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Holic
10-10-2008, 12:08 AM
Recorded here for posterity.

So I'm at the inaugural press conference for WAMMA and as the event is winding down HHJ and I run into Pat Militech. We ask him for an interview and he's like "Anything for yoo fellews! Oomaplawta!" So we interview him and at the end HHJ holds up his camera and says "Pat, can we get a picture for the site?"

"Sure." Pat says. Then he steals the camera and takes a picture of HHJ.

Bang Bang
10-10-2008, 12:10 AM
he was hitting on him

Holic
10-10-2008, 12:21 AM
We never did actually find out what Pat did with his copy of the pic...

Bang Bang
10-10-2008, 12:24 AM
this is not good

Holic
10-10-2008, 12:27 AM
Ok one more tonight just so everyone knows this is gonna be ongoing.

So awhile back HHJ asks me "Which MMA fighter would you most like to meet?" And after a short time thinking I say "Yves Edwards".

H is like, "Really? Not Ryo Chonan or Fedor? Why?"

And I say "Because Yves did so well against Hansen, but he looked devastated at the loss. I just wanna let him know how well he did."

Fast forward to a year after that and I score an interview with Thugjitsu his'elf (I actually called him that to his face too). After the interview I tell him "Listen, off the record I've always wanted to tell you, you gotta fight Hansen again man, that was amazing."

Yves goes "Yeah, I see now how close it was. Yo, Hansen fucked me up in the beginning though man! He doesn't bathe! He does that on purpose so it throws your gameplan off! Took me all of round 1 to get used to the smell! I'll be ready next time though."

He was completely serious as he said this.

He remembered me the next day too. Then he got ktfo'd. :(

JihadMeAtHello
10-10-2008, 12:27 AM
moar

Decommissioner
10-10-2008, 02:59 AM
I approve of this thread and all it's wonders.

Demon Cobras
10-10-2008, 03:16 AM
Ok one more tonight just so everyone knows this is gonna be ongoing.

So awhile back HHJ asks me "Which MMA fighter would you most like to meet?" And after a short time thinking I say "Yves Edwards".

H is like, "Really? Not Ryo Chonan or Fedor? Why?"

And I say "Because Yves did so well against Hansen, but he looked devastated at the loss. I just wanna let him know how well he did."

Fast forward to a year after that and I score an interview with Thugjitsu his'elf (I actually called him that to his face too). After the interview I tell him "Listen, off the record I've always wanted to tell you, you gotta fight Hansen again man, that was amazing."

Yves goes "Yeah, I see now how close it was. Yo, Hansen fucked me up in the beginning though man! He doesn't bathe! He does that on purpose so it throws your gameplan off! Took me all of round 1 to get used to the smell! I'll be ready next time though."

He was completely serious as he said this.

He remembered me the next day too. Then he got ktfo'd. :(

I've heard Lindland Doesn't bathe either before fights for the same reason.

godofdixie
10-10-2008, 03:42 AM
I've heard Lindland Doesn't bathe either before fights for the same reason.

i've heard the same thing

awesome thread btw

Twincest
10-10-2008, 04:11 AM
yes, i endorse this thread.

California Giant
10-10-2008, 04:28 AM
oomaplawta?

Bobby Curls
10-10-2008, 05:08 AM
Lindland is a skunk of a man.

Holic
10-10-2008, 06:50 AM
oomaplawta?

Ever hear him say it?

Holic
10-10-2008, 07:04 AM
Ok so it's Brandon Lee Hinkle VS Roman Zentsov at Bodog and I'm ringside hacking away at my keyboard trying to do a play by play. I'm already annoyed cause Hinkle is running a fuckin wrestling clinic and I can't keep up. "Side mount! Rolls! Takes the back! Knee on the belly! Side mount again!" etc.

On top of that, there's all these really annoying fans in green shirts yelling shit out and I have no idea who they are. Of course these turn out to be Eddie Alvarez fans, but at the time I don't know this. You know what else I don't know? That the old farts they just seated next to me are Eddie Alvarez's entire family.

Now, late in the 2nd round its painfully obvious that I'm busy, but Alvarez's dad decides to strike up a conversation. "That Russian guy is gonna win." he says.

"Um...what?"

"Yeah, the Russian guy. He's gonna pop up and explode in the third, don't you agree?"

"Um, no sir. I think he'll probably lose."

"What about that Alvarez kid, what do you think of him?"

