I know this isn't MMA related but I read a very disturbing article this morning and wanted to share it with everyone. This type of thing has been in the works by this government for years. They find people that are really stupid and set them up so that they can carry out an agenda. In this case there has been all kinds of news lately about detention of American citizens, or American citizens declared terrorist. Well now the government can say "LOOK, WE WERE RIGHT, SEE? AMERICAN CITIZENS CAN BE TERRORISTS!" The article even admits that the "terrorists" were given inert explosives by an undercover FBI agent. IMO this is an obvious sham, it reaks of garbage and this article (and surely the articles to come like it) is designed to create a culture in America of panic and fear and mistrust of your fellow citizens. They want everyone BEGGING to hand over all their rights for protection against the new "Domestic Terrorists!" Ron Paul supporters, anti-Federal Reserve protestors, anyone who shows dissent towards the government, it's time we lock them up! I'm sure we will only see more and more of this whereas 10-15 years ago there was no such thing.

So, a group of anarchists that hate government and are part of the Occupy movement are going to blow up a bridge? Yea that makes a lot of sense.

This article goes out of it's way to make it very clear that these terrorists have no link to any foreign group but are indeed linked to the Occupy Movement. They are American citizens, born and raised in America and they want to get you! See? You can't trust your neighbor, better watch out cause he could be a terrorist. You know all those protestors out there trying to bring attention to the criminal organization known as the Federal Reserve? Yea, those guys are terrorists and they need to be arrested and you should support our governments efforts to detain them and imprison them for up 40 years for conspiracy against America!

It's finally happened, the homeland is the battleground. No surprise to anyone that's been following current events I guess. Here's the article in it's entirety.

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Yes that's right, here it is. Newfie you challenged me, I rose up and crushed it. Mot, you've inspired me, I now know after seeing your Blackfly series that one does not need artistic talent or the ability to write a decent plot to come out with garbage week after week and still get people to look at it. So here's my contribution. This is the story of a man named Keeyoo, a drunken shell of his former self. A man who's completely lost touch with reality and lives strictly in his own fantasy world. His perception is completely gone. The world he sees around him is filled with demons and he has taken up the sword to protect us all. Or so he thinks... Get ready for an action packed roller coaster thrill ride presented to you in an unparalleled form of art. Some call it great, other's call it a master piece. Only a genius like myself could produce such a quality comic strip.

I'm a warrior, a poet, a visionary... Who's masterful talent, skill and genius are only surprassed by my great humility. Feel honored and priviledged that I even allow the likes of you Mania low lifes to view my art. In no way, shape or form did the ideas from this comic come from anywhere else but inside my own brain. I used my incredible mind tools to craft this utter masterpiece.

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A plague has befallen Mania... We the residents, have been made to suffer this garbage for far too long and as one man heroicly stood up and said:

"It's time to move on." - Cl4aim3r.

Simple, elegant, easy to comprehend, yet the stupidity that has overtaken this land does not yield. Anyway, he's said what we've all been thinking and it's thanks to his tireless efforts as well as ShivanTiger's constant turd gif images that have given me the strength and the inspiration to stand up and also say "It's time to move on." I've had enough. You all know what I'm talking about, you all know who I'm talking about, it's time to make a stand. Right here, right now, today, not tommorrow, not next week but this very minute. I'd like to take a moment now to give you, the troops, an inspirational speech. One of my personal favorites from the movie Braveheart...

"Fight and you may die. Run and you
will live at least awhile. And dying in your bed many years from now,
would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for
one chance, just one chance, to come back here as young men and tell
our enemies that they may take our lives but they will never take
our freedom!"

Things are that serious folks, lets take a closer look at my smear campaign after the jump...

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Ok I posted this in a thread but I think it needs it's own fan post to get as much attention as possible from the PAGE FANS!  The only thing we as fans can do is show our support, and the liklihood of sending one msg and having it read before fight  night this weekend is slim to none.  So here's my recommendation, I have here a link to one of the greatest motivational speech's of all time. 

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It has been determined by the scientific community that it is the biggest of it's kind on our planet today ... 

Many have used words such as Mammoth, Gigantic, Gargantuan, Dinosauric and even Mastodonian to describe it's grandeur. 

Like AIG, Citibank and a few select giant financial instutions it has also become known as "Too Big To Fail". 

 By now you may be saying things to yourself like the following, "what in the hell is OD going on about?", "I don't give a shit about any of this." or "Why am I reading this?".   

What you should really be asking yourself is this, "is there even a point to this fanpost at all?" or maybe "Does this have ANYTHING to do with MMA?". 

