(Doesn’t Art Davie just ooze sincerity?)
A while back we all had a good laugh over the idiotic spectacle that is XARM, the brainchild of UFC co-creator Art Davie that meshes arm-wrestling with MMA punching people and is somehow even dumber than it sounds. We were content to let it go, then we saw this, a blog post by Davie declaring that MMA has “lost its way” and the UFC has “de-evolved.”
Normally we’d ignore this kind of cry for attention, but it’s just too good and we love mocking things waaaay too much. For example:
I was the guy who started this sport [ed. note: bullshit] and let me say, for the record, that I love MMA. But, I’m not the only one or the first one to say that the MMA seems to have has lost its way. MMA, and specifically the UFC, have stopped delivering the kind of extreme fighting sport that fans have come to expect. Some are saying now that the UFC has de-evolved. First it was a spectacle, then it gained acceptance as a sport and now it’s back to being a spectacle.
Recently John Perretti called it, "a fossil of what is was." And journalist Eddie Goldman, the ‘Conscience of MMA’, says that real technique in MMA is gone. He says, "today you push ‘em up against the cage, tumble to the mat, throw punches and elbows on the ground….that’s called technique." [ed. note: Eddie’s right, Anderson Silva sux!!!!]
[...]
When I created the UFC, the boxing community and martial artists, from karate to taekwondo, said it was too brutal and a freak show….a "unicorn sport". Now some in MMA are taking shots at my new sport, XARM – saying it’s too extreme [ed. note: I think the word you’re looking for is ‘tarded]. Oh, how history repeats itself! What XARM does is take the best three minutes of any MMA fight – removes the ground game…and gives fans what they want – raw, uncensored, nonstop action!
Get off the ground and step up to the table. That’s my thought….
Peace,
Art
Cleary, these are the self-serving, self-important words of a delusional and desperate man. The fact that he puts them out there to try and leverage the UFC’s popularity to benefit his own hopelessly idiotic product is no big surprise. The fact that he might actually believe any of it is what’s really hilarious/depressing.
Art Davie is either a man who will say positively anything with the expectation that people are dumb enough to believe it, or else he is a first-class moron himself. Maybe it’s both. Either way, stupidity on such an epic scale deserves recognition, so here it is.
Now, let us never speak of this again.
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Comments
Fri, 01/02/09 - 04:49
I want Butterbean vs. Kimbo .... come on make that happen!
Fri, 01/02/09 - 04:56
LOL
Fri, 01/02/09 - 04:57
wtf...
Fri, 01/02/09 - 04:57
gay as hell
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:00
Wow. XARM? Seriously? Oh I got one Artie, its called crotch kick. Lets see who can be the first to tap from being kicked in the balls. I mean lets be real. What hurts a man more than being kicked in the nuts? Lets just take out the bs punching and holding hands and just get to the nuts and bolts of xtreme fighting. Stupid ass!
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:00
Zarm hahahahaha they should throw in indian leg wrestling, thumbwars, and rock paper scissors along with the full array of american gladiator challenges then the zarm champion could be master of all things extreme and sport. davies = douche quit calling zarm a sport.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:00
Die Art Davie.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:02
the delusion of Arte Davie doesn't really surprise me all that much. After all people believe in gOD. silly.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:06
Dumbest shit I have ever seen. MMA>>>XARM, actually GAYSEX>XARM. And no im not gay at all. Just making clear how horribly stupid this is.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:07
Are you guys sure this thing isn't just a joke? A sick, horrible joke? Because there is no way this thing can be for real.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:08
It's only a sport if you can make money by selling T-Shirts
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:11
Die Perdew. Enjoy rotten in Hell. That will last the next 4 years while that home boy is in office.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:12
An XArm t-shirt would be funny. How bout that broadcast? The whole seen is HI-Larious.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:13
LOL
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:18
I love the clinch and the break up. HAHA!
