Bernard Hopkins gives his thoughts on MMA

GSP - Silva?

 

I understand what teeto is saying.....many times I have this problem.....I´m talking about boxing with some friends and suddenly someone says "Boxing is dead, since Mike Tyson retired there is no fun anymore"........

Actually I´m a fan of Combat sports first of all.....and I don´t know how Big MMA is in UK......but I can say that around here is huge....so, I was a MMA fan (Vale-Tudo back in the day) before to be a boxing fan....and today I´m a bigger boxing fan !!

I enjoy the excitement of MMA fights....it´s really fun to watch ! And I enjoy a good skillful grappling fight as well....

But Boxing got me because of the finesse....it´s simply beautiful to see.....
Many of the MMA fans I know are boxing fans too....but the problem for us is we don´t have many brazilians boxers as we have great brazilians MMA fighters.....and it´s the opposite in UK, I guess......

Even so....There IS a LOT of people here in Brazil who really hates MMA, because of what they call "too much brutality"......

 

I don't know what you mean mate, I don't know **** about their fighters, what I mean is they have a governing organisation, we don't, it's just a load of ****s out to get money and too many politics

 

Ummm...FOX have picked it up mate, the country's biggest network.

 

I think Jiu Jitsu is amazing, I don't know much about it, but the principal of it, is fantastic. I learned about it years ago from watching Royce Gracie etc and their principals fascinated me.

 

Good post Vic :good

 

:hi: Teeto, you're still up :happy

 

I remember watching an interview with one of the older Gracie brothers I think, and he was talking about they don't deal with time, but they deal with leverage, they don't mind waiting for ages for that opportunity to gain the leverage, and if they take that opportunity successfully, you will eventually go to sleep, and there is no two ways about it.

I loved how Royce Gracie just marched on in there and said what, jiu jitsu is the best, watch me prove it

 

I shouldn't be, I have an interview tomorrow, wish me luck lad, aren't you up early tomorrow?

PS I embarrassed myself saying the wrong name with that Dana guy, haha my bad, thanks for the correction

you showed me that not all UFC fans are twats too

 

Jeff is a UFC fan, shout out Jeff, biggest left hook in the game

 

:good it's ten o'clock here, I'm wide awake, get some kip La!

 

oh yeah, I forgot you was away, haha, I need to learn some jiu jitsu to start choking people

when me and my mate used to watch the Gracie brothers years ago, he got it in his head that he could actually use jiu jitsu, just from watching a dvd on the gracie brothers, I remember thinking this could be dangerous for us if he thinks he's gunna get into fights and start choking people out, we're gunna get twatted by someone. He used to say stuff like 'next time someone starts in town laa, watch lad, I'm just gunna say, ''if you come at me I'm gunna choke ya'', you can't do anything cos I'll defo choke ya'

in the end he passed through the phase but I remember being worried about him at the time, he really thought he was untouchable for a short while, like anyone who tried to punch him would just get choked, what a scouser

 

how's it going over there flea?

did you totally just **** off your fb btw?

 

flea where are you dawg?

You vacated the forum like Bowe did on Lewis?

Where you at brother?

 

I'm out flea, catch you round, like a home run

or something like that

peace lad