"I've never seen him fight before."

"Oh we came all this way to see him fight. He's gonna win too."

"We'll certainly see."

"What do you mean by that?"

Now at this point Alvarez's mom's eyes go all bug eyed and she's looking at me like "Oh god...I'm sorry." The father starts ranting about knowing what I'm talking about and how Alvarez been a god at everything since he was 4 years old. The whole time I'm just trying to do my damn play by play. Finally after he finishes his rant I tell him that I'm sure Alvarez is a great fighter, but in MMA anything can happen. All of the sudden he brightens up and pats me on the back, saying how much he likes me. Thankfully at this point they re-seated him closer to the ring.

After that, everything was great. Except for Alvarez's woman screaming bloody murder ever 3 seconds, while someone else took care of her baby...one row behind her. Oh yeah, and then there's the Philly fight fans who came up to me and asked if they could have my press pass, who I laughed at. Sigh. God I hate Alvarez's people.

HHJ
10-10-2008, 10:26 AM
Recorded here for posterity.

So I'm at the inaugural press conference for WAMMA and as the event is winding down HHJ and I run into Pat Militech. We ask him for an interview and he's like "Anything for yoo fellews! Oomaplawta!" So we interview him and at the end HHJ holds up his camera and says "Pat, can we get a picture for the site?"

"Sure." Pat says. Then he steals the camera and takes a picture of HHJ.


fuck you! that is secret informations!!!!! :)

HHJ
10-10-2008, 10:27 AM
uhm
i drank skrewdrivers with fedor that one time i did

HHJ
10-10-2008, 10:27 AM
i was like um i can has interview?

HHJ
10-10-2008, 10:28 AM
spasiba

HHJ
10-10-2008, 10:32 AM
and i kept bragging to ppl about how i was going to be the first to beat fedor,ill just somehow get the bastard and win all the love and admiration and envy of all like go for a randleplex through the press table or something

his mere aura says "do not attempt to try"
so i pussed out

HHJ
10-10-2008, 10:36 AM
We never did actually find out what Pat did with his copy of the pic...

wuss he took a pic of me with my own camera,how does he have a copy of the pic

Holic
10-10-2008, 11:03 AM
wuss he took a pic of me with my own camera,how does he have a copy of the pic

Shut up and stop postwhoring in my thread. This is place for respectable rule abiding citizens only! Not for you loud types with your Salsa/Merengue music and low rider...well, you get what I mean.


So its lunch time at the IFL press conference and I'm looking for a Bas Rutten interview. They ask him if I can do it and he's like "Of course!" in that blessed accent that I don't dare mimic here.

And I'm like "Dude, you're about to eat lunch, I don't wanna interrupt!"

And Bas is like "Bah! Just make it good then."

"Ok well I'm nervous as hell just meeting you so I'll try to keep the professionalism."

And he's like "You can do eet man! Keep that professionalism!"

So I interview Bas and the whole time he's shoveling steak down his mouth like an Ethiopian at a Chinese buffet. About midway through I flub some line accidentally implying that Bas took steroids (I meant to say he had problems with drug screening criteria, damn it!) and he gives me this look like "You realize your liver is now forfeit, right?"

So then he corrects me and he tells me that there's actually documentary footage of him explaining to the atheltic commission what he took prior to his last fight, that should nullify the whole accusation. And I'm like "Shit, when the hell can I see this?!"

...and I'm still waiting for it to this day.

HHJ
10-10-2008, 11:13 AM
and holic kept asking me to ask fedor about fighting his brother
but his aura said "do not attempt to try"

HHJ
10-10-2008, 11:13 AM
Shut up and stop postwhoring in my thread. This is place for respectable rule abiding citizens only! Not for you loud types with your Salsa/Merengue music and low rider...well, you get what I mean.
.


don frye was in the new godzilla movie

Holic
10-10-2008, 11:16 AM
and holic kept asking me to ask fedor about fighting his brother
but his aura said "do not attempt to try"

Calm down Boy George, I was telling you to ask him about the drinking contest with Barnett, which you did, which made Fedor crack a smile. Quit forcing me to give up the stories before we can get some reactions. You're wrecking my damn thread.

