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Getbig Misc Discussion Boards => Mixed Martial Arts (MMA/UFC) => Topic started by: Dredlock Rasta on April 23, 2009, 04:39:55 PM
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http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=mmajunkie-Maynard_road_to_MMA_debut&prov=mmajunkie&type=lgns
How is a guy without arms or legs gonna be able to punch, kick or submit someone?
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he can bite em in the nuts
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this is a clear suicide attempt, since he has no fingers to pull the trigger himself.
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This will be interesting to say the least.
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After his girlfriend with similar condition got into porn, he figured he had to do something.
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How awesome would it be if this guys opponent as soon as the bell rung walked right up to him and picked him up and punted him into the 5th row...
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http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=mmajunkie-Maynard_road_to_MMA_debut&prov=mmajunkie&type=lgns
How is a guy without arms or legs gonna be able to punch, kick or submit someone?
So the father from The Oblongs is gonna fight?
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This is a joke. :-\
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sucks for his opponent...
you beat him down, you kicked the ass of a crip.... you get defeated by a torso, live the rest of your days as a joke.
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sucks for his opponent...
you beat him down, you kicked the ass of a crip.... you get defeated by a torso, live the rest of your days as a joke.
ahahahahaha lol so true. ;D
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http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=mmajunkie-Maynard_road_to_MMA_debut&prov=mmajunkie&type=lgns
How is a guy without arms or legs gonna be able to punch, kick or submit someone?
what is he thiking? :-\
he has as much chance winning this fight as he does winning a fight against a bear
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Your armbars and ankle locks would be powerless against him.
Ever fight a bionic person before? My buddy's dad once smacked the shit out of him with his fake arm/hand.
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i'll fight him
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sucks for his opponent...
you beat him down, you kicked the ass of a crip.... you get defeated by a torso, live the rest of your days as a joke.
I would look at it the other way...As the opponont, I would do everything I could to make him end up in the 5th row outside the ring...Just demolish him like no other..."if he dies, he dies" kind of thing...You would get your 15 minutes and you could always blame it all on the state who gave him the license...
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Would you lose a point for kicking him? Is he always considered a "downed opponent"?
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i see a lot of haters here. but how many can bench 360 like he can? probably not many fags.
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Your armbars and ankle locks would be powerless against him.
Ever fight a bionic person before? My buddy's dad once smacked the shit out of him with his fake arm/hand.
Now that is funny LOL!!!!
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how is he supposed to submit someone? all he can do is hump their leg ffs
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:-[
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hahahaha
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is that the dude thats actually won a few wrestling matches, I think ive seen a video, Creepy creepy shit.
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haha, it was him
awkward as hell ;D
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How does he wipe his ass? Seriously? ???
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35 victories as a senior, pretty amazing lol.
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MMA and wrestling are two different things.
But, maybe he is not that stupid(maybe yes? who knows...),and he may have some reasons and strategies to fight in MMA.
Lets see it.
But, The handicap guy acting like this must be respected more than laughed.
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MMA and wrestling are two different things.
But, maybe he is not that stupid(maybe yes? who knows...),and he may have some reasons and strategies to fight in MMA.
Lets see it.
But, The handicap guy acting like this must be respected more than laughed.
oh brother..getbigs yoda. respected be he must
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How does he wipe his ass? Seriously? ???
How does he wipe his ass? How does he brush his teeth? How does he shave? How does he blow his nose? How the hell does he hope to survive a MMA match?
These are the questions we are all asking.
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he doesn't get respect from me cause he is stupid
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he doesn't get respect from me cause he is stupid
Every great works are called impossible or stupid.
But many of them ended up stupid. ;D
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it's like i would play basketball with my 177cm or like an asian guy in the porn-industry....impossible
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it's like i would play basketball with my 177cm or like an asian guy in the porn-industry....impossible
Impossible means......You cant imagine it and no idea of how to do it.
If somebody knows how to do it and you dont know it, its impossible for you and its possible for him/her.
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Impossible means......You cant imagine it and no idea of how to do it.
If somebody knows how to do it and you dont know it, its impossible for you and its possible for him/her.
you think he can take brock?
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you think he can take brock?
I dont think so.