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:27
I think that one dude said it best. Gay Sex >> XARM
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:28
The best thing about Xarm contestants is that you only have to practice throwing your right.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:35
Make that the left, wow, this is really really stupid.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:37
Art Davie: "If you like what you see here tonight, don't forget to tune in on February 14th for the premiere of the XBJ League! I think we can all agree blow jobs have gotten stale. I received three BJs back in college, so I think I'd know. She grabs your shaft, cups your balls, licks your head, lah dee dah. We aren't getting that bang for our buck that we've grown to expect from oral copulation and that's why we're bringing you the XBJ League. The XBJ League combines blow jobs with the one thing every man loves: the board game Mouse Trap!"
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:44
Fedor would get killed in this.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:47
I cant wait to buy my first Affliction XARM $80 t-shirt!!!!!! ok, on a real note, kicking another mans ass with a table between u? ghey. dumm and stoopid. where did they find these guys? the umemployement line?
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:52
lol... maybe they'll broadcast it on Fauxnews.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 05:52
!ROFL! Started the Ufc then on to extreme thumb wrestling fucking genius !ROFL! This has my Vote for the funniest blog/video of the new year.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 06:13
It's obviously an attention-grabber post, and it has succeeded. We would have all forgotten about XARM otherwise.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 06:22
I feel I have just lost a good 30 points from my I.Q. having watched this..........
Fri, 01/02/09 - 06:32
Someone could be seriously injured in XARM competition. One of these days, thousands of people will be watching XARM live on PPV and be subjected to the trauma of watching a defenseless (can't block with other arm) man beat to death, or strangled into permanent brain damage. We must stop this problem before it begins. I call for the criminalization of XARM, for these barbarians' own safety. We must stop this human cockfighting from spreading! (I say human cockfighting because these are obviously human cocks.)
Fri, 01/02/09 - 06:38
Lyoto Machita and Kalib Starnes would be awful at this.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 06:38
You guys are pussies and you don't know anything. This idea just needs some refining and it will take over the world. It reminds me of something I saw in an anime a few years back. "...places the knives in the ring, and tells Yusuke the rules. They each stand with their feet to the knives, and whoever steps out of bounds first dies. Meanwhile, they punch each other inside. So, it's truly a test of a endurance. Yusuke steps up to the challenge. The announcer states that it's illegal to make up rules during the fight, but after the crowd cheers, the committee approves the death match. The men begin fighting, one taking turns punching the other." Problem solved.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 06:39
No Care Ever.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 06:56
Haha! I would actually watch it if I got to see Starnes behind the table!
Fri, 01/02/09 - 06:58
fuck all that what about carl worsham is this his idea of a comeback.i thought i killed this bum back at extreme fighting volume 3 forget about it.this sport could be like a fat women u wanna play but you dont want yr freinds to see it FORGET ABOUT IT.but theres nothing to it people just snap the wrist an walk away snap the wrist an walk away its that simple.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 07:12
All the stupid shit mentioned in that article gave me a headache.. god I need a drink now.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 07:22
"First it was a spectacle, then it gained acceptance as a sport and now it's back to being a spectacle." But X-arm will start out as a spectacle and evolve into being cancelled after 1 show. At least it's on the reputable RIPE tv :)
Fri, 01/02/09 - 07:24
What is really sad is that Art Davie can't seem to see how utterly moronic this is. What a sad man and a sad excuse for a sporting event.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 07:46
SAVAGE TIME!!! hahahahaha! What a fucking joke
Fri, 01/02/09 - 07:54
Tito Ortiz has cryptically announced that he is maybe no more than a week away from signing a contract with XARM that is so large it will not only revolutionize MMA, but change the concept of sports itself. Suck it Dana, Tom, Donald, and Gary.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 07:55
this is the coolest thing i have ever seen. where can i train for xarm. are there are any blackbelts i can learn from.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 07:56
How do I integrate my subliminal tap manuver into this sport?
Fri, 01/02/09 - 08:02
I give you the SLAM BALL of 20009!!!
Fri, 01/02/09 - 08:08
when they first show the 2 announcers...i could have sworn that was a cardboard cutout of art..then they swapped when it shows him talking..
