2011 Off topic thread(basketball,movies,etc whatever)

[sbjj]

I would have took my 125K and plunked it down on the Rangers. Gauranteed over 200K!

[Mr. IWS]

I would have hedged, fuck that.

[poopoo333]

I've heard stories of bodybuilders back in the day (like around the 40s, 50s, 60s) putting on even up to 40 pounds in a month. Maybe not all muscle, but a good enough muscle/fat ratio that it appears all lean.

This only happens when guys rebound from an extreme diet (basically a bodybuilding show). They step on stage lean as hell, water depleted, etc at a hypothetical 202 lbs...a lot of times these guys can be 230+ within days just from eating more. This guy is a powerlifter that decided to diet down and do a BB show:

202 lbs on October 8th





233 lbs on October 16th



This is just an example and it's not even that drastic...a lot of people go crazy and eat WAY more and gain much more weight in this process, but he said he tried eating a bunch of food/whatever he wanted the night of and it made him feel horrible.

[Luke]

[SPX]

Awesome.

[Svino]

I think this thread is pretty funny:

http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm?go=forum_framed.posts&forum=1&thread=1890720&page=1

[poopoo333]

[SPX]

Some interesting thoughts from Rhadi Ferguson re: Judo in MMA.

Most of the time when we see judo player-turned MMA fighters, we don't see much of their judo in use. For example, Yoshihiro Akiyama prefers to box, Hiroshi Izumi has been widely criticized for neglecting his judo game and trading punches instead ... Why is that?

You know what. I really disagree with that. I disagree with what you're saying. Remember, "The eye don't actually see what the mind can comprehend." A lot of people think that judo players aren't using judo because they don't see the judo takedowns. The sport of judo is a little bit of boxing, a little bit of wrestling, it requires inside control, it requires you to control the distance. It requires you to control the movement patterns. So some of the things you see judo players do, you wouldn't characterize it as judo because you don't really understand what high level judo looks like. You only know what a judo throw looks like. Just because you don't see a judo throw doesn't mean the individual is not using judo.


Why don't we see judo throws?

It's a matter of risk being worth the reward. It's just like anything else. Wrestling has throws in there too but you don't see to many wrestlers doing throws.


Is it because judo is gi-based and also, it's harder to land throws since competitors get increasingly sweatier as the fight progresses?

There are some people that say that there are some of the throws are difficult without the gi. I 100 percent disagree. Judo is a philosophical approach. The sport requires a gi and pants. That's just the bottom line. If you can throw, you can throw if you can footsweep, you can footsweep. Learning the game with the gi is part of the sport of judo but applying the principals of judo comes from being a good martial artist. When you see the application of judo, you can't see the judo being used like I can see it being used, just like it's difficult for people to see the small things that Randy Couture does when he's on the fence, when he's using his Greco-Roman wrestling. You really can't see the pummeling and striking integrations that he's merged together. It's just different. They are fans, they're fanatics, they don't really know the sport of MMA, but knowing what you're looking at from the point of view from a fan and someone whose actually coached the sport are two different things.

[Mr. IWS]

^^^^^^he mad

[Vandelay]

I think someone hacked zak's account and changed his name. Prepare for the crash.

[edman5555]

fedor is supposedly 240 for his fight with Monson. Maybe he is on TRT.

[Vandelay]

fedor's weight is going the wrong way. He needs to lose fat, not gain it

[edman5555]

maybe it is muscle...? I don't know.

[Mr. IWS]

I think someone hacked zak's account and changed his name. Prepare for the crash.

LOL, an inside joke with one of my friends.

[Mr. IWS]

From talking to other admins/mods on other gambling forums, There seems to be a run on gambling forums getting hacked.

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