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[Clash Badman]

Spooky Mittens

I know Nick Diaz but not the other one. Not that I really watch any fights these days.

I thought maybe I had another MMA fan in the mix-up. Why don’t you watch it anymore? 4laugh  

[Clash Badman]

Spooky Mittens

I prefer to spend my time elsewhere is all. I just don't get excited like I used to so I don't make the time for it.

Maybe you are just watching the wrong fights! I’ve been peeping UFC since I was about seven or eight years old. It was televised in 1994, which was when I turned five. I really liked Ken Shamrock (scholastic wrestling) and Marco Ruas (street fighting). Then Tito Ortiz beat Shamrock and Maurice Smith beat Ruas, and then came a flood of newer competitors on the scene (Chuck Liddell beat Tito and Fedor Emelianenko turned into the “Baddest Man on the Planet” and whatnot). Then Fedor lost to Dan Henderson and now Conor McGregor is the highest paid fighter in the business. I have a wrestling background and have won a couple street fights, so I’ve considered trying to worm my way into the fight game for the sport and the money. I had a chance at training with Tim Botsch from Pennsylvania, but for now I’m just laying low and focusing on bodybuilding until I decide on what to do.  

[Clash Badman]

Spooky Mittens

I mean maybe you missed the part where I don't watch any fights. It's just not in my sphere of interest anymore. I follow the development of fighters in the gym and I'll view highlights from time to time, but I just don't care to watch the sport for the sake of watching the sport.

My roots are European swordsmanship, so that's generally where my interests fall. Too bad Swordfish has been canceled since 2019 emotion_donotwant

Well what would you do if someone disarmed you of your weapon and you had to fight without it? razz

I like swordfish.  

[Clash Badman]

Spooky Mittens

I can box if I have to, but the best form of self-defense is not fighting but avoiding the fight entirely.

I agree. Unfortunately, my family won’t let me carry a gun, so I’ve had to use [kick]boxing, wrestling and MMA as self-defense against people who were attacking me, my friends or my family outside (and a couple times inside) where I was staying at the time. I guess I’ve been through some of the rougher areas in my neighborhoods, and, meh. I’m used to it by now, though, so a good MMA fight (at least what is televised, or what I can watch on YouTube) really jacks me up because it’s good for me to know. I prefer to take out my aggression in the gym, however. Do you have a favorite bodybuilder? idea  

[Clash Badman]

Spooky Mittens

I'll admit I really have never followed any bodybuilders. I guess if I had to pick one on the spot it'd be Arnold? But that's just because he's the only one I can name without having to google it lol.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is my favorite, too! biggrin My other top four would have to be Ronnie Coleman, Dorian Yates, Jay Cutler and Andy Bolton. Sadly, all of them had to use steroids to win and get as big and strong as they are. Without steroids, I imagine they could only do half of what they did while on them, and they just don’t seem to look right while drugged, with all of those muscles sticking out like that from low-weight, high-rep isolation exercises. rofl Brooks Kubik, in his weight training publication Dinosaur Training, refers to them as “drug babies,” because they couldn’t get anywhere without using drugs. It is my goal to get just as strong as they are, “natty” (meaning naturally, or drug free) and become a “dinosaur” like one of the old-time strongmen by doing heavy-weight, low-rep compound exercises.  

[Clash Badman]

Spooky Mittens

Well good luck to you in that endeavor. It can be pretty difficult to push higher once you plateau and sometimes gear can get you where you need to go. I won't hold it against anyone who uses steroids as a body builder, it's pretty common. If you can do it without then more power to you emotion_brofist

Oh, I have my ways of busting through plateaus. I have it all laid out before me. Thanks for the GL wish.  

[Clash Badman]

Spooky Mittens

Now I poke emotion_dowant

I'll start with an easy one, what's your favorite Oakeshott archetype?

Type XXI, I believe. I like great swords. What’s your favorite sword type?