Fri, 01/02/09 - 08:30
Kimbo would totally kick.... wait wait.. punching is involved right? Nevermind. Chuck Liddell would totally, no wait wait. WAR MACHINE, no no wait fuck this sport sucks ass.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 08:46
ART DAVIE, YOU MY MAN ARE A COMPLETE DUMBASS. (XARM) COME ON YOU STUPID BASTARD IT SOUNDS AND LOOKS LIKE A REAL LIFE GARBAGE VIDEO GAME. I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST GO OUT AND GET YOURSELF A 9 TO 5 JOB IN A WAREHOUSE SOMEWHERE. YOU SIMPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK YOU ARE DOING OUT IN THE BIG WORLD. YOUR AN IDIOT SO GIVE UP, SHUT UP, AND LEAVE MMA THE HELL ALONE BECAUSE YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT. YOU MAY NEVER READ THIS BUT JUST IN CASE YOU DO I WANTED TO BE STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH YOU ON THE XARM THING. IT'S A COMPLETE FAILURE. GOOD TRY THOUGH DUMB ASS.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 08:52
Bullshittest thing I have ever seen.. one guy if right handed and the other one is left.. of course if you tie up first one's right hand he is gonna lose.. I thought they would have switched the hands in the break.. but obviously.. they are either dumb or think people watching are dumb..
Fri, 01/02/09 - 09:00
ROFL
Fri, 01/02/09 - 09:18
its pretty funny and entertaining ahha, its not mma but i think it grabs people's attention, the avg joe would like it b/c they just got 2 guys beating on each other while tied together haha
Fri, 01/02/09 - 09:21
Ultimate Roshamboe(nutkick) Federation We will one-up Art Davies at his own game and invent the ultimate in bodily harm short of mutilation. It will involve the obvious groin kicks with bonuses for knockoff of the night(kickin so hard they actually drop a nut) and submission of the night(via liplock). The ref should be Steve Mazzagati. The logo can be a foot resting between a big ballsack with some sort of tribal or affliction style skull work on the ball itself LOL.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 09:39
i'll watch when he creates X-Gina , brutal non-stop clambumping action!!
Fri, 01/02/09 - 09:44
La-hooo-sa-hers!
Fri, 01/02/09 - 09:50
i think it'd be better if both competitors were blindfolded.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 09:55
BJJ is favorite part of MMA! Art Davie you and keith jardine should just go die!!!! Im so mad that art davie thought this was cool! Everyone who saw that Xarm bullshit is dumber now! go fuck yourself Art Davie and keith jardine!
Fri, 01/02/09 - 10:11
XARM is biased against the handicapped, more specifically those with one arm.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 10:20
I saw this movie before... Lincoln Hawk wins and drives the new truck away with his kid in the passenger seat Over The Top WAR SAVAGE TIME
Fri, 01/02/09 - 10:28
Wow, Art Davie might actually be more of a cock bag than Greg Kelly..
Fri, 01/02/09 - 10:41
gayest thing ever. art davie can suck some balls. but not mine
Fri, 01/02/09 - 11:14
dumbest...shit...ever. Besides gary shaw.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 11:44
It's bad when there are people stupider than me in the world. I mean really bad.
Fri, 01/02/09 - 11:57
what a dumbass sack of shit moron.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 12:08
xtremely avarice retarded men
Sat, 01/03/09 - 12:14
I actually read the blog post. You are exactly the dumb fucks that Davie was talking about. If you think Dana White is such a fucking genius, why is he taking all of his cues from the WWE? There are good fighters everywhere. Your Ivory Tower is going to give you hemorrhoids.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 12:20
MMA is superior to this debacle in all aspects. You're the dumb fark Davie was referring to, "Bitchkins". There may be good fighters, but they're not everywhere. Not in that X-Arm nonsense. That garbage was designed for bars to entertain the drunks and idiots. MMA is on a higher plane, and I'm sorry I even included MMA in the same sentence as...no wait, nevermind I didn't, phew.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 01:15
That's the worst thing i've ever seen.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 01:46
MMA has gone downhill. U.S. MMA events are synonomous with almost non-stop booing. Bring back knees and soccer kicks to the head on the ground and you might see MMA start back up the hill-only guys like Fedor can deliver exciting ground and pound using only their fists. BJJ works fine-but its the same problem-very few guys can make it exciting for the crowd. That being said- I think Xarm is so desperate for some actual fighting(people are so sick of "lay-n-pray" and the "feeling out process") that they tie the fighters together so they don't spend the whole time dancing around and not connecting-it seems to be a hybrid form of a hockey fighting.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 01:57
Wait a second, Xarm fighting style looks a lot like Randy Couture dirty boxing-only more exciting. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Sat, 01/03/09 - 03:18
This was like watching an aquard romance scene... XARM....haha, seriously Cmon!
