to that. The two had to be separated.

“Eh, nothing,” McGregor said of the altercation. “He tried to… I don’t know. I arm-dragged him into a double. I could’ve dropped him on his head right there and then. Nothing happened.”

McGregor had to drop a crazy amount of weight in the week leading up to the weigh-in—the actual number is up for debate—so maybe that’s why he was so quick to go after Faber.

On Faber’s IG post, he said, “I’ve seen crack heads roaming the streets that look healthier than McGregor right now.”

Whatever the case, expect to see an even crazier Irishman in the octagon Saturday night.

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MMA Fighter Ruins Opponent with Flying Side-Flip Stomp to Groin

In some industries, improvising is part of the job.A comedian freestyles with the audience. A jazz drummer throws some extra sizzle on “White Room.” An Uber driver takes the long way and tells you this is just a “side gig.”At large, a little artistic r…

In some industries, improvising is part of the job.

A comedian freestyles with the audience. A jazz drummer throws some extra sizzle on “White Room.” An Uber driver takes the long way and tells you this is just a “side gig.”

At large, a little artistic riffing on the job is harmless—that is, unless your work involves physically destroying other people.

Enter Wu Ze, an MMA fighter who recently endeavored in a little octagonal ad libbing and ended up stomping a man’s genitals into noni juice.

The incident occurred during the second round of Wu’s fight against Wu Hui Qiang at One Championship 28 in June. The 20-year-old fighter had his opponent on his back and an upright advantage when he began going for kill shots.

Wu tried to be humane at first. All he wanted to do was kick his adversary into a dark and lonely abyss of the mind with conventional, one-legged strikes. But a man can only be so patient.

After a couple of unsuccessful kicks, Wu decided to take a page from the parkour playbook and deliver a side-flipping double-heel stomp to Wu Hui Qiang’s chest.

Unfortunately, finishing moves rooted in urban gymnastics are an inexact science, and the ball of Wu’s right foot—loaded with unholy bodyweight and momentum—mashed down squarely on his opponent’s groin, reducing the area to undercooked beefaroni.

And thus another immortal moment in “Cool Idea. Bad Execution.” was born.

Wu Ze would go on to win the bout by submission, and Wu Hui Qiang was presumably laid to rest under a nearby rosewood.

So what did we learn today?

Don’t be afraid to improvise and try new things, MMA fighters. But just be aware: Someone could get sterilized.

Dan is on Twitter tingling with discomfort.

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Hisaki Kato Drops Joe Schilling with a Deadly Superman Punch at Bellator 139

On Thursday, Joe Schilling told MMAFighting.com that “I just think anybody that says they’re gonna stand up with me is just blowing smoke.”Interesting— Hisaki Kato would probably disagree.In his U.S. debut, the Japanese fighter landed…

On Thursday, Joe Schilling told MMAFighting.com that “I just think anybody that says they’re gonna stand up with me is just blowing smoke.”

Interesting— Hisaki Kato would probably disagree.

In his U.S. debut, the Japanese fighter landed a lethal superman punch on Schilling, a known knockout artist himself, at Bellator 139.

“Fans tuning in for this fight are going to be hoping to see a knockout,” Kato told MMA Weekly on Friday. “I plan on delivering exactly what they want to see. I’m coming out there to put Joe Schilling on the canvas. I’m coming to take him out.”

Message received.

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TFC 5-on-5 Fights Look Out of Control and Dangerous

Warning: Video contains violent images (blood).If you’re a fan of back-alley brawls, Team Fighting Championship might be for you.No, seriously. The organization’s website calls it “a new approach to the martial arts where you can enjoy the ex…

Warning: Video contains violent images (blood).

If you’re a fan of back-alley brawls, Team Fighting Championship might be for you.

No, seriously. The organization’s website calls it “a new approach to the martial arts where you can enjoy the exciting moments of a group street fighting transferred to the sport grounds.”

Five fighters fill up each team, and when the match starts, everyone goes nuts. Five very overwhelmed referees try to keep things in line, as TFC rules prohibit “blows to the Adam’s apple, groin kicks, biting and spitting.”

