Just like all scripted reality TV, UFC 1 was
pretty interesting.
(slapping beat noises)
Hey, what’s up everybody?
My name is Jesse and I’m the founder and
Grand Master of MMA, Mexican Martial Arts.
I’m very happy to say that this video is sponsored
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Now let’s get it.
(so is UFC more like WWE or like SNL?.. noises..)
The very first “fighter” ever to make
his way to the UFC cage, was actor, Taylor Wily..
(misquoted Kool-Aid Man noises)
However, during this “performance”, he
would be playing the role of Teila Tuli.
And this wasn’t a coincidence.
This fool had already BEEN on TV.
They knew he was a actor.
This was just another gig for him.
You may recognize him from Hawaii 5-0..
Or Forgetting Sarah Marshall, where he was
also paid to pretend like he was fighting.
I know what you’re thinking, you’re thinking,
Grand Master, why would the UFC pay someone
to pretend like they’re fighting.
For the same reason they do it today.
To fit their narrative.
Having a giant like Taylor Wily in the tournament
would just make Royce Gracie look that much
better when they gave him that medal.
And they knew that Royce wouldn’t have to
fight him, because they had that Popeye-looking ref
looking for any excuse to stop the fight.
(blood in, blood out of Taylor Wily's mouth noises)
The UFC has had problems with dirty referees
since day one.
Some things never change.
He wanted to stop it cause Taylor lost a tooth.
Anthony Smith was handing his teeth to the
referee!
And the UFC is softer today than it ever was
back then.
And then supposably he was concerned about
the blood.
Ay fool, this isn’t a grappling tournam--
(when you realize just HOW dirty something dirty is)
I guess it was..
No fight since then has ever been stopped
for such a small amount of blood.
Nate Diaz bleeds that much during the walkout.
(bleeds more than a ECW wrestler noises)
But I gotta give props to Taylor.
He actually made me believe that he wanted to keep fighting for a moment.
Maybe he didn’t win that medal, but he shoulda
won an oscar.
(Gerard's "special purpose" noises)
I know..
It’s a heavy subject, but it’s history..
And you can’t erase history..
Just ask Chris D’elia.
(more grooming than Supercuts noises)
In the UFC’s very first fight, Taylor Wily
faced Gerard Gordeau.
Gerard was from the Netherlands, like Peter
Pan.
But he was acting like he just came straight
outta American History X.
But then during his interview, he started
talking like Goldmember.
(#BringBackMikeMyers noises)
It was very disarming.
Smart move.
You would think that Gerard wouldn’t be
so obvious but he prolly thought
that the UFC had his back on this one.
Think about it.
All of the first round matchups were between
light-skinned vatos, and what Twitter refers
to as “people of color”.
UFC 1, was nothing short of a race war.
But you gotta be careful when you enable people
like Gerard.
He didn’t even wanna stop when the fight
was over.
He was tryna curb stomp that fool.
And Taylor Wily was over here like, “Chill
homie.
It’s only business.
I’m a thespian.”
(don't act like you didn't already know this noises)
UFC 1, was just one big Gracie Jiu Jitsu commercial.
(MUST'VE forgot that there were seven other martial arts being represented as well noises..)
And they were as relentless back then, as
they are today.
(I have bullet points to last all night noises)
When you watch the event, it’s as if they
were given very pacific talking points.
(reading off the homie's homework noises)
This fool sounds like he’s tryna sell me
a car.
(BJJ commission noises)
Or at least try to sell me on how to fight in a
car.
(like the original Gracies but with years of dilution  noises)
Wait a minute…
Machado..
That name sounds pretty BJJ-ish, doesn’t
it?
Well I don’t know about you, but I don’t
like to speculate.
So I went on Wikipedia.
And it didn’t take much research to find
out that Rod Machado, trained in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
for over a decade.
They had a man on the inside!
And Bill Wallace confirmed it in a interview,
with The Karate Nerd, Jesse Enkamp.
(UFC 1 debriefing noises)
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu was the product that they
were tryna sell you.
And Royce Gracie, was the poster boy.
They even made him play up the accent, so
that he could sound like Mckenzie Dern.
(less convincing than Tony Ferguson's Spanish noises)
And what’s up with all the talk and confusion
about his weight?
(75 pound, white belt BJJ guy vs 900 pound gorilla noises)
I betchu that fool was like 215.
(BUY A RIDGE WALLET!! - subliminal message noises)
(Royce's dirty tactics were NEVER "on a break" noises)
It’s bad enough that the commentating was
so biased in favor of Royce Gracie.
(sounds like a "Gracie Breakdown" noises)
But it went farther than that.
He had several unfair advantages when it came
to the actual fight.
Now I don’t believe in handwraps because
I’ve been hardened by training, and the
legal justice system.
But most fighters like to wrap their hands,
to protect their knuckles.
However, these fighters were not allowed to do this.
(the old, "they knew what they signed up for" noises)
The best that they would let them do was tape
their wrists, prolly just for insurance purposes.
But all of a sudden, these strikers
were at a disadvantage.
But it’s no skin off Royce Gracie’s
knuckles.
Literally.
