I was trying to explain to my wife the other night what UFC used to look like when I was a kid. She didnt want to believe me. There were two rules: no biting and no eye gouging. Everything else was up for grabs. UFC 1 looked like a damned 80s movie. Everyone from bar room brawlers to Karate practitioners to freaking pretend Ninjas showed up to fight. There were no weight classes. Sumo wrestlers squared off against 160 lb kick boxers. The whole thing went about like youd expect until the end, when one skinny Brazilian named Royce Gracie walked out of there as the clear winner. Understanding thus arose that all the fancy Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, and Karate were, while pretty, about is useful in a slobberknocker as a handful of daisies. BJJ would eventually become an integral if not dominent part of what is now conventionally referred to as MMA, essentially a lethal combination of strikes (with roots in Muay Thai) and grappling. The sport itself has since evolved into a science every bit as sweet as traditional Boxing. But let me tell you: when I was a stupid kid watching Jean Claude VanDamme movies, UFC 1 blew my mind and the minds of all my friends around me and we loved it. https://youtube/watch?v=_uzJCg8YZWc
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:52:39 +0000
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