After watching several cartoonishly corny videos (the first above, more of which we will subject you to after the jump) we’re not sure what “Warrior Island” is, exactly, but from the little we can glean it is even more stupid than X-Arm. If you’re not familiar with X-Arm, watch this and realize the magnitude of the above claim.
We’ll mostly let the videos speak for themselves but it appears as if something called Global Proving Ground (GPG, to help this future pop culture phenomenon get rolling) is pitching a reality competition television show that will, in some way, include martial artists pitted against one another on an island. They are holding tryouts – you don’t want to miss the audition tapes below – and we, the ardent GPG fans will vote on who we want to see on the island, or something to that effect.
Oh yeah, they are also trying to bilk “fighters” out of $9.95/month for supposedly expert advice from a tatted up doctor that looks like every annoying guy at any MMA event ever.
In the opening trailer we see several shirtless, fat men running pained and barefoot through some vaguely Polynesian beach forest, at least one emaciated looking dude doing the same, and an unidentified Dan Severn jogging with a gray t shirt on.
The camera cuts to other exotic locations where actors perform the clunkiest sparring demonstrations you’ve ever seen: The world’s least flexible ninja doing Karate, two guys battling ever. so. slowly. with Wu Shu swords on the Great Wall of China, or something, while tinny-sounding sword clashing audio is superimposed over the video. Wait until you see the thrilling Pankration demonstration or the two guys who don’t know what Sambo is, demonstrating what Sambo is.
The audition tapes contain one perfectly nice gentleman that says he’s practiced Kung Fu every day since 1970. As he prances around delicately, completely off balance for fighting at almost every juncture, take comfort knowing that, no matter how bad your day is going, at least you haven’t wasted 42 years of your life doing something useless every day.
Audition tapes and an appeal from Dr. Douchebag after the jump.
The biggest dufus in the videos, however, is the interviewer who, when he comes in to frame, we realize is wearing a camouflage hat, a black gi and an American flag-colored belt. This is the guy in charge, ladies and gentlemen.
They also have a mentally disabled kid auditioning. So there’s that.
Not only is this sham of an organization ok with insulting an audience and trying to swindle perfectly healthy adults, they’re also fine with stringing along mentally disabled folks. That kid is only guy in the video with credibility, as far as we’re concerned, and we hope that off camera he beat the crap out of everyone else in the room.
Looks like he probably could.
Audition Tapes:
Dr. Douchebag:








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commentsI got you you good fucker!
Producer looks like an overweight White Goodman in Dodgeball!
The rambling, nonsensical mess of a message you left isn't really helping your side of the argument. You're going to forward an article to a member of the Gracie family because he was "insulted"? Do you hunt down every comment section on MMA forums or something? You then finish by making the oddball statement "sumo fighters would destroy MMA fighters pretty fast". For someone who claims to know what "Martial Arts" are all about, you sure don't seem to realise that it depends on the person and not whatever style he's trained in. This is UFC 1 all over again, with people making up bullshit fighting styles to sound impressive.
I can't believe i'm saying this, but you make Felony Fights look like a five-star quality promotion. But what do I know? If you attract legions of tattooed chainsmoking TapouT shirt fans "who trane UFC" then by all means, you deserve every dollar they are dumb enough to give you. Forward THAT to Gracie.
Dear Dumb Show Idea CEO
I read everything you had to say, and it was very heroic of you to defend a bag of shit.. but i still have a few problems with your particular bag of shit... if this is such a great fighting competition, how come the quality of this video is flat out terrible, you say alot of people involved are big time and serious, its hard to take anything serious from that trailer. And why are you throwing around the Gracie name as if anyone really cares? I'm sorry but everyone isn't going to know every god damn butt-hole in the world thats involved with some kind of fighting with the last name Gracie, im sure your "Gracie" is cool, but.. he aint no Renzo, that dude beats up people in New York =). On another note, Good for you, you have Dan Severn.. but on the other hand, i feel bad for you, because you do... lol have dan severn, he lost his relevance about a decade ago. He hasnt fought anything worth a shit in a long time. Theres no reason to make him look all bad ass walking under a boardwalk at night, i felt like i was watching a recent shitty Segal movie...also, lol what was up with that arrow going around the world, that was a pretty bad video filler, just took up to much time, and your "fighting examples" look just as shitty as your trailer. Either way, instead of going out of your way and defending your crappy show on the Cp, just try and prove everyone wrong, until then... you idea looks stupid and i hope "The Todd" wins, because he looks the most bad ass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGlN6mluGA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRaoHi_xcWkfeature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=PRH_ibs7o34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JNuqEz_GCQfeature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRH_ibs7o34feature=related
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674497/
http://www.worldcat.org/title/cytokine-growth-factor-and-hormonal-responses-following-eccentric-exercise-induced-muscle-damage-influence-of-hydrocodone-bitartrate-and-ibuprofen-administration/oclc/45277860&referer=brief_results
But seriously, James Jefferson, get a fucking clue. No amount of fact-checking could make up for the fact that your promo video is a complete joke, perhaps the most amateurish thing I've ever seen passed off as professional. Elias Cepeda may be a retard, but he's dead on with that one. Also, I went to your website, and the copy looks like it was typed by someone with dyslexia. Sample gem: "We are blessed to have Executive Producer / Director Ben Perry a Black Belt himself in charge of the creative genius of the project." How do you expect anyone to take your product seriously with turns of phrase like that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUH3JQjcweM&NR=1&feature=endscreen
Speaking as a representative for absolutely no-one on this site I would like to answer some of your concerns. First of all it seems you have missed the stated goal of this particular domain. See, CP and CP nation pride ourselves on our ability to not take ourselves too seriously. We make fun of all things MMA and MMA related. I believe a quick perusal of the site will reveal that satire is the primary focus, with no harm intended. This may ruffle a few feathers and rub some the wrong way, but that is the price of humor these days.
Second, let's talk exposure. It seems to me you are missing an opportunity here. It would have been just as easy to come here and point out the strengths of your product and clear the air. Insults are only a positive when delivered with a sense of humor. The community here is, in my experience, above the average intelligence of most MMA fans and capable of being brought around to a well reasoned argument. It could have, and may still be, turned into a possibility for drawing fan interest if handled correctly (any press is good press).
Finally, to the MMA vs Sumo argument. This is something that has already been tested. In general it has been the case that Sumo practitioners were not physically suited to the cardio requirements of MMA. Excellent examples of this can be found in Teila Tuli and Cale Yarborough. This is not to say that Sumo is an inferior sport any more than a baseball player performing poorly in basketball would invalidate baseball.
Good luck with your project, I sincerely hope it goes well.
http://youtu.be/EIvkXdD2L8w
Here are some of the Top Rated Tryout Video's watch these and then tell me if you think we do not have good fighters involved....
http://youtu.be/ywYEziL6Q38
http://youtu.be/6vHFGaKozEI
http://youtu.be/1Kz0AdSRG2o
http://youtu.be/8Aw-FjuluJ0
http://youtu.be/N-zZR10n8M8
http://youtu.be/i2M9cz42ASk
http://youtu.be/wvOB0oR1JX4
http://youtu.be/WEX6e0GIqgY
http://youtu.be/S044_3tooiA
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