But, "I dont think so" doesnt mean always impossible. Cus i dont know everything in this world.
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hahaha brock would pick him up and toss him over the octagon gate hahahaha
image that hahaha
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hahaha brock would pick him up and toss him over the octagon gate hahahaha
image that hahaha
haha really what the fuck is he thinking? he can't even play ufc 09 on the ps3
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Hey, leave him alone he's armless.....boom boom
ta ta
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Would you lose a point for kicking him? Is he always considered a "downed opponent"?
that was one of the controversial points. you can't kick him, period. the state mma board changed the rules for fighting against this guy. the guy can only roll around with him i guess, even though it's MMA.
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where are the good old days where guys got kicked even though they were on the ground
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where are the good old days where guys got kicked even though they were on the ground
that all went out the window when they let stumps with heads into the MMA ring.
Up Next: Driver's licenses for the blind!
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ufc isn't as great as in the shamrock time
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He has a lean face though...
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all you have to do is punch him in the fcuking head and ge cant defend himself.
props for having the balls and drive etc.
there is a limit. He is disable and maybe should only fight in the disabled MMA. There are somethings he can do no problem, teacher, speaker, office worker, lawyer and father etc
But to get in an MMA fight with an abled bodied guys IMO should NOT be allowed. Its dangerous for him.
Then again he is a popular guy and an inspiration for many so i should not really criuticise. Silly though IMO
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all you have to do is punch him in the fcuking head and ge cant defend himself.
props for having the balls and drive etc.
there is a limit. He is disable and maybe should only fight in the disabled MMA. There are somethings he can do no problem, teacher, speaker, office worker, lawyer and father etc
But to get in an MMA fight with an abled bodied guys IMO should NOT be allowed. Its dangerous for him.
Then again he is a popular guy and an inspiration for many so i should not really criuticise. Silly though IMO
in pro-wrestling he could win
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all you have to do is punch him in the fcuking head and ge cant defend himself.
props for having the balls and drive etc.
there is a limit. He is disable and maybe should only fight in the disabled MMA. There are somethings he can do no problem, teacher, speaker, office worker, lawyer and father etc
But to get in an MMA fight with an abled bodied guys IMO should NOT be allowed. Its dangerous for him.
Then again he is a popular guy and an inspiration for many so i should not really criuticise. Silly though IMO
he's not an inspiration. he's an idiot. It's like you going "hi, I'm Goudy, i want to star in black midget porn". Well, sorry, not gonna happen, you mick fuck!
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I said he shouldnt be in there but let him do what he wants.
I have no control over it. But if i was on the licensing board or committee he would not get a license.
The rules are changed to DISCRIMATE against the able bodies fighters so that the DISABLE fighter is with a chance. Thats like making Usain Bolt run in Dr Martins as he is much more naturally talanted and better to make it a fair race.
I am no MMA dude but if i was fighting him id smash his face in
Also why do people think calling me 'mick' or 'paddy' or 'bogtrotter' is offensive. It really aint. I live in a city
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could i knock him out?
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He has the light to fight in cage.
But another has the light to destroy him mercilessly also.
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I bet I could take him...maybe.
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you can't kick him, period. the state mma board changed the rules for fighting against this guy. the guy can only roll around with him i guess, even though it's MMA.
That's fucked up.
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that was one of the controversial points. you can't kick him, period. the state mma board changed the rules for fighting against this guy. the guy can only roll around with him i guess, even though it's MMA.
:-X
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How does he wipe his ass? Seriously? ???
his mother does it
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Dorf on
Golf MMA
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The guy lost a decision, big shock.
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How the hell could that fight even go to decision? ???
Did he fight vern troyer wearing a blindfold?