So, how does one team win? It’s basically whichever side has the last man standing. Fighters can give themselves up or be deemed unfit to continue by the refs.

The clip above is from a scrap between amateur teams from Russia and Poland, the eventual winner. That’s another thing about TFC—only amateurs are allowed to participate.

What a shame. I’m sure professional fighters are just dying to get involved in one of these glorified bar fights. 

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MMA Goes Medieval, ‘Knight’ Fights to Become Fixture at Events

Taking a page from the Medieval Times book of crowd entertainment, Russian mixed martial arts promotion M-1 Global began hosting armored knight jousts as in-between-fight spectacles in 2014.The jousts expanded to one-on-one sword-fighting—ostensi…

Taking a page from the Medieval Times book of crowd entertainment, Russian mixed martial arts promotion M-1 Global began hosting armored knight jousts as in-between-fight spectacles in 2014.

The jousts expanded to one-on-one sword-fighting—ostensibly between two trained “knights” knowledgeable in the ways of armored combat. These two fighters would step into the Octagon garbed in plate mail and proceed to smash each other in the face with shields and swords as an official kept track of things.

Seeing as violence, like fashion, is cyclical, the exhibitions became wildly popular, to the point that M-1 plans to devote entire events to knight fights.

MMAFighting.com reports that the new event is called “M-1 Medievel” and will be underway as soon as promoters can find enough knights to fill an evening of medieval hack-smashery.

In any case, take a look above for footage of the latest M-1 knight clash. Strangely enough, the shield given to participants appears more liable than the sword to do any real damage in these bouts.

We can only assume Syrio Forel, whom I refuse to believe is (Spoiler Alert!) dead, can scarcely keep up with the influx of walk-ins at his water-dancing academy.

What do we say to the shield trying to punch our sinuses through our frontal lobe?

Not today.

 

Dan is on Twitter. Armored knight fighting could definitely never end in anything tragic and terrible.

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Shawne Merriman Says He Would Demolish CM Punk in the Most Painful Way Possible

CM Punk’s decision to leave the world of professional wrestling for mixed martial arts fighting has been met by many with a good deal of skepticism, and by “skepticism,” I mean wide-eyed contempt. 
The latest to jump on the anti-…

CM Punk’s decision to leave the world of professional wrestling for mixed martial arts fighting has been met by many with a good deal of skepticism, and by “skepticism,” I mean wide-eyed contempt. 

The latest to jump on the anti-CM Punk train is former NFL linebacker Shawne Merriman, who recently went into great detail telling TheBuzzerOnFOX exactly how he would inflict misery and ruin on the fledgling fighter:

I would do a lot of things to him. I wouldn’t just want to beat him. I’d want to demolish him for the whole entire fight. I wouldn’t want to pin him, I wouldn’t want to knock him out. I would just want to make him feel pain. I’m going for the kill shot every time. I just want to make him feel punishment and pain every single round.

Merriman admitted his aggression is based on a beef:

We have a little beef. We had a little history. I was talking to a friend, Eve, who I met, who is a commentator/broadcaster for WWE. I said ‘Hey, how you guys doing?’…I saw her at the hotel…we had a good conversation, she walked off and next thing I know, this guy goes out there and puts on Twitter…that I got dissed by one of the WWE women…this comes from a guy who was wearing a small speedo/thong next to the pool.

“It’s personal,” Merriman said. “I would love to have my shot at him one day.”

The CM Punk tweet Merriman is hung up on was sent in 2011. Punk called Merriman a “creep” and said he’d make headlines as a Pro Bowler “if [he] could get to a QB as fast as [he] ran after our divas.”

This is a spectacularly dumb and petty beef. Tweeting disapproval in lieu of a real-life confrontation is a bad look, as is appearing in a video just to reheat the pot. 

In any case, these two should probably just schedule a fight instead of shadowboxing in the blogosphere. Set it up, Dana White.

 

Dan is on Twitter. What’s Internet beef?

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