It’s how Terrell Davis’s career ended. And I will never forgive Brian Griese, Bob Griese, the University of Michigan, Mike Shannahan, or any other asshole who made Brian Griese’s career possible.

Seems like neither fighter has been the same since....

I don’t agree with this at all. When there were less events they felt more like... well... events. I mean it wasn’t uncommon for three belts to be on the line on one card, and that was long before they had 4,000 weight classes like they do now.

Not only that but it’s silly to think that USADA has actually discouraged PED use in any meaningful way.

This actually isn’t a bad theory.

My buddy is a weeb. Got me into both Ninja Warrior and Dragon ball Z, though. So... Maybe?

The whole show got Americanized, which is to say that all the competitors must be douchey and the entire crux of the show—that it was “ordinary” people with, like, regular jobs and shit*— was shifted so that it became super competitive and only high level athletes now have a chance at winning. So, basically everything…

No, it doesn’t. I also practiced jiu jitsu and kickboxing for six years from the time was 15 until I turned 21, wherein I won six different no-gi tournaments throughout the state of Colorado. I also had two amateur MMA bouts when I was 18. I wrestled in college only because I couldn’t find a good jiu jitsu instructor…

Wear trashbags under sweatsuits and ride stationary bikes in steam rooms while spitting into jars and taking diuretics to help them pee. Often times laxatives are also used.

I mean, yeah, the sport is not nice to the body. But there are ways to minimize or neutralize some of the risks if you have proper S&C guys involved in the training, which, from what I’ve been able to gather, does not happen at all. It’s always some moron who has them doing jumping deadlifts and balance board squats…

Go to your nearest high school wrestling tournament this weekend. I guarantee there are wrestlers at 103 lbs who cut at least 8 lbs to make that weight.

You may be mostly right about the nutritionist aspect, but I know for a fact most of the big MMA gyms have dietitians and nutritionists on staff or on contract for their athletes.

Well, like I said, it’s not smart by any means for Borg to still have to cut 8 lbs in less than 24 hours. However, it has been done. My guess is most of the guys cutting to even 125 lbs are at or even higher than 8 pounds off with 24 hours before weigh ins. Even at that weight, 8 pounds is highly attainable. Again,…

It depends on how much he had already cut. Eight pounds in 24 hours, while not healthy or in any way intelligent, is hardly obscene. I’ve seen guys lose 8 pounds in a couple of hours.

Yeah, I’ll always be a Snyder Watchman apologist. There were some poor choices, but overall I was entertained, and I actually think he improved on Moore’s ending.

Yeah, you would think it would be right up Tom’s alley. Well-made, simple-and-dumb premise executed to perfection. Both Rhames and Snipes knock their roles out and Falk’s character is a nice touch. Great flick.

Yeah... having commented on both kinja and at AVClub, I thought the AVclubbers were overreacting. But I was wrong. This is worse than I ever imagined. They really did kill a community. A great one, too. Probably my favorite online one.

Kinja’s weird like that. Most of their writers are hard leftists (at least in comparison to the DNC), but the readers are neo-liberal apologists.

Honestly, it’s probably too late. We could cease all fossil fuel usage tomorrow and it would still take centuries for the earth to recover.

Yeah, but that shit was initiated by the Republicans and the Dems never caught up. They never learned to play that game or to counter it.