The Perspective of Mixed Martial Arts

Many people don't want to do mixed martial arts because of the workout and training it takes to compete. Another reason is that their afraid of getting knocked out or injured and many don't want to humiliate themselves by tapping out or submitting. I am a amature mixed martial arts fighter, many people get amused or intimidated when I tell them I study fighting. My friends say it's because I have broad shoulders or because I am strong and black. Many people wouldn't know that I always stand/walk straight and I always have a smile, supposedly I always have a grin or solid face. Would that really make me look intimidating? I am an outgoing friendly person, I'm funny and everyone loves me except the people I destroy. I have no enemies. I can't make enemies no matter how hard I try or is it cause I look intimidating?. But when I go to a public karate or mixed martial arts dojos/academy's, people stare at me in fear and know that I will Bring it.  I'm a average guy! (5'10-6'0) (215-220Ibs) and still the reigning Champion at light heavyweight and Crusierweight. How can I be so intimidating if I'm barely taller then anyone?! I look in the mirror everyday and wonder that question, how am I so intimidating and how can I be less intimidating. And I know I'm intimidating to many people when I fight.

Anderson Silva Biography

 

 

Anderson Silva's Professional Record

	Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
	02/05/2011	Win	Vitor Belfort	UFC 126: Belfort vs. Silva	TKO/RSC	1	3:25
	08/07/2010	Win	Chael Sonnen	UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen	Submission Arm Bar	5	3:10
	04/10/2010	Win	Demian Maia	UFC 112: Invincible	Decision Unanimous Decision	5
	08/08/2009	Win	Forrest Griffin	UFC 101 Declaration	KO Strike	1	3:23
	04/18/2009	Win	Thales Leites	UFC 97: Redemption	Decision Unanimous Decision	5
	10/25/2008	Win	Patrick Cote	UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote	TKO/RSC Injury	3	0:39
	07/19/2008	Win	James Irvin	UFC Silva vs. Irvin	TKO/RSC Referee Stoppage from Strikes	1	1:01
	03/01/2008	Win	Dan Henderson	UFC 82: Pride of a Champion	Submission Rear Naked Choke	2	4:52
	10/20/2007	Win	Rich Franklin	UFC 77 Hostile Territory	TKO/RSC	2	1:07
NSF	07/07/2007	Win	Nate Marquardt	UFC 73	TKO/RSC Referee Stoppage from Strikes	1	4:50
	02/03/2007	Win	Travis Lutter	UFC 67: All or Nothing	Submission Triangle Choke	1	2:11
	10/14/2006	Win	Rich Franklin	UFC 64: Unstoppable	TKO/RSC Referee Stoppage	1	2:59
	06/28/2006	Win	Chris Leben	UFC Fight Night 5	TKO/RSC	1
NSF	04/22/2006	Win	Tony Fryklund	Cage Rage (England) 16: Critical Condition	KO	1	2:02
NSF	01/20/2006	Loss	Yushin Okami	Rumble On The Rock 8	Disqualification Illegal Kick	1	2:33
NSF	12/03/2005	Win	Curtis Stout	Cage Rage (England) 14	KO	1	4:59
NSF	04/30/2005	Win	Jorge Rivera	Cage Rage (England) 11	TKO/RSC Referee Stoppage	2	3:35
NSF	12/31/2004	Loss	Ryo Chonan	Pride: Shock Wave 2004	Submission Heel Hook	3	3:08
NSF	09/11/2004	Win	Lee Murray	Cage Rage (England) 8	Decision Unanimous Decision	3
NSF	06/27/2004	Win	Jeremy Horn	Gladiator FC: Day 2	Decision Unanimous Decision
NSF	12/20/2003	Win	Diamante Negro	Conquista Fight 1	TKO/RSC	1
NSF	06/08/2003	Loss	Daiju Takase	Pride 26: Bad to the Bone	Submission Triangle Choke	1	8:33
NSF	03/16/2003	Win	Carlos Newton	Pride 25: Body Blow	KO	1	6:26
NSF	09/29/2002	Win	Alexander Otsuka	Pride 22: Beasts from the East 2	Decision Unanimous Decision	3
NSF	06/23/2002	Win	Alex Stiebling	Pride 21: Demolition	TKO/RSC Doctor Stoppage	1	1:23
NSF	01/26/2002	Win	Roan Carneiro	Meca Vale Tudo 6	TKO/RSC Referee Stoppage	1	0:00
NSF	08/26/2001	Win	Hayato Sakurai	Shooto: To The Top Vol.7	Decision Unanimous Decision	3
NSF	06/09/2001	Win	Israel Albuquerque	Meca Vale Tudo 5	Submission Strikes	1	6:17
NSF	03/02/2001	Win	Tetsuji Kato	Shooto: To The Top Vol.2	Decision Unanimous Decision	3
NSF	12/16/2000	Win	Claudionor Fontinelle	Meca Vale Tudo 4	KO	1	4:35
NSF	08/12/2000	Win	Jose Barreto	Meca Vale Tudo 2	KO Punch	1	1:07
NSF	05/27/2000	Loss	Luiz Azeredo	Meca Vale Tudo 1	Decision	2

