OK THIS IS THE MACHINE'S TOP 10 TOUGH GUY MOVIE LINES. NOW THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL RUN OF THE MILL STUFF THAT HAS BEEN BEAT TO DEATH. SUCH AS,"GO AHEAD MAKE MY DAY." OR "I'LL BE BACK." THIS IS STUFF THAT SET A MOOD, HAD SOME KIND OF DEEP MEANING, OR JUST SET UP A KICK BUTT FIGHT SCENE. WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE THEY REALLY HIT HOME WITH ME WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE FILMS. I SUGGEST IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED ONE OF THE MOVIES, YOU SHOULD..... HOPE YOU LIKE THEM PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH YOUR OWN LIST.

10- FIRST RULE OF FIGHT CLUB....NEVER TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB.   FIGHT CLUB

9- I CAN'T WIN, BUT IT DON'T MATTER.... I JUST WANT TO GO THE DISTANCE.   ROCKY

8- I REMEMBER YOU !   HARD TO KILL

7- WELL YOU GONNA DO SOMETHING, OR ARE YA GONNA JUST STAND THERE AND BLEED.   TOMBSTONE

6- TAKE A MAN'S KNEE, HE'LL DROP LIKE A STONE.   ROADHOUSE

5- WE FORGE OUR BODIES IN THE FIRE OF OUR WILL.   ENTER THE DRAGON

4- YOUR BROTHER SQUEALLED LIKE A LITTLE GIRL WHEN I BROKE HIS F#$&ING NECK !!    DIEHARD

3- AT LAST AN ENEMY THAT CAN OFFER ME A GLORIOUS DEATH.    300

2- SOMETIMES I JUST GO BIRSERK !!    BILLY JACK

1- FIVE HUNDRED.    KNOCK AROUND GUYS

SO I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE THINKING, FIVE HUNDRED... WHATS THAT? IT'S FROM KNOCK AROUND GUYS, THE MOVIE DID NOTHING AT THE THEATERS, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET IT FOR THAT ONE SCENE WITH VIN DIESEL. YOU'LL KNOW WHY IT MADE MY NUMBER 1 SPOT. OR GO TO YOU TUBE AND LOOK FOR IT, BUT THE WHOLE MOVIE IS WELL WORTH WATCHING.

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I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HAS WATCHED MY VIDEO ON MMA FIGHTSPACE AND MADE IT ONE OF THE MOST VIEWED. ALSO A BIG THANKS TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE WISHED ME WELL OR CHECKED ON ME , WHILE BEING DOWN WITH MONO THAT LAST FEW MONTHS. IF YOU HAVN'T SEEN THE VIDEO YET, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANYONE THAT HAS NOT, TO STOP BY AND TAKE A LOOK. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT EVERY ONE THINKS. IT IS GETTING READY TO BE PUSHED FROM THE FRONT PAGE, YOU CAN FIND IT UNDER CONNER GIBBONS OR THE BOXING SECTION, OR LIKE I SAID ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE VIDEO SECTION AS OF RIGHT NOW. IT LOOKS LIKE I AM FINALLY GETTING OVER MONO, SO I AM WORKING ON A NEW VIDEO, THAT BETTER SHOWS HOW I LOOK NOW. THAT WILL BE COMMING SOON, WHEN I GET THE REST OF THE RUST SCRAPED OFF FROM BEING SICK FOR SO LONG. FEELING BETTER ALSO MEANS I AM WORKING ON A NEW TOP TEN LIST, EVERYONE SEEMS TO LIKE THEM WHEN I PUT THEM OUT, SO I HAVE A NEW ONE I WILL BE PUTTING ON LATER TODAY. SO WATCH FOR IT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

