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    good lord...what happened to protecting the upper body when you kick...i tell my students to get their hands out of thier asses when they drop that low on a kick...am I wrong?
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    So it's safe to say that Dana White is one of the smartest men in sports?
    I quit after getting my first black belt because the school I was a part of was in the process of lowering their standards A painfully honest KC Elbows

    The crap that many schools do is not the crap I was taught or train in or teach.

    Dam nit... it made sense when it was running through my head.

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    Oso, a lot of schools drop the hands during kicks.

    Most people learn a "thai kick" for the cage with at least 1 hand down.

    If footwork and measure are correct, guard up becomes less important.

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    Also it's a cover shot

    I'm sure the SI team spent a great deal of effort to find that cover shot. Every mag does. The cover shot is critical. They weren't looking for great technique. They were looking for a shot that fits into their composition. In general, closed poses look poor on the cover. We have that problem too. In a real fighting pose, you cover everything up, but for a cover, you want to expose everything. It's always a struggle.

    That shot has great dynamics and expression, especially combined with the cage as a graphic. Covering the mag name with cage is a great touch. And the lens flair with Huerta's credit draws the eye in, even though that's really small font for a cover blurb. It follows the Z pattern, which is commonly regarded as the most effective composition for covers. There's even a subliminal crotch shot under the cover blurb. It's a brilliant cover and I'd expect no less from SI.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GeneChing View Post
    There's even a subliminal crotch shot under the cover blurb.
    as opposed to the "liminal" ones that we are used to seeing from you...

    and that's a great point about the cage covering the SI logo - I totally didn't notice that, but it creates a great effect upon review...

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    Quote Originally Posted by rogue View Post
    So it's safe to say that Dana White is one of the smartest men in sports?
    Yep, pretty much.

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    Some follow up - be sure to follow the link because there's a great smoking pics at the end.

    Ultimate Fighting: A Proven Moneymaker - With Plenty of Enemies
    Justin Rohrlich
    May 29, 2007 2:18 pm

    Last week’s Sports Illustrated cover story explored the explosive popularity of mixed martial arts—the Ultimate Fighting Championship, in particular.

    Fought in three five-minute bursts (five in championship bouts), Ultimate Fighting participants take on one another using a combination of skills from different disciplines, including boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and jiujitsu.

    The article pointed out that UFC events bring in more pay-per-view dollars than both WWE wrestling and HBO boxing: $223 million, compared with $177 million for boxing on HBO and $200 million for WWE.

    And, April’s UFC 69: Shootout, held at Houston’s Toyota Center, was the arena’s highest-grossing event ever.

    Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, the two Las Vegas-based brothers who bought UFC in 2000, certainly know how to make money. Their Station Casinos (STN) is the fifth-biggest gaming company in the country, taking in more than $1.1 billion in revenue last year and earning $309 million, with a stock price that has risen nearly eightfold over the past five years.

    In March, the Fertittas acquired their Japanese rival, the Pride Fighting Championship.

    UFC president Dana White would not reveal the purchase price, but said, “It was a hell of a lot more than Barry Bonds is making.”

    The Associated Press quoted an anonymous source who put the figure somewhere around $70 million.

    However, there are some who still don’t believe in UFC, no matter what the numbers reflect.

    “UFC ain’t s---,” said World Boxing Council junior middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., at a press conference to publicize his recent bout with Oscar De La Hoya. “It ain’t but a fad. These are guys who couldn't make it in boxing. So they do [mixed martial arts]. Boxing is the best sport in the world and it’s here to stay.”

    Regardless of what Floyd Mayweather believes the future will hold for mixed martial arts, if John McCain (R-Arizona) had his way, it would disappear altogether.

    After seeing a video of a UFC match in 1996, McCain, a lifelong boxing fan, called mixed martial arts “barbaric”, “human ****fighting”, and “not a sport.” He petitioned the governors of all 50 states to ban ultimate fighting.

    David Plotz, of Slate.com, described McCain’s opposition as a “crusade” and said that, “like many crusades, it was founded on misunderstanding.”

    Said Plotz: “In countries such as Brazil and Japan, where no-holds-barred fighting has a long history, it is popular and uncontroversial. But Americans adhere to the Marquess of Queensberry rules. A fight consists of an exchange of upper-body blows that halts when one fighter falls.”

    Thales Leites taking down Pete Sell at UFC 69: Shootout, the highest-grossing event ever staged in Houston’s Toyota Center.

