Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: Like a punch in the face https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=135107#post135107 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=135107#post135107

When he's not fronting a blues band, he's doing 'real police work'. I can hardly wait!

ROFLMAO.

Funny thing is, Aikido probably is quite useful for police. It's the kind of art in which psychological dominance is a big part of it being able to work at all. If the…

]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:30:47 +1300 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=135054#post135054 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=135054#post135054 When he's not fronting a blues band, he's doing 'real police work'. I can hardly wait!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99E16w0PxCA

]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +1300 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=135045#post135045 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=135045#post135045 Seagal fronts a blues band? Seriously. ]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:20:24 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134757#post134757 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134757#post134757 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:08:44 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134735#post134735 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134735#post134735

That's a funny article about Seagal.

Deadspin interviewed a MMA reporter who had a great story about Seagal getting his nuts handed to him by a 60yr old master of some martial art. Seagal was pissed off, claimed cheating, demanded rematch, was beaten again (and in one version of the…

]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:03:50 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134733#post134733 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134733#post134733

Done a bit of that – mostly for getting out of headlocks or similar. Which, for bonus thread cross-pollination points, is usually how I put my neck out.

Curious...I was practicing chokes the other day and my neck felt the best it has in ages afterward. I never would have…

]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:00:44 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134702#post134702 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134702#post134702

none of that stinging like a (bumble) bee

But... but...that sweet, sweet antibacterial manuka honey!

I needs it, man!

]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:36:54 +1300 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134700#post134700 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134700#post134700 Any excuse to drop the Kinks...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRg-9sJFh-E

]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:18:48 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134699#post134699 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134699#post134699

bonus thread cross-pollination points

So long as you do it scientifically in a replicable manner, young man. And none of that floatin like a butterfly and stinging like a (bumble) bee.

]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:15:05 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134698#post134698 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134698#post134698

I prefer marital arts!

You're a lover, not a fighter?

Are you really built for speed?

]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:56:09 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134697#post134697 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134697#post134697

Aikido is unfortunately not particularly cardio intensive – look how fat Steven Seagal got :-)

Just emulating his mate Sid, though.

Brazilian-Jujitsu: I had a go recently and loved it, it seemed like a really safe and effective ground grappling art

Done a bit of that – mostly for getting…

]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:53:35 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134695#post134695 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134695#post134695

They are meant to be martial arts

I prefer marital arts!

]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:11:28 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134692#post134692 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134692#post134692

Mental note: do not piss off Ben

You'd be fine. I've never attacked anyone in my life, outside of the ring, no matter how much they pissed me off. Just don't attack me, and you'll be sweet. You can mouth off as hard as you like, and I'll walk away.…

]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:57:52 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134690#post134690 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134690#post134690 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:02:53 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134676#post134676 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134676#post134676 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:23:35 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134646#post134646 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134646#post134646 You've nothing to apoligise for. I was just offering a counterpoint.

I've been involved in some contact/combat-type sports, and offered up thanks to the god of headguards on more than one occasion.

I assume MMA is your sport?

]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:18:39 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134636#post134636 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134636#post134636 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:48:54 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134621#post134621 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134621#post134621 Ben, I'm not disagreeing with you. But the reason I linked to that article in the first place was because you seemed to be suggesting that MMA was, compared to boxing, 'safe'. For example when you said:

despite the apparent savagery of it, MMA leads to much lesser injuries

and…

]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:00:02 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134606#post134606 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134606#post134606

Even further, there is never anything like a standing eight count, during which a damaged fighter can collect their wits so that they can continue to take some more punishment.

I'm no doctor, but I suspect people who are doctors might have something to say about this.

]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:17:24 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134600#post134600 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134600#post134600

Although, as this article makes clear, if you are unable to tap out (because you're unconsious), or if the ref is bad at their job, you can get pretty severely hurt.

The exact same thing goes for boxing. The difference being that most of knockouts in boxing are actual knockouts,…

]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:40:35 +1300 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134445#post134445 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134445#post134445

My point was that compared to 1976 sport has been taken over by the PC brigade.

