Marvel <marvel@nospam.net> wrote:

> "CL" <flothru@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
> news:h4io2j$oj0$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> > Marvel wrote:
> >
> >> Lyoto Machida, so far undefeated as he techincally walks through 
> >> opponents in the UFC
> >
> > Ahh ... another one of /them/ ...
> >
> > I don't follow this stuff.  Too much like watching teenage girls (sukeban) 
> > fighting in front of the train station.  About as much finesse and 
> > strategy as two locomotives colliding.
> >
> > The couple of times I have seen it on TV I had trouble keeping my knuckles 
> > from dragging and drooling out of the corners of my mouth for a couple of 
> > days. And then there was the overwhelming desire to throw away the Nikkei 
> > and Asahi and buy sports shinbun and Shukan Jump ...
> >
> > -- 
> > CL
> >
> Honest this is not the same...
> I totally agree with your comment above but these are not WWE.

> This is all about tecnique and not acrobatic stunts.

Not really; they took a lot of groundwork out when they instituted
rounds.

Mike