digg

Join DiggAbout

Silicon Valley Fight Club watch!

sports.espn.go.com — Some geeks get together every other 15 days to fight each other to release the stress.

Bury
show profanity settings
expand all
  • AlwaysAwake, on 05/01/2008, -18/+6Lots of ways to relieve stress that are both more effective, and less damaging physically and psychologically than violent, aggressive sports, and fighting.
    • mentallyinhell, on 05/01/2008, -0/+11Yeah, but they all look lame in comparison.
    • over900000, on 05/01/2008, -0/+14You should really try sparring sometimes. It's great fun and brings you alive.
      • Godlike, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Amazing cardio. Try doing 2.5 minutes of hard sparing if you are out of shape. TRY. :)
    • Tyrghast, on 05/01/2008, -9/+3Amen. Weed.
      • Godlike, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Weed indeed! Weed makes me a super awesome all out aggressive fighter that can't defend himself for ***** lol
        • Tyrghast, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1No weed is the best way to relieve stress.
    • wrestlingnrj, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Physical contact sports are a great way to relieve stress. I haven't found anything that works better than wrestling or muay thai at relieving stress, except maybe an hour at the shooting range.
      • thcobbs, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2Sex works wonders for me. And it takes a lot less time.
        • FearlessFreep, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2I do both...and they both wrk great in different ways
        • wrestlingnrj, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1I figured I'd leave that out because the term "sex" would confuse most diggers.
    • krets, on 05/01/2008, -1/+10Pussy.
    • TheRealM3D, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3What may be just as effective for you might not be nearly as effective for someone else.
      I am a well-balanced 20-something professional who volunteers in my local community and has a happy marriage. I'm also involved in MMA and enjoy the physical and mental challenge of fighting another man. Just cause you like to watch TV and play tennis doesn't mean other people can't have "violent" interests.
      • halobender, on 05/01/2008, -0/+5You're a serial killer. admit it already.
      • Blandyman, on 05/02/2008, -1/+1I like tennis and racketball... but I also like boxing, and rape...
    • ClevelandBrown, on 05/01/2008, -2/+0aw, boo hoo, waaaa. we fight for sport. And unless you've never been in a fight, you don't know the rush.
  • Nuganics, on 05/01/2008, -2/+33Is this real or a joke?
    • infinitus64, on 05/01/2008, -2/+4if fake well directed
    • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -4/+12Very real, I'm in this video!
      • ZoomBoy, on 05/01/2008, -0/+9Are you the guy getting a dust buster to the face?
        • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3No, im the one taking the elbow to the kidney.
    • jumico, on 05/01/2008, -5/+0"Have you ever had a dream, Nugan, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?"
      • Blandyman, on 05/02/2008, -1/+2A quote from the Matrix did not work here.
  • killbert24, on 05/01/2008, -4/+79I'm surprised it took so long for people to make a Fight Club. Too bad these asswipes already blew it. Rule number 1-- you do NOT TALK about FIGHT CLUB!
    • Magillicutti, on 05/01/2008, -1/+12Supposedly they did it before the movie. I dunno if he read the book or something though?
    • Maver1c, on 05/01/2008, -2/+3"I'm surprised it took so long for people to make a Fight Club."

      Ok...so how do you know that this is the first Fight Club if the major rule for one is to not talk about it?
    • dafragsta, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1I thought that was Usenet?
    • fokov, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1Actually fight clubs are real. They even have them on TV now. It was on one of those channels that have those guys that go around fighting, maybe Hist or Discovery. Fighting has always been the #1 way to prove WHO you are.
    • PsychoDesigns, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1Rule# 2-- you do NOT TALK about FIGHT CLUB!
  • chanop, on 05/01/2008, -4/+13older than the interwebs
    • cl2yp71c, on 05/01/2008, -2/+3glad you spend so much time ON the interwebz...
  • carlos259, on 05/01/2008, -1/+32Geeks kicking the ***** out of each other.

    Will watch:)
    • infinitus64, on 05/01/2008, -2/+1always said they should have gladiator games with prisoners
  • fulibs, on 05/01/2008, -1/+21DAMNIT, somebody broke the 1st and 2nd rules!!!
  • msk275, on 05/01/2008, -2/+5For some reason I was picturing chicks w/ fake boobs duking it out. I guess my mind is still stuck on that 'What Guys Really Think About During Class' zone....
  • Celeron, on 05/01/2008, -0/+9This club is actually real. It was covered by TechNowTV a couple of months ago, since the club was targeting the engineering and high-tech community of the Bay Area.
  • micahwilli, on 05/01/2008, -6/+1These guys are snap sometime at work. I chop wood to relieve stress, nobody else is involved.
  • eavesdrop, on 05/01/2008, -1/+3This is hilarious.
  • axborn, on 05/01/2008, -4/+5They need to get laid or atleast play some video games...
    • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -2/+3We get laid.. trust me
    • Scienceticist, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1We spend all day *writing* the video games.
    • bigdoglj52, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1"many of them are married and have kids"
    • ahawks, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3Your 2 suggestions are:
      1) get laid
      Women aren't the answer to everything. This is about finding your primal roots. I suppose ***** could help with part of that.

