Friday Link Dump
— Luke Thomas weighs in (heavily) on our “Broken Jaws and Double Standards” article. (BloodyElbow)
— A first-hand account of Jesse Taylor’s Palace Station rampage, courtesy of Matt Riddle. (MMA Junkie)
— Brazilian PRIDE/Cage Rage vet (and Thiago Silva’s roommate) Edson Draggo just wrecked himself in a motorcycle accident. (Sherdog)
— The next Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion event will go down September 19th, and will feature Kazuo Misaki, Renato “Babalu” Sobral, the winner of Thomson/Melendez, and (hopefully) Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos. (MMARated)
— Ironically, the Shamrocks are the unluckiest clan in MMA. But that didn’t stop 18-year-old Lion’s Den product Jeff Shamrock (Ken’s nephew) from signing a multi-fight deal with Strikeforce. (FiveOuncesofPain)
— “Lay and Pray” vs. “Hit and Run” (Fightlinker)
— Joachim “Hellboy” Hansen is looking for a sponsor. (Japan MMA)
— 8 countries with weak pesos but hot women. (WallStreetFighter)
— Pictures of the chick that Mini-Me banged on that sex tape. OMFG, little Verne in his U of M onesie is presh! (Holy Taco)
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June 27th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
That is the 2nd funniest thing I seen today. The first being an interview with Machida where he states that Dana White almost vomit when he in Tito triangle. In Machida’s broken English it sounded hilarious
June 27th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Hope someone picks up on the Hansen sponsorship!
Love the picture!
June 27th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
More link dumps, these rock.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Fedor looks like he could be punted by Hong Man Choi at any minute.
June 28th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Can anyone clarify this for me? The guys at Fightlinker all seem to think that lay and pray is when the dominant fighter just lays there praying for the decision rather than working towards improving his position.
I’ve always been under the impression that lay and pray is when the fighter on bottom has his opponent in closed guard and attempts to prevent the dominant fighter from posturing up by pinching his arms under his own, thereby looking like he’s praying on his back. I wanted to blast half of them anyway for thinking Machida is a pussy, but didn’t want to look like a jackass in the process.
June 28th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
@fightfan
The interview was in Portuguese, some guy just translated it into broken English.
@Elk Snot
You’re wrong. When one fighter lays on to of another one for the whole fight, the fighter on top is always favored in decisions. People bitch about lay and pray fighters because they do nothing the whole fight and then almost always *win*. It wouldn’t make any sense your way.
June 28th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Whats the deal with this picture? What weigh in is this? or is this 100% fake on all levels… and hong recovered from his surgery.. when is he fighting again?
June 29th, 2008 at 8:35 am
of course Riddle smokes weed.
Look at him and listen to him. I’m thinkin he uses words like “broski” and “gnarley” on a regular basis.
June 29th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Who cares if Riddle smokes weed. Riddle vs any Diaz with a mandatory waterbong hit between rounds, sanctioned in Amssterdam.
June 30th, 2008 at 7:16 am
I always thought it was “Lay and Prey”, rather than “Lay and Pray”?