Watching my four year old grandson pile-drive or suplex his Spiderman stuffed toy while playing his version of MMA is a lot of fun.
Most children like to emulate their special sports hero's best moments in the sport, and Trevor is no exception.
Grandma Dee is a little concerned for the involvement of Spiderman in an MMA match-up of this sort and wishes for more realistic opponents for the little guy.
So if Gr. Dee can find a way to do it, she will make two prototype dolls to test on her grandchildren.
Georges St. Pierre and Gina Carano would be the most natural choices, as each one is an outstanding example of the sport's best.
The articulated action figures would have to have all the bulges of their gender covered with a dark permanent paint, because grandma is not a pervert, but does value realism and accuracy.
George would have no, or a minimal stubble of hair on his head (this is why Trevor gets his hair buzzed, after all), and Gina would have the sleek, beautiful black blunt "Natasha" hair style, comb-able of course, just like her Red Alert :3 persona.
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Both would be vocalized. Gina to say "Ready!". . ."Hi, I'm Crush on American Gladiators.". . ." I am Conviction a real life woman MMA fighter!" And Georges would say all the Georges-isms he is famous for, such as "Ah am not impressed by 'is performance!". . ."then ah 'it 'im in 'is 'ead," for starters.
Perhaps the greatest thing about these two is that just like their human counterparts they would be approachable and considerate of the kids' other articulated figures.
After fighting with Trevor, the figures could be used by my granddaughters to demonstrate "gogoplattas" to the Ken, Barbie, and GI Joe crowd that we have accumulated over the years.
Barbie could go shopping for chic workout clothes and lunch with Gina at KFC and then meet Georges so they could work out at one of the best gyms.
Barbie needs a lot of work to muscle up her arms and legs and gain definition in her glutes and abs, so this would be a beneficial alliance for her.
And think how popular the new "fit" Barbie will be when she joins Georges at "the Guys' Choice Awards", has dinner with him and Gina, then break dances at Georges' favorite hot spot in Montreal!
I don't know about the rest of you, but obviously Grandma Dee is just itching to develop these prototypes and introduce them into the next make believe MMA extravaganza with the grand kids.
OK, Trevor, I'm almost done. It's your turn next!
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2 months ago
i actually thought that there was possibly going to be a gsp figure out. u have crushed my dreams ....i hope this keeps u up at night, well not really, u need ur sleep im sure.
2 months ago
Good idea. Adding Gina means that you can show the many sides of MMA... it isn't the sport a lot of people deride at all! I like the "fit Barbie", and you couldn't choose a better spokesman for the sport than Montreal-product Georges. If I know his story, he learned to defend himself in Ste Isidore because school bullies kept taking his money and clothes! Makes Quebec seem pretty tough!
Just so long as little Trevor doesn't get confused, see the real deal (pun intended) in person and try to take them on! ;) Not right now, anyway!
from 2 months ago
Trevor's brother Cody is 15 and is responsible for his little brother's fascination with wrestling and MMA. We thought it was cute the way he imitated the beginning of a wrestling match and would crouch and shake hands with Cody before rough housing with him. Cody has wrestled since age five and has a very impressive record. He wrestled varsity his freshman year and got fourth place at State. My Son Steven, their father was a very good wrestler in high school too. My husband and older son also were wrestlers who now feed into Trevor and Cody's enthusiasm for the sport. Cody used to watch all the Pay Per Views with me, his dad and Trevor who likes to try to choke everyone but me out.
2 months ago
That's fantastic! Good for Cody. It takes hard work to become good at wrestling.
MMA has done a lot towards re-legitimising wrestling/fighting arts. Boxing has taken some ego-briuising over the years, and WWF/WWE wrestling, though it started out as one thing, ended up making a joke of itself, especially to the uninitiated/non-fans. MMA combines just enough of the "glamour and glory" while showing kids that it has to be taken seriously and with (at least some) sportmanship. Don't get me wrong, it's not that there isn't a place for the other "disciplines", it's just that MMA gives the best "real-world" balance.
Have you heard of/did you watch Stampede Wrestling back when it aired? It's long gone now, but you should take a look at some of the names that went through there. That was real wrestling.
Did you know, MMA is "illegal" in Ontario and British Columbia in Canada, but thriving everywhere else in that country? Fodder for an article... the places world-wide where it is banned, and why.
from 2 months ago
I knew about the bans and have been wishing my friend Kevin in Newfounland would write such an article. He is a promoter and a new father to a third son, so he probably doesn't have the time.
from 2 months ago
"Illegal" pretty just means technically not legal but it pretty much isn't enforced right? Cause I live in B.C. and I've gone to MMA events.
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