Page 2 of 3 FirstFirst 123 LastLast
Results 16 to 30 of 40

Thread: War Machine

  1. #16
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    New Mexico
    Posts
    374
    That's a sad story. Whatever went on its a tragic deal.
    "The perfect way to do, is to be" ~ Lao Tzu

  2. #17
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Canada!
    Posts
    23,110
    Thankfully, none of this is really making any news at all in Canada.
    What a sad person though. Jeez.
    Kung Fu is good for you.

  3. #18
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Corner of somewhere and where am I
    Posts
    1,322
    Quote Originally Posted by curenado View Post
    That's a sad story. Whatever went on its a tragic deal.
    Low IQ, ego driven sociopath gets involved with a p0rn star. What could possibly go wrong?

  4. #19
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Canada!
    Posts
    23,110
    Quote Originally Posted by SoCo KungFu View Post
    Low IQ, ego driven sociopath gets involved with a p0rn star. What could possibly go wrong?
    Nothing could possibly go wrong. It's all on track to a happy marriage, a home in suburbia, 2.5 kids and a dog!


    not.
    Kung Fu is good for you.

  5. #20
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Ontario
    Posts
    22,250
    Quote Originally Posted by GeneChing View Post
    I decided to poach this out of the Busted-MMA-fighters-and-fights thread. It's nearly a page long on its own already and no need to sully that thread with this anymore.
    People find faith in different ways and in different times BUT I have seen my share of people that have to reach rock bottom before they find it, too many people actually.
    I don't know if it would have mattered if he had found Christ before, there is no guarantee if behaving better just because we find Christ ( even though we probably should).
    I remember that old saying that " we are not a museum of saints but a hospital for sinners" and maybe that is why so many that hit rock bottom find Christ.
    We he did was horrific and I am sure he KNEW it was wrong BUT what happened was a result of a life long path that lead to the final disastrous result.
    There can be a transformation process when we find Christ BUT it only happens when we give ourselves over to Him.
    I hope that he realizes that and does that.
    Psalms 144:1
    Praise be my Lord my Rock,
    He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !

  6. #21
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Canada!
    Posts
    23,110
    Quote Originally Posted by sanjuro_ronin View Post
    People find faith in different ways and in different times BUT I have seen my share of people that have to reach rock bottom before they find it, too many people actually.
    I don't know if it would have mattered if he had found Christ before, there is no guarantee if behaving better just because we find Christ ( even though we probably should).
    I remember that old saying that " we are not a museum of saints but a hospital for sinners" and maybe that is why so many that hit rock bottom find Christ.
    We he did was horrific and I am sure he KNEW it was wrong BUT what happened was a result of a life long path that lead to the final disastrous result.
    There can be a transformation process when we find Christ BUT it only happens when we give ourselves over to Him.
    I hope that he realizes that and does that.
    Ecclesiastes mang: "Remember thine creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days draw nigh and the years shall pass and you shall find no pleasure in them"

    Trying to dig oneself out of a hole of bad decisions by clean slate Jesus belief is as disingenuous as it gets. Often, people who do this fail to deal with the decimation and harm they have left in their wake. No reparations, no reconcilliations, no truth and no dealing with reality. Just hiding behind the skirts of religion.

    Genuine reformation of an individual is a lot more rare than jail house jesus finders.

    Not to be a jerk, but that's my opinion.
    Kung Fu is good for you.

  7. #22
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Ontario
    Posts
    22,250
    Quote Originally Posted by David Jamieson View Post
    Ecclesiastes mang: "Remember thine creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days draw nigh and the years shall pass and you shall find no pleasure in them"

    Trying to dig oneself out of a hole of bad decisions by clean slate Jesus belief is as disingenuous as it gets. Often, people who do this fail to deal with the decimation and harm they have left in their wake. No reparations, no reconcilliations, no truth and no dealing with reality. Just hiding behind the skirts of religion.

    Genuine reformation of an individual is a lot more rare than jail house jesus finders.

    Not to be a jerk, but that's my opinion.

    I hear you.
    I hope people don't think that because the tricky part of giving oneself to Jesus is that one because very painfully aware of the need for forgiveness and redemption.
    It is NOT an easy path, far from that.
    See, forgiveness from God is the "easy part", it is the redemption part that people tend to not realize that still have to do.
    Not to be saved mind you, but because it is part of the healing process.
    Redemption means to to redeem what we have done and one must do reparations and one must reconcile not only with those we have hurt but with God and in doing so we are made painfully aware how inadequate anything we can do is BUT that we MUST do it, not to get anything out of it but because it is the RIGHT thing to do.

    I recall one person saying that "born again Christians" have it easy, all they do is have to accept Jesus and they are saved.

    Oh, that it could be so !

    The process is a long, painful and sorrowful one BUT it is done out of love and by the strength of Christ in us because without Him, we simply could not do it.

    And by IT I mean the redemptive process of change, reconciliation and forgiveness.

    IF "warmachine" has truly found Christ, he is in for a fight far greater than anything he has ever faced before.
    Psalms 144:1
    Praise be my Lord my Rock,
    He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !

  8. #23
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    Pound Town
    Posts
    7,856
    war machine sounds like a smart and gentle guy but he was molded to what he is by his environment

    Honorary African American
    grandmaster instructor of Wombat Combat The Lost Art of Anal Destruction™®LLC .
    Senior Business Director at TEAM ASSHAMMER consulting services ™®LLC

  9. #24
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    New Mexico
    Posts
    374
    Quote Originally Posted by bawang View Post
    war machine sounds like a smart and gentle guy but he was molded to what he is by his environment
    Smart people are not too easily "molded" by environment. They usually don't have such sense of *whatever* that they can be that "gentle" over and over without a "hey caveman" light going off in there somewhere I'd think?
    "The perfect way to do, is to be" ~ Lao Tzu

  10. #25
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Ontario
    Posts
    22,250
    Quote Originally Posted by bawang View Post
    war machine sounds like a smart and gentle guy but he was molded to what he is by his environment
    Could be, maybe not, we simply don't know.
    There is no doubt that the fight game can turn people with the potential for violence even more so, especially in the pro ranks and especially with the addition of steroids.
    I don't think that "gentle" people are attracted to pro fighting per say ( thought there are some that are) and I think that fighters are people that KNOW their violent sides ( to what degree of control that have of that side is the issue).

    We can play the "what if" or the "maybe" game but not of that changes the reality of it all.

    There is a "groupie" thing in MMA ( and boxing too, but less so) and many ( perhaps most?) are, well, to be nice, sexually promiscuous.
    Its a explosive mix: fighting urges, high testosterone, sexually adventurous women, beating the crap out of someone being "OK", etc...
    Psalms 144:1
    Praise be my Lord my Rock,
    He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !

  11. #26
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
    Posts
    47,946

    And we're back

    Case against mixed martial arts fighter returns to court
    Posted: Feb 18, 2015 3:52 AM PST Updated: Feb 18, 2015 3:53 AM PST
    By Guy DeMarco, Content Editor


    War Machine


    Christy Mack

    LAS VEGAS - The attempted murder and battery case against mixed martial arts fighter War Machine is scheduled to return to court Wednesday.

    Lawyers will gather in Clark County District Court for a status check on the case.

    Jonathan Koppenhaver, who legally changed his name to War Machine, pleaded not guilty to charges he attacked his former girlfriend Christy Mack and her companion Cory Thomas.

    Mack suffered a lacerated liver, broken facial bones, broken teeth and injuries to her leg. Thomas had a broken nose and dislocated shoulder.

    War Machine faces 34 charges.
    I imagine this will make tomorrow's newsfeed. We'll meet back here then.
    Gene Ching
    Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
    Author of Shaolin Trips
    Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart

  12. #27
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
    Posts
    47,946

    Trial date set

    Court date set for mixed martial arts fighter
    Posted: Feb 18, 2015 3:52 AM PST Updated: Feb 18, 2015 10:58 AM PST
    By Guy DeMarco, Content Editor

    LAS VEGAS - A trial date in the attempted murder and battery case against mixed martial arts fighter War Machine has been set for Sept. 28.

    Lawyers gathered Wednesday morning in Clark County District Court for a status check on the case.

    Jonathan Koppenhaver, who legally changed his name to War Machine, pleaded not guilty to charges he attacked his former girlfriend Christy Mack and her companion Cory Thomas.

    Mack suffered a lacerated liver, broken facial bones, broken teeth and injuries to her leg. Thomas had a broken nose and dislocated shoulder.

    War Machine faces 34 charges.
    We'll meet back here around Sept. 28, unless WM discovers Islam or tries suicide again...
    Gene Ching
    Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
    Author of Shaolin Trips
    Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart

  13. #28
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
    Posts
    47,946

    Earlier than 9/28

    Well alright then. Change that to June 3.

    Hearing reset for ex-martial arts fighter in attack case involving porn actress girlfriend
    Published April 22, 2015 Associated Press

    LAS VEGAS – A court hearing was reset to June 3 for a former mixed martial arts fighter's challenge of felony charges he's facing in the alleged attempted murder of his porn actress ex-girlfriend and her friend.

    Prosecutors say Brandon Sua, defense lawyer for Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver, was involved in court hearings in Los Angeles and unable to be in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

    Sua didn't immediately respond to a message.

    Koppenhaver, also known as War Machine, is charged with beating and sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Christy Mack, at her home early last Aug. 8.

    The Associated Press usually doesn't identify alleged victims of sex assault, but Mack agreed to let her name be used.

    Koppenhaver is also charged with attacking Corey Thomas, who was staying the night at Mack's house when Koppenhaver arrived.
    Gene Ching
    Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
    Author of Shaolin Trips
    Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart

  14. #29
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
    Posts
    47,946

    a bit of a letdown...

    It's June 3 I guess we wait until Sept
    Lawyer for former MMA fighter due to challenge charges


    Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver (John Locher/AP Photo)

    Print Story Published: 7:03 am Share Updated: 7:09 am
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawyer is due to challenge felony charges faced by former mixed martial arts fighter War Machine in the alleged attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend and her friend.

    Attorney Brandon Sua is scheduled to argue Wednesday that his client, Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver, is wrongly accused in the case.

    Koppenhaver is jailed pending trial in September.

    He has pleaded not guilty to 39 felony charges including attempted murder, sexual assault and kidnapping that could get him life in prison.

    He's accused of beating and sexually assaulting ex-girlfriend Christy Mack at her home early last August.

    Mack has agreed to let her name be used in reports about the case.

    Koppenhaver also is charged with attacking Corey Thomas.

    He was staying the night at Mack's house when Koppenhaver arrived.
    Gene Ching
    Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
    Author of Shaolin Trips
    Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart

  15. #30
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
    Posts
    47,946

    Christy Mack and Domestic Violence in MMA (Adult Language): Real Sports Trailer (HBO)

    Gene Ching
    Publisher www.KungFuMagazine.com
    Author of Shaolin Trips
    Support our forum by getting your gear at MartialArtSmart

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •