[allrampage]

The other week I was watching the MTV Music Awards (yes, past KFed's babbies mamma shuffling her ass around the stage) and thought it was kinda funny when they announced some sorta new hardware called, the "Quadruple Threat of the Year". Justin Timberlake got the nod, but the funny thing, every nominee had the exact same resume. They sung, danced, owned a clothing line, maybe fronted a restaurant. It was pretty much the same ish and outside of being able to sing, the rest was probably stuff they just threw their name on (see Krusty the Klown).

So although that MTV trophy coulda gone to JT, or Beyonce, or Kayne or whoever else (don't think anyone really cared who got it or argued one over the other), mirror that to MMA, and there really is only one choice. El Guapo! Yeah that's right, the self proclaimed most handsome man (El Guapo means the 'handsome one' in Spanish) in MMA, Bas Rutten.

He's done it all… literally. A pro thai boxer, a pro free fighter, a pro MMA fighter, an MMA comedian, a trainer, a coach, a promoter, a teacher, a video-instructor-turned-online-cult-hit, a commentator, an actor… ish, the man's a legend and outside of curing cancer, Bas has done it all (but cancer, what your f'n back cuz Bas is far from done).

Rutten, who has a ground breaking MMA documentary, POTENT, coming out in the very near future, sat down with Triumph MMA Editor Paul Tutka and told him why only pussies own pit-bulls, why only about half the guys in the game belong in the sport, why Pride guys are struggling in the US and why steroid users are the most insecure people in MMA.

Put the women and children to bed, cuz Bas is one the loose and didn't hold back…

click here for the interview: http://www.triumphmma.com/index.php/...t-As-Ever.html

[KAMAAHAMAAHAAAA]

Great read!
Thanks for the link.

[Chick]

True I never really thought about how much he really has done in his career

[cilhawk]

Bas is the fuckin' man

[smunoz]

PT: I hear a lot of the post Pride stories were as legendary as some of the fights in the ring. What else you got for us?

BR: There was this one time, I was at the bar with a bunch of fighters and noticed these big American guys with Navy Seals shirts on beating up and bullying some Japanese people. I don't think for a second these guys were real Navy Seals. I'm there with Ken Shamrock, Guy Mezger and a bunch of other fighters and point out these assholes to them. So I go over and stand with my head down right in the middle of where they were pushing people around. Sure enough they push me to the side and tell me to get the fuck out of here. I tell them to relax but they all get in my face and want a piece of me. So I ask them to go outside and they follow. Mezger warns these idiots that we're all professional fighters and that they probably picked the biggest psycho of the group, but they wanted to go anyways. So I beat the hell out of all three of them, but there was this one guy that just kept coming at me. I'd arm bar him, he'd be saying he was done, I'd let him go and he'd jump on me right away. I'd be asking for requests of how they wanted me to beat this guy and I'd do it. But this idiot just keeps attacking me every time I let him go after he was screaming like a pussy. Finally I'd had enough of this guy and choked him out cold. We took his pants off and left him lying naked in the street.

That right there is classic!

[tacpayne]

Nice thread, especially good timing with the flamer bashing bas just a while ago. Bas is the man. My favorite bas story is still the Brian Urlacher one, lmao everytime I see it

[po_thead]

PT: What do you think about the athletic commissions fining and suspending guys that are getting busted for weed?

BR: I think Nick Diaz should have gotten a medal after he beat Gomi, not have his decision reversed. He should have gotten some kinda of bonus. Do you know how difficult it would have been to compete with weed? To beat Gomi the way he did with that unbelievable gogoplata with weed in his system, I mean come on man, this guy deserves some sort of special medal. I don't like how the athletic commission looks at weed. There is no way it allows you to take more punishment, come on! The only concern I would have is what your mental state would be going into a fight. If you're going into a fight and could potentially be stoned, you could do some serious damage to yourself if you're not 100% mentally in the ring. The athletic commission should come out and say they are worried about a fighter's well being, not finding ways to take wins away from guys. I think their approach is all wrong. It's the same with steroids. They are making steroids and weed sound like it is an advantage. We know that is not true in this sport. Steroids might give an advantage for the first two minutes of a fight, but that's about it. These guys are doing serious damage to their bodies and that should be our concern. It shouldn't be a punishment thing. It should be a safety thing. And that's where I think the athletic commission is doing things wrong.

good stuff

[o0obruceleeo0o]

Thanks for posting this, I always like what Bas has to say.

[BayAreaGuy]

PT: For a guy that's dominated in both a ring and cage, why do you think so many of these Pride studs are coming to the UFC and just getting owned in a lot of fights? And why was your transition so clean when you came from PANCRASE to the UFC? What's the secret Bas?

BR: You know, I like space. I get really uncomfortable in small spaces. So when I first stepped into the UFC ring, I was like, "Holy Motown man," it was so much bigger than I thought, and although it's an octagon, it pretty much feels like a circle when you're fighting in it There really are no useable corners. Yeah there are corners, but not big enough to use like you would with a corner in a boxing or wrestling ring. I think the problem guys from Pride have had is that they can't lock someone up in the corners and deliver those super big blows like Mirko likes to do. In a cage you just keep circling around-and-around. So at least with a guy like Mirko, he can't holdup in a corner and deliver those devastating blows he usually does. Pride guys are really going to have to adapt and change their game plan if they want to succeed in the UFC. They have to figure out how they're going to lock guys up but through a different approach. Yeah, training against the change is big too, but they have to figure out how to not rely on those big corners you get in the ring. I personally can lock a guy up against a flat wall. You have to stand straight-on with a guy, cuz if you don't, he'll just slip out the opposite side you're pushing him against. In a ring the guy has nowhere to run to in the corner. In a cage, he just runs out the opposite way. And the thing is, when you're standing square to a guy, your power shots from both sides are going to be so powerful. They haven't realized yet that fighting square in the cage is what needs to be done. If you keep just trying to set up a left kick over-and-over, it's too easy in a cage to just keep circling and avoiding that left shot.

Very intersting perspective and very true. Mirko has said he's getting rid of his small cage and putting in a big UFC size cage in his gym.

Right now though, for this era, I think Fedor is the best. He might not be competing much lately, but to me he's still the best

Bas knows his MMA.

[n47hellboy]

good thread start, thx for da url