Whenever I hear or read the 'words' "PC" these days I start to switch off because its become so overused and the person saying or writing about it doesn't explain themselves or when they…

]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:16:59 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134444#post134444 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134444#post134444 MMA looks worse, but seldom actually is. That might be down to the training metaphor – a sport where you have to tap-out for safety reasons encourages a far more highly tuned awareness of when you are beaten and should give up. It also signals directly to the other fighter… ]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:09:00 +1300 Tony Parker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134435#post134435 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134435#post134435

>You need money to involve your kids in sport whereas this wasn't such a pre-requisite before.

This is a good point but I'm not sure it's a so called "PC" thing(a term I hate as it is often thrown at people/actions that are in fact showing they care for others…

]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:49:11 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134429#post134429 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134429#post134429

Do they have uniforms?

Definitely proper boots, by the sound of it, handcrafted from the hides of brothel-sprouted and cauliflower-eared spawt-mad dads. Bastards.

]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:37:02 +1300 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134426#post134426 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134426#post134426

the PC brigade

Do they have uniforms? Because Hadyn could write a column about them.

]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:07:32 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134424#post134424 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134424#post134424 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:52:59 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134423#post134423 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134423#post134423 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:47:54 +1300 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134361#post134361 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134361#post134361 Andre:

I started playing rugby as a 6 year-old. Tackle rugby. No one was badly hurt and it was a lot of fun. Rippa rugby it wasn't...

Andre, that's primary school stuff. When I was at primary school in the 80s they had the same thing with touch rugby introduced…

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:41:51 +1300 Naly D https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134330#post134330 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134330#post134330

I started playing rugby as a 6 year-old. Tackle rugby. No one was badly hurt and it was a lot of fun. Rippa rugby it wasn't...
http://www.nzrugby.co.nz/SmallBlacks/RippaRugby/tabid/1006/Default.aspx

I don't know how many times I've had this argument. Fine, you don't understand why kids don't tackle in union anymore, but they…

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:19:00 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134322#post134322 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134322#post134322 I coach an under 13 club team, and we give all our players equal time on the ice.

That being said, the team hasn't come close to losing a game in three seasons – 50 straight wins – so it's not a decision we've ever had to worry about too…

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:44:02 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134319#post134319 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134319#post134319 I started playing rugby as a 6 year-old. Tackle rugby. No one was badly hurt and it was a lot of fun. Rippa rugby it wasn't...
http://www.nzrugby.co.nz/SmallBlacks/RippaRugby/tabid/1006/Default.aspx

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:30:48 +1300 Megan Wegan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134317#post134317 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134317#post134317 It was basketball, but yeah, 11 and 12 year olds.

I understood what they were saying, and tried as much as I could to give every player as much court time as I could. But if the choice came down to winning, or leaving my best players on the bench?…

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:27:13 +1300 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134315#post134315 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134315#post134315 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:19:39 +1300 Megan Wegan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134306#post134306 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134306#post134306

I can declare that the kids are as competitive now as they've ever been and my school provides ample opportunities for them to play rugby, league, cricket, netball, curling, bowls, badminton etc etc etc

When I coached a number of years ago, I was told in no uncertain terms, by…

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:56:58 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134305#post134305 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134305#post134305

Trying to work out how this fits in with the 'orgasm denial' theory....

I didn't watch it, but it sounded more like a quick shag (Cameron got screwed maybe?).

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:48:47 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134298#post134298 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134298#post134298

Well Hadyn, it didn't go how you thought ...

No and colour me shocked! I bet the PPV customers were a little pissed off though.

I doubt it...this is what boxing fans live for.

Trying to work out how this fits in with the 'orgasm denial' theory....

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:32:51 +1300 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134284#post134284 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134284#post134284

I love the Whip-it chant "we're number Two, we're Number Two".. And the coach saying "Yay, we came second out of two teams!" It could be adapted perfectly by the PC bunch ruining our school sport...

