So Olympian Matt Lindland (Pictures) — for my money, the best middleweight in the game — has confirmed he’s inked a bout with vaunted heavyweight king Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures) to top a spring bodogFIGHT card.
Lindland, who normally doesn’t breach the low 190s in body weight, will be forced to deal with a good 20-30 pound weight deficit. And unlike most Davids, his Goliath has the skill set to match his bulk.
During his motivational speech in Glengarry Glen Ross, Alec Baldwin had a pithy term for Lindland’s brand of ambition — “Brass. Balls.” That a true middleweight would dare take on a true heavyweight, let alone the division’s top dog, is the definition of gamer.
The prospect got me thinking about other mixed martial artists who have stepped in against considerable physical or logistical obstacles. Win or lose, we never saw them sweat. Call their courage morbidly inspiring or just plain crazy; either way, they put their pair on public display.
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=6588
ahhh, poor Lindland, Hes gonna ge murdered.