HHJ
10-10-2008, 11:45 AM
blah fine

HHJ
10-10-2008, 11:46 AM
i am not boy george
i am a free man

ArtardFiesta
10-10-2008, 12:05 PM
Ok so it's Brandon Lee Hinkle VS Roman Zentsov at Bodog and I'm ringside hacking away at my keyboard trying to do a play by play. I'm already annoyed cause Hinkle is running a fuckin wrestling clinic and I can't keep up. "Side mount! Rolls! Takes the back! Knee on the belly! Side mount again!" etc.

On top of that, there's all these really annoying fans in green shirts yelling shit out and I have no idea who they are. Of course these turn out to be Eddie Alvarez fans, but at the time I don't know this. You know what else I don't know? That the old farts they just seated next to me are Eddie Alvarez's entire family.

Now, late in the 2nd round its painfully obvious that I'm busy, but Alvarez's dad decides to strike up a conversation. "That Russian guy is gonna win." he says.

"Um...what?"

"Yeah, the Russian guy. He's gonna pop up and explode in the third, don't you agree?"

"Um, no sir. I think he'll probably lose."

"What about that Alvarez kid, what do you think of him?"

"I've never seen him fight before."

"Oh we came all this way to see him fight. He's gonna win too."

"We'll certainly see."

"What do you mean by that?"

Now at this point Alvarez's mom's eyes go all bug eyed and she's looking at me like "Oh god...I'm sorry." The father starts ranting about knowing what I'm talking about and how Alvarez been a god at everything since he was 4 years old. The whole time I'm just trying to do my damn play by play. Finally after he finishes his rant I tell him that I'm sure Alvarez is a great fighter, but in MMA anything can happen. All of the sudden he brightens up and pats me on the back, saying how much he likes me. Thankfully at this point they re-seated him closer to the ring.

After that, everything was great. Except for Alvarez's woman screaming bloody murder ever 3 seconds, while someone else took care of her baby...one row behind her. Oh yeah, and then there's the Philly fight fans who came up to me and asked if they could have my press pass, who I laughed at. Sigh. God I hate Alvarez's people.

Was this the bodog event in jersey? I was at that show, i was pissed when they stopped serving beer about an hour or so into the event, thank god for the bottle of jack i had in my car

HHJ
10-10-2008, 12:13 PM
Was this the bodog event in jersey? I was at that show, i was pissed when they stopped serving beer about an hour or so into the event, thank god for the bottle of jack i had in my car
shittiest crowd ever

ArtardFiesta
10-10-2008, 12:14 PM
shittiest crowd ever

Yea it was pretty horrible, people did the USA chant for the dude that was white and from south africa if i remember correctly, something along those lines

HHJ
10-10-2008, 12:16 PM
during trevor prangley vs yuki kondo

it was my first mma event,so even though it wasnt exactly a barn burner i was extremely excited

gumby
10-10-2008, 12:21 PM
Was this the bodog event in jersey? I was at that show, i was pissed when they stopped serving beer about an hour or so into the event, thank god for the bottle of jack i had in my car

I think it was in Philly. Just a guess.

HHJ
10-10-2008, 12:22 PM
it was in jersey
all the philly fans came to jersey

gumby
10-10-2008, 12:23 PM
it was in jersey
all the philly fans came to jersey

BULLSHIT!!!!

HHJ
10-10-2008, 12:28 PM
BULLSHIT!!!!
lol theres three ppl in this thread who were there
what nonsense are you talking?

http://www.bodoglife.com/en/media-room/press-releases/2007/0529-new-jersey-event-marks-bodog-fights-american-debut.html

gumby
10-10-2008, 12:30 PM
LIARS!! ALL OF YOU!!

ArtardFiesta
10-10-2008, 12:40 PM
lol theres three ppl in this thread who were there
what nonsense are you talking?

http://www.bodoglife.com/en/media-room/press-releases/2007/0529-new-jersey-event-marks-bodog-fights-american-debut.html


That was the first event i ever went too, tickets courtesy of Sherdog.com, Thank you sherdog

HHJ
10-10-2008, 12:45 PM
roman zentsov is so dissapointing
he has the best left hand in the buisiness but he cant grapple worth a damn

Bang Bang
10-10-2008, 02:17 PM
bas takes roids with kimbo up his ass

gumby
10-10-2008, 04:43 PM
bas takes roids with kimbo up his ass
sounds like my kinda party

American Pretzel
10-10-2008, 09:29 PM
remember that time you me and ken shamrock smoked meth out of an empty coke can and harassed the hookers on first street for fourteen hours

Holic
10-10-2008, 11:55 PM
No but this one time HHJ and I were at a press conference with Trevor Prangley. He had just won the title and Phil Baroni was in the back row. This was like 3 in the morning. So Baroni is with his woman (hawt) and after the conference we approach him and he's got this look on his face like "Holy shit, I am tired as hell right now, if these nerds ask for an interview I'm gonna knock them the fuck out."

