Re: Ultimate Fighting & MMA
A rebel doesn't care about the facts. All he wants to do is yell... Any story sounds true until someone tells the other side and sets the record straight.
Proverbs 18:2, 17
I used to live in the Condo's right next to Shooters...the Country Club Condo's.
Banyan Drive was not like this when I left Hilo in '97.
Most of the people that conglamorate in that area NOW are actually from out of Hilo town and have no other places to hang out after hours...
The problem lies more with the fact that there is not enough bars and/or things for people to do in Hilo at times.... so what do they do...they drive around...go party party... Drink and Drive...etc... then when nothing better to do... or run out of Alcohol...(cause Alcohol sales do end at 11:00 in Hilo..) they want to go into an establishment and have a drink.... there are only maybe 3-4 places to go to after hours in Hilo and some 2000 plus drinkers during an event like this....
You said it best that Blaisdell had the problem of fights and it has now mellowed out.... Big Island just started having MMA recently and having bouts at the civic....Instead of Beefing inside of the Civic ... they are told to take there problems elsewhere.... thus, allowing them not to be so associated with fighting because of MMA at the civic... Kind of like "take it outside" however, it tends to spill down onto banyan drive...which is less than a 1/4 mile from the Civic... The Alcohol, Combined with I'm sure some Drugs, as well as Stupidity... as WELL as the "Fighters Mentality" that many MMA artists have along with their "POSSE" can create some chaos....
Remember what happened outside of Zanzabar with BJ PENN here on OAHU?
Anyone remember back in about 1999 when MMA fighters were targeting UH Football players to "pick" fights with...?
A rebel doesn't care about the facts. All he wants to do is yell... Any story sounds true until someone tells the other side and sets the record straight.
Proverbs 18:2, 17
I used to live in the Condo's right next to Shooters...the Country Club Condo's.
Banyan Drive was not like this when I left Hilo in '97.
Most of the people that conglamorate in that area NOW are actually from out of Hilo town and have no other places to hang out after hours...
The problem lies more with the fact that there is not enough bars and/or things for people to do in Hilo at times.... so what do they do...they drive around...go party party... Drink and Drive...etc... then when nothing better to do... or run out of Alcohol...(cause Alcohol sales do end at 11:00 in Hilo..) they want to go into an establishment and have a drink.... there are only maybe 3-4 places to go to after hours in Hilo and some 2000 plus drinkers during an event like this....
You said it best that Blaisdell had the problem of fights and it has now mellowed out.... Big Island just started having MMA recently and having bouts at the civic....Instead of Beefing inside of the Civic ... they are told to take there problems elsewhere.... thus, allowing them not to be so associated with fighting because of MMA at the civic... Kind of like "take it outside" however, it tends to spill down onto banyan drive...which is less than a 1/4 mile from the Civic... The Alcohol, Combined with I'm sure some Drugs, as well as Stupidity... as WELL as the "Fighters Mentality" that many MMA artists have along with their "POSSE" can create some chaos....
Remember what happened outside of Zanzabar with BJ PENN here on OAHU?
Anyone remember back in about 1999 when MMA fighters were targeting UH Football players to "pick" fights with...?
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