They knew that that fool would never be in
danger of broken hands, cause that fool doesn’t
throw hands.
I know what you’re thinking..
You’re thinking, “Grand Master, what
about that fool with the one glove?
His hand was protected.”
Royce Gracie wasn’t tripping about that glove.
I’ve already covered the ridiculousness of fighting
with a buncha padding on your hand.
He knew it wasn’t gonna hurt him.
Plus, look at that fool, fighting with the
one glove.
That fool’s not posing a threat to anybody.
Este Michael Jackson right there.
Even after Gerard Gordeau broke his hand they
still wouldn’t let him wrap it.
But the lack of wraps was not the only disadvantage
for the strikers.
They were also fighting on a sponge.
Balance is very important to the striker,
and the Gracies took that away.
They knew that Royce was gonna be spending
a lotta time on the ground and they wanted
him to be comfortable, in that memory foam.
The strikers were never able to get their
footing… or their clothing.
That’s right.
Royce Gracie was the only one allowed to wear
his gi.
Now I know that some fools wouldn’t
have wore clothes anyway.
Taylor Wily’s not gonna wear a gi.
And Ken Shamrock’s tryna get on Baywatch.
But the fact is they weren’t even allowed
to.
And you would think that they would wanna
cover up the fact that it worked to Royce
Gracie’s advantage..
But instead, they decided to brag about its
effectiveness, so that they could get some students.
(when you create friction by bragging about your friction noises)
I guess they wanted to be like, “people
wear their clothes in the streets, so you should
train with your clothes on.”
Good point.
People also wear shoes in the streets.
So why did you make Ken Shamrock take his
off?
(I got cold feet... literally.. noises)
And how come when the boxer with asthma asked
you not to use the smoke machine, you didn’t listen??
(audio flashback reenactment noises)
And how come Royce’s brother, Rorion, did
him like Mickey and handpicked the fighters?
(spilling more beans than a sloppy burrito noises)
(you think I'M bad look at Golden Boy Promotions noises)
(they don't make 'em like they used to noises)
Apparently, Rorion isn’t very thorough,
because he let Frank Dux Jr slip through the
cracks..
At that time, Patrick Smith’s record was
250-0
(I don't get paid enough to ask questions noises)
And he was even prepared to fight blindfolded..
He changed his mind at the last second but
still..
If he wasn’t fighting the world’s most
dangerous man, he prolly woulda left the towel on.
And he prolly woulda left undefeated.
However, his record was tarnished that day..
And a few years later, so was his other record..
But somehow, he is still actually held in
higher regard than Frank Dux.
(his demo music says all you need to know noises)
(Ay Ronda, you ain't the first.. or the last... noises )
When we think back to the early days of the
UFC.
We think of the pure martial arts.
We think about respect and honor.
And how it seemed to be better.
Which it was.
But this event reminds us that there was drama
since day 1.
And that’s because of Ken Shamrock.
At this point, Ken Shamrock had already been
catch wrestling.
If you don’t know what catch wrestling is,
it’s basically WWE, but without government funding.
So Shamrock was used to putting on a show.
("well slap me and call me your brother" noises)
Who coulda known that he would be the
gateway thug to future UFC drama.
("the world's most tipsy man" noises)
When most people think of the attitude era,
they think about that sweet chin music, the
stone cold stunner, the rock bottom, and Chyna.
But I think about the world’s most dangerous
man.
That fool was looking at Royce Gracie the
way I look at Chinese Food.
Even when the fights were over he didn’t
wanna stop.
And then he started acting up with the interviewer.
(understandably easy to hate Ariel-types noises)
However, he did redeem hisself.
The ref didn’t see him tap, and he coulda
got away with it and continued to fight.
But he doesn’t get down like that.
There’s some people out there who could
learn from him.
(prolly better if I don't say it noises........)
(I got bite marks ALL OVER me noises)
When Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield.
He didn’t just become a biter.
He became a biter….
In the final match of UFC 1, Royce Gracie
took the back.
And it looks like Gerard Gordeau doesn’t
know what to do.
It looks like he’s just laying there.
But he’s actually biting that fool.
(there's absolutely nothing sociopathic about me noises)
(she said at least it hurts less than the emotional pain that I cause HER noises)
He won the first match by knocking out Taylor
Wily’s teeth.
And now he’s tryna win this match by using
his own teeth.
Fortunately for Royce, he had that 500 count
Egyptian cotton sleeve on.
(no shame in the Gracie name noises)
Gerard’s teeth weren’t getting through
that..
Unless his teeth were named Kazushi Sakuraba.
Remember, UFC 1 was in 1993..
Four years later, Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield.
And somehow it remains the least weird thing that he’s ever done.
(you CAN'T only watch it once noises)
But he was clearly watching and learning.
UFC 1 influenced the world of fighting.
The biting.
The getting paid to pretend like they’re
fighting.
The drama.
The heels.
The Dana White Privelege.
The Dana White Powder.
The bias commentary.
The dirty referees.
The BJJ propaganda.
Having said that.. please don’t forget to
join me for the Mexican fight companion on
September 26th…
And all the fight nights before that.
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