      2) play a video game
      The idea is doing something REAL and primal. A video game is as far from that as you can get.
  • joshmoney, on 05/01/2008, -0/+49I am Jack's crushed computer keyboard.
  • Prototek, on 05/01/2008, -0/+21This isn't just a fight club, it's a weird integration of fighting and nerd culture. You can sense the subtle nerd apprehension towards women when they are hitting each other with women's purses and magazines. They also have the triforce on the garage floor.
    • bigfinger, on 05/01/2008, -1/+1it's a nerd fight club mash up
    • rasmasyean, on 05/01/2008, -1/+3I would imagine that "nerd fight-clubs" are the only ones that last due to the fact that these people are intellectual and have control. Other fight-clubs would have had people who took things too far and got personal. Non-nerd fight clubs would colapse too fast so it would never become a phenomenon.
  • chkdg8, on 05/01/2008, -6/+1The first rule of fight club is you don't talk about fight club. This is just a way to harden up corporate pussies who never fought or broke the law in their lives. Do that ***** for real in a back ally in a seedy part of town and then shoot yourself in the side of your face while you pull the trigger to demolish the New World Order bank buildings.
  • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -0/+48I'm actually a member of this fight club. I was there and in this piece when ESPN came to film us. I'm the one that took the elbow to the Kidney.
    ~ Ryoga Vee
    • joebaloney, on 05/01/2008, -0/+4So, what the hell do you do if you get your teeth knocked out? I don't want to be a toothless programmer.
      • CitizenC, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2Thats what the fencing masks are for. Use your head. :P
      • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -0/+12Thats why we have masks. However, it only protects our mouths and fends off serious head trauma. Other than that, everything HURTS and is VERY real!
        • cawpin, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2A collapsed face doesn't count as "serious head trauma"?
      • rasmasyean, on 05/01/2008, -0/+0They can prolly afford full mouth replacements. It's silicon valley!
    • IglooBurner, on 05/01/2008, -1/+1we need one like this for the techies in NYC!
      i do muay thai but thats nothing like this, this looks awesome. if you know of any in NYC lemme know!
      • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Time to open up a new chapter!
      • FearlessFreep, on 05/01/2008, -0/+4I would think that if you did Muay Thai seriously than it's probably a lot more vicious than this, at least the competitions. This looks pretty interesting and has a certain appeal ('underground', few rules, misc weapons, anyone can do it, etc...) but most of the Muay Thai I've seen is pretty violent.
        • IglooBurner, on 05/01/2008, -0/+0yeah muay thai is pretty violent cuz its composed of well placed, and trained kicks, knees, elbows and punches, but it still have rules and limitations.
          this is different, it doesn't have the pressure of winning or losing, and the weapons... keyboards? im a programmer and i would love to hit someone over the head with a keyboard! i mean how many times have you gone through the Walmart and wanting to pick up any random item and have an all out brawl with ur friends.
    • bigfinger, on 05/01/2008, -0/+4I'd go, I live in Milpitas, and work in Pleasanton at a cube farm and I can feels these walls closing in.
      • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2We are a lil exclusive, but I'll ask.
    • joebaloney, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2What was up with the "dull knives?" Being dull doesn't make it any better if it shoved through your skin.
      • cawpin, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1They looked dull enough that they won't puncture unless you're actually trying to kill them.
      • dezmo, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2yeah that part looked retarded, unless those knives were balsa wood painted silver it looked like they could be very lethal very easily
    • had3l, on 05/01/2008, -1/+11http://www.youtube.com/user/RyogaVee
      http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=us ...
      http://people.tribe.net/ryogavee
      You are a strange, strange man.
    • TriSight, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1I don't care what any of these guys say, I actually envy you guys. I've wanted to do something a little simpler (just plain old fighting without weapons) but can never find enough people that are interested.

      Wish I were out there with you guys.
  • grey580, on 05/01/2008, -1/+3Nerd Fight Club?
    I wanna hear the smack talk comming out of this.
    C++ is my bitch!
  • alexkball, on 05/01/2008, -2/+8Haha these nerds are terrible at fighting. Additionally, it says this club predates the movie, which is true, but it doesn't predate the book, written 2 years prior.
    • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -2/+4True, but its not like the book was the first mentioning of a fight club. This has been going on in some form or fashion for hundreds of years. Only now its been made popular.
  • nukethewhales, on 05/01/2008, -1/+24Every other 15 days? You mean like once a month?
    • EwMo, on 05/01/2008, -0/+4It could connect more with pay periods than actual months
  • fejjfunklamella, on 05/01/2008, -0/+4Dugg for innovative weapons like lead-filled handbags.
  • ROFLance, on 05/01/2008, -1/+3Do you know how many rules were just broken here?!
  • SlipStream89, on 05/01/2008, -2/+3Nerds just trying to not be nerds...
    • rasmasyean, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1Funny thing about public perception of nerds and geeky people due to Hollywood stereotypes. In reality, the greatest weapons of all time…uh…make that all weapons in general, are made by these people. Except when they grow up we call them “Technologists” to be PC. More human vs. human deaths in this world can be credited to “nerd activity” than anything else. I think “nerds” are a bit more violent than you would think.
  • RedRummy, on 05/01/2008, -8/+1vid is ~2fps... sheesh.
  • cl2yp71c, on 05/01/2008, -1/+1We should make a fight club with Digg members.
    • squeaker, on 05/02/2008, -1/+2Seconded. I'd love to the beat the ***** out of rickrollers, dupe police, and... well, the majority of diggers, really.
  • jamesov89, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2Anyone see the irony that tech guys edited and added graphics to this?
  • demne, on 05/01/2008, -6/+0lame wimps. helmets? join a real club and fight for real. this is closer to wwe than real fighting.
    • superkendall, on 05/01/2008, -0/+6Helmets are a practical reality for someone who makes a living using their brain. It's not they are all covered in armor.

      Let's see you take a hit to the groin with a Brass Martha and see how wimpy you think it is.

      • dezmo, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2those fencing masks wont protect your brain at all, the only they they will protect is your eyes and your face.
    • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -2/+2You would not last 30 seconds with us.
    • Freedom74, on 05/01/2008, -1/+0you are too stupid to be on digg. Really dude... close to WWE???
      • squeaker, on 05/02/2008, -0/+2I don't think it's possible to be too stupid for digg.
  • bicyclethief, on 05/01/2008, -2/+1Some of the weapons are just plain cheesy.
    • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -0/+0Thats the joy. You fight with what you have.
      • bicyclethief, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1I felt like they were choosing their weapons based on some pretentious protest against modern society, rather than how cool it would be to fight with.
  • volz0r, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2The guy who owns the club has been on several different television shows, and in the amateur circuits is considered to be quite a tough guy.
    • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2VERY Tough! He did put me out for an entire month. You never really respect a man until he crushes your spine.
  • darthbator, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3Hey it's Gin's fight club! This is actually one of the satellite groups involved in "Dog Brothers Real Contact Stick fighting". Taboo on the Nat Geo did a special on them as well as a much longer special on the Dog Brothers gatherings (large stick fighting events where tons of guys from all over america just like these folks gear up and beat each other down).
    • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Actualy its "Gints" fight club. But yes, everything else is right. We are indeed an offshoot of the Dog Brothers.
  • hansonc, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3anyone know what the hell "every other 15 days" means? is this a new fancy way of saying "once a month"?
    • superkendall, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2Actually I could see the group passing that along with a straight face to a producer, as a kind of a joke for people smart enough to know what it meant.
      • Grym11, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2Since the club is a statement against feminism, I wouldn't be surprised if they were intentionally avoiding using the words "once a month," which is approximately the menstrual cycle.
  • D43PAN, on 05/01/2008, -0/+9WOW! How completely natural did that 'meeting' seem at the beginning. That looks like the most annoying room in the world.
  • sneedo, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2homerowed
  • RedSaber, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3I think I'll start one here in Quebec city... Oups... I think I just broke rules 1 and 2.

    ***** rules anyway. Rules are for pussies. :P
  • crimsonalucard, on 05/01/2008, -3/+1Play football, basketball, or boxing. No need to go through this *****.
  • rasmasyean, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2Many boys fight and wrestle when they are growing up. Hey, when I was a kid we used to joust on bikes with broomsticks and use garbage can lids for shields and large branches to club each other. It’s the male combat nature in the subconscious. That’s how we evolved above all other species including lesser humanoids.

    These guys prolly never had such a wonderful childhood as me and my friends since they grew up as stuffy preppies who had to listen to their parents all the time if they want their $1000 a week allowances. So now is their chance to let it all out! More Power too them!!!
  • Thayer75, on 05/01/2008, -9/+6I'm sorry...but these guys fight like pansies. As a chick, I'd much rather date a guy without gender insecurity issues and has a real life, maybe plays some CoD4, Halo, or R6LV on the side.