Sat, 01/03/09 - 05:51
I'm just staring this video my mouth wide open. I don't even have any words. Thats because there are no words to describe how stupid this is:D De-evolving back to the stone-age? Well I'm not in that bandwagon.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 06:03
I'm not even sure how to pronounce the word "Xarm", so I'm afraid my scathing reviews of it's douchebaggery will be less potent. But I think we can all agree it's Xgay.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 06:46
XARMBAR
Sat, 01/03/09 - 07:01
This should be in a box set with bum fights.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 07:44
i cant stop saying sarm
Sat, 01/03/09 - 07:49
"ITS SAVAGE TIME"
Sat, 01/03/09 - 08:59
Great stop to the fight... that guy was out cold... haha dumbest thing i have watched in a while
Sat, 01/03/09 - 10:16
finally, a sport stupider than biathlon! one time last summer i found a tattered copy of Over The Top - the novel. i forced myself to at least try to read the first few chapters, simply because novelizations of shitty movies make me feel a lot better about my own writing skills. as you can imagine, the book was shit. i still have it, though. and i would rather be forced to re-read the entire thing over and over every day for the rest of my life than watch another second of XARM. IT'S SAVAGE TIME!
Sat, 01/03/09 - 10:28
Even though I think the premise of XARM is pretty questionable to put it mildy, there is no doubt that technique has devolved in the UFC. And the writer's por UFCE bias is clearly starting to show in this article. Anderson Silva is the exception, not the norm as far as being representative of UFC technique. In fact everybody with half a brain who's been watching MMA before TUF knows without a doubt that the level of striking in MMA is abysmal when compared to what it was 10 years ago.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 10:50
Ronnie Dobbs Says: Fri, 01/02/2009 - 17:37 Art Davie: "If you like what you see here tonight, don't forget to tune in on February 14th for the premiere of the XBJ League! I think we can all agree blow jobs have gotten stale. I received three BJs back in college, so I think I'd know. She grabs your shaft, cups your balls, licks your head, lah dee dah. We aren't getting that bang for our buck that we've grown to expect from oral copulation and that's why we're bringing you the XBJ League. The XBJ League combines blow jobs with the one thing every man loves: the board game Mouse Trap!" Props to Ronnie for making me laugh my ass off for about 3 minutes straight
Sat, 01/03/09 - 10:51
He's right! The early UFC fights were way better because they NEVER turned into boring, non-time limited, ground affairs! Royce Gracie vs. Dan Severn was an all out stand up war that captivated the attention of an entire nation! It didn't look like a fat, hairy, guy was dry humping a skinny Brazillian for 30 minutes at all....douche!
Sat, 01/03/09 - 11:04
I'd almost rather sit through a church service than watch this shit.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 11:14
Two tards enter, one tard leaves.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 12:05
Its basically a hockey fight..
Sat, 01/03/09 - 12:09
That guy has 7 years kickboxing and 1 year Judo and he's in XARM??? I guess that's when you know you fail.. at life.. Those commentators fail too..