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TONIGHT I SAID GOODBYE TO A FRIEND. WHEN I JOINED MY BOXING CLUB A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO TO IMPROVE MY STAND UP GAME, HE WAS THE FIRST KID TO COME OVER AND WELCOME ME. HE WAS 13 AND I WAS 9 AT THE TIME. IT DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG TO REALIZE HE WAS THE GUY WITH THE SKILL, ALL THE OTHER KIDS....AND MANY ADULTS LOOKED UP TO. HIS HAND SPEED WAS LIGHTNING FAST AND FOOTWORK FLAWLESS. WE BECAME FRIENDS RIGHT AWAY. THE DIFFERANCE IN AGE DID NOT SEEM TO MATTER. WE LIKED THE SAME THINGS. SCARFACE AND 300 RATED AT THE TOP FOR MOVIES, AND WE SHARED THE SAME DRIVE AT FIGHTING TO BE THE BEST. HIM AT BOXING AND ME AT MMA. HE TAUGHT ME THE PRIDE OF LATIN FIGHTERS, HE EVEN TRIED TO TEACH ME SOME SPANISH, BUT I WASN'T VERY GOOD AT IT. I TRIED TO SHOW HIM SOME KICKS, AND GROUND WORK. BUT HE SAID HE WOULD RATHER DANCE JAB.. STICK AND MOVE BOXING WAS HIS GAME AND HE DID IT WELL. WE SHARED SADNESS WHEN ONE OF US LOST AND JOY WHEN ONE OF US WON. THE KINDA OF FRIENDSHIP ONLY FIGHTERS AND WARRIORS WOULD KNOW OR UNDERSTAND. OUR FRIENDSHIP CAN BE SUMMED UP IN ONE WAY......WE HAD A ROUND ROBIN SPARRING MATCH ONE NIGHT. EVERYONE KNOWS IT GETS HARDER AS YOU MOVE UP. YOU MAY END UP FIGHTING GUYS WAY OLDER AND BIGGER THAN YOU BUT, YOU ONLY PUSH AS HARD AS THE GUY CAN TAKE. THATS HOW YOU LEARN. WELL I ENDED UP WITH A KID THAT HAD BEEN A PROBLEM FROM ALMOST THE FIRST DAY. HE HAD DONE SOME FIGHTING IN AND OUT OF A RING AND HE WOULDN'T LISTIN TO THE COACHES, HE THOUGHT HE NEW IT ALL. AS I SAID WE ENDED UP TOGEATHER. HE WAS 3 YEARS OLDER THAN ME AND 30 POUNDS HEAVIER. HE WAS TRYING TO CAVE MY SKULL IN FROM THE OPENING BELL. THE COACH WOULD TELL HIM TO BACK OFF, AND HE WOULD FOR A COUPLE PUNCHES....BUT THAN GO BACK HARD. THE COACH STOPPED THE MATCH AND STARTED TO YELL AT THE KID, TELLING THATS NOT WHAT THE DRILL WAS SET UP FOR. THE KID SAID, IT'S NOT MY FALT, HE COULD HAVE QUIT OR WENT DOWN. EVERYONE IN THE GYM KNEW I WOULD NEVER GO DOWN...BUT THAT WAS THE WORST PUNISHMENT I HAVE EVER TAKEN. ANGEL GOT THE KID NEXT. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANGEL BE ANYTHING BUT COOL AND COLLECTED IN THE RING, BUT HE UNLEASHED MORE HAND SPEED IN 30 SECONDS THAN I HAVE EVER SEEN. THE KID TURNED AWAY  TOOK A KNEE AND STARTED TO CRY. HE SAID THATS TO HARD YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO GO THAT HARD. ANGEL SAID THATS JUST WHAT YOU DID TO MY FRIEND CONNER FOR 3 ROUNDS, YOU KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERANCE WAS. HE HAD THE HEART TO STAND IN THERE AND TAKE IT RATHER THAN GO DOWN...YOU DIDN'T! ANGEL LEFT THE RING AND SAID TO ME, I GOT YOUR BACK BRO FOREVER, DON'T FORGET IT........ I WON'T, MY FRIEND.

HIS FATHER IS IN THE ARMY AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED. EVERYONE AT THE GYM SAID GOODBYE TO HIM TONIGHT. I SENT HIM OFF WITH A MUAY THAI PRAYER IN OUR RING. ASKING GOD TO LOOK AFTER HIM ANYPLACE HE MAY GO, OR IN ANY RING HE MAY STEP INTO. IN THE YEAR AND A HALF I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS WITH ANGEL WE HAVE NEVER SEEN EACH OTHER CRY. AND WE HAVE BEEN IN SOME WARS. BUT I'M NOT AFRAID TO SAY WE BOTH CRIED TONIGHT, I KEEP THINKING OF THE MOVIE 300. IT WAS A HONOR TO FIGHT WITH HIM OUT OF THE SAME GYM AND CALL HIM FRIEND. I KNOW WE WILL STAY IN TOUCH, BUT STILL I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL SAD TONIGHT, TO MY FRIEND ANGEL STAY FOCUSED.. TRAIN WITH PURPOSE, FIGHT WITH PASSION AND PURSUE YOUR DREAMS

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OK, THIS IS WHATS ON THE MACHINE'S TOP 10 GOOD AND BAD THINGS IN LIFE THIS WEEK.

BAD.

5- NOT BEING OLD ENOUGH TO STAY UP LATE ON A WEEK NIGHT, TO WATCH ULTIMATE FIGHTER. I HAVE TO WATCH THE RERUN ON THE WEEKEND, BY THAN I KNOW EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.

4-HOLDING STRONG AT #4. PUTTING ANOTHER GUYS MOUTHGUARD IN BY ACCIDENT. HAPPENED AGAIN LAST WEEK. THERE AIN'T ENOUGH MOUTH WASH IN THE WORLD TO MAKE THAT RIGHT.

3-BEING 10 YEARS OLD.....HAVING LONG BLONDE HAIR....WITH A GIRLY FACE. I WALK TO THE RING AND HEAR EVERYONE SAY, "OH MY GOSH ! LOOK THAT PRETTY LITTLE GIRL IS GOING TO FIGHT." IT'S HARD TO KEEP YOUR FOCUS. I WANT TO STOP AND YELL, "I'M A BOY!!"

2-LIVING WAY UP IN NORTHERN NEW YORK, NOT THE MMA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD TO SAY THE LEAST. TAKES ME 2-3 HOURS TRAVEL TIME TO WORK WITH MY COACH'S. ALL THAT TIME COULD OR SHOULD BE SPENT IN THE RING OR ON THE MAT.

1-MONO...STILL. I WAS TOLD I HAD IT TOWARD THE END OF MARCH, AND IT'S STILL KICKING MY BUTT. IF YOU HAVE NEVER HAD IT, THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS...."DON'T !!"YOUR MIND SAYS, GET UP...LETS WORK OUT...LETS GO TO SCHOOL.... LETS DO SOMETHING! BUT, YOUR BODY SAYS, NO LETS JUST LAY HERE FEELING LIKE A BUS IS PARKED ON TOP OF YOU AND SLEEP FOR THE NEXT 30 HOURS.

GOOD

5- LEARNING A NEW SONG ON DRUMS, AND BEING ABLE TO PLAY IT ALL THE WAY THRU WITHOUT MAKING A MISTAKE. MY GOAL IS TO DO THAT WITH A RUSH OR POLICE SONG, BUT THAT MAY BE A LONG WAY OFF. THOSE OF YOU WHO PLAY DRUMS KNOW WHAT I MEAN. NEIL PERT AND STEWART COPPLAND ARE THE SPYDER SILVA AND EDDIE BRAVO OF DRUMMERS.

4-MONO... STINKS FOR TRAINING, BUT HAS GIVEN ME TIME TO WRITE MY BLOGS. MAKE SOME NEW FRIENDS ON MMA FIGHTSPACE. NOT TO MENTION, I HAVE WATCHED EVERY MMA TRAINING DVD I OWN. TWICE !

3-BEING 10 YEARS OLD..... HAVING LONG BLONDE HAIR...WITH A GIRLY FACE. I WALK AWAY FROM THE RING AND HEAR EVERYONE SAY, "HOLY CRAP, THAT LITTLE BOY WE THOUGHT WAS A LITTLE GIRL, JUST BUSTED THAT KID UP!!" HELPS ME FOCUS. I WANT TO STOP AND YELL, "REMEMBER THE FACE, I'M THE MACHINE!"

2- THE VERBAL TAP. I LEARNED THAT THIS WEEK. WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR TRAINING PARTNER SO TIED UP WITH A MOVE ON THE GROUND, HE DOESN'T HAVE A HAND FREE TO TAP. HE HAS TO YELL. "I TAP...I TAP!!!" THANKS EDDIE BRAVO FOR THE TWISTER, A WAY TO COOL MOVE.

1-MY MOM AND DAD. MY DAD FOR GIVING ME MY LOVE OF MMA, AND TEACHING ME EVERYTHING I LEARN IN MARTIAL ARTS WILL MAKE ME A STRONGER BETTER PERSON WHEN I GROW UP. MY MOM FOR PUTTING UP WITH RUNNING ME TO BOXING, HEARING ME AND DAD TALK ABOUT FIGHTS ALL THE TIME, CUTTING ME SLACK TO TRAIN WHEN I SHOULD BE CLEANING MY ROOM. THEY ARE MORE THAN THE BEST PARENTS A KID COULD HAVE, THEY ARE MY BEST FRIENDS.

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I GET ASKED ALL THE TIME, AT YOUR AGE, WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE A FIGHTER. THATS HARD TO ANSWER, BUT THE MORE I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THE MORE I REALIZE, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH AGE. IT'S JUST ABOUT WHO I AM. SO I THOUGHT THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER IS TO GIVE EVERYONE MY THOUGHTS ON THE THINGS I GET ASKED THE MOST.

