And here I thought a parody of the Brady Bunch theme was how they’d make me an MMA fan.
Please enjoy this Japanese promo for UFC 144: Edgar Vs. (Florence?) Henderson, which combines South Park’s “Let’s Fighting Love” with animated fight footage and some tried-and-true anime tropes — giant eyes, speed lines and ring girls straight out of Magic Knight Rayearth.
The nerd in me wishes they’d subbed in Lord Il Palazzo for Dana White and maybe had Brock Lensar slowly fill with light and explode when Alistair Overeem kneed him in the spleen, but whatever. I’m just happy with the accuracy of “protect my balls” UFC interviews and Rampage Jackson in the locker room with a couple of 11-year olds.
TAGS: ANIME, BEN HENDERSON, DANA WHITE, FRANKIE EDGAR, JAPAN, JOE ROGAN, QUINTON JACKSON, RAMPAGE JACKSON, RYAN BADER, SORRY FOR THE OLD SOUTH PARK MEME, SOUTH PARK, UFC 144
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Henderson’s first name is Benson, just in case you wanted to make another reference to 70s sitcoms.
See, I’ve always been torn on whether to call him Benson “Robert Guillaume” Henderson or Benson “And Hedges” Henderson. Ben(son) “Smooth” Henderson is nowhere near cool enough.
Josh Barnett totally came while watching this.
Also, this needed to depict as some sort of homeless derelict to get the true feel of Japanese MMA.