Fortunately that wasn't our intention, we just needed to verify his contact info for an interview at a later date we had already set up. So that went over all smooth and with business concluded I walk away. HHJ stayed and was like "Thanks Phil, I can't wait to see you fight again." And in my early morning stupor I turn around from like 6 feet away and I'm like "Yeah Phil, can't wait." I sounded like a total douche.

Buckner1986
10-11-2008, 11:32 AM
Fantastic thread.

It's like anti-SAF.

HHJ
10-11-2008, 12:31 PM
phil baroni was all tuckered out
we all were
2 am press conference FTL

HHJ
10-11-2008, 12:32 PM
lol its anti saf cos its based on reality

mr_metoo
10-11-2008, 01:22 PM
Best thrad in a long time, besides the cook book thread

Albertan
10-11-2008, 04:57 PM
Agreed great thread good stories at bodog in Vancouver I saw Marvin Eastman but I was like that can't be him the dudes way to short and has a broken hand. Turns out main event pwned Vernon Tiger White takes on Galbraith.

Holic
10-12-2008, 08:44 PM
Here's one regarding my suaveness.

So we're at IFL and we run into Randy Couture he's just chillin' in the arena with his woman. We go up to him and ask him for an interview and he obliges. Now the whole time the stupid DJ is testing his equipment so the sound quality sucks. Whatever. Anyway after the interview I go back to my laptop and I message my editor, "Dude I got a video interview with Randy Couture!"

And my editor is like "Awesome, did you get his contact info so we can get in touch with him for later interviews?"

"Fuck!"

So now I gotta go back and get his info but I turn around and Randy is now SURROUNDED by reporters and fans and I'm wondering what dimension these fools teleported in from. So what do I do? I make like the mack and sweep wide to the outside of the crowd, where who is waiting for me but the fairer of the Coutures, Randy's lovely wife Kim. So I strike up a conversation with her and we talk some smack about Dana White, the whole time its obvious she wants my cock. I casually mention that I'm hoping to get Randy's info and she's like "Oh, I got ya baby." or something similar and she gives me a card that has her office number, cell phone, and instructions on how to get past her assistant. Fukken win.

Scorpipede
10-12-2008, 09:05 PM
This thread is winnish.

American Pretzel
10-12-2008, 09:24 PM
i want to read a story about the tapout guys gettin punked or intimidated any of those out there

Holic
10-12-2008, 09:40 PM
i want to read a story about the tapout guys gettin punked or intimidated any of those out there

I don't associate with those of lesser species. And I have 2 dogs.

Bang Bang
10-12-2008, 11:30 PM
skrayper is a dog fucker

Scorpipede
10-12-2008, 11:37 PM
skrayper is a dog fucker

pics or werk *pulls out penis*

JamesArk
10-13-2008, 01:02 AM
Good thread. Gimme stories about Carano's vagine.
















plz.

American Pretzel
10-13-2008, 01:06 AM
Good thread. Gimme stories about Carano's vagine.

plz.

looks like this...

http://onewholeclove.typepad.com/one_whole_clove/images/smoked_meat

JamesArk
10-13-2008, 01:23 AM
looks like this...

http://onewholeclove.typepad.com/one_whole_clove/images/smoked_meat

*fwap*

Demon Cobras
10-13-2008, 01:54 AM
This thread rocks.

Holic
10-13-2008, 04:30 AM
Good thread. Gimme stories about Carano's vagine.



Don't have any about Carano, but I can talk smack about her former boss. Gary Shaw is a total slob, man. Everytime I see him, he walks around in like this fat guy jogging suit and he's constantly on his cell phone, even in the middle of announcements that concern him. He's constantly acting like he's busy working on the deal of the century, meanwhile I'll bet a large sum of money that there isn't even anyone on the other end of the phone.


I'm probably not telling you anything you don't already know.