WHY NOT MORE NORMAL THINGS FOR KIDS YOUR AGE, LIKE LITTLE LEAGUE OR VIDEO GAMES? MY THOUGHTS- WHATS NORMAL?? AND I HAVE DONE OTHER THINGS. I LOVE VIDEO GAMES, I LOVE PLAYING FOOTBALL, I PLAY DRUMS. I HAVE PLENTY OF OTHER INTRESTS BUT MMA IS MY FIRST LOVE. I PLAYED 2 YEARS OF LITTLE LEAGUE. IT WAS ALL RIGHT, BUT IT JUST WASN'T FOR ME. I THINK I LOVE THE IDEA OF MMA AND BOXING BECAUSE SO MANY OTHER SPORTS DEPEND SO MUCH ON ATHLETIC TALANT. WHEN YOUR IN THE RING FACING SOMEONE ACROSS FROM YOU, SURE TALANT PLAYS A PART, BUT MANY TIMES HEART PLAYS A BIGGER ROLE. MY DAD SAYS HE HAS TRAINED MANY KIDS THAT ATHLETICLY HAD MORE SKILL, BUT NONE HAD THE SAME HEART AND FOCUS. HE SAYS THATS SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE TAUGHT. THAT COMBINED WITH THE FACT, IT REALLY DOESN'T BOTHER ME TO GET PUNCHED OR KICKED. MAKES ME A PERFECT  CHOICE TO BE A FIGHTER. I'M NOT SAYING I LIKE GETTING PUNCHED IN THE FACE, BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS I DON'T RUN AWAY. SOMETHING GOES OFF IN MY HEAD THATS SAYS,"OK, THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD, NOW IT'S MY TURN!" I RESPECT KIDS THAT ARE GOOD AT BASEBALL. I'M NOT. I WOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER CHANCE OF KICKING THAT BALL WIZZING BY, RATHER THAN HIT IT WITH THAT STUPID STICK. BUT I DID MY PART FOR TWO YEARS HELPING MY TEAM TO WIN MORE THAN A FEW GAMES. YOU SEE, THE COACHES LEARNED EARLY ON , I HAD NO FEAR OF BEING HIT BY A PITCH. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS A KID MOST OVERCOME IN LITTLE LEAGUE. I WAS CALLED IN IN TIMES OF TROUBLE TO PINCH HIT. NOT BECAUSE I WAS SOME BIG POWER HOUSE HITTER. THE COACHES WOULD SAY, "CONNER IT'S ALL TIED UP, LAST INNING AND THE PITCHERS GETTING WILD. WE ARN'T TELLING YOU TO GET HIT, BUT IF HE HAPPENS TO CATCH YOU WITH ONE, YOUR WALK WILL PUSH IN THE WINNING RUN." I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY WELTS I ICED AFTER GAMES, BUT I CAN TELL YOU EVERYONE OF THEM WAS A WIN. AFTER A COUPLE YEARS OF THAT, I DECIDED MY TALANT FOR TAKING PAIN MIGHT BE BETTER USED IN ANOTHER SPORT. HELLO BOXING !!!!

THE NEXT THING I GET ASKED IS-DO YOU THINK IT MAKES YOU COOL TO BE A BULLY. MY THOUGHTS- THATS KINDA A TWO PART QUESTION. FIRST, YES !! I THINK WHAT I DO MAKES ME KINA COOL, BUT FAR FROM A BULLY. I'LL TAKE THE COOL PART FIRST. I SEE PEOPLE COME TO THE GYM ALL THE TIME, PUMPED UP WANTING TO GET IN THE RING. THE COACHES DON'T  JUST LET PEOPLE GET INTO THE RING. FIRST THEY LEARN THE BASICS,MAKE SURE THEY ARE PREPARED. IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE PERSON HOW LONG THAT IS. SOME MAY BE A FEW MONTHS, OTHERS IT MAY BE A YEAR. WHEN THOSE PEOPLE FINNALLY GET TO FULL CONTACT SPAR, 90 PERCENT WASH OUT AND NEVER COME BACK. ITS NOT LIKE THE MOVIES IT HURTS TO GET HIT. THEY ALL SEEM TO SAY THE SAME THING "WELL THAT SUCKED, I'M NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN." SO I THINK IT DOES MAKE ME A LITTLE COOL TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT MANY CAN NOT. NOW ON TO THE SECOND PART OF THAT, BEING A BULLY. ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME WILL TELL YOU THATS THE FARTHEST THING FROM WHAT I AM. WHEN MY DAD STARTED TO TEACH ME MARTIAL ARTS, HE TOLD ME TWO THINGS. HE SAID, " I DON'T CARE IF YOU EVER WANT TO FIGHT IN THE RING, AND I HOPE YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO USE WHAT YOU LEARN TO DEFEND YOURSELF, BUT IT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU. YOU MAY NOT WALK THE PATH OF A FIGHTER BUT YOU WILL NEVER WALK THE PATH OF A VICTIM." THE SECOND THING  HE TAUGHT ME WAS THAT BULLYS ARE COWARDS ON THE INSIDE. THEY HAVE SOMETHING UGLY BURIED ON THE INSIDE, AND THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES IS TO PRAY ON THE WEAK. NO MATTER HOW MANY FIGHTS THEY WIN, OR PEOPLE THEY PUSH AROUND, THEY ARE STILL COWARDS. THE TRUELY TOUGH GUY IS THE ONE WHO KNOWS IT ON THE INSIDE AND HAS NOTHING TO PROVE. I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A FIGHT OUTSIDE THE RING, AND KIDS THAT THINK THEY ARE TOUGH AND WANT TO FIGHT, STAY CLEAR OF ME. SO I AM NOT A BULLY NOR WILL I EVER BE, I'M TO STRONG FOR THAT. I WILL NEVER WALK A COWARDS PATH.

