[victorygrappler]

I havent watched it yet, but sounds entertaining enough to give it a shot. They're de. not portraying mma in a realistic way tho.

[Smash_BJJ]

Originally Posted by bulldogs85

This may be old news, but I'm currently wasting another hour of my life watching BET's "Iron Ring" MMA reality show.

This show is setting the sport back 10 years.

Not to mention setting black people back 300 years.

Some of my favorite quotes from the show include "Send him back to japan", "anything on the ground is intimate", and when that old guy called a fighter the "Mexican Assassin" and he replied "Get that shit right, I'm Puerto Rican and Sicilian"

[yodaman]

Iron Ring is anti-intelligence. How Shonie can associate himself with this kind of crap is beyond me. Even Money Mayweather has that "What in God's name did I sign up for?" look on his face.

you know it's bad when you sympathize with Floyd.

[Mohawk79]

Originally Posted by jasond

Correct. It's not at all about pushing the sport. It's about the producers at BET trying to cash in on the current popularity of MMA.

I feel sorry for the guys that are on this show. They obviously aren't learning anything and are just being used by BET to "cash in" in MMA and the fact that it is growing so fast right now.

[TapSD]

Guys with 8th grade educations and felony convictions pretty much run the shows..what do you expect

[BCarr]

It is pretty sad. I tried to watch it again last night and got distracted by my bunny (go figure).

The fights don't appear to be sanctioned...nor do the refs....so it has to be somewhere between the rank of amatuer and street fight. The ref hovers over the guys when they clinch or go to the ground, just ready to break it up before any real grappling happens.

This show sucks.

[Deloitte]

Originally Posted by jasond

Oh yeah, almost forgot: Rashad Khan is a fucking joke and needs to shut the fuck up.

Same thing goes for that Novell guy who was "teaching" all the fighters that hokey "throw a punch and stand there, so that I can trip you" kung-fu bullshit. At least, they panned the camera around the room to show all the fighters laughing at him while he was showing them that garbage.

Both of those guys are fucking disgraces and I would pay big money to see them step into a cage / ring to teach them what "all that romancin' on the ground" is all about. Every time a fight hits the ground, one of those idiots makes some stupid comment like that.

Fuck I knew I wasn't the only one pissed when he showed that trash move, That guy is a out of shape that has no idea how to fight.

[Smash_BJJ]

Originally Posted by TapSD

Guys with 8th grade educations and felony convictions pretty much run the shows..what do you expect

8th grade???? I think you are ginving hem too much credit

[sickc0d3r]

There is comedy, there is high comedy, and then there is "Iron Ring".

Some of my favorite moments:

Pre-fight one of the "coaches" says to the camera "Why is he doing all stretching and warming up. Man, in a street fight you don't get to warm up"
I believe he was serious not kidding around.

One of the rappers, TI I think, during a selection fight screaming "you can't win a fight from yo back!" to his would-be fighter

Mayweather jawing it up with Shonie... making fun of his clothes, talking smack, etc... and Shonie saying "I'd leg kick the shit of him"... I am praying this will escalate but it's not likely because they haven't been promo-ing any tense scenes between the two

all the scenes of the coaches "training" at their respective gyms... it's mostly video of them doing TMA forms and stuff. All except for Shonie, Mayweather, and some guy who fights MMA and looks like a really good striker I don't remember his name

The fights have been pretty entertaining. Hell it IS MMA so that can't be ALL bad. A lot of explosive fighters with wrestling and striking and a couple of BJJ guys who seem to be winning their fights. I'll keep watching for the comedy and fights.

[devante]

Originally Posted by sickc0d3r

There is comedy, there is high comedy, and then there is "Iron Ring".

Some of my favorite moments:

Pre-fight one of the "coaches" says to the camera "Why is he doing all stretching and warming up. Man, in a street fight you don't get to warm up"
I believe he was serious not kidding around.

One of the rappers, TI I think, during a selection fight screaming "you can't win a fight from yo back!" to his would-be fighter
Mayweather jawing it up with Shonie... making fun of his clothes, talking smack, etc... and Shonie saying "I'd leg kick the shit of him"... I am praying this will escalate but it's not likely because they haven't been promo-ing any tense scenes between the two

all the scenes of the coaches "training" at their respective gyms... it's mostly video of them doing TMA forms and stuff. All except for Shonie, Mayweather, and some guy who fights MMA and looks like a really good striker I don't remember his name

The fights have been pretty entertaining. Hell it IS MMA so that can't be ALL bad. A lot of explosive fighters with wrestling and striking and a couple of BJJ guys who seem to be winning their fights. I'll keep watching for the comedy and fights.

i have heard many mma fighters, namely jason macdonald say that; he said that is what he learned against okami-an i have heard others say that many times so y get on ti