Our goal here at THE SAVAGE SCIENCE is not only to report on MMA, mayhem and more with insight, wit and expedience–we also want to serve as a learning aid for the nation’s youth and those of you who are too old to be considered ‘youth’ who didn’t pay attention in school. Today’s lesson is in world history….

As fightsport journalists, the staff here at SAVSCI is frequently asked who we think is the “toughest man ever” or the “baddest dude walking the face of the earth”. Most expect us to name a fighter in response, but here’s the SavSci consensus choice for “baddest man ever”. The following blurb is from a post on “toughness” posted at our homeboy’s website The Epic Carnival. With all due respect and admiration to the toughness and heart of the warriors of the ring, no one has ever shown this sort of courage faced with this formidable an opponent:

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill is the baddest SOB to ever walk the face of the earth. In addition to that whole winning WW II thing he had time to bag a Nobel Prize in Literature. He was also a lover of cigars, scotch and witty one liners like this one:

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

Churchill would have been one of the more exceptional men in history had it not been for WWII. That’s when we discovered how tough he was. I’ve quoted his famous speech to the House of Commons before but in this era where great oratory has given way to “talking points” and meaningless prattle it bears repeating:

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Surprisingly, the assembled Lords were able to hear Churchill’s words over the sound of his balls clanking together. These words weren’t idle chatter–it was a rhetorical middle finger extended to the Nazi’s that the British Empire could care less that they Germans *did* have the greatest military ever assembled by man. Churchill was saying “if you want England, come and get it”.

Seriously, there are guys in sports that are bad dudes but no one in history has ever faced this kind of challenge with the wit, courage, and balls that Churchill did.

Here’s the video of the speech…if you’ve never seen it do yourself a favor and watch it. In less time than it takes to watch two rounds of a UFC fight you can hear some of the most inspired words of courage ever spoken from the baddest man to ever walk the face of the earth.

We’re pretty much “apolitical” here at SAVSCI not because we’re trying to be “fair and balanced” but because we really don’t care about partisan politics. Leave us alone, let us watch our fights and we’re happy. Still, the contrast between the shrill soundbites and talking points of any of the politicians running for the White House and a real, genuine *leader* is profound and stunning: