The Value of Determination

Not fun.

Two relatively unknown fighters, Toby Imada and Jorge Masvidal, squared off back in May at the Bellator Fighting Championships IV. Despite getting his face mashed into putty in the first two rounds, Imada came back in the third with an inverted triangle choke that may very well be the submission of the year. Brutal yet ingenious, it highlights something MMA has taught me again and again over the years – just because someone looks to be losing doesn’t mean they are. And the fight ain’t over until it’s over.

The Infliction of Pain

Sylvester P. Smythe

As a kid, Cracked was my favourite magazine ever. Every issue was hilarious and timely and far, far more awesome than Mad, which seemed like a nasty old relic from the 70s. Anyhow, kids can’t read anymore and so Cracked stopped publishing after a failed revamp a few years ago. Like all of life, it’s on the web now though, and it’s where you’ll find this very rad list of the Top 8 ‘Oh Shit!’ Moments from Mixed Martial Arts by Legendary Internet Something-or-other seanbaby.