Demon Cobras
10-13-2008, 02:22 PM
Nope your not.

gumby
10-13-2008, 02:26 PM
Don't have any about Carano, but I can talk smack about her former boss. Gary Shaw is a total slob, man. Everytime I see him, he walks around in like this fat guy jogging suit and he's constantly on his cell phone, even in the middle of announcements that concern him. He's constantly acting like he's busy working on the deal of the century, meanwhile I'll bet a large sum of money that there isn't even anyone on the other end of the phone.


I'm probably not telling you anything you don't already know.that was awesome when he tried to kiss Gina and she brushed him off.

Demon Cobras
10-13-2008, 02:45 PM
I like when Skala tried sneaking a peak at the weigh ins. Supposedly he has a weird borderline sexual harassment fetish with Gina. It's the only thing me and him have in common.

Demon Cobras
10-13-2008, 02:46 PM
That and cocaine.

HHJ
10-13-2008, 03:44 PM
holic can i tell the story about elitexc in nj?

Holic
10-13-2008, 04:50 PM
holic can i tell the story about elitexc in nj?

Sure, as long as you make me look good for a change.

HHJ
10-13-2008, 05:12 PM
Sure, as long as you make me look good for a change.


ok so me,holic and this kid sam,who was gonna be our photographer (he has a way better camera than me,before him i was doing it)were going to cover elitexc in nj,in that contenders series shit.eddie alvarez was fighting so all his douchebag fans were there,but admittedly it was not nearly as bad as it was at bodog.Id never been to atlantic city before,and its really a strange place,a bunch of nice looking casinos surrounded by the ghetto.Anyway out contact for the place was a really sleazy looking porno dude who i disliked immediatley,and he couldnt have put us in a shittier place to report the action for play by play.It was completley unnecesary as there was a huge empty space between us and the guardrail.Also to make things more uncomfortable,the guy told our photographer (first mma event he ever worked) that this was showtime,and that if he didnt stay down,he would be removed (no pressure right?!) So because of the distance,and the cage,people in the crowd could see shit better than us,other than sam,who was cageside to take photos.People kept walking by and blocking the action and it was really really frustrating,wed have to glance at the tv screens,which was hard since they werent anywhere we could really see them.Another PR person was this chick,that Holic tried to ask out,and she really gave him her number.Overall we did pretty good for ourselves,I got to interview Frank Shamrock,and really got to respect him in a different light.Holic interviewed dude from never back down.Paul daley OWNED sam morgan,that was fun to watch.We really didnt talk to too much fighters,as it alot less acess than say IFL,or bodog,who let you pretty much go wherever the fuck you want most of the time.So as far as how ELITEXC treats the press,its pretty fuckin terrible haha.M-1 global 's press conference in ny and teh WAMMA conference was def the most WIN me and holic ever had since it was alot less work and alot more relaxation.IFl and BODOG were pretty good to us for the most part,and i really miss doin that stuff.If we ever do it again,we def have to give TCM accounts of our adventures.they actually served us food,FUCK ELITEXC

Demon Cobras
10-13-2008, 05:27 PM
Lol good story. Did Holic ever end up fucking the chick?

HHJ
10-13-2008, 05:29 PM
i dont think anything ever came of it unfortunatley

Holic
10-13-2008, 07:22 PM
Yeah, it wasn't meant to be. I tried contacting her afterward but she was really just trying to get more people on her contact list. Her loss, I'm probably the most high class reporter amongst the MMA press sections. And I do wanna start doing this shit again...I NEED A WEB DESIGNER GODDAMMIT!!! I AM WILLING TO PAY MONEY HERE!!!!

Anywho, now's a good time to mention my "rivalry" with Sam Fuckface Morgan, the most well-reknowned MMA writer never to earn a single qualification. See, Sam used to work for 411mania and he happened to be at the EliteXC event. I tried talking to him but he caught a mad attitude with me and at the time I didn't know what the hell all that was about. Like I asked him if he was Sam Morgan and he gave me a fake name at first and other kinds of bs. There I am hacking away at my play by play as usual and this fool is just sitting there with his arms crossed and his dick standing at attention, watching the show like he's too cool to even take notes.

As you can tell by now HHJ and I have a thing about Alvarez fans. So after Paul Daley wins, he does an interview saying he'll take on all comers. The fans of course start chanting for Alvarez, and Daley will have none of that shit. "Bring him on if you want, he's gettin' knocked out anyway." I applauded that, as it completely silenced the fans.

