UFC 134 Rio de Janeiro Aug 27th

[sideloaded]

but he is actually kind of a prick and not gentle at all.

was the sex too rough?

[sbjj]

Yea, I equate it with Poker. Most players remember the times they were sucked out on vividly. But seem to forget the times they were lucky.

[SPX]

For example, Maia seems like such a sweet and gentle man, but he is actually kind of a prick and not gentle at all. Hughes, on the other hand, is a super nice guy, but everyone hates him.

I would say that both of those definitely surprise me. . .

[sbjj]

Well I think you have to take everything into account. It sounds like you have formed an opinion of some sort of Couture and Schaub based upon the info that you have available to you. That's probably all we can do, unless we get a chance to actually talk to these guys in person.

So take Schaub. . . Okay, he's apparently trying to help poor kids in the ghettos of Brazil. That's pretty cool. So that would make me more interested in seeing him succeed.

I was just throwing it out there because he seems to take alot of heat. I personally do not know if he is a good guy or not. But like scientist said. I have heard the same things about Hughes...and that is why I would never give the guy grief. Because i do not know if he is a prick or not.

Now Aoki on the other hand has done things in the ring that have made me a non fan. I still respect him for his skills, but in his case, I have seen with my own eyes his character.

[poopoo333]

Hermes Franca seemed cool to me, but he ended up being a rapist and got arrested.

[poopoo333]

Matt Mitrione seems like one of the coolest guys in the ufc imo.

[MMA_scientist]

Aoki is a great example. I just cannot root for the guy. Most of the time it is stuff I actually hear come out of the mouths of fighters or their actual actions that make me a fan or non-fan. Sonnen is another example, I don't care if he is trolling or mildly funny or not, guy is a scumbag and therefore I am non-fan. Guys like Schaub, I don't genuinely dislike, he just rubs me the wrong way. He may be a fantastic human being, but his personality and face just annoy me.

[MMA_scientist]

Matt Mitrione seems like one of the coolest guys in the ufc imo.

I talked to Mitrione at the Arnolds. He actually is a really nice guy. He sort of has rocks in his head, but he was very approachable and just sat there and shot the shit with me for a long time.

[poopoo333]

Lots of people are picking Jabouin....I am scared now.

[Ludo]

Explain please.

<Insert Luke rage rant here>

I don't know either of them to be honest. I didn't research them and thus took a shot in the dark.

[SPX]

Some of the guys I suspect are cool in real life: Serra, Brian Stann, Lytle, Pulver, Dan Hardy, Leben, Big Nog, Wanderlei, Forrest Griffin, Faber, Krzysztof, Justin Wren, Mitrione, Matt Lindland, Gerald Harris, Melendez. . .

Some guys I think are probably kind of douchey: Maynard, Edgar, Brock, Mir, Kos, Bisping

Someone I think probably catches undeserved shit: Rashad

[poopoo333]

I think Big Nog might actually be arrogant irl. Ufc114wherehebrushespastbrilzinsteadofshakinghisha nd.gif

[edman5555]

I have read/heard some stories about Leben. When I am bored I watch the Joe Rogan podcast, which is semi decent. He has had Bas rutten on there which was really cool. I just watched him with Charlie Murphy. Usually he has comedians on the podcast, pretty much all of them. One of them said Forrest Griffin snuck up behind him and put him in a read naked. It was a cool thing either, kind of a douchebag thing. Another story on there was about Chris Leben. Apparently Joe, a bunch of comedians and Chris Leben got drunk and hung out. I guess Leben went crazy and was putting holds on guys. In the end they said don't hang out with a cagefighter while he is drinking. I would bet a lot of them are douches. It is a hard lifestyle, that tends to make people douches.

I wouldn't be suprised if Randy was a douche. He is basically a dead beat dad from what I hear.

[SPX]

When I am bored I watch the Joe Rogan podcast, which is semi decent.

Just semi-decent?

I heard it was actually full of win.

It is a hard lifestyle, that tends to make people douches.

I've heard on several occasions that a lot of fighters just weird in general, with many of them bordering on just being kind of literally crazy. When you think about it, it shouldn't be a huge surprise. They've taken getting beaten up and turned it into a job. When you take into account the pain and injuries that go into being a professional fighter, it seems that they HAVE to be at least a little abnormal psychologically to put themselves through that on a regular basis.

I wouldn't be suprised if Randy was a douche. He is basically a dead beat dad from what I hear.

I think he was. From what I heard he wasn't really involved in Ryan's life early on but that they are cool now.

Another thing we have to remember is that everyone is flawed. A lot of times we latch onto character flaws because of something these guys said or did, but does being a douche in one area of life--or at one isolated point in time--mean they are douches in totality?

I can be a douche and if you had video of my entire life, you could make quite the highlight real of douchey things I've done. I'm not sure that that makes me a douche, though.

Douche.

[MMA_scientist]

I am a massive douche. If I were a pro athlete, everyone would hate me.