    I mean seriously who beats people up with purses except for maybe batty 80 year old women with purses full of canned cat food for their 35 cats?
    • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -4/+9 Oh yeah, video games, Thats so much more of an active life.
      • xxMarka, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2i didn't mean to digg you down!
        =[
      • Thayer75, on 05/04/2008, -1/+1Yeah apparently I wasn't clear what I meant by "active life" so let me clarify. Active life means someone who goes out and jogs, cycles, skateboards, snowboards, hikes, plays pick up games of basketball or soccer, goes out to bars or clubs, goes to concerts, or whatever. And then ON THE SIDE plays video games. Believe it or not, playing video games is not that uncommon of a hobby. I did not mean a guy who's whole life is video games.

        And if you're gonna fight...at least you know put some effort in and try to be the teensiest bit more hardcore. Like those guys on that spike tv show.
    • PussInBoots, on 05/01/2008, -0/+8*These "pansies" will beat the ***** out of any average man. Anyone with 0.5 - 1 year experience of any kind of fighting will beat the ***** out of average person.
      *Real fight, I mean real fiucking fight is nothing like a fight you've seen in movies/TV shows/etc. Real fights are dirty and not as entertaining.
      *Well and finally, they have jobs and families outside of fight club. They fight not to kill/hurt but to release energy, so they use stuff that is not gonna hurt very bad
    • rasmasyean, on 05/01/2008, -0/+5Actually, if you knew anything about melee combat, a purse is a perfect easy implement for a "flail", one of the oldest and most devastating weapons. The idea is a high velocity weight that is hard to deflect (because it reaches around shields and swords in the old days, and if it hits you, it can destroy your armor). Being hit with a purse with lead in it is much worse than a broomstick….especially if you get hit in the head it’s like Mike Tyson hit you…pre-incarceration.
    • Sinnic, on 05/03/2008, -0/+1I'd pay to see you go at it with a lead filled purse vs. one of these guys.
  • Quote737, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2We said we wouldn't 1337 speak about this.
  • LucasNeff, on 05/01/2008, -2/+0To bad the book came out in 1996...
  • xombiefarts, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3I was thinking this was going to be a parody. Would have been better to see some scrony/fat nerds trying to fight. Some one make this!
  • ahawks, on 05/01/2008, -0/+5Part of me knows I'm too big of a pussy to do that.
    The other part really wants to.
  • DrummerAndrew, on 05/01/2008, -1/+11Ok... that is NOT a big screen TV they're gathered around.
    • RyogaVee, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3its actually bigger in person. i found that funny too.
      • MrMacMan, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Um... don't know why you are digging him down, since he's been there.
        (at least he says he has and there was evidence up top that said he was)
  • bnniii, on 05/01/2008, -2/+1Are you kidding me? Don't talk about fight club!? Hell ya talk about it! Look for the big guy in the blue t-shirt and black shorts. That's me kicking ass on my first (and only) night. As hardcore as these guys are its surprising that there are only as many serious injuries as were mentioned. For those of you who think these guys are crazy... You are right. but Nerds? Not in the slightest.. These are a cool group of guys just goofing off and testing them selfs.
  • IAmTomCruise, on 05/01/2008, -0/+0Larping?
  • htnguyen, on 05/02/2008, -0/+2"i am jack's Blue Screen of Death"
  • jinsundo, on 05/02/2008, -1/+1What a bunch of nonsense. I never heard of a 'fight club.'
    • rasmasyean, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1You should check out some youtube clips with teenages fighting for the camera. It's not as "organized" in some rich dude's basement with expensive sets and "safety measures". But all in all, people just fight to pass time I guess. LOL
    • ChristianMagic, on 05/02/2008, -0/+2Well just be sure not to talk about it.
  • jasonh1234, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1Where do I sign up?!
  • NCfan991, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1Paintball anyone?
  • ek3s, on 05/02/2008, -1/+1Fight Club is a book.
  • soulkitchen, on 05/02/2008, -0/+2Dugg for facial collapse.
  • donkeySays, on 05/02/2008, -2/+1***** pussies, go taunt a cop or a ***** gangsta.
  • culturedredneck, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1i can see the appeal of a fight club, but some of the things looked a bit creepy. the worst part was the pop-psychology and "holier-than-thou" attitude of the ESPN guys who make their living talking about other people's accomplishments.
  • Fetching more discussions...
    Show 51 - 52 of 52 discussions
  •  

    Login or register to add a comment

    Create a new account or login to join in the conversation on Digg. You'll also be able to Digg stories to help promote things you like.


© Digg Inc. 2008 — Content posted by Digg users is dedicated to the public domain.
DIGG, DIGG IT, DUGG, DIGG THIS, Digg graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and other service names are the trademarks of Digg Inc.