[gwnn]

Péter Lékó is much better than all these Russian wannabes.

[Aberlour10]

Codo, on Feb 1 2010, 09:15 AM, said:

And I would pay 2.5 Millions to earn 100 Mill.

It seems Merkel want to make this deal.

[hotShot]

Aberlour10, on Feb 1 2010, 04:52 PM, said:

Codo, on Feb 1 2010, 09:15 AM, said:

And I would pay 2.5 Millions to earn 100 Mill.

It seems Merkel want to make this deal.

If you can't enforce regulation they make no sense.

If there is a save harbor to hide your money from the tax authorities. Than paying taxes can't be enforced. Buying stolen account data, reduces the safety a lot.
And makes the (tax) laws a little more enforceable.

[jdonn]

Disagree that the best MMA fighters couldn't beat a boxer at boxing. They couldn't beat Mayweather/Pacman of course but the best MMA fighters at any discipline could beat an average professional in that area, including boxing. The UFC has either Olympians or world class athletes in wrestling, greco-roman wrestling, judo, kickboxing, and jiu jitsu who could all compete in a world-class level in strictly that discipline. Also a fighter (Machida) who is arguably word class in karate and even in sumo(!) wrestling in his weight class. I'm willing to bet boxing is no different although admittedly I can't think of the person I want to hang my hat on.

Widely agreed now wrestling is the best base since it gives you the most control over where the fight takes place.

[PhantomSac]

I meant the best punching MMA fighter could not beat the best boxer at his weight class in boxing. Obv a WC MMA vs an average boxer would be no contest.

The best MMA fighters typically have strong backgrounds in wrestling/BJJ because as you said they are the most important foundations, but also because as a person world class in BJJ or wrestling, your clearest path to fame now is going into MMA. If you were a world class boxer, you wouldn't have made the switch to MMA most likely, you'd have stuck with boxing.

So because boxing is less important in MMA, and also because world class boxers were less likely to go to MMA, generally boxing is these guys worst discipline.

Also I'm sure a guy like Fedor etc could learn better form if he was actually to go into a boxing match, much of their boxing is super aggressive without any defensive form because it's just a prelude to getting guys down onto the ground (and then pound them while they're on the ground!)

Definitely a strong ground game is where it's at!

[jdonn]

Good points on boxing.

Bobby Lashley would beat me purely out of fear before he ever threw a punch.

Speaking of Bobby Lashley, who has the best stare down in MMA, him or Diego Sanchez? Yipe!

[jjbrr]

steroids itt

[bid_em_up]

jjbrr, on Jan 31 2010, 04:12 PM, said:

i've never gotten into it. i predict it will satisfy a niche audience for a long time but won't become a "major sport"

Of course it will, they will simply request that you enjoy watching it.

Or else.

[shyams]

When will this thread overtake the # of posts on the GW thread? I bet it will at least take a week

[helene_t]

gwnn, on Jan 7 2010, 09:53 AM, said:

has it ever happened to you when some social injustice happens to you (some moron gets in front of you in the line, or someone doesn't call back when they promise), you wished you could ask for the Director? despite what the laws forum here would suggest bridge is such a simple world where justice is swift and unforgiving.

Yes, last night I dreamed that someone got in front of me in the line in the supermarket, I wanted to boot him so I tried to right-click him, when it didn't work I realized I was not on BBO.

[gwnn]

we're currently 4th longest thread in water cooler history, 30 something posts off the cricket thread.

[hotShot]

gwnn, on Feb 2 2010, 02:13 PM, said:

we're currently 4th longest thread in water cooler history, 30 something posts off the cricket thread.

Wait until the cricket season get into it's hot phase.

[Aberlour10]

Panic in Germany, verbal war with Switzerland, curious what a small piece of plastic can cause. This is not a carnival, this is a real thing.

[Aberlour10]

I bet the hijacker saloon will be in summer 3x bigger than the cricket one.

[Codo]

Cricket? WTF is Criket?

[gwnn]

dont know and i dont want to read that 6 page long thread to find out.

[jjbrr]

imo we should have a new hijack thread every month or couple of months so that they don't get overwhelmingly long. eventually someone will want to reference something in a thread like this and they shouldn't have to dig through hundreds or thousands of posts. thoughts?

[PassedOut]

Happy Groundhog Day, everyone!

[Al_U_Card]

jjbrr, on Feb 2 2010, 10:29 AM, said:

imo we should have a new hijack thread every month or couple of months so that they don't get overwhelmingly long. eventually someone will want to reference something in a thread like this and they shouldn't have to dig through hundreds or thousands of posts. thoughts?

Double negative. If you hijack a hijack it becomes a non-hijack.

[Aberlour10]

Let's devise a one monster thread. If the scientists discover it in about 2500 years, they will wonder what these crazy dudes wrote about.