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Gregory
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04.29.2014 | 11:14 PM ET

Competition reigning champion @joe kerr decides to pay homage to the cult classic flick "Highlander."

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Ronwah
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05.03.2014 | 3:51 PM ET

Unsure if it's coincidence or the source of inspiration - but one of the events this week has a highlander theme :)




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05.03.2014 | 5:24 PM ET

@Ronwah: Yeah, the event is organized by this Nazi-gym in Halle/Germany, the same gym where Benjamin Brinsa is a member of. Actually, I was surprised to find it on Tapology.

* Edited at 05.03.2014, 5:25 PM ET *

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05.03.2014 | 5:35 PM ET

Didn't know that, Voss. You can see that it's been covered by Tapology in the past, Sherdog too. 

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05.03.2014 | 5:40 PM ET

That's the thing, it's almost impossible to know, unless you lived in this region like me for some time and got to know those kind of people.

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Gregory
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05.03.2014 | 5:42 PM ET

Any way to document it?

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05.03.2014 | 5:45 PM ET

Not that I don't believe you but all the major German MMA new sites cover them too - I see groundandpound.de are there tonight for instance.
Is it the promotion/club itself or just certain individuals? 

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05.03.2014 | 6:03 PM ET

It's certain individuals, but the main guy there obviously tolerates it, otherwise they wouldn't be allowed to be members. So I would reason that the people there have similar attitudes and political views. You have to know that most of these guys were or still are members of the avid soccer fan/hooligan scene in that region. Unfortunately these mostly lower league clubs have huge violence problems in their fan bases, furthermore the fan bases are for the most part either right-wing or left-wing. What I know is, that Benjamin Brinsa and some other guys are avid members of the 1. FC Lok Leipzig fan base, which is as brutal and right-wing as it can get.

* Edited at 05.03.2014, 6:05 PM ET *

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Ronwah
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05.03.2014 | 6:07 PM ET

That's sad to hear mate.
I was aware of the Brinsa alleged nazi links but didn't know it linked back to la familia

I've just found this article - http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/438251/Recently-signed-Benjamin-Brinsa-flatly-denies-neo-Nazi-allegations/

I'm going to give it a read.

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05.03.2014 | 6:15 PM ET

Thanks for the link! I haven't read this one yet!

Yeah, here it is in the article:

"•Brinsa is or was a member of the Leipzig-based hooligan group Scenario LOK;
•Brinsa’s MMA team, La Familia, has connections to the local Neo-Nazi scene;
•Brinsa used to help run a mail-order service for Neo-Nazi rock music."


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Gregory
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05.03.2014 | 8:38 PM ET

Not very flattering for La Familia...

Part of me says that Tapology is just listing factual information that these MMA events happened, just like you can read about any topic on Wikipedia.

However, there's a promotional aspect to it also. You can pick the fights, we show their posters, etc.

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05.03.2014 | 9:41 PM ET

at least this ones not as blatant as white rex pro that had swashtikas in their logo.

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05.04.2014 | 6:06 PM ET

Looking good for my second top 10 Finish or maybe even top 5 if I don't have a huge collapse. Keeping my fingers crossed.  :)
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05.04.2014 | 8:40 PM ET

Except I'm coming for you, only 35 points behind.  Its happening.

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05.05.2014 | 1:57 PM ET

sure looks pretty tight right now in the standings.
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05.11.2014 | 12:16 PM ET

Points Final!

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05.11.2014 | 1:03 PM ET


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