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Originally Posted by dthorne04
No poker questions here.
What drew you to MMA?
Favorite fighter(s)? Least favorite(s)? Why?
Favorite fight(s) ever? Again, why?
This is one of the few AMA's I'm actually super excited for. Jason seems to be a really great representative of poker and the kind of person we should want representing the game.
Love it
I started karate when I was 6 years old because, umm, I wanted to be a Power Ranger, bitch. as I talked about in an earlier post, I started teaching when I was 13 and got more seriously into kickboxing and basic grappling when I was in my upper teens. I was first introduced to the UFC by accident, actually, wandering into a friends house immediately before the Gracie/Hughes fight and I was just instantly hooked. Despite having to buy super overpriced tickets from a scalper for awful seats, Steve O'Dwyer and I went to Tim Sylvia/Arlovski 3 (co-main : Tito Ortiz vs Ken Shamrock 2! lol) which IIRC was the next event in Vegas. People (including Steve, lol) told me the event was awful, but I loved the experience and have barely missed a press conference nevermind a fight since.
Favorite fighter has to be Nick Diaz, can't get enough, but Chael might be one of my role models purely by what a fascinating character and performer he has developed. I went to almost every Q+A at the recent Fan Expo in LV and of Dana, Joe Rogan, Ronda, and whoever else they had, Chael's was by far the best (and most packed). He's an amazing individual, although I obviously don't agree with the xenophobic stuff in principle, I appreciate the amazing marketing power of what he's done. He's in the fight-selling business after all and nobody does it better than Chael.
Favorite fight... I've gotta be biased for the ones I was there for. Going to the events live (especially near-cageside) is an incredible experience you'll never forget if you're a fight fan. I've been to Sylvia/Arlovski 3, Sylvia/Couture, UFC100 (brock/mir, gsp/alves, hendo/bisping), Silva/Sonnen 1, Silva/Weidman 1. I think that's it, and of all those, the one I'll absolutely never forget is the incredible energy in the Sylvia/Couture fight. From the moment that Randy cracked Tim with that overhand right (iirc) at the start of round 1 I don't think a person in the arena was in their chair. Absolutely electric night and I have goosebumps reliving it in my head. I've never been a part of anything like it before or since then.
Thanks for the questions!
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