#tarec

[theanticool]

Tarec Saffiedine: Leg Kick Tactics

By: The Fight Site

God, another great fighter forgotten by time: Tarec Saffiedine. One of the best in the world at kicking the legs and here, Feño of the Fight Site breaks down how he used them to take opponents out of the fight.

[shrinkrants]

"I've seen this guy at Starbucks in Marin City several times. Every time I’d see him I'd tell myself that I would take him to lunch but always found an excuse not to. Today was different. It might have been selfish but I was lonely. I didn't want to spend the whole day alone. I walked up to him, put my hand on his shoulder and said 'do you want to have lunch with me?'

Tarec Atkinson was born and raised in Jamaica. When he was a kid, he dreamt of being a famous football (soccer) player. He was recruited to play in school but never got the opportunity because of some trouble he got in as a teenager. He moved to the states 8 years ago and has spent the last 12 months living in a tent by the side of the freeway. Tarec goes days without eating, sometimes living off of the berries he picks, he spends 90% of his time alone and has no friends and no family in the states. After hearing it had been a month since he bathed, I brought him back to my apartment so he could enjoy a hot shower. Because of all these hardships, trying to get a job is impossible. How can you fill out an application when you haven't eaten in days? I told Tarec that I would drive around with him next week and help him fill out applications and even speak on his behalf to help him land a job so he can get back on his feet. We agreed to meet that Friday at 9:30 AM at Starbucks.

If we were going to make this happen, I knew we had to get Tarec some new clothes. We stopped at Ross so he could pick out a shirt and some slacks. I was blown away at the immediate change in his demeanor. His smile was radiant, he stood up straighter, and even walked with a swagger. I couldn’t convince him to tuck in his shirt. I guess you win some and you lose some haha. Next step was to hit the streets. We spent the next two days going door to door to see who was hiring. We went to Walgreens, CVS, Safeway, Home Depot, Molly Stones, and Starbucks just to name a few. I would walk in with him so he knew he wasn’t alone. It can be overwhelming to walk into a business and ask for a job. I was very proud of him. We had a few positive responses but the majority of business’s told us that applications were submitted online. Easy enough right? Wrong.

Tarec doesn’t have a computer. So we went to the local library and began filling out applications. And let me tell you something. We take our computer literacy for granted. Watching him struggle to fill out an application put so much into perspective for me. Some people judge our homeless. We’ve all heard someone say 'why don’t they just get a job?' or 'they’re lazy' I saw firsthand how the “system” is set up to fail people like Tarec. There is no way he would have been able to do any of this without my help. Just like there are many things in my life I have needed someone to help me overcome an obstacle. We all need a little help.

Like we all are, Tarec is searching for a purpose in life. He yearns for happiness. He craves for a woman to love and to feel the love from a woman. He wants to create a better life for himself so he could one day have a family and stability. He is just like you and me. My hope in sharing this story is that it will inspire others to spread LOVE. We all need help in one way or another. Sometimes all someone needs is a friend. Thank you for taking the time to read my story."

Credit: Adam August

[copied from world on facebook]

[dininimapentrumine]

FI SINCER ȘI IUBEȘTE-ȚI FRAȚII!

Încerc ca să vă dau un sfatNu-i de la mine-i din ScripturăFiți tare-atenți, fiți înțelepțiCu vorbele, ce ies din gură! Căci din cuvintele-ți rostiteÎți dai sentința veșnicieiPoți să fi scos fără de vinăSau osândit pentru vecie Știți, gura, transmite mesajeLe urcă chiar din magazieÎn inimă, acolo-s coapteȘi-apoi, servite-n veselie Of, mădular micuț, dar tareCe poți aprinde roata viețiiNimic…

[julieta-ravencrest]

My 6hr30min stream came out with this labor of.... Pain and burning lol I definitely think this costume is coming together nicely. Definitely the most intense thing I've ever done. . . ---- . . Wanna help support my costumes? No monthly commitment! Ko-fi.com/missravencrest . . ---- . . #projectebonblade #cosplayer #cosprogress #cosplayprogress #tarecgosatherestless #tarec #tarecgosa #deathknight #worldofwarcraft #wow #worbla #luminsworkshop #bluedragonflight #bluedragon #blizzardentertainment #blizzcon https://www.instagram.com/p/BnpqXoCgmcg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2eluqbfesalx

[thesportssoundoff]

Is this the main? 