SO THATS A COUPLE THINGS I GET ASKED ALL THE TIME, AND HOW I FEEL ABOUT THEM.

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IT FINALLY WENT, STOP BY AND WATCH MY VIDEO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. IT WENT IN UNDER BOXING CAN BE FOUND BY CONNER GIBBONS. ITS STUFF FROM ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO TRAINING FOR MMA AND BOXING. I DON'T THINK I LOOK LIKE THE SAME KID NOW. MY KICKS ARE HARDER, MY PUNCHES TIGHTER, AND MY GROUND GAME WAY MORE DANGEROUS. BUT I THINK ITS PRETTY COOL AND WELL WORTH WATCHING.......EVERYTHING I SAY IN IT IS HOW I TRAIN AND LIVE MY LIFE. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT. TRAIN WITH PURPOSE, FIGHT WITH PASSION, PURSUE YOUR DREAM AND LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR!!!!!!!!

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TOP 10 GOOD & BAD THINGS

BAD.

5-GETTING HURT WHILE TRAINING,RATHER THAN IN A FIGHT.

4-PUTTING IN ANOTHER PERSONS MOUTHGUARD BY ACCIDENT.

3-TRAVELING TO A FIGHT, ONLY TO FIND YOU HAVE NO ONE TO FIGHT IN YOUR WEIGHT CLASS.

2- LOSING A FIGHT YOU THOUGHT YOU WON.

1-MONO........ NO ENERGY, FEEL LIKE DOG POOP, CAN'T WORK OUT, CAN'T FIGHT.

GOOD.

5-YOUR SONG CRANKING IN THE ARENA AS YOU WALK TO THE RING.

4-THE SOUND OF  THE OTHER GUYS HAND TAPPING THE MAT

3-THE SHUDDER UP YOUR LEG WHEN YOUR ROUND HOUSE KICK HITS NOTHING BUT FLOATING RIB.

2-EDDIE BRAVO TELLING EVERYONE IN HIS JIU JITSU CLINIC 'YOUR ONE BAD MOTHER  @#*&#%'

1-YOUR HAND BEING RAISED ABOVE YOUR HEAD IN THE CENTER OF RING.

JUST SOME THINGS THAT CAME TO MIND TODAY, AS I STILL AM DOWN WITH MONO.

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Ok, I just finished looking at a list of the top 10 fighters in all weight class's in both Fightsport and Tap Out mag., could anyone explain why Cung Le is no place to be found. My dad has used him as an example, of how a fighter should look, for a long time. The guy is a monster. I have been told for 2 years when my dad trains me, worry less about placement of the kick or punch, worry more about all out power and form. He said blocked or not it still will inflect damage. He always used Le as an example of this. I watched one of his fights for the first time with Frank Shamrock and I new what he ment . The fight ended when Le broke Shamrocks arm with one of the many power kicks he had been throwing all night. I just looked across and my dad and said "I understand now". He smiled and said "a pictures worth a thousand words, I could tell you over and over again, but until you see that blocked punches still do destructive things, its not the same." Cung Le after seeing that fight is in a rare group, with GSP and Silva. All of whom seem unstopable right now. BUT Cung Le has no national rateing in 2 major fight mag's. Like I said, AM I missing something?

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