You gotta put the blame on Nogueira and his ego for not tapping out earlier. Anyone in Frank Mir’s position would do the same.

If you were a product of the late 80′s and 90′s, early morning cartoons, Nintendo and fucking Jean-Claude Van Damme was definitely a consistent fixture in your upbringing. From Bloodsport to Lionheart to Kickboxer, there was a period of about 5 years where he could do no wrong, and we ate up each and every one of his movies. We knew each kick, each punch and each carefully place leg splits like the back of our hands. Here are 5 fight scenes that we have all come to know and love Van Damme for.

Kickboxer

Bloodsport

Lionheart

Double Impact

Cyborg

And Who Could Forget The Van Damme Dance

Let’s say you’re out with your buddies (or maybe a lovely young lady) having a good time, when all of a sudden some jackass shoves you. You didn’t do anything to instigate the guy, but it doesn’t matter.

There is a special breed of males, that when inebriated, start fights with random people. This breed, when found in their wild habitat, are often accompanied by their similarly boneheaded buddies.

Or perhaps you and your posse end up in a rumble with the Socs because one of your buddies killed a Soc while trying to save Ponyboy from being drowned by a douche bag Soc. Man, I hate them Socs. Stay golden Ponyboy.

What can you do to prepare for a street brawl and protect yourself in this type of situation? Here are 8 simple steps you can follow to avoid ending up in the emergency room after a street fight.

1. Wake up! When someone threatens you, snap to attention. Be aware of your environment. Look for objects that you can use for weapons. Searching out a place to escape to is especially important if you’re outnumbered.

2. Try to defuse the situation. Try to talk with the guy and calm him down. If you did something unknowingly that offended him (like looking at him funny), then apologize. Don’t let your ego get in the way of apologizing for something you didn’t do. Your first goal should be to avoid fighting. Maintain confident body language. Don’t show the guy you’re afraid.

3. Walk away. If talking to the knucklehead doesn’t work, start to leave the scene. But maintain alertness and walk away backwards, still facing your opponent. If he’s a no-good, yellow-belly rat, he’ll attack you from behind.

Check out the rest of the street fight tips at The Art Of Manliness

Here’s the full Strikeforce match between Fedor and Dan Henderson that took place this past Saturday. I think an appropriate title for the match would be Fedor: The End

Here’s a pretty crazy video of a fight caught on a Vegas street, which starts off with some dude running away, getting caught and then being pummeled by 4 people. He makes an awesome come back, when his friend comes in and saves him. This video has it all folks, punches, kicks, cheap shots and more.

Here’s a video of Cheick Congo almost getting knocked out twice, getting wailed on and coming back to deliver a devastating uppercut which put the night cap on Pat Berry’s lights. Props to Cheick Congo’s resiliency for taking a flurry of hard hitting punches that would put 99.9% of people down and under.

Here’s a clip of the infamous 1994 press conference in which Riddick Bowe lands an devastating 1-2 combination on Larry Donald. Props to Larry Donald’s chin for being able to weather that combo like a champ. 99.9% of us would have been down on the ground, sucking on our thumbs and in la-la land.

I think that a huge part of being a man is being able to properly defend yourself, your woman and your loved ones from the dangers of the world and a lot of the times that danger comes in the form of a drunk dumbass who wants to start some shit. Although a few of us are genetically gifted with size and strength, most of us don’t have that luxury, although we do have options to compensate for our physical limitations by learning a discipline of martial arts and in this case Jiu-Jitsu. I’m posting a few self defense videos by Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, Stephan Kesting to give you a taste of the practically and benefits that Jiu-Jitsu has to offer when it comes to defending yourself.

Proximity, Panic & Claustrophobia

Escaping the Mount

The Street Guard

The Technical Standup

Headlock Defense

Here’s a pretty damn awesome video of some bully getting totally OWNED by a chubby fat kid. This pretty much sums up my youth in a nutshell, except for the fact that the bully was twice my size and any attempt at fighting back resulted in an even more serious beatdown.

There is a happy ending though as years of therapy and counseling has let me live a rich, full and normal life…with my imaginary girlfriend, my Mountain Dew and safely in the confines of my mother’s basement.

If you have an active social life which inovlves going to bars and clubs any other such places which serves alcohol, more likely than not, your outings to have a good time will be complicated by the douchebag, who after a few beers and a few shots likens himself to be the next MMA superstar and in which case, will want to start a fight at the drop of a hat. And at this point you have three options, run the other way like a sissy, get in a physical altercation, or in my opinion the best option use street psychology to whether the storm and win the fight without even having to trade fist. Here’s a pretty cool video to put psychology on your side when confronted by some douchebag wanting to start shit.