Ballet of Violence

Calling it a chess match or a brawl is just wrong. A fight is always a fight.

I’ve been the Amy Adams character in real life—been the girl who walked with her man to the ring and screamed herself hoarse on the sidelines, wanted to look away maybe when he hit the canvas but forced herself to look and to know that this was what he wanted, needed, had to do. I remember how it felt to be swept up into his sweatysore arms after a win.

I never got in the ring myself, but I practiced and sparred and more than once left everything that hurt me behind on a heavybag, in sweat and curses on the ground behind me.

10 January 2011 • reblog: champagnecandy

by Esther Lin

2 January 2011 • Kazuyuki Miyata Caol Uno NYE Dynamite suplex Esther Lin Takedown

damnjas:

alistair overeem, K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final

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13 December 2010 • reblog: loftofsolitude • Alistair Overeem K-1

I wish I could understand all the hilarious things Saku is saying.

5 September 2010 • Kazushi Sakuraba The IQ Wrestler The Gracie Hunter Jason Mayhem Miller DREAM

“He’s not human. He’s like a piece of iron.”

27 August 2010 • Randy Couture James Toney

omoplata:

Click through for Esther Lin’s UFC 117 photo gallery

9 August 2010 • reblog: omoplata • Anderson Silva Chael Sonnen UFC Esther Lin Submission Triangle Choke Armbar Comeback

By Silton Buendia

Gil had a hell of a fight and a great 1st round finish. More thoughts on this when I have recovered from the weekend. Congratulations Gil!

9 August 2010 • Gilbert Guardado Brandon Morris Tuff-N-Uff Silton Buendia Submission Triangle Choke

The 70-year-old from New Brunswick, Canada became the oldest person to ever compete in a professional MMA bout when he took on 49-year-old former pro wrestler Larry Brubaker on July 24 in Moncton. On paper it sounds like a carnival act, but the fight was serious business, Williams said, done to prove a serious point.

“I was trying to bring attention to the fact that when a person becomes a senior, society kind of pushes them out of the loop. The attitude toward them is that they’re dumb, they can’t do anything, physically they’re just vegetables, and they’re sort of shunned by society,” Williams told MMA Fighting. “I wanted to find a way to show that life isn’t over at 55 or 60 years old. You’re not useless or obsolete. We live in a use-oriented society, and you get told that enough that even you start to believe you’re useless.”

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70-Year-Old MMA Fighter John Williams Got in the Cage to Feel Alive Again — MMA Fighting

I think this headline is crap—this guy didn’t need anything to feel alive again. Instead, he wanted to remind everyone ELSE out there that he—and millions of others his age—are still alive, physical, strong beings. And I love him for it.

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31 July 2010 • reblog: champagnecandy • John Williams Ben Fowlkes Sarah Jaffe