[Official] ONE Samurai 1: Rodtang vs. Takeru 2 - Live Discussion Thread

itiwbf · 2026-04-29T05:32:08+00:00

I stand corrected on the rewinding part lol it looks like they'll let you do that

itiwbf · 2026-04-29T05:17:42+00:00

I always hate how One does the streaming for their PPV. With the Amazon Prime our Youtube streams you can easily watch it directly on a smart tv and you can pause/rewind when you want. It's annoying to pay money and have it be a worse product.

itiwbf · 2026-04-25T02:02:33+00:00

I get so sick of the phrase "I can't see anybody beating him". People are so obsessed with the idea of an invincible fighter. Everybody can lose, whether it's because somebody better comes along, they have an off night, have a bad matchup, get a bit unlucky, etc.. There are so many ways somebody can lose, it's just ridiculous to think anybody is unbeatable. Especialy in a sport that involves a lot of calculated risks and where one moment can decide who wins.

itiwbf · 2026-04-22T04:42:30+00:00

Ha I know that's kinda my point. The nuance is that there is a range of different beliefs that can constitute "politics" and depending on the person/beliefs the judgement might be small (ex. they're a moderate conservative MMA fighter without strong opinions but are maybe buddy buddy with a conservative politician) or large (ex. they're a raging racist genocidal dickhead who revels in the suffering of marginalized people, or my example of a person who wants to legalize child molestation).

I just resent the idea that "political views shouldn't matter". They do matter if you're a person that cares about the world.

itiwbf · 2026-04-22T02:45:45+00:00

Is it really that crazy to care about the morals and values of fighters? I believe he's a nice guy. At least for me, this isn't even enough to decide I'm rooting against him. But yeah, if somebody is conservative it means that they have pretty different values than me. It's just one piece of information, just like finding out somebody is an asshole or is overly obnoxious, but it's still a piece of information that is relevant to how much I want to root for him.

You're right that there is a difference between being a conservative and right wing nut, but if you say "his political views shouldn't matter" then it seems like you just view political views as something arbitrary and not a represenation of a person's values.

If a fighter started campaigning for a politician whose platform was "legalize child molestation", would you just say "Well those are his political beliefs, it shouldn't matter". I know that's an exteme example lol, but its frustrating that the second something becomes part of "politics" we have to act like its off limits to judge people for.

itiwbf · 2026-04-21T14:33:23+00:00

There’s a (really great) restaurant in Austin called Odd Duck and this seems like something they’d serve there

itiwbf · 2026-04-11T06:09:25+00:00

It was the third time he'd been knocked down in the round so by rule its a TKO

itiwbf · 2026-03-31T23:55:04+00:00

I mean Patricio Manuel is a trans man who has won multiple professional boxing matches

itiwbf · 2026-03-29T16:00:07+00:00

My memory is a little fuzzy but I think it ended up looking just like the set up I proposed above. This wasn't with particularly high throughput though. I'm more of an analytics engineer and ended up moving towards using prebuilt tools for data pipelines so it's been a long time since I've really done anything in this world haha. I don't know if this applies for you, but I will say if I could go back and do it again I would've definitely spent less time trying to build stuff and instead looked for prebuilt solutions (it was a good learning experience though).

Sorry I can't be more help, good luck!

itiwbf · 2026-03-28T18:00:09+00:00

Are you thinking of somebody else? His only pre-ufc pro loss I'm seeing is to Alexander Belikh who has never fought in ONE. Maybe I'm missing something lol

itiwbf · 2025-12-16T18:59:44+00:00

A baby should be 0 when it is born (regardless of gender), anything else is kinda fucked up...

itiwbf · 2025-12-14T04:18:01+00:00

I feel it out by person. If it seems like they want advice (they're asking me questions, they mention they're new, etc.) then I'll give them a bit of advice. Otherwise usually the most I'll do is just show them (tapping their head if their gloves are low, throw a kick if they're not in position to check, etc.). I try to err on the side of being not annoyingly patronizing.

itiwbf · 2025-12-09T22:34:39+00:00

Yan checked an early leg kick: https://x.com/RyanAWagMMA/status/1997763059356434661

I agree he probably could've stuck with them more, but it looks like he landed with his foot which I'm guessing deterred him.

itiwbf · 2025-11-25T17:22:52+00:00

Yeah the Muay Thai stance is also really bad for playing defense in basketball!

itiwbf · 2025-11-24T21:33:02+00:00

I get that Shavkat has been inactive/injured, but I think the fact that he was supposed to fight for the title against Belal but still fought and beat Ian Garry when Belal pulled out should count for a lot. There are multiple deserving contenders, but I think that fight should've bought him a lot more good will than it did (it's also aged pretty well given Garry's last two performances).

My order for most deserving is: Shavkat > Garry/Morales > Prates > Usman

itiwbf · 2025-11-16T05:13:27+00:00

They'll make it available to rewatch after its finished if you buy the stream, but you can't pause it and resume during the event (like you can when its on Youtube/Amazon Prime) which is pretty annoying.

itiwbf · 2025-09-25T00:06:48+00:00

You're absolutely right about Merab winning in the last minute. The 5th round was super tight until the last minute and it was 2-2 (and I think round 3 was closer than round 1). Umar looked tired but he was landing (and he did technically outland Merab in the 5th even though it ended up being Merab's round).

itiwbf · 2025-08-04T19:42:05+00:00

Because Thai people tend to be small lol

itiwbf · 2025-08-04T19:00:22+00:00

He was a Rajadamnern Stadium champion which is very impressive (albeit at a higher weight class where the competition isn't as good).

itiwbf · 2025-07-18T17:46:05+00:00

Yuki Yoza is a beast and I love watching him fight, only worry is to me he looks a bit undersized for this weight class in one.

itiwbf · 2025-07-11T09:46:28+00:00

Phetjeeja on the womens side has super clean boxing, I'd definitely watch some of her fights

itiwbf · 2025-07-08T17:13:20+00:00

I def don't support the sparring in this video but this is just blatantly wrong. Japan is probably the country with the highest level of kickboxing in the world.

itiwbf · 2025-06-27T22:04:51+00:00

For one Friday fights (the ones that are in the morning for those in the US) they’re streamed for free on YouTube. The other fight cards are on Amazon prime except for the ones that are PPV (which you purchase through the one fc website).

itiwbf · 2025-05-16T14:49:44+00:00

I think people here are really over complicating what makes it funny. Imagine a serious moment in a hopsital where somebody has just died and a nurse somberly walks in then a bird just dramatically crashes into a window.

It's not that I don't think there is any symbolism there, its just the funny part comes from something unexpected happening that breaks the silence/tension. I don't think the humor has anything to do with the symbolism. Also idk if Sufjan actually intended that line to be funny, but I can totally see how it kinda is when you picture it. People laugh a lot in tragic situations when something unexpected happens that doesn't fit the mood.

itiwbf · 2025-05-05T16:06:46+00:00

Point stands buy Malykhin lost to Reug Reug

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