Sat, 01/03/09 - 12:56
I love how they called douche bag #1 a grappler with 7 years of kickboxing and ONE year of judo.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 02:09
If anybody actually thinks that grappling slows down the excitement of MMA then go watch WWE.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 02:21
super gay
Sat, 01/03/09 - 02:29
i would rather watch professional bowling.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 03:18
This mother fucker is pissed, because the UFC is making shit tons of money, and he isnt seeing a cent of it. XARM is a fucking joke, and Art Davie should be in a fuckin mental hospital, I seriously hope he gets run over by a speeding cop car, or dies from syphilis, better yet, if he has a daughter, i hope she gets raped and tortured everyday, and he is forced to watch it on an hd tv with bluray. I hope everyone in his family dies a horrible death, and may his family die without a fucking penny. Fuck you Art Davie, Zuffa did something you could never ever do, run a successful business.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 04:17
Yeah, I can just see all the Mixed Martial Artists flocking to XARM. What a fucking joke.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 07:22
the gypsies actually fight like this believe it or not..they tie the two opponents wrist together and they go at it with the right hand only..and in extreme cases they use razor blades until someone submits..I shit you not
Sat, 01/03/09 - 08:15
i'd watch it.
Sat, 01/03/09 - 09:58
This can't be real.
Sun, 01/04/09 - 12:40
My thoughts exactly.
Sun, 01/04/09 - 04:08
f u all. cal worsham is reffing.
Sun, 01/04/09 - 05:19
I can't believe that humans have regressed this much. Yes Art, that "savage" guy has more "technique" in his lef hand than any BJJ blackbelt or colligiate wrestler has in their entire body. Now why don't you get off the mat, step up to the table, bend over and I'll show you the sport of XDP - Xtreme donkey punch. The concept is pretty simple. Art Davies is tied to a table, and you have to fuck him while punching him in the back of he head. I don't know how you judge the winner as this is a developing sport but I figure as long as someone's doing this, you can't possibly come up with anything more retarded than you already have.
Sun, 01/04/09 - 01:38
I dunno arm wrestling and allowing punches and kicks and shit is funny as hell to watch. I 'd watch this shit but it's not the same enjoyment as seeing true fighting. Funny as hell though
Sun, 01/04/09 - 06:36
I can't believe I'm even wasting my time thinking about this garbage but....Is the going to be a left handed and right handed division?
Sun, 01/04/09 - 06:50
umm dont know bout the rest of u, but XARM > Gay sex.....think there are some closet fags here
Sun, 01/04/09 - 10:26
Mr. Art Davie, Co founder of the UFC? What a load of rubbish, this is a guy that wanted to dig a moat around the cage and fill it with Crocks. This is the guy that wanted to have a copper circle instead of the octagan, and when fighters touched the edges they would get an electric shock? This man has now invented this rubbish, its like something a 5 year old would invent after watching arm wrestling. This is a disgrace to the MMA, how dare they try affiliate this with our sport. I doubt real arm-wrestlers are to impressed either. This rubbish has no place on cage potato.
Sun, 01/04/09 - 11:41
THIS IS THE DUMBIST SHIT I EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mon, 01/05/09 - 05:09
What if one guy is a southpaw... that doesn't seem xfair
Mon, 01/05/09 - 07:22
I agree with you but i wanted to say that the crotch kick game is called Roshambo
Mon, 01/05/09 - 07:26
Its called Roshambo and that would be funny as hell
Mon, 01/05/09 - 09:53
This just in...Tito Ortiz is being wooed by Xarm to be the organizations spokes-idiot.
Thu, 01/08/09 - 05:59
just goes to show that the WRONG people have the RIGHT money. It reminds me of the first time I saw/read about the Guitar Hero game. I said to myself " Nothing could possibly be more patheticly gay-gayer than this." Now I have to make a liar out of myself and retract that statement; Nothing could possibly be more patheticly gay-gayer than XARM. Theres just so much disgust and hate built up after watching this, I feel sick, literally. p.s. When will ppl learn that putting an " X " infront of the sport title will never be successful. We all saw where the XFL went....exactly. I can't believe how pissed this just made me.
Mon, 10/03/11 - 08:36
[...] the UFC’s original co-founders. In its first incarnation, XARM nearly usurped MMA as the next “evolution of combat sports” [...]
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