[reelinplace]

[progressivejudaism]

"I witness G-d’s glory in nature and experience

Acceptance

Peaceand Love.

Shabbat Shalom”

[eaudrey35]

Republican senator calls for investigation into new school board chair

Republican senator calls for investigation into new school board chair https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10466289/GOP-senator-calls-investigation-new-school-chair-calls-white-people-socialized-racists.html?ito=native_share_article-masthead

@iamaffscandallover where did she lie at. U have a whole ass political party pandering to racism. U have a whole effort to denounce any teaching of black history lump it n as Critical Race Theory. Yet they get mad when ppl callout the truth

[orsacchiotto-rugbista]

[jewishmuseummd]

We Matter: Black and Jewish in America from Sixth & I Historic Synagogue

Mosaic Vision, a community-led group for racially and ethnically diverse Jews, hosts a conversation featuring April N. Baskin, Principal Life Coach of Joyous Justice Consulting, and Tarece L. Johnson, Ed.D, co-founder of Multicultural Jews, in conversation with Mosaic Vision leadership, Dee Sanae. At this critical time in our country, they’ll discuss navigating dual identities, what the Black Lives Matter movement means to them, and how the Jewish community and young professionals can be advocates for and take action to pursue racial justice.

[lostparcels]

Kingspan Tarec - a former APC customer

https://lostparcels.com/kingspan-tarec-former-apc-customer/

Kingspan Tarec - a former APC customer

#knowyourcustomer

“APC are not part of the network anymore” Logistics manager for Kingspan

At the time when these undelivered and unclaimed consignments passed through APC’s main depot, all they would have to do is externally examine the box and look up the potential customer:

Kingspan Tarec Industrial Insulation Ltd

Glossop Brook Road, Glossop

Derbyshire SK13 8GF

The local APC depot at the time was Direct Express Logistics Stockport Limited

I could tell that Kingspan had some connection with APC as some of the twitter accounts of its member depots were following them.

So there you go, another true owner that APC could have traced back goods to before they considered selling them on to me.

https://lostparcels.com/parcel-company-3/t/apc-overnight-kingspan-tarec-kooltherm-high-density-pipe-insulation-supports-100-x-67-x-40mm/

[disoforia]

yo te godi que la davi no es tarec

mafu bayer

[thesportssoundoff]

“Ugh, well I guess so” UFC TUF 28 Finale Preview

Joey

November 25th, 2018

Take a big long deep breath folks because we're about to delve ass deep into four major shows PLUS big time boxing all on the same week. UFC fans and Bellator fans will get to feast on events while Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury lurks as the big boy HW boxing clash we've been waiting some time for. The UFC's latest finale for its latest edition of TUF is up first on Friday and it's...well I don't know how to put it necessarily. I feel like it says a lot about THEIR confidence in the talent amassed that this TUF has 11 fights announced with one finale to go. The fights are UFC talents and not a lot of TUF talent so I think they may be aware that FWs and HWs were a stinky pairing. Beyond the two finales though, the proven name fights aren't that bad. RDA vs Kamaru Usman is your main event and I'm all smiles about that one as it's a competent solid headliner between two fighters who are top 10 at the very worst in their division. Joe Benavidez vs Alex Perez is a tremendous veteran vs prospect fight at 125 lbs (since that division still exists for a month or so) plus Bryan Caraway vs Pedro Munhoz is a "fun"-ish veteran vs veteran clash at 135 lbs. At the very least, we can have another long discussion about Pedro Munhoz's fight IQ. Some DWTCS prospects like Roosevelt Roberts, Antonina Shevchenko and Edmen Shabazyan take fights and the rest? Well the rest is the rest I guess.

