UFC Fight Night Japan: Hunt vs. Nelson Care/Don’t Care Preview

Troubles with the player? Watch it on YouTube. Aother installment of the MMA Tete-A-Tete: Coarsening the Discourse has arrived. Eugene S. Robinson, author of…

By: Nate Wilcox | 9 years ago
UFC Fight Night Japan: Hunt vs. Nelson Care/Don’t Care Preview
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Troubles with the player? Watch it on YouTube.

Aother installment of the MMA Tete-A-Tete: Coarsening the Discourse has arrived. Eugene S. Robinson, author of Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking, is Kid Nate’s counterpart for this edition.

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As always with the Care/Don’t Care preview — the caveat — no disrespect is intended to the fighters. This isn’t a commentary on the skill, heart or entertainment potential of any fighter, just a commentary on the UFC’s marketing of said fighters and whether or not any anticipation has been built for the fight.

Today Kid Nate and Eugene discuss:

  • Whether or not Roy Nelson will choose to fight smart against Mark Hunt
  • Just how sexy is Amir Sadollah? He’s not Sexyama sexy!
  • Phil Spector vs Charles Manson
  • How great is “The Fireball Kid” as a nickname
  • Is Meisha Tate trying too hard to be sexy? And if Tate’s trying too hard, wtf is up with Rin Nakai?
  • Blackface, Al Jolson, the Sonny Boy scam, Scott Walker, Jimmy Webb, MacArthur Park and more
  • Eugene’s resistance to the hype around Kyoji Horiguchi
  • Plus nazis
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Nate Wilcox
Nate Wilcox

Nate Wilcox is the founding editor of BloodyElbow.com. As such he has hired every editor and writer to work for the site. Wilcox’s writing for BE is known for its emphasis on MMA history, the evolution of fighting techniques and strong opinions. Wilcox developed the SBN MMA consensus rankings which were featured in USA Today from 2009 to 2011. Before founding BE, Wilcox was a political operative working for such figures as Senators John Kerry and Mark Warner and an early political blogger. He is the co-author of Netroots Rising, a history of the political blogosphere from 2003 to 2007. Wilcox also hosts the Let It Roll podcast on music history for the Pantheon Podcast Network.

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