Trailer for a documentary on mixed martial arts called Potent: The Movie. Here’s what the producers say about the film:
POTENT The Movie Featuring: Bas Rutten, Dan Henderson, Paulo Filho, Josh Barnett, Vitor Belfort, Brazilian Top Team Masters Mario Sperry, Murilo Bustamante, Bebeo Duarte. Mark Hominick, Sam Stout Shawn Tompkins, Dean Lister, Frank Shamrock and …
And here’s another guy who is rightfully respected by almost all MMA fans and generally one of the toughest SOB’s walking the face of the earth: Don “The Predator” Frye, wrestling Naoya Ogawa in a New Japan Pro Wrestling match from 1998:
We’ve talked a lot in the past about MMA noobs who dis pro wrestling and particularly fighters like Josh Barnett and Brock Lesnar for their involvement in it. These people don’t understand just how closely MMA is interwoven with pro wrestling–and particularly in Japan. Here’s a video of UFC Hall of Famer Mark …
Frank Mir, who is a walking encyclopedia of fighting, demonstrates the kneebar he used to tap out Brock Lesnar. We’re alarmed by the absence of his hair, since his heavily product-ed”suburban hipster at the night club” coif was as much a trademark of his as Rampage’s chain…
Remember the *sick* gogoplata from the mount that Shinya Aoki used to submit Katsuhiko Nagata at DREAM 4? The guys at Submissions 101 now have a YouTube video explaining the move in detail. If you *didn’t* see Aoki’s amazing submission they’ve added the footage of it at the end of this video. …
Josh Barnett is well known as an okatu, roughly translated meaning ‘fanboy’ and particularly one who’s really into anime, video games, etc. The word is now gaining usage in the US to describe essentially the same type of fan as it does in Japanese.
Here’s the opening of his favorite anime, ‘Hokotu No …
Michael David Smith over at AOL Fanhouse, whom gets recommended so often here that he’s getting tired of it, has a particularly excellent and timely article up today. He offers a list of tips for the mainstream media on covering MMA and basically hits the nail on the head. Here’s an example:
Don’t call …
Josh Barnett is not only arguably the best heavyweight fighter in the world, but one of our favorites here at THE SAVAGE SCIENCE. He’s also among the sharpest guys in the sport and that is evident in his advice for neophyte MMA promoters. Barnett’s answers in the following quote are in bold:
Affliction is a …
Someone sent us an email asking for an explanation of the gogoplata. Not sure if it was in reference to something on Shinya Aoki or another article. It may have been in reference to WWE pro wrestling superstar The Undertaker, as he’s now using a version of the gogoplata as a finishing hold. …
Nice to see that CBS is taking a proactive approach to educating the public that MMA isn’t “no holds barred cage fighting to the death” or whatever the AP and/or Bill O’Rilley is calling it this week. In this video from the official CBS YouTube profile, veteran MMA ref Herb Dean explains the rules …
