1- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson Loggin chain around his neck, wolf howls, the mouth of the south, and howitzers for arms. One more thing, the Ricardo Arona slam
That Arona slam was crazy, probably the craziest thing I've ever seen in MMA. I hate watching grapplers in the cage. I mean there's a certain beauty of it considering their talents on the ground, but at the same time its beyond boring. The Hallmark channel is more entertaining than the grapplers. So to see Rampage just pick dude up and flap him like shaking a carpet or a blanket was amazing.
I like watching MMA but at the same time I fear for the future health of these guys. I also wonder how good it is for our culture, especially the attitudes of the younger generation. Sorry, I'll shut up now, drink a beer, and enjoy the fight.
I share the reservations you have on MMA's impact on our culture. I love boxing, I've always loved it and would have loved to have done it for a living. At the same time though, one cannot deny that its violence for the entertainment of the masses and we're really not that far removed from Rome in that aspect. One of Commodus weaknesses was the gladiator fights of which he both watched and participated. When violence for entertainment becomes mainstream enough that even the elite of great countries accept it as tolerable and even enjoyable, the deterioration of society's morals and virtues is past recovery at that point. I knew a ministerial servant who got disfellowshipped and is now training as a mixed martial artist. He's got tattoos, he looks semi-dangerous, and I can't help but think he was better off as a Jehovah's Witness, if even in poor standing.
Something else I've been pondering lately, and this is going back to Caliber's thread on feminism. I believe men have been demasculinated in the past few decades. There's no shortage of bitch-boys, cowards, and feminine men. Meterosexuals were unheard of 50 years ago. Even rap music which was always a bastion of excessive and thuggish testosterone isn't immune to this trend, hence tight jeans, mohawks, and fluorescent clothing. I wonder at times whether or not MMA is an unconscious reaction to the demasculination of our young men? I'm all for championing manhood, but I hate to see the pendulum swing too far to the other side where young boys aspire to become warriors, brutes, and thugs, as opposed to responsible, mature adult men conscious of their role in a civilized society.
By the way, Silva will take out Vitor in the second or third round. By the way I dig Urijah Faber, something about that dude I like. I love his workout ethic, and to see a white boy with cornrows and not be a poser is alright in my book.
