I'd love a pre hang out friday or so.

Is no one going to be there thursday or friday?  Dorkman?...anyone?...*sniff*

No Greg, you just insist on datamining and finding commentaries early.

Showoff.

EIther the script to "Smoke and Mirrors," "Roundtable," or "The Muppet Man."

Wow.....Memphis makes Teague violent.

1996, my friend.

A totally legit question.  One that I'm not sure I can answer.

I think to beat Brock you're going to have to inflict sustained damage to him.  I know Fedor can inflict that damage.  I also know that Fedor usually only walks around at 225 and Brock has to CUT to 265 from 280.  I also know that if Brock wants you down, you're going down.  While Fedor's submissions form the bottom are slick, I think Brock is a little too saavy now to get caught in the kind of armbars Fedor throws up.

I think Fedor can be Brock, but I also think Brock can beat Fedor.  The match I'm MORE interested in seeing, is Brock vs. Allistair Overeem.  When I met Overeem in 2002, I was filming a documentary that involved Chuck Liddell training with some of the guys in Holland.  Holland, has a tradition of strong Muay Thai fighers (Rob Kaman, Ramon, Dekker, etc.) and I thought at the time "Wow, this skinny tall kid is gonna be sharp someday." 

This was before Allistair consumed nothing but horse meat and turned into UBEREEM.  I think Allastairs combos would keep Brock guessing, and most importantly, I think Allastair would use footwork to keep Brock moving enough to where he couldn't settle in for a takedown. 

Its not gonna happen any time soon, and yes, Cain Velasquez is gonna make Brock WORK to keep that title, but I like Overeem/Lesnar as a matchup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nxXbCz1SAM

WHere do you live?  I could make some recommendations.

Requiem,

I'm of a similar mind.  I studied Kung Fu and got my Black Sash at 18.  At the same time, I was doing a lot of JKD and entered in a bare knuckle Karate tournament called the Shidokan.  They have it in Chicago every year or so.  Anyway, I felt a limitation of what Kung Fu could offer me in terms of practical fighting.  I transitioned to Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and haven't much looked back since.  I love Kung Fu, and many of the principles of how to strike remain true, particularly with energy transference and the physics of striking, but the techniques were a little on the lower percentage scale of things for my liking. 

As for taking two hits before ending a fight?  Well, mileage may vary, but I don't necessarily agree with that.  Sometimes you'll take no hits, sometimes you'll take a bunch.  The number of hits seems less consequential than the effectiveness of those hits.  One strike can put you down.  Conversely, I had one guy punch me in the face I think ten times in one sparring session, but I could time it and was always at the end of his punches, so aside from a red nose, it didn't do any damage.

You mean The Ice Storm.

"Kiss my converse!"