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LMAO a decision?
who was he fighting? hahahaha common now
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big triceps
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big triceps
YOU BASTARD ;D
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the dude without appendages didn't wear gloves and there for he was not allowed to throw punches. So all he could do was take a shot at the takedown. The other kid played matador from what I read and just peppered the kid with jabs. I guess the venue was a tin roofed barn and the bell was a hammer and steel pipe
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on the real tip i admire the guy in a way, on the other hand im thinking this might not be such a healthy choice for him,lol. but think about this a second, it takes alot of heart to get in a cage and fight knowing you can get your legs,arms,face ect broken, in his case its a little different cause of his unfortunate situation of living life without no limbs, god bless that man cause that must be hard going through life with people staring at you and the assholes who make fun of him in public. hes at a huge disadvantage, but at the same time his opponants pretty limited on what he can do to win also, he pretty much has to mount the disabled guy and gnp him till hes ko,d or verbally taps. alot of times in life we forget how fortunate we are that we have functional limbs and are pretty healthy, when my mom was on the cancer ward in the hospital i used to go visit her everyday and let me tell ya, no matter what problems i had on my mind walking onto that floor with the cancer patients, when i left the hospital i realized them people would trade places with me in a second, and my money problems or relationship problems where nothing compared to what they where feeling. sometimes we forget how fortunate we are till we lose it
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the dude without appendages didn't wear gloves and there for he was not allowed to throw punches. So all he could do was take a shot at the takedown. The other kid played matador from what I read and just peppered the kid with jabs. I guess the venue was a tin roofed barn and the bell was a hammer and steel pipe
even if he could punch, it wouldn't matter. Unless he tee'd off on the guys knees. maybe they should have had the other guy fight on his knees. Look I admit that the guy had guts to go and do what he did. But this is a case where he should not been allowed to fight.
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on the real tip i admire the guy in a way, on the other hand im thinking this might not be such a healthy choice for him,lol. but think about this a second, it takes alot of heart to get in a cage and fight knowing you can get your legs,arms,face ect broken, in his case its a little different cause of his unfortunate situation of living life without no limbs, god bless that man cause that must be hard going through life with people staring at you and the assholes who make fun of him in public. hes at a huge disadvantage, but at the same time his opponants pretty limited on what he can do to win also, he pretty much has to mount the disabled guy and gnp him till hes ko,d or verbally taps. alot of times in life we forget how fortunate we are that we have functional limbs and are pretty healthy, when my mom was on the cancer ward in the hospital i used to go visit her everyday and let me tell ya, no matter what problems i had on my mind walking onto that floor with the cancer patients, when i left the hospital i realized them people would trade places with me in a second, and my money problems or relationship problems where nothing compared to what they where feeling. sometimes we forget how fortunate we are till we lose it
Great post, I agree.
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LMAO a decision?
who was he fighting? hahahaha common now
did he have a match already???
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oh, i saw the match in youtude, the abled guy is not allowed to kick kyle. Got to give kyle credit, he is actually pretty fast. His oppoent is not aggressive by any means...
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So after watching this I have way to many questions. First props for the guy for haing enough heart to be in the ring, but he didn't belong their. There was no way for him to really win, unless the other guy would have just been wreckless. I want to know if Kyle (amputee) would be able to be picked up and slammed if he was engaged on the ground. I know he can't be kicked, but I read he wasn't allowed to throw punches, so could he throw elbows in a gnp situation.
Way to may questions as to what the rules were and how they were changed.... I think just off this first round that he should've won the fight. He was being the agressor while the other guy ran the whole time. I didn't see the other dude even try to exchange withi him, unless you want to call a jab engaging... So my question is did they allow him to fight to fill seats and did they hand him a loss to tell him that the sport was not a good idea for him and he should be cool with fighting once and walking away unharmed?????
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So after watching this I have way to many questions. First props for the guy for haing enough heart to be in the ring, but he didn't belong their. There was no way for him to really win, unless the other guy would have just been wreckless. I want to know if Kyle (amputee) would be able to be picked up and slammed if he was engaged on the ground. I know he can't be kicked, but I read he wasn't allowed to throw punches, so could he throw elbows in a gnp situation.
Way to may questions as to what the rules were and how they were changed.... I think just off this first round that he should've won the fight. He was being the agressor while the other guy ran the whole time. I didn't see the other dude even try to exchange withi him, unless you want to call a jab engaging... So my question is did they allow him to fight to fill seats and did they hand him a loss to tell him that the sport was not a good idea for him and he should be cool with fighting once and walking away unharmed?????
publicity only. people love a freak show
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publicity only. people love a freak show
I know what you mean. I hear that Fedor is trying to line up a match with he guy...
