PAULIE MALIGNAGGI's BARE KNUCKLE DEBUT June 22nd...

McGregor has no fucking heart in either sport, that's an indisputable fact. The guy is a dog, straight up.

 

Any number of boxers with marginal mma training would f*ck up the Irish plumber's apprentice. Dude never had a ground game worth a sh*t. Couldn't break a f*cking egg with 8 ounce gloves in the boxing ring.

 

I dunno, they're different sports. I have no beef with MMA I just don't care for it, it's not my thing, but tapping makes sense. If there's no way you're getting out of whatever hold you're in then just tap instead of getting whatever oxygen you have left choked out of you.

 

He's totally full of shit and emblematic of a New Ireland that is low on balls and heart and big on flash and verbals.

 

So0000, You're a FAN?





REED

 

REED's a FAN of Both Sports...

Known of Artem Lobov for Several Years Now, Seen a Few of his Fights and Watched Episodes of the UFC Reality Show he was On, to Win a Contract....

Regarding Tapping Out, REED's Seen the Extremes on BOTH Sides...Holly Holm Punched the Air Instinctively, as Meisha Tate Choked the Life Out of Her...Holm Went Out Swinging, Literally...Didn't Tap...



REED's Also Seen High Profile MMAist's Tap Before the Choke is FULLY Locked In...

While There's a Certain Level of, Uuuuuhm, "Discomfort" (???) You Want a Fighter to Endure PRIOR to Tapping, REED Can't Say he Blames a Fighter for NOT Wanting His Breathing Suffocated Until he's Unconscious Either...

Regarding Fractures or Clean Breaks, Fuck That...If One of Your Limbs is Deeeeeeeeeeeeeply Locked In By Some Accomplished Ground Fighter, it Becomes a Matter of Pain Tolerance...SNAP or TAP @ That Point...







REED

 

I am glad to see Paulie making a few bucks and perhaps he owns a piece of the action here.

 

welcome back George Castanza

 

No mate. I am not. Of him or the Country itself.

 

Pretty much. Boxers take a knee and stay there too,. It;s the same thing, really.

 

Even if you can handle the pain it's completely pointless. If a guy gets his arm clearly broken the ref is going to stop the fight immediately anyway.

So you not only lose the fight, but have a busted limb as a parting gift. To top that off it could potentially end your career depending on the severity of the injury.

 

Don Frye suffered a lot of damage to his legs and ankles because he didn't want to tap to Ken Shamrock in Pride. I read he never fully recovered and was relying on pain meds a long time after.

 

I hear that stupid Vitali guy refused to fight on with an injury, quit, got his brother to beat the guy up and then went on to fight for the WBC title like 10 times.

Fucking idiot.

 

Right...

And Even if Your Shit Heals Properly, You'll Miss Out on 2-3 Paydays Minimum, Recovering...






REED

 

REED Can See How McGregor Might NOT Be the Cup of Tea of Your Typical Ol' School Irishman, These Days...

But an Irish Dude NOT Being a "Fan" of Ireland Itself???...






REED

 

Off Topic of course but the place has changed. I could spend a decade talking about it.

Basically. large parts of Ireland resemble NYC in the 1970's these days. Have nots and Mega haves living alongside each other.....people in squalor, people in debt, people with masses of money not giving a fuck, Cocaine literally everywhere.

I could show you some Facebook pages that basically look like World-Star for White people.

Fights fights fights over fuck all.

Oh, and some of the murders.............two 13 year old boys recently indicted for the murder of a 14 year old girl, herself an adoptee, in circumstances that make Ted Bundy and Richie Ramirez look like fucking amateurs.

Not the Ireland I grew up in, not by a backroads country mile.

 

Got It...

It's Not that You Dislike Ireland Itself, You Dislike What's BECOME OF Ireland...





REED

 

Yup. I know a lot of people who moved here from India who can't stand India. They have the same resentment towards India as Irish does towards Ireland. The overpopulation, the corruption, the lack of laws, lack of opportunities, etc.

 

REED Feels Similarly About St. Louis...

Drugs, Murder, Lack of Opportunities, The SAME Dilapidated Homes on the Block that were Dilapidated 30-35 YEARS Ago and, Of Course, the Inevitable Regentrification of the Entire Neighborhood, Once the Undesirables Have All Been Killed Off, Incarcerated or Moved...

Downtown St. Louis is a PARTICULARLY Sore Spot for REED...When REED Grew Up, Law Enforcement Cared Sooooooooooooooo LITTLE for the "Riverfront" Area of Downtown (Where the Arch Is), REED and His Ol' Man Used to Freely URINATE Upon It...Wasn't Uncommon to See People Fighting, Fucking or Even an Occasional Body Floating Down the Mississippi River...

Now, Shit is Soooooooooooooo "Cleansed" You Could SAFELY Host a Republican Convention or Conservative Political Rally There...






REED

 

Yep. You screwed yourself financially and physically but decades later you can tell people in the pub (who probably have heard it 1000 times already) about that time you were a fighter and didn't tap.

 

Do these guys have wraps? Or literally bare knuckles?

 

IN one week last year there were 6 murders that would have shocked hardened cops

Well yes.

It might be noted.......McRacist or Not........that I don't apply any different standards to Ireland and the Irish.

It's shit....if Reed were to travel to Ireland, he would be given very warm welcomes by people who would quietly drop a dime on him were he to surface in the wrong part of town.

Cynical place, Ireland.

Dangerous place too. Katy Taylors father was the victim of an attempted murder. Guy just walked into the gym one morning about less than 2 years ago, shot Pete Taylor, shot a gym participant dead, and shot some other guy too. Just to get a rep.......

I used to train in that very gym in 2007-2008........top left corner of the photo. Man dies after shooting at Katie Taylor gym

Irish boxing is riddled with these gangter types......Kinahan gang member’s shadow hangs over Irish boxing

 

I don't know but most guys wear wraps for their own hands sake.......

 

The early days of UFC/MMA appear to have been an even bigger joke than it's present incarnation.

 

They're Allowed to Wrap Wrists/Thumbs, but No Wrapping Allowed 1 Full Inch from the Knuckles...





REED

 

Right so somebody is getting sliced up in this thing.

 

Not entirely sure I want to see Paulie get busted up.

 

To Date, BKFC's Hanging Their Hat on Artem Lobov's Last Fight, vs. Jason Knight...Here's How They Looked After...



Knight Had 3-4 Teeth Knocked Out, Literally...

Here's the Bout Itself...If You Can Stomach the Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay OVER the Top Ring Announcer, it's Actually a Comically Entertaining Scrap...








REED