12/03/24
May 26, 2009
Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco is trying his hand at mixed martial arts: 7'2" South Korean Hong Man Choi is his first opponent.
Yeah, Canseco fought today and got his ass handed to him. I was going to post the actual video of the fight but it was attached to some blog site.
posted by BornIcon at 02:35 PM on May 26, 2009
bought
Bout. I have my stupid fingers on today.
Yea, he fought today and got his ass handed to him. I was going to post the actual video of the fight but it was attached to an MMA blog site.
I'm sure enough people dislike him that it'll be on Youtube pretty quickly. The fight report I heard suggested he tried the tactic from the Gladiatorial scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian, where he just ran around a lot, hoping the other guy would fall over from a heart attack, but ran into the guy's fist instead.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 02:46 PM on May 26, 2009
To be honest, Canseco had some offense before he sprained either his knee or ankle and that's when Hong Man Choi came in for the finish. To have a 7'2" man mounted on top of you and pounding his fists in your face, I would've tapped out just like Canseco did.
Just a little FYI, Canseco's girlfriend was at the fight and is smoking hot.
posted by BornIcon at 02:48 PM on May 26, 2009
To have a 7'2" man mounted on top of you and pounding his fists in your....
I would have thought that Canseco lied awake dreaming of something like this to occur. OK, that was uncalled for. But still, the verbal imagery was inspiring. Thanks, BI.
posted by THX-1138 at 03:16 PM on May 26, 2009
It had to be you, THX, didn't it?
As soon as I finished posting what I wrote, I re-read what I had up and just had to laugh at myself for that as well. Thanks for having an equally F'd up imagination as I have.
Classic!
posted by BornIcon at 03:26 PM on May 26, 2009
Trying your hand at professional MMA fighting is like learing how to ride a motorcycle by trying your hand at jumping the fountains at Ceasar's Palace. It's a sure way to get hurt.
posted by Atheist at 04:17 PM on May 26, 2009
To be honest, BI, I can't even read the word "fist" without a certain image I once saw...um...at a....friend's...house. Yes, friend's house. It certainly wasn't on the internet in the privacy of my own home.
One wonders what Canseco will do next to keep himself supplied with smoking hot girlfriends. Keep the human car-wreck rollin'.
posted by THX-1138 at 05:44 PM on May 26, 2009
Jose has had too many blows to the ol' noggin.
posted by mjkredliner at 10:41 PM on May 26, 2009
He fought already. And lost.
The bought lasted fractionally longer than a minute before the ref stopped it.