Seriously, what an utter load. I've grown to expect it from many people though…

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:01:46 +1300 Tony Parker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134255#post134255 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134255#post134255

It could be adapted perfectly by the PC bunch ruining our school sport...

And what do you base this erronious piece of bs on. If you came to my school you would see competitive sport with the result definitely being important, acknowledgement for those who have done well participation for…

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:58:45 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134249#post134249 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134249#post134249 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:04:07 +1300 Naly D https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134246#post134246 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134246#post134246

the real contest is on tonight

Bahahahaha! You cricket people... Like Silas on crack.

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:06:00 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134240#post134240 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134240#post134240 Not sure if any raucous grannies feature, but Drew Barrymore's first effort as a director is all about te derby:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQGPdXnb2Gg

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:06:56 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134222#post134222 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134222#post134222 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:46:01 +1300 Matthew Littlewood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134216#post134216 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134216#post134216

The best thing the Spar of the Century has done for Boxing in NZ is the same thing that the Mahe Drysdale v Rod Waddell row-off last year did for rowing last year – it's peaked interest in the sport.

True enough, but I think there's a palpable difference between…

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:04:50 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134201#post134201 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134201#post134201

At oldskool wrestling on TV there was always a granny on the front row....

like the ones at the Roller Derby that yell things like "Smash Her!"

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:57:41 +1300 Sam F https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134195#post134195 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134195#post134195

Only during the day, in our coffins. We come out at night to suck the creative juices from the necks of starving artists.

Vhat music they make...

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:50:19 +1300 ScottY https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134175#post134175 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134175#post134175 Rich, what are you doing?

You're not supposed to telll them!

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:24:12 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134172#post134172 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134172#post134172

Only during the day, in our coffins. We come out at night to suck the creative juices from the necks of starving artists.

rofflenui

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:51:10 +1300 81stcolumn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134162#post134162 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134162#post134162

the only person at Sunday Lunch who could actually tell me what happened was my Grandma.

At oldskool wrestling on TV there was always a granny on the front row....

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:11:28 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134155#post134155 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134155#post134155

Those copyright lawyers must never sleep.

Only during the day, in our coffins.

We come out at night to suck the creative juices from the necks of starving artists.

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:28:08 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134154#post134154 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134154#post134154

No and colour me shocked! I really was picking Cameron by decision. I bet the PPV customers were a little pissed off though.

I doubt it...this is what boxing fans live for. I was woken up during the fight by what sounded like a riot down my street, and I…

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:23:38 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134151#post134151 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134151#post134151 Yamis, our neighbours were having a 'fight party', and there was a huge outburst of screaming and shouting at about the same time. This is in genteel Devonport.

There was also a lot of interest where I work – some guys clubbed together to take a minivan down to the…

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:34:13 +1300 Naly D https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134148#post134148 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134148#post134148

Cricket is a dead sport. It doesn't know it though. Right now cricket is a shambling corpse, mimicking other, similar sports like some decaying zombie that's trying remember what it was like to be alive.

Ahh, that's better.

The best thing the Spar of the Century has done for Boxing…

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:05:51 +1300 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134147#post134147 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134147#post134147 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:33:21 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134134#post134134 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134134#post134134

I guess that's modern Auckland(/NZ)

Bit like South Africa. Soccer's the biggest sport there, but you wouldn't know it, because it's mostly followed by black people.

]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:31:48 +1300 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134127#post134127 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134127#post134127 I'll give you guys a first hand account of what this fight meant.

For weeks and weeks my students were asking me who I thought was going to win the fight and they all reckoned Tua would in a knockout.

Then last night while I was watching TV (some crappy…

]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:54:20 +1300 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134126#post134126 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134126#post134126 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:42:00 +1300 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134125#post134125 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134125#post134125 Oh man. That was a...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfMwjl2ydm0

]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:43:44 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134124#post134124 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134124#post134124 And here's a new video let's time how long before it's taken down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAAfaLgYZRg

]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:52:04 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134123#post134123 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134123#post134123

Well Hadyn, it didn't go how you thought ...