Fights: 12 (?)

Debuts: Kevin Aguilar, Roosevelt Roberts, Edmen Shahbazyan, Antonina Shevchenko, Boston Salmon, Chris Guiterrez

Fight Changes/Injury Cancellations: 3 (Gilbert Melendez OUT, Rick Glenn IN vs Arnold Allen/Arnold Allen OUT, Kevin Aguilar IN vs Rick Glenn/Ashlee Evans Smith OUT, Ji Yeon Kim IN vs Antonina Shevchenko)

Headliners (fighters who have either main evented or co-main evented shows in the UFC): 4 (Joe Benavidez, Kamaru Usman, Rafael Dos Anjos, Bryan Caraway)

Fighters On Losing Streaks in the UFC: (Tim Means)

Fighters On Winning Streaks in the UFC: (Kamaru Usman, Ji Yeon Kim, Alex Perez, Darren Stewart)

Main Card Record Since Jan 1st 2016 (in the UFC):  19-10-1

Kamaru Usman- 6-0 Rafael Dos Anjos- 3-3 Bryan Caraway- 1-1 Pedro Munhoz- 5-1 Ji Yeon Kim- 2-2 Antonina Shevchenko- 0-0 Edmen Shahbazyan- 0-0 Darren Stewart- 2-3-1

Since this card has two finale fights on it, I went by the top four fights on Wiki, MMAJunkie AND the new UFC site.

Divisional Breakdown:

Bantamweight- 3 Middleweight- 2 Welterweight- 2 Lightweight- 1 Women's flyweight- 1 Flyweight- 1 Heavyweight- 1 Women's featherweight- 1

Too High Up- The TUF Finales

I know I know. The TUF finales have to be on the main card (otherwise why have the fucking finales, right?) but DO they? Are feelings going to get hurt if they're not on here? Is anybody going to write to their congressmen if the main card, likely to push the three hour range, has 30 minutes plus shedded off with the prelims having the finales? You're asking me to watch bad MMA (sorry but it is!) at like midnight. That hurts my feelings. It hurts everybody's feelings.

Too Low- Joseph Benavidez vs Alex Perez

If things stands as they are (and I'm betting they will change) then Alex Perez vs Joe Benavidez will be smack dab in the MIDDLE of the FS1 prelims. Not a prelim headliner mind you but in the middle of the prelims. That's too low. I understand the importance behind pushing fighters in divisions that are NOT falling apart (the Stewart/Shabaz fight and the TUF Finale fights) but this fight being in the middle of nowhere is just disrespectful to the highest degree. Alex Perez will probably do just fine at 135 lbs and Joe Benavidez, even if he's on a long slope decline, is still damn good. Let's not try to ruin this.

Stat Monitor for 2018:

Debuting Fighters (Current number: 32-40-1): Kevin Aguilar, Roosevelt Roberts, Edmen Shahbazyan, Antonina Shevchenko, Boston Salmon, Chris Guiterrez

Short Notice Fighters (Current number: 31-30):  Kevin Aguilar, Ji Yeon Kim

Second Fight (Current number: 39- 33-1):  Raoni Barcelos, Ricky Rainey, Khalid Taha

Cage Corrosion (Current number: 22-37):  0

Undefeated Fighters (Current number: 31-23-1):  Antonina Shevchenko, Roosevelt Roberts, Edmen Shahbazyan

Keeping An Eye On But Not Really; Fighters with at least four fights in the UFC with 0 wins over competition still in the organization:

Twelve Precarious Ponderings

1- It's a little wacky and dare I say gutsy that the UFC's big push on this TUF Finale card would be the three prospects (Roosevelt Roberts, Antonina Shevchenko and Edmen Shahbazyan) who were found off of DWTCS. The Contenders Series has basically become the TUF replacement of sorts; the spot where the real top unsigned talent heads off to find entry into the UFC. TUF is on his 28th US season with over 33 worldwide (three in Latin America, three in Brazil and one in China off the top of my head) so it's not a surprise it's lost some steam at this point. It just is a stark reminder of the power of a new idea in MMA; the TUF dudes who kill themselves for weeks to make weight and fight in an intense tournament style of a lesser interest than the Contender Series guys who exist to get the big thumbs up from Dana White. That's tough to consider but probably where things stand in MMA and will stand going forward.