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i shouldnt be laughing but i was.
i understand disabled people might think they can still do alot of things and live normal lives but come on that was not a fight. its like a fast baby crawling towards you. whats next he wants to fight in japan where they allow soccer kicks or does he want to be a boxer or better yet swim against Michael Phelps.
i cant believe the other fighter took the fight. he must feel like shit punching a cripple in the head.
hopefully he doesnt have anymore mma matches because the next guy he fights might not be so sympathetic and just pick him up throw him over the cage or better yet gnp him to death
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he can bite em in the nuts
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May God forgive me, ...but that made me lol
Shame on you Deke
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i shouldnt be laughing but i was.
i understand disabled people might think they can still do alot of things and live normal lives but come on that was not a fight. its like a fast baby crawling towards you. whats next he wants to fight in japan where they allow soccer kicks or does he want to be a boxer or better yet swim against Michael Phelps.
i cant believe the other fighter took the fight. he must feel like shit punching a cripple in the head.
hopefully he doesnt have anymore mma matches because the next guy he fights might not be so sympathetic and just pick him up throw him over the cage or better yet gnp him to death
He probably wanted to do it for a long time, no was his only chance were it would be socially acceptable to do it.
Sorry to say, but if you have to alter the rules to make a fight happen, then maybe it shouldn't happen. Besides what if he got hurt and was trying to tap out? How could the ref tell, Might look like he is trying to flail around with the little nub, not tapping out. What he did took guts, no brains, but lots of guts. he got his 15 minutes now time for him to retire. he will never fight a big name or win a belt. He will not further the sport.
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Magnificent Maynard a picture of courage
By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
Apr 27, 11:41 pm EDT
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Kyle Maynard talks with
reporters in Auburn, Ala.
(AP Photo/Jamie Martin)
The picture across the Internet screams out at you.
Kyle Maynard, a congenital amputee, is in a bear crawl, on all fours. In his case that’s two short stubs that make up his arms and two abbreviated legs with deformed feet. He’s inside a black caged ring in the Alabama woods, the ground outside covered with dirt, straw and a modest crowd of curious locals and frat boys.
Crouching over Maynard is Bryan Fry, who is fully able, 5-foot-9 and in the process of reaching down to punch Maynard directly in the face.
This is a freak show. This is a circus act. This is the human cockfighting that mixed martial arts was once called.
This is what the picture says.
It’s absurd, a fight between a regular man and a guy with essentially no arms or legs. Maynard doesn’t even have gloves on because it was so hot and humid they kept slipping off his stubs. As a result, he was barred from punching even if he’d been able to reach Fry. The fight goes on anyway because Alabama has no regulations; ridiculous is allowed to reign.
The punch in the picture would be one of the few points of action in the contest. Fry would win a unanimous three-round decision. The fight was marked by Maynard’s unsuccessful attempts to chase Fry down and wrestle him to the ground where Maynard believed he could gain victory by submission.
Maynard would get up on all fours and charge. Fry would get out of the way. Every once in awhile Fry would throw a punch. If he’d wanted, Fry could have kicked Maynard and quite possibly kicked him repeatedly. Maynard argues, however, that strategy would’ve opened Fry up to a take down.
There’s another theory, too. Fry wasn’t going to beat Maynard to a pulp and endure the national scorn. America went nuts this year when one high school girl’s basketball team beat another 100 to zip. No one actually got hurt in that one. Do you want to be the guy who beat up a congenital amputee?
There’s a reason the fight’s promoter said “six or seven” other fighters passed on taking on Maynard.
At first glance, or many glances, the fight made no sense. It was base. You look at the picture and you watch the video and you shake your head, or laugh with regret or just feel terrible that in 2009 something like this could actually happen.
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The voice through the phone, despite being thoughtful and soft spoken, screams out too.
It’s 36 hours since Kyle Maynard was carried by a friend, piggyback style, into that cage and took his shot at being a mixed martial artist. To say he has no regrets understates it. He calls it “fun,” an “awesome experience” and a “huge accomplishment.”
“I accomplished everything I wanted to short of winning that fight,” Maynard said.
When Kyle Maynard speaks of accomplishment, you listen. The term hero is overused in sports, but this is the real deal. He was born with a rare physical disorder that left him deformed and incapable of walking. He proceeded to spend most of his life doing exactly what he wanted anyway.