No and colour me shocked! I really was picking Cameron by decision. I bet the PPV customers were a little pissed off though.

And now that I've seen the fight (gosh that didn't take long), WTF was Cameron doing?! The only…

]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:48:01 +1300 Andy Milne https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134122#post134122 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134122#post134122 The video's pulled already. Those copyright lawyers must never sleep.

Didn't watch the fight. Not surprised Tua won, but I did think Cameron would stretch it longer than 2 rounds. This was Cameron's second fight against world-class opposition* and he's now 0-2. End of his career?

And after this, whither…

]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:39:10 +1300 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134120#post134120 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134120#post134120 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUJMtXyoIiQ ]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:17:56 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134118#post134118 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134118#post134118 Well Hadyn, it didn't go how you thought ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DYRA3t9AxA

And it didn't take long.

]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:27:40 +1300 Scott A https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134096#post134096 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134096#post134096 Another reason the WWE has become the "king of the PPV" is that when you spend your money you know you're going to get entertainment.

Similarly, with MMA events, while it's more legimate*, each match is short enough that if one is a let down the next should still be…

]]> Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:53:53 +1300 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134095#post134095 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134095#post134095

Boxing is a dead sport. ... Right now boxing is ... mimicking other, similar sports ... trying remember what it was like to be alive.

I'm not a big boxing fan, but I do like that there's a sport you turn up to watch live wearing black tie. And with…

]]> Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:51:28 +1300 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134091#post134091 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134091#post134091 From todays news:
"Tonight's fight has out-sold the 2002 Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson fight as New Zealand's biggest pay-per-view event.

Sky TV spokesman Tony O'Brien would not reveal the number who have paid $39.95 to see the fight at home, or the number of new subscribers who have bought…

]]> Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:55:37 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134039#post134039 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134039#post134039 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:03:57 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134032#post134032 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134032#post134032 I'm not surprised MMA trumps boxing. It's much better viewing. Boxing is more refined, but in being so it also misses a great deal of the point of a bloodsport. In MMA you really get the impression of people actually fighting, and trying to win.

Interestingly, despite the apparent savagery…

]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:37:40 +1300 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134023#post134023 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134023#post134023

just two old guys circling each other taking weak jabs

I have been bitter about David Tua since that crappy, crappy fight against Lennox Lewis in 2000. I was at a sports bar with friends in Texas, and naturally got hassled for 'our' indifferent boxing performance. (The tequila sunrises helped…

]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:25:19 +1300 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134022#post134022 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=134022#post134022 The promoter was on radio yesterday saying they said "NZ Fight of the Century" but the media dropped the "NZ" part off it right from the get go.

I'm keen to see who wins. I'm not going to pay to see it on TV at home but may go off…

]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:24:25 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=133994#post133994 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=133994#post133994

Before the Wall came down Americans were the best boxers in the world

And the occasional Brit, the Germans, and a few boxers from Central America.

]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:44:43 +1300 Angus Robertson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=133992#post133992 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=133992#post133992 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:36:18 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=133991#post133991 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=133991#post133991 You'd have to be pretty talented to sell tickets to the weigh in.

At $145/seat, you'd be a fucking genius to sell them. And no doubt they have.

The programme for the event is great:

PROGRAMME

[various pre-fights etc]

10:15 FIGHT OF THE CENTURY

  • Heavyweight 12 x 3 minute…
]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:28:51 +1300 ScottY https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=133982#post133982 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=133982#post133982 You have expressed perfectly my own view on the "bore of the century". I don't care who wins. I just don't care about professional boxing anymore. It is a joke and has been for the last 10-15 years.

If people want to pay good money to watch two average fighters…

]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:12:10 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=133981#post133981 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-like-a-punch-in-the-face/?p=133981#post133981 Discussion from blog post.

]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:12:10 +1300