2- So what happens with the next season of TUF? It was leaked that the new UFC production building will hold the Contender Series, live boxing and kickboxing (as well as other sports like Wushu and amateur wrestling)---but will also be the home for TUF. That is also the case apparently for the China PI as well. At this point the question becomes where TUF will air and not whether or not it'll continue. TUF 29 is coming in some form or fashion and all I hope is that they find a way to shake this format up a smidge. I'm basically dead to the idea that it won't happen and am accepting it. Just try to do SOMETHING with it besides "Here's the content, take it!"

3- I really really really really hope they just abandon the whole "Coaches fight each other!" set up and roll with using the spot as a way for old names to get a payday without fighting. There are plenty of legends out there they're on good terms with who can do some coaching. Use that power for good, man.

4- How badly does Kamaru Usman need a finish? Usman was the back up for Till vs Woodley and figures to be the sort of dude who lives in an eternal state of being just "One fight away" from a title shot. I like Usman a lot----but in some ways he's a victim of his own success more than anything else. He has one finish since the TUF finale that brought him into the UFC and while dominant wins over Demian Maia, Sergio Moraes, Emil Meek and  Warlley Alves are absolutely impressive; he's in a division where either big finishers or big talkers are ahead of him. Colby Covington vs Tyron Woodley probably stalls him up his chances of an immediate title shot while Usman has to be cognizant of the fact that Ben Askren lurks in the background assuming Woodley loses to Covington AND Santiago Ponzinibbio is streaking up the rankings. There's also a gooey middle of the pack featuring every action fighter under the sun putting on big finishes and scary performances. That's not counting some Nick Diaz/GSP/Conor McGregor fuckery. RDA is a tough out for any fighter but Usman needs to make a big time statement or risk being the next Tony Ferguson type who was always "One fight away" from the title, requiring a borderline act of God to sneak in and snag an interim title.

5- Did RDA basically burn his last renaissance run? After bad weight cuts and a genuine improvement in talent at 155 lbs, Dos Anjos found hay at 170 lbs with wins over Robbie Lawler, Neil Magny and Tarec Saffiedine. He had a good fight vs Colby Covington but got outworked and outhustled for the most part. Covington jabbed him with frequent regularity, kept RDA reaching on his strikes, gave him no space to breathe and just outhustled him in the clinch and on the feet. Usman is very similar to Colby except his striking is a lot better and his cardio is better too. This is a tough matchup to RDA and you gotta wonder if he's about to go from potential money fight recipient vs Conor McGregor to high level gatekeeper at 170 lbs.

6- The fight between Edmen Shahbazyan and Darren Stewart is an intriguing one. Darren Stewart was one of the better prospects out of Cage Warriors; a fun as shit action fighter who could brawl with the best of them, hit crazy hard and seemed to have the rare ever elusive "upside at 205 lbs" label. He struggled with four straight fights without a win in the UFC but basically saved his job with a FOTN loss to Julian Marquez. Since then he's gone 2-0 including knocking off Charles Byrd in a pretty big fight for him in September. Stewart might be rounding into form and even if his form is just "the guy at 185 lbs who has fun fights and scores the occasional nasty finish" then that's all fine and good to me. The UFC needs that as 185 lbs takes a turnaround. Edmen is a Ronda represented Edmund trained fighter who the UFC signed off a super quick knock out on Dana White's Tuesday Night Contenders Series. It was in many ways the sort of performance that catches the eyes of the UFC but his signing was obviously assisted by Dana's ties to Ronda. The fact he seems