Amputee making MMA debut

[Inky_Wretch]

How in blue hell did this fight get licensed?

http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=4093672

And how'd you like to be his opponent? Complete no-win situation.

 

[Smallpotatoes]

Maynard was a successful high school and college (club) wrestler. I wish him well.

 

[Double J]

"Sweep the leg!"

 

[Oggiedoggie]

"I command you, as King of the Britons, to stand aside!"

 

[Bruce_Shoebottom]

It's on an unregulated event in Alabama. He tried to fight on a legit show in a commission state last year and has his application denied.

 

[tmayforth]

"I command you, as King of the Britons, to stand aside!"

Well done.

 

[SoCalScribe]

Supposedly he has much greater muscle strength than anyone else could in his weight class because he has much less bone structure. I would imagine the makeup of his limbs make it easier for him to slip from holds, etc. Blocking punches will be an issue, though.

While he has some advantages, as far as going out and WINNING the fight, I think he'd have quite a hard time doing that unless he somehow manages a knockout -- unlikely given his reach disadvantage.

I guess this is all a spectacle and maybe a bad idea on his part, but good for him for trying to do something grand. I can only imagine the refs will be careful with this fight. In my experience, the refs at the fly-by-night shows generally are usually a lot more competent caring than the people organizing the shows.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Chances are if they rub enough Vaseline on him, he'll pop out of any holds like a bar of soap.

 

[zeke12]

End well, this will not.

 

[User 1019]

How can he grapple?

 

[Football_Bat]

So if Chuck Liddell grabs the wrong limb for a tapout, he's **** outta luck.

 

[User 1019]

Seems like you could just kick the **** out of him ... literally.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Seems like you could just kick the **** out of him ... literally.

From what I read, his opponent (who remains unnamed) won't be allowed to do that. They're ruling him a "downed fighter" and a standing fighter can't kick another one who is on the ground.

But it still seems like you could walk up and punch him right in the face. Or pick him up and spike him like a football.

 

[User 1019]

 

[PCLoadLetter]

While he has some advantages, as far as going out and WINNING the fight, I think he'd have quite a hard time doing that unless he somehow manages a knockout -- unlikely given his reach disadvantage.

Reach disadvantage = he doesn't have any arms. Yes, I'd call that a disadvantage.

 

[Double J]

Seems like you could just kick the **** out of him ... literally.

From what I read, his opponent (who remains unnamed) won't be allowed to do that. They're ruling him a "downed fighter" and a standing fighter can't kick another one who is on the ground.

But it still seems like you could walk up and punch him right in the face. Or pick him up and spike him like a football.

Be careful - he's packing heat.

 

[StaggerLee]

Look, I have no doubt this young man has a lot of heart and is mentally and physically stronger than most people in this world. But he needs to know when enough is enough.

The person that took this fight is in a no-win situation, literally. He can't kick (because they consider the amputee a downed opponent), his punching won't be effective because the guy is only three feet off the ground and nobody punches that low, he won't win any grappling matches because the guy has no limbs in which to use as leverage.

I think it's fantastic that this kid has overcome a lot in his life to accomplish a lot. But this is just stupid. He proved his point that he can function like a normal person. Now it's time for him to start considering his opponent's position in the matter.

I know when he first started wrestling nobody wanted to wrestle him because either A.) they didn't want to look like a bully beating up a handicapped kid, or B) they didn't want to lose to the handicapped kid. Back then, he was trying to prove he could do it. Now he's just become a spectacle and he's trying to milk his 15 minutes.

 

[Football_Bat]

I'm stumped at this.

 

[AgatePage]

Fight update. He loses.

http://www.oanow.com/oan/sports/local/article/maynard_falls_in_first_mma_fight/69952/

 

[User 1019]

DECISION? What. The. ****?