http://youtu.be/zuzImQo7cdg
Start watching 43 seconds into the video. It appears that during the first UFC fight in the sport's history, GG did a nazi salute.
Thoughts?
Yeah, this discovery is new to me and I've been watching UFC since the mid 1990s
Yuki Nakai was an amazing martial artist for such a little fighter
Anyone here know about GG's salute?
Look on the right arm
Although surrounded by Asian art is supposed to mean something else toward the buddhist symbol origins. Put the salute and that tatt together, and yeah I think you have a nazi.
I kind of doubt the guy willing to blind people for money is of a strong Buddhist character
ChaosOverkill -
Look on the right arm
Although surrounded by Asian art is supposed to mean something else toward the buddhist symbol origins. Put the salute and that tatt together, and yeah I think you have a nazi.
I kind of doubt the guy willing to blind people for money is of a strong Buddhist character
Wow, never knew that about GErard Gordeaux before...
Any UFC brass care to discuss their thoughts? You don't see people with hate symbols in too many professional sports organizations. I'm sure it would fly now, but wow, you'd figure SEG would do some research on their athletes before kick-starting a professional sports organization...
Would not fly now
French people are just like that
Early UFC was a freakshow in every sense of the word
Wait, is that Enson in that pic? When did they fight?
Kazp306 -David M -Woah woah woah... why?
He is a piece of shit. Nakai should have snapped his leg in half.
Maybe because Gordeau literally and intentionally blinded Nakai in one eye in that fight? As in, Nakai became permanently to-this-day blind in that eye. And Gordeau still lost of course. Royce Gracie also reported Gordeau going for eye gouges in UFC 1, going against one of exactly 3 fucking rules they had in place at the time.
Gerard Gordeau's a piece of shit all around, and the Nazi salute doesn't surprise me.
Wasa-B -I remember that. Fucking disgustingKazp306 -David M -Woah woah woah... why?
He is a piece of shit. Nakai should have snapped his leg in half.
He eye gouged Yuki Nakai to the point of rendering him blind in that one eye. This was in Japan Vale Tudo, the same event featured in Rickson's Choke doc.
Chromium -Kazp306 -David M -Woah woah woah... why?
He is a piece of shit. Nakai should have snapped his leg in half.
Maybe because Gordeau literally and intentionally blinded Nakai in one eye in that fight? As in, Nakai became permanently to-this-day blind in that eye. And Gordeau still lost of course. Royce Gracie also reported Gordeau going for eye gouges in UFC 1, going against one of exactly 3 fucking rules they had in place at the time.
Gerard Gordeau's a piece of shit all around, and the Nazi salute doesn't surprise me.
I wonder what Gerard Gordeaux is like in 2014...
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SgtJustinTeplitz -ChaosOverkill -
Look on the right arm
Although surrounded by Asian art is supposed to mean something else toward the buddhist symbol origins. Put the salute and that tatt together, and yeah I think you have a nazi.
I kind of doubt the guy willing to blind people for money is of a strong Buddhist character
Wow, never knew that about GErard Gordeaux before...
Any UFC brass care to discuss their thoughts? You don't see people with hate symbols in too many professional sports organizations. I'm sure it would fly now, but wow, you'd figure SEG would do some research on their athletes before kick-starting a professional sports organization...
He wore a top at UFC 1 if I recall correctly, and the event was originally supposed to be a one-time deal put on by a small company that did outside-the-box PPVs, and not the birth of a sport. Also this was fucking 1993. There was no functional internet, and they weren't going to do extensive background checks on these guys coming in from overseas. Even if they did a Lexis-Nexus search at the time (I'm going to guess that SEG would have had no reason to have a Lexis-Nexus account in 1993) it wouldn't have revealed this sort of background information unless he was involved in a hate crime, and probably just in the U.S. Even if they found out about the tattoo at the last moment they probably would have just asked him to keep the thing covered.
Chromium -SgtJustinTeplitz -ChaosOverkill -
Look on the right arm
Although surrounded by Asian art is supposed to mean something else toward the buddhist symbol origins. Put the salute and that tatt together, and yeah I think you have a nazi.
I kind of doubt the guy willing to blind people for money is of a strong Buddhist character
Wow, never knew that about GErard Gordeaux before...
Any UFC brass care to discuss their thoughts? You don't see people with hate symbols in too many professional sports organizations. I'm sure it would fly now, but wow, you'd figure SEG would do some research on their athletes before kick-starting a professional sports organization...
He wore a top at UFC 1 if I recall correctly, and the event was originally supposed to be a one-time deal put on by a small company that did outside-the-box PPVs, and not the birth of a sport. Also this was fucking 1993. There was no functional internet, and they weren't going to do extensive background checks on these guys coming in from overseas. Even if they did a Lexis-Nexus search at the time (I'm going to guess that SEG would have had no reason to have a Lexis-Nexus account in 1993) it wouldn't have revealed this sort of background information unless he was involved in a hate crime, and probably just in the U.S. Even if they found out about the tattoo at the last moment they probably would have just asked him to keep the thing covered.
Great analysis... Thanks... I forgot that practically no one had the Internet in 1993...
Chromium -SgtJustinTeplitz -ChaosOverkill -
Look on the right arm
Although surrounded by Asian art is supposed to mean something else toward the buddhist symbol origins. Put the salute and that tatt together, and yeah I think you have a nazi.
I kind of doubt the guy willing to blind people for money is of a strong Buddhist character
Wow, never knew that about GErard Gordeaux before...
Any UFC brass care to discuss their thoughts? You don't see people with hate symbols in too many professional sports organizations. I'm sure it would fly now, but wow, you'd figure SEG would do some research on their athletes before kick-starting a professional sports organization...
He wore a top at UFC 1 if I recall correctly, and the event was originally supposed to be a one-time deal put on by a small company that did outside-the-box PPVs, and not the birth of a sport. Also this was fucking 1993. There was no functional internet, and they weren't going to do extensive background checks on these guys coming in from overseas. Even if they did a Lexis-Nexus search at the time (I'm going to guess that SEG would have had no reason to have a Lexis-Nexus account in 1993) it wouldn't have revealed this sort of background information unless he was involved in a hate crime, and probably just in the U.S. Even if they found out about the tattoo at the last moment they probably would have just asked him to keep the thing covered.
He didn't have the tattoo yet at UFC 1 that's was the difference.
Seriously, you guys never noticed that before? I noticed that the first time I watched it about 13 or 14 years ago. I just assumed it was common knowledge like Tuli's tooth. Just some of the crazy shit that happened that night.
Interesting
I thought this was supposed to be a traditional French Savate salute type thing or that was what it was passed off as I might be wrong on this. 