Lets explore that last query, plumb the depths of this deep, introspective, life altering, earth shattering reveal ..  after the jump..

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"The Voice" Michael Schiavello, who recently re-signed with HDNet to continue bringing his brand of excellence, has turned in his latest "vs." offering, this one featuring none other than Wanderlei Silva.

Among the many topics the two discussed were an explanation for the picture above, how Wanderlei found Chute Box and became "The Axe Murderer" and how long Silva feels he has left to compete in the young man's game of MMA.

You might just be surprised by the answer.

The Brazilian also dishes the dirt on the now infamous backstage scuffle at PRIDE Shockwave 2005 with Charles Bennett, in which "Krazy Horse" claims he knocked Silva out. Is he telling the truth?

From the sounds of it, he just might be.

Find out after the jump, with the full "Voice vs. Wanderlei" embedded for your entertainment. Enjoy, Maniacs.

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THE SHEEN is being bashed left and right and I need to scour all corners of the internet to gain some support for the man since he's being unjustly attacked by this recent media frenzy.  If that means annoying my fellow maniacs with some non mma related bs, then so be it.  I figured I'd share this article here to get a different point of view in.  I don't see how anyone can side with the 2 and a half men producers here, they paid Sheen to play a character named "Charlie" who was portrayed as a womanizing, sex driven, alchoholic (sound familiar?) and then try to take the high ground when the guy who plays said character acts in character in real life??   I'm callin BS on that one. 

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A battle to the death for the hand of -Sarah....  looks like Holland was sporting a lab coat and bringing a knife into the fight; shame on you Jesse...  ANS has probably the most fashionable hair style I've ever seen.  Anyway it was an epic clash of titans...  A battle for the ages, find out who will ride into the sunset with the girl after the jump.

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I figured I'd share this real life story with everyone....

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I can't live in this cruel, forsaken, country backward shit land anymore!

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Donnie Yen is the fucking man; there's so many lame, shitty put together fight scenes in the American made attempts to adapt MMA to film that it really makes me appreciate seeing a fight scene of this caliber.  IMO this is the best MMA fight scene put into film to date.  Yes it's exaggerated, yes it's from Asia so there's a little kung fu elements tossed in here and there, but I challenge you to find a scene in "Fighting", "RedBelt" etc...  that's better choreographed. 

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Alright fellow Maniacs, I'm sure most of you notice that I've been doing a lot of photoshop lately, mostly amatuer quality but some of them are decent and on the other side of the spectrum... not so much....  I'll try and put them in order from when I first started to present, as I think I've made some progress skills wise.  If you've got any requests or an idea you'd like me to play around with, post it here and I'll try to shop something for you.  I'm still not completely competent with this software, but it's all good practice so even if I can't come up with something regarding your idea I'll still give it a shot.  Hope you get a laugh out of it; here's pretty much everything I've done so far that's MMA related.  If you don't enjoy the fake pics or get a laugh out of photoshop I'd suggest moving on, cause that's pretty much the only reason I created this thread..

*Props to OJR for the idea. 

Also, if you have any photoshops of your own, or have the chops to come up with some MMA related stuff then please contribute!  It's all in fun and just for the entertainment value. 

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I just had an interesting debate concerning Anderson Silva's most recent performance and what I'd like to do as a result is generalize this question and poll the Maniacs on the subject.

Is it a fighters responsibility to entertain the fans, or is winning the only thing that matters?  Can fighters still have a successful carreer without fan support?   

Granted, most fighters that go undefeated for a long period of time garner interest regardless of the performances; as the record itself seems to command attention from the fans, but does a conservative fighter run the risk of not being marketable?  Do you look forward to the next Jon Fitch fight in rapt anticipation of seeing 3, 5 minute rounds of wrestling and top control?  Or is it the next Chan Sung Jung fight that really gets you worked up?  Do the fans opinions really matter at all in the grand scheme of things?  

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It has recently come to my attention that perhaps in our day to day lives as we enjoy our hobbies, work hard to get ahead in our society and spend time with friends and family we may naturally tend to forget some important world issues.  Issues that we as mankind need to address; and without coming together in the spirit of cooperation as brothers and as human beings, our race as a whole may not survive.  There are certainly many possible dangers on the horizon beyond our control that could easily change the history of this planet and wipe the human populace from the globe: the change in global climate, the world wide economic downturn, nuclear weapons and over population are just a few possibilities.  I'm here today to address another topic with my fellow Maniacs, something I think gets overlooked a lot and something I myself, and I know others here on site, take very seriously.

Of course I'm talking about the:

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