MMA fighter bullies his way into getting knocked out in 20 seconds

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[SmashMartian]

I really hope Ronda Rousey posts to the AMA to ask “20 seconds? WTF took you so long?”

[Geoff_Whitman]

I SUPER hate MMA as well as a small boatload of other blood sports, but man oh man, do I love a good short sudden shot of karma when delivered directly into a douchebag. Plus, the gentleman who did the afore-mentioned karma delivery seemed like a nice fellow. Love his smile at weirdo’s odd unnecessary aggression, which came off like it was like the Idina Menzel / Travolta face-hold of MMA photo ops.

[mknorman]

AMA link is horked. Video link 404s as well.

[SamSam]

There’s so much tension in the air… I think more of those standoff moments should end like this:

Of course, they have the wrong attitude about it. Really it should be more like this:

[jerwin]

I am that dude that knocked out the tatted up jerk in 20 seconds. AMA! • r/IAmA

[MsScience]

@twewy on Reddit

Dude, that opener + combo was a work of art.

Right feint, left ready, sees the guard go up, shoves the left in there, follows it up a combo to make sure he can’t afford to put his guard down, right hook, left hook, right uppercut, left – just kidding! Right hook. Change it up, make your opponent frustrated and impatient.

Tattoo man wants to look, he wants to peek, you don’t take six hits blind with nothing to show for it. Ben waits for the peek, and shoves another left in there, this time an uppercut, following with an opportune right hook to take advantage of the weakened guard as it moves inward, over compensating for the uppercut that was just received.

Tattoo man realizes his mistake, and solidifies his guard again – but wait, we’ve seen this pattern before! You don’t win fights in a ball guarding all day!

Ben’s been building this guy up. Tattoo man hasn’t gotten a single SWING out, let alone a solid hit. Ben knows he’ll want to make a move soon, so he pauses, just for half a second. Where previously he had driven half a dozen punches in to make sure no room was given, he waits this time.

Ben knows the timing perfectly. Tattoo man takes the bait, there, the guard is dropping, right arm is swinging back, this is going to be big, but fatally slow to start! Ben’s faster, he already sees how this will play out.

Duck and weave, quick left disrupts the knock out haymaker, veers it off course, and the motion he’s practiced thousands of times puts him under now-wild right. Tattoo man hits air, can’t adjust his momentum, he’s vulnerable, he’s open!

Bam, right hook straight into the jaw, lights out. Insurance left misses, target’s already down.

From this awesome reddit post of an armchair analyst.

[Mister44]

Nice. Really Nice.

[SamWinston1]

I’ve seen a few gay porno’s that start they way.

[daemonsquire]

[stano]

The video link doesn’t work for me - the ‘-nocookie’ part of the URL seems to be the culprit.
Also link to the Reddit leads to a 404 page on BoingBoing.

[miasm]

But but… He has tattoos on his face!!!

[Boundegar]

That’s the saddest part of all. Not only can’t he fight, but now he can’t go get work as an accountant. I guess there’s always bouncing.

EDIT: Wow, he almost said the same thing himself: ““I’ve got nothing else. I’ve got nothing else. You don’t make no money in this sport, you don’t eat in this sport, you don’t get fucking nothing in this sport.”

[jjsaul]

The AMA is worth reading… the guy is exactly who you think he is the moment he rolls his eyes and smiles at the antics of the side-show guy.

He even has a cat named Tofu.
http://imgur.com/mbfb50v

[SqualusAcanthias]

[BrickGun]

And this is why I miss Pride so much. It had none of this crap. The competitors always had nothing but respect for one another and their skills. Once UFC bought it out it became nothing more than another version of WWF.

[i_have_feet]

That is just the cutest. Ha ha, you smiled!