The next day I hear from my editor that the MMA press world is abuzz about my apparant favoritism and bias toward certain fighters, i.e. Paul Daley. Turns out Morgan went out of his way to go behind my back (he didn't say shit when I was clapping at the event) and start spreading shit about how biased I am. This, while Canadein writers at Sherfag just HAPPEN to rank GSP as the best p4p fighter in the world.

Morgan is a total scumbag, man. If I ever see him inside a building, we're gonna have words. Outside the building? We'll have an undercard.

Holic
10-14-2008, 07:27 PM
Alright, it looks like the thread is starting to burn out, so here's the story I was saving.

So I'm at the press conference for UFC 82 - Pride of a Champion, and Dana White is ranting and raving on his podium about how Anderson Silva is the greatest fighter ever and yadda yadda yadda. Just as I'm getting dizzy from rolling my eyes so much, the floor opens up to questions. I glance around the room and notice that there is press here from all over the world, including Japan and Brazil.

Brazil...yeah...

The Brazilian reporter I speak of is this really scrawny looking old dude, I mean he looks like he hasn't eaten in months. They're passing the mic around and through the grace of god or providence, they give this guy the mic and praise Buddha, I am there to see it. So he gets up and looks Dana dead in the eye and in this thick Brazilian accent, he brings up the situation with Randy Couture, who of course had just announced his desire to fight Fedor.

This sets Dana off on his usual rant about Fedor being lowly pond scum and Randy being greedy and what not, he's cursing and ranting and saying anything to make the press shit themselves. Then suddenly it all comes to a crashing hault, when the Brazilian reporter speaks up again and says something to this effect:

"Why don't you force Randy to fight Rickson? It's obvious this is the fight the fans want to see! I want to see it and so do all the fans in Brazil!"

You have never seen the jaw dropped face on Dana White that I saw that night. It started out as squinted eyebrow confusion face, followed by the shock as he realized this guy was actually talking about Rickson, followed by absolute sub-zero deep freeze stare as the guy continued to rant.

I don't remember how the hell Dana got out of the question and quite honestly neither does anyone else. I think he said something about Randy honoring his contract and how he needs to fight the number one contender in the UFC at the time or something like that, whatever.

Anyway after the conference I'm walking over to Heath Herring to congratulate on him on what I felt was fight of the night, when a security guard grabs my cameraman (Sam from HHJ's story) and says "Excuse me, can I borrow you for a second?" and he grabs his press pass and turns it around...keep in mind its still on Sam's neck....and he throws it in the Brazilian reporter's face. "SEE THIS?! THIS IS WHAT YOU AGREED TO!!!" he yells at him. To this day I have no idea what that was about, as there was nothing on the back of the pass about asking dumb questions, but yeah. Brazil representation failed utterly that night. More than once.

JamesArk
10-15-2008, 12:56 AM
Rickson vs. Couture in 09'

You heard it here first

Holic
10-15-2008, 02:09 AM
I should emphasize that the dude went on about this for a VERY LONG time. Like long enough that I got a good look at Dana's reaction and everyone else in the room also.

Bang Bang
10-15-2008, 02:20 AM
"SEE THIS?! THIS IS WHAT YOU AGREED TO!!!"

that's

what

Wilma Fingerdo
10-15-2008, 01:47 PM
Who were you covering these events for?

BTW, I do graphic design but not web. I'm still good for something, pm Wilma.

Hektik
10-15-2008, 03:31 PM
How did you two get involved in this work? Awesome thread! Great stories!~

Holic
10-15-2008, 03:56 PM
Who were you covering these events for?

BTW, I do graphic design but not web. I'm still good for something, pm Wilma.

411mania.com and Nokaut.com. PM shall be forthcoming when I figure out what the hell kinda graphic design I need. Nonetheless, you're hired.

Holic
10-15-2008, 03:57 PM
How did you two get involved in this work? Awesome thread! Great stories!~

Join up with 411mania. They'll take anyone. Don't tell them I sent you though, I left on semi-bad terms.

HHJ
10-15-2008, 04:03 PM
Alright, it looks like the thread is starting to burn out, so here's the story I was saving.

So I'm at the press conference for UFC 82 - Pride of a Champion, and Dana White is ranting and raving on his podium about how Anderson Silva is the greatest fighter ever and yadda yadda yadda. Just as I'm getting dizzy from rolling my eyes so much, the floor opens up to questions. I glance around the room and notice that there is press here from all over the world, including Japan and Brazil.

Brazil...yeah...

