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Media Gilbert Burns: living in Brazil only got me into two street fights - but got stabbed in one of them

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“I've had two street fights only, just two. It was super crazy - a guy stabbed me in one of those. One of my friends who's actually one
of my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu partners, he was getting into a fight and it wasn’t his fault, it was actually with a guy that was trying to rob him. But he was a small guy, black belt in Jiu-Jitsu, so one of the guys came running in - picture like Travis Browne back in the day…and
it was the first time I really punched someone."

“Just punched the guy, and he was knocked out. Then it became a crazy fight and so big, everyone was against us, I knocked a couple guys out. Three or four…bottles and stuff started flying, and this took a while, three or four minutes but it felt so much longer than that. Then the Police came shooting into the air, and then, when everything stopped, we were sweating…and I was wondering why I was sweating so much on my back."

“Put my hands on my back, and there was just blood everywhere, so I had been stabbed a couple times on my back during that fight…but the adrenaline was so high that I didn’t feel it. I still have serious scars there, five or six big scars, right on the top of my back.”
 


“I've had two street fights only, just two. It was super crazy - a guy stabbed me in one of those. One of my friends who's actually one
of my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu partners, he was getting into a fight and it wasn’t his fault, it was actually with a guy that was trying to rob him. But he was a small guy, black belt in Jiu-Jitsu, so one of the guys came running in - picture like Travis Browne back in the day…and
it was the first time I really punched someone."

“Just punched the guy, and he was knocked out. Then it became a crazy fight and so big, everyone was against us, I knocked a couple guys out. Three or four…bottles and stuff started flying, and this took a while, three or four minutes but it felt so much longer than that. Then the Police came shooting into the air, and then, when everything stopped, we were sweating…and I was wondering why I was sweating so much on my back."

“Put my hands on my back, and there was just blood everywhere, so I had been stabbed a couple times on my back during that fight…but the adrenaline was so high that I didn’t feel it. I still have serious scars there, five or six big scars, right on the top of my back.”

glad he survived
 
Sonnen on Brazil not being a bowing culture:

"You bow in Brazil, they'll hit you over the head and take your wallet out of your pocket. I bought packets of soap for them cuz I know they don't have it."

<RIP><mma3><6>
 
Only when you're outnumbered. Good luck with striking when one of the opponents even knows how to clinch
Yea because if the guy does Muay Thai they don't learn anything about the clinch:rolleyes:
 
Knives are no fucking joke like that video of the dude getting poked in the neck during an altercation in a mall, and just falls over dead in seconds.
 
Yea because if the guy does Muay Thai they don't learn anything about the clinch:rolleyes:
Ah yes muay thai fighters have everything covered when they get clinched by an actual grappler
 
Sonnen on Brazil not being a bowing culture:

"You bow in Brazil, they'll hit you over the head and take your wallet out of your pocket. I bought packets of soap for them cuz I know they don't have it."

<RIP><mma3><6>
I can agree with the first statement. The soap one doesnt makes much sense though, from the brazilian's perspective (multiple showers a day and brushing teeth after every meal) everyone else should have a better hygiene.
 
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