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Got into martial arts as a kid , i guess like a lot of people because of karate kid movies
did karate for about 5 years and some judo along with it for around 2 years.
Long story short wrecked both my knees in none martial arts related activities and havent trained in over 10 years, lost interest in the whole thing for years but was at my girlfriend at the time place and she was watching ufc and was a hugh fan of mma which got me into it big time.
These days if it's a fight and it involves more than just boxing ill watch it, every thing from , ufc, strikeforce, exc, pride when it was around , been enjoying some bits of the M-1 challange recently , and caught a few of the Dream events from Japan which havent been bad and who doesn't love Bas Routen on commentary
not keen on the cage rage events from the UK that where shown on tv over the last few months, the fighers are fine but its the show itself the promoters put on that makes me want to vomit 0 -
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jesus, ya'd swear people didnt know how to use yotube haha, now the above saves me having to send it to individuals!!!!!!
Jesus, ya'd swear people didn't know how to post youtube clips here, now people don't have to open another browser :P
Great fight Gary. Well done, glad you made the weight in the end.0 -
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Great idea for a thread Dragan (as I belatedly get around to posting in it).
I had the usual childhood flirtation with traditional MAs, mainly various versions of karate. The whole ceremonial side of things always left me cold though, resulting in a loss of interest for many years. Did a bit of freestyle kickboxing in college, and later joined classes nearer home. Not as big on ceremony but I eventually got bored with the "belt-factory" aspect of things. Seemed you could go all the way to the penultimate belt without ever fighting.
Then, I got friendly with a Lithuanian guy who turned out to have been an army MMA champ back home. Along with a few like-minded lunatics, we acquired the use of a vacant storage unit from a friendly local businessman, and bit by bit we kitted it out with mats, bags and weights, etc. Naturally, it began to be referred to as 'Fight Club' - hence my increasingly embarrasing Boards' ID. :rolleyes:
I've been a fan of MMA since seeing early UFCs on dodgy VHS back in the day, and haven't missed a show on Bravo since they acquired it. Nowadays, I watch any promotion I can, and I was pleasantly surprised when I found out about the growing MMA scene in Ireland. We've been braving over-zealous clampers and mini-riots around the National Stadium ever since.
I've vague ambitions to give the MMA league a shot next year, The_Devil's "MMA Beginner" thread might be somewhere the more experienced guys can give us novices a push in the right direction.0 -
Paul " Arch "Bishop
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Ireland's longest serving white belt in bjj.
Will be manager of the two most dominant Irish fighters in about 16 years, being Alex and Lewis, aka " The Irish Nogueira Brothers "
And owner of the only place to watch UFC events since Jan 2004 - my gaff.
Watched my first UFC ( number 2 ) in 1995 on VHS, which was discoloured due to being an American version. I remember thinking 1 ) Ken Shamrock was so cool 2 ) Pat Smith's beatdown of Scott Morris was one of the most horrible things I'd ever seen, and 3 ) that the way to win a fight like Royce was just to take people onto the ground, it was easy.
Ordered the first 8 through Amazon and then just watched them from time to time. Then in 2002 it was on Sky Sports and I saw Tito and kept thinking, the old ones were way better, these lads wouldnt last 2 mins against Ken Shamrock - I suppose in the 2nd and 3rd fights he didnt.
Went to UFC 50 in Atlantic City and there was about 50 people at the weigh in, and you wouldn't have known it was on if you werent a fan, no hype at all. Chatted to Dana White and asked about coming to Dublin and he said " he couldn't have a gang of UFC fighters in Temple Bar " - how times change.
We also met GSP ( sound ), Ivan Salaverry ( gentleman ), Pat Miletich ( quiet ), Frank Mir ( legend ), Tim Sylvia ( thick as a plank ), Robbie Lawler ( lovely guy ), Rich Franklin ( in McDonalds on fight day with Jorge Gurgel ), Ken Shamrock ( nice guy ), Tank Abbott ( strangely dead on ) and the Tapout crew who were great craic. Tito wouldnt give us a picture, and I never got to meet my favourite fighter at the time Evan Tanner RIP.
Met Bruce Buffer, who when he heard we were from Ireland, said that a trip that far deserved a special gift. He reached into his chest pocket, all the while me thinking backstage pass, and gave my 14 year old lad a signed picture of himself - worth the trip indeed. :rolleyes:
Been to Belfast and Newcastle since and will be in Dublin in January. Best sport in the World for me.0 -
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mirwillbeback wrote: »Paul " Arch "Bishop
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Bish you liar! You're only 24!
You might change that white belt status if you come back down to train with us once in a while!!:pac:0 -
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