Guest Writer

  Hey, guys. I'm Trevor and i'm currently guest writing for Jeffrey. So let's talk about some fighting and MMA, you know, the good stuff :P. Jeffrey, I think that MMA is a really great sport and agree with your view on it, I feel that it is a great way to relieve stress and express your emotion through it. In a way, mixed martial arts is a lot like music. You can convey a perception through the fighters moves and whatnot even though it's more of a reflex and strategy type of thing, but can also convey emotions for both the combatants and people observing mixed martial arts, as everyone has different opinions on certain topics. MMA is somewhat of a sensitive topic as a handful of people are against it due to the seemingly violent nature of it while many others understand MMA and what it is all about. Thanks for listening :)

-Trevor

The Knockouts

When someone takes a blow to the head their brain rocks and hits your skull wall, that dazes you and knocks you out for a period of time, depending on how hard the blow or strick was. It takes the brain awhile to basically recover/restart and that's when you regain consciousness.
Remember, your brain controls everything and when you take an impact to the head it does what it has to do for you to survive, and sends millions of messages throughout the body and shuts you down.
Getting knockedout comes with the job.

The style of William Shakespeare

"The Death of Romeo and Juliet." by: John Everett Millais

William Shakespeare’s writing consist of poems, sonnets and plays representing emotions and nature. What made him famous was his Tragic and tragicomedie styles of writing. His most famous tragic play "Romeo and Juliet" in 1599, ended with a fateful death of Romeo trying to show his love for Juliet, but their names woudnt let them.  His work reflects the styles of love, sexual passion, procreation, romance, time and death.

Hamlet

To be, or not to be? that is the question. —
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune;
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? — To die, — to sleep —
No more; and by a sleep, to say, we end
The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to; 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die —— to sleep ——
To sleep? perchance, to dream. Ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of Death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect,
That makes Calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pang of despis'd love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes;
When he himself might his Quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardles bear,
To groan and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
That undiscover'd country, from whose bourne
No traveller returns, puzzles the will;
And makes us rather bear those ills we have,
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought;
And enterprises of great pith and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action —— Soft you, now!

The fair Ophelia? Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembred.

This is a celebrated soliloquy from William Shakesphear's "Hamlet", which is bursting from a man's distraction with desires, and overwhelmed with the magnitude of his own purposes, Hamlet see's no means of regaurd from his acctions that he has made and the one's he is planning on doing , to a hazard, and meditates on his situation in this manner.

The Greatest Ever

The greatest writer and poet ever known is William Shakespeare. Shakespeare has authored the world's greatest poems, dramas and sonnets ever made. He wrote over 38 plays, 154 sonnets and several poems. Most of his work is still studied and performed all over the world. Shakespeare started with comedies and histories then later moved to play's. Shakespear's most valuable work is the art of tragedy, romance and comedy. Later in his career Shakespeare wrote poems which set the best mixture of love, passion, procreation, romance, time and death. His greatness lies in the fact that several plays and poems written by him, along with his other works are widely performed and translated into almost every existing language to date.