    Ultimate Fighters now use gloves, in part to appease critics who view bare-knuckle competition as sadistic. But Plotz points out that the purpose of boxing gloves is not to cushion the head but to shield the knuckles. A boxer going the distance in the ring sustains round after round of blows to the head, often resulting in long-term neurological damage.

    Critics have also tried to push the UFC to switch to boxing-style ropes to delineate the ring, rather than the chain-link fence currently used. Plotz argues that fighters hyperextend their necks when they are punched against the ropes, because nothing stops their heads from snapping back. However, the chain-link fence prevents hyperextension.

    Ultimate Fighting doesn’t make viewers violent any more than watching Pulp Fiction might cause one to take up a career as a hit man. And, as might be expected, UFC’s success has fostered competition outside the octagon. Several other mixed martial arts leagues have come into existence, including the publicly-traded International Fight League (IFLI.OB).

    The statistics show just how popular mixed martial arts are.

    Going by the statistics, they’re also quite safe in comparison to the injury rates in other popular sports that generate little, if any, public opposition.

    2005 data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission lists the following numbers for injuries treated in emergency rooms, by activity:

    * Basketball: 512,213
    * Bicycling: 485,669
    * Football: 418,260
    * Soccer: 174,686
    * Baseball: 155,898
    * Skateboards: 112,544
    * Trampolines: 108,029
    * Softball: 106,884
    * Swimming/Diving: 82,354
    * Horseback riding: 73,576
    * Weightlifting: 65,716
    * Volleyball: 52,091
    * Golf: 47,360
    * Roller skating: 35,003
    * Wrestling: 33,734

    These numbers aren’t adjusted for participation levels, but as raw figures, they do tell us something. There were more recreational fishing fatalities last year than there were in all UFC matches, combined—which has never had a death in the ring.

    Ultimately (no pun intended), people will participate in—and watch—the activities that most interest them. They will also spend money at events, stay in hotels near those events, spend money on concessions, buy plane tickets and rent cars to get there, and so on and so on.

    The market will decide what survives in the end, just as it does with all other products and services. People know that cigarettes cause cancer, but they still smoke. Motorcycles can be dangerous, but people still ride. Trans-fats aren’t healthy, but people still eat foie gras. Trying to legislate certain sports out of existence because they might offend some people’s sensibilities is Soviet, at best.

    Speaking of which, the NIH says that alcohol (the abuse of which is a tremendous problem in Russia) is linked with an estimated 5,000 deaths in Americans under age 21 each year—more than all illegal drugs combined.

    Which reminds me of an interesting quote I recently heard regarding the ongoing debate about cannabis: “If you really want to outlaw a plant, why not outlaw poison ivy?”
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    Slightly OT

    A Sports Illustrated swimsuit model goes MMA. And the world is a better place.

    There's a vid behind the link.

    'Beautiful badass' Model turned Muay Thai fighter plans MMA debut – and fans are excited
    A SUPER-FIT model turned Muay Thai fighter has announced she now has her sights set on MMA fighting.
    By Andrew McDonald / Published 30th May 2017

    Mia Kang, 28, from Hong Kong, has a long list of achievements to her name already.

    She's appeared in Sports Illustrated, Vogue, studied economics and has been signed by the modelling agency owned by US president The Donald – Trump Models.

    And after training in Muay Thai fighting for six months and winning a recent bout by TKO, Mia has announced MMA is her next step.

    In an interview with The MMA Hour, she said: "I'm very much zero or a hundred.

    "Muay Thai really helped me sort my life out. I've really fallen in love with marital arts and I wish I'd done it earlier.

    "I want to see what else is out there."


    INSTAGRAM/MISSMIAKANG
    READY: Muay Thai fighter and model Mia Kang is now represented by a major MMA agent

    “Muay Thai really helped me sort my life out. I've really fallen in love with marital arts”
    Mia Kang
    The brawling beauty is now training in wrestling and jiu-jitsu and is represented by leading MMA agent, Malki Kawa, who looks after UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley and two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones.

    The footage above shows Mia training in the ring and showing off her curves for swimsuit modelling shoots.

    Thousands of fans have watched her clips and are excited at the thought of her stepping into the cage to fight.

    "A beautiful badass. She is already speaking like she won the UFC belt and she hasn't even started MMA yet. Bring it on!" wrote one user.


    INSTAGRAM/MISSMIAKANG
    POPULAR: Muay Thai fighter and model Mia Kang has featured in Sports Illustrated and Vogue
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