In the process he’s made plenty of able-bodied folks first uncomfortable, then inspired.
When he was in middle school he played football (he was a nose tackle who occasionally charged through the center’s legs). He’s been a champion weightlifter, hooking chains around his arms on one end and bars of iron on the other.
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Kyle Maynard works out preparing to compete in an
amateur mixed martial arts match in April, 2009.
(AP Photo/Jamie Martin)
When he went out for wrestling as a teenager, he was told by many that it wasn’t possible, that there should be a rule barring him from getting hurt. He lost his first 35 matches. He never quit. By the time he was a senior in high school, he was one of Georgia’s best in the state at 103 pounds.
He’s been honored by presidents, won humanitarian awards and appeared on “Oprah.” He wrote a national best-selling book, “No Excuses,” and has spent the last few years giving motivational speeches across the country. He got so busy he had to drop out of the University of Georgia. He now owns his own gym and just opened a training center. (http://www.noexcusesathletics.com/NEA_joomla/)
Don’t judge him by his limbs. The guy is incredible.
“Quite frankly everybody has a disability,” Maynard said. “People go through personal issues of character, morality, spirituality, emotional. It doesn’t just have to be something physical. Everybody has something to overcome.”
Still, don’t you need limbs for mixed martial arts? He doesn’t think so.
He wasn’t pummeled like many predicted, he said, deflecting most punches. He just couldn’t knock Fry to the ground – “I’m not going to outbox somebody,” he joked. However, the fact that Fry ran to avoid Maynard’s wrestling and submission skills was a moral victory.
He even appreciated the two or three clean punches he took.
“They landed hard,” Maynard laughed. “That in and of itself was a huge confidence boost for me. I wanted to get hit in the fight.”
He’s 23. He’s a tough guy. He knows what he’s doing.
Back in high school, Maynard wanted to join the Army and be an airborne ranger. He went down and talked to the recruiters, who loved his heart and intelligence. They laid it out, though: He could be an asset to the Army, just not on the front lines because if someone ever had to help him, that person would be at risk.
“I understood that,” Maynard said. “The last thing I want to do is endanger someone else. But on the flip side, with mixed martial arts, I think it should be my choice. I’m the only one in harm’s way, so to speak.”
The ugly tableau of unregulated Alabama aside, how was this a bad thing? How is Kyle Maynard ever a bad thing?
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Maynard didn’t win the fight. He did receive five separate standing ovations from the estimated 1,000 fans. On the Internet the reactions have been mixed. He’s received both scorn and praise. He’s been laughed at and lionized and even called crazy (“I agree,” he laughed).
He said none of it matters. He competed for himself. He did it to prove that after four and a half years of MMA training that he could get into that cage and take a punch and keep on going.
He understands the initial reaction, of the people staring at the picture or watching the video and calling it a freak act. He just doesn’t care. “I wouldn’t have gone into this without a viable chance at winning,” he insists.
Mostly, though, he asks why shouldn’t he be allowed to compete in an amateur MMA match?
“It’s borderline infringement on my civil liberties because the government doesn’t have an accurate way to measure what my capabilities are,” he said of Georgia’s refusal to grant him a license.
“I’m capable of doing that. My trainers, sparring partners, doctors – those are the people capable of describing my limitations. Those individuals (say) I’m capable.”
He plans on fighting again, better trained, more experienced and hopefully against a lighter opponent. Did you actually think he was going to quit? You can be repulsed. You can be encouraged.
The picture doesn’t fade. The voice on the phone doesn’t either.
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i can understand if he wants to do sports like football.... but why fighting???? But no matter what... props to him
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I read this since monday. I didnt want to say notin...Karma...But this shit is hilarious..Not the video..the comments...nt stomach hurts
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I read this since monday. I didnt want to say notin...Karma...But this shit is hilarious..Not the video..the comments...nt stomach hurts
you don't have to worry about karma if you don't say anything bad about him both in your mind and verbally...
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I'm just glad Brent Harvey Jr. didn't go through with suicide where he was clearing wring suicide notes in other threads...Sure cutting off his arms and legs was pretty fucked up but atleast the men is still alive...I salute you Brent Harvey jr.....