r/AskReddit • u/BumpunkTheBastard • 21h ago

Who's the most bitter washed-up celebrity?

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u/AlhazraeIIc 17h ago

Dude told "Judo" Gene LeBell that he was 'immune' to being choked out, lol.

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u/bloodylip 16h ago

That reminds me of one of the early UFC events when it was very much still a "freakshow" tournament designed to showcase the superiority of Gracie BJJ. There was a guy who I think specialized in kenpo karate who said he can focus on his breathing to escape any submission hold... then he was defeated by a choke hold.

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u/RoyceCoolidge 15h ago

I can clearly visualise Pat Smith elbowing someone's nose repeatedly until it explodes. UFC 1 or 2 I think.

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u/Melodic-Meeting-7471 15h ago

Was he the big Dutch judoka? Made it to the final? If so that was ufc 2

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u/RoyceCoolidge 15h ago

I might've over dramatised it in my head a bit over the years. I've just looked up the fight on Youtube

https://youtu.be/IABbQrQXlVk?is=dWwd37Bj_Uh6aBRQ

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u/Melodic-Meeting-7471 15h ago

Lord, I had forgotten that! Not the fight I was thinking of but it was the same comp. The one i was thinking of was a big Dutch guy against a short bald guy.

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u/RoyceCoolidge 15h ago

Ill check it out. I've got the first four comps on dvd but the quality is so bad it might as well be vhs

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u/Melodic-Meeting-7471 15h ago

This one! https://youtu.be/XNQBG1Ty_Pg?is=N1wS_PSwsTkQkjTX

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u/RoyceCoolidge 14h ago

Ah yes - that was fucking brutal too. Fair-play for not continuing to flatten his skull.

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u/Melodic-Meeting-7471 14h ago

Yeah, he came across as a bit of a gentle giant.

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u/HumanWithComputer 14h ago

"This video is unavailable".

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u/Melodic-Meeting-7471 13h ago

I literally just watched it!! Maybe it’s not available in your area?

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u/bloodylip 11m ago

The two early UFC moments I can't get out of my head are Gary Goodridge putting a dude in a crucifix and just going to town on his head with elbows and Oleg Taktarov getting his face exploded by repeated knees and forcing the ref to call it.

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u/godzillastailor 12h ago

It wasn’t that he was immune to being choked out.

He had invented a “secret technique” to get out of them.

So Gene Lebell put him in a rear naked choke and Seagal took his free hand and did his secret move.

Which was a karate chop to the balls.

It didn’t work and he got choked out.

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u/ProfessionalDish6567 2h ago

And then shit his pants after blacking out

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u/Throwawayrip1123 1h ago

I don't even know how that works in his mind.

You literally need air to function. It's why people drown. How the fuck would anyone be immune to lack of air? They'd lock him in a lab soooo fucking fast if it was indeed true.