The Brazilian reporter I speak of is this really scrawny looking old dude, I mean he looks like he hasn't eaten in months. They're passing the mic around and through the grace of god or providence, they give this guy the mic and praise Buddha, I am there to see it. So he gets up and looks Dana dead in the eye and in this thick Brazilian accent, he brings up the situation with Randy Couture, who of course had just announced his desire to fight Fedor.

This sets Dana off on his usual rant about Fedor being lowly pond scum and Randy being greedy and what not, he's cursing and ranting and saying anything to make the press shit themselves. Then suddenly it all comes to a crashing hault, when the Brazilian reporter speaks up again and says something to this effect:

"Why don't you force Randy to fight Rickson? It's obvious this is the fight the fans want to see! I want to see it and so do all the fans in Brazil!"

You have never seen the jaw dropped face on Dana White that I saw that night. It started out as squinted eyebrow confusion face, followed by the shock as he realized this guy was actually talking about Rickson, followed by absolute sub-zero deep freeze stare as the guy continued to rant.

I don't remember how the hell Dana got out of the question and quite honestly neither does anyone else. I think he said something about Randy honoring his contract and how he needs to fight the number one contender in the UFC at the time or something like that, whatever.

Anyway after the conference I'm walking over to Heath Herring to congratulate on him on what I felt was fight of the night, when a security guard grabs my cameraman (Sam from HHJ's story) and says "Excuse me, can I borrow you for a second?" and he grabs his press pass and turns it around...keep in mind its still on Sam's neck....and he throws it in the Brazilian reporter's face. "SEE THIS?! THIS IS WHAT YOU AGREED TO!!!" he yells at him. To this day I have no idea what that was about, as there was nothing on the back of the pass about asking dumb questions, but yeah. Brazil representation failed utterly that night. More than once.


dont know nothing bout that :neutral:

JamesArk
10-15-2008, 05:56 PM
Join up with 411mania. They'll take anyone. Don't tell them I sent you though, I left on semi-bad terms.

By 'semi-bad terms' do you mean 'pooped in their mailbox'?

Cause if so...


...reps

Holic
10-15-2008, 06:04 PM
Nah they fired my editor who was the most awesome kid ever. I walked when he walked (since Nokaut was actually paying me anyway) Last I heard he interns at Sherfag now.

BEER-RUN
10-15-2008, 06:30 PM
great thread, complete bullshit, but entertaining...





;)

HHJ
10-15-2008, 06:32 PM
lol

Bang Bang
10-15-2008, 09:01 PM
I read 411mania when they were a reputable wrestling news site

Bang Bang
10-15-2008, 09:05 PM
they was 411WRESTLING

Holic
10-15-2008, 09:16 PM
We all read em in those days. They were pretty bad ass when Caleb Newby and I were runnin' the video game/mma sections. Good times....

God I need to build this site. I'm not going to the Philippines. All of you sign the fuck up.

Bang Bang
10-15-2008, 09:41 PM
what where man

Holic
10-15-2008, 09:42 PM
Right here. I'm startin' a rally. And hiring web designers.

Buckner1986
10-15-2008, 10:35 PM
Right here. I'm startin' a rally. And hiring web designers.

Send PMs because I don't open threads started by anyone except SAF and bignog

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 12:07 AM
is holic an mma journalist or something?

Holic
10-16-2008, 01:02 AM
is holic an mma journalist or something?

Welcome to last month.

Bang Bang
10-16-2008, 03:24 AM
like the water

HHJ
10-16-2008, 03:06 PM
like methadone water son

HHJ
10-16-2008, 03:07 PM
holic u can take a poll on what the new site will be called
lol

HHJ
10-16-2008, 03:07 PM
smokes meats and fishies

Holic
10-16-2008, 04:11 PM
holic u can take a poll on what the new site will be called
lol

Your mother can take a poll. You don't even have domain name suggestions.

HHJ
10-16-2008, 04:27 PM
Your mother can take a poll. You don't even have domain name suggestions.

wasnt asked

this year

HHJ
10-16-2008, 04:27 PM
dreamworks

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 04:43 PM
so holic works for sherdog?

JamesArk
10-16-2008, 04:44 PM
Call it ScatMMA and I'll sign up.

JamesArk
10-16-2008, 04:44 PM
Or Scatdog. That would also be quite acceptable.

HHJ
10-16-2008, 04:53 PM
so holic works for sherdog?
no

neither of our asses our working in mma right now

but were trying to maybe start shit up again

our hype man caleb IS working for sherdog though

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 04:56 PM
caleb? is he white?

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:00 PM
lol
ive never met him in person
but i imagine so

dont think theres too many non white calebs

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 05:07 PM
i had a chinese kid named caleb in elementary/middle school

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:08 PM
whoa

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 05:09 PM
yes, asians have weird names, there was a kid in my high school named Angus and another named Zendrix

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:11 PM
man those parents are trying to make those kids shoot up a school

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 05:14 PM
i also knew one named Solomon and another named Abel

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:18 PM
now youre just makin shit up

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 05:22 PM
here's one who goes to my school

http://www.facebook.com/people/Abel_Guan/16409548

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:23 PM
where your facebook

:: types saf into search engine ::

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 05:26 PM
what's your name? is it Jose?

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:26 PM
miguel alejandro cortez ortiz

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:28 PM
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=634885035

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 05:29 PM
ahh, i found zendrix

http://www.facebook.com/srch.php?nm=zendrix

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 05:29 PM
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=634885035

LMAO, Omar Chavez

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:31 PM
LMAO, Omar Chavez
told ya

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 05:31 PM
so is Aerik Von=Holic?

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:33 PM
ahahahaha
no
i dont know if he heven has facebook

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 05:35 PM
lol, i got something for you....

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:40 PM
lol, i got something for you....



:sherlock:

secret informations!

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 05:40 PM
that's not my real name though

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:47 PM
lol
everyone refers to you as that on there though

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:48 PM
i better not get pizzas delivered to me that i didnt order

California Giant
10-16-2008, 05:50 PM
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=634885035

you know a chick named jean grey?

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:51 PM
i dont know who that is
she just added me out of nowhere

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 05:53 PM
lol
everyone refers to you as that on there though

i meant my real name is some ching chong shit

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:56 PM
oh
yeah well whose isnt!?!

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 05:59 PM
you know a chick named jean grey?

why are you going through his friend's list?

HHJ
10-16-2008, 05:59 PM
whats the point of having peoples facebook unless you cant spy on them incessantly

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 05:59 PM
oh
yeah well whose isnt!?!

i'd rather have the ching chong shit than the white shit

HHJ
10-16-2008, 06:00 PM
really?
usually its the other way around with asian americans

HHJ
10-16-2008, 06:01 PM
then again i knew this kid named phil yang
that dude was like a chinese nazi skinhead,but with really long hair

HHJ
10-16-2008, 06:01 PM
i should try to find him on facebook lol

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 06:03 PM
then again i knew this kid named phil yang
that dude was like a nazi skinhead,but with really long hair

how can an asian be a nazi?

HHJ
10-16-2008, 06:05 PM
i dunno but he was,he was all about asian power and wore red suspenders and yellow shoelaces
i dont know why the fuck he hung out with me
weird dude

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 06:18 PM
LOL, asian power

Holic
10-16-2008, 06:54 PM
Caleb Newby is white and massive. Dude is like a freakin' giant, literally.

And I wish I was Aerik Von. That dude gets all the pussy.

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 07:02 PM
why are there spanish ppl named Omar? isn't that Muslim?

HHJ
10-16-2008, 07:20 PM
Caleb Newby is white and massive. Dude is like a freakin' giant, literally.

And I wish I was Aerik Von. That dude gets all the pussy.
its only batshit crazy pussy though but thats what you luvvvv

HHJ
10-16-2008, 07:20 PM
why are there spanish ppl named Omar? isn't that Muslim?:beathorse:

California Giant
10-16-2008, 07:22 PM
why are there spanish ppl named Omar? isn't that Muslim?

Islam had a huge influence on Spain back in the day.

HHJ
10-16-2008, 07:24 PM
Islam had a huge influence on Spain back in the day.
could be that

maybe saf can wrap his brain round that one

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 08:00 PM
holy shit, left coast knew something

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 08:01 PM
okay, now answer me this. Jamal is also Muslim but only black ppl use it, not spanish ppl. why is that?

HHJ
10-16-2008, 09:21 PM
its simply popular in the us for black people
its not complicated
cultures tend to borrow from others
asians dont do it as much cos their ethnocentric stuck up pricks ;)

Barack Lesnar
10-16-2008, 10:28 PM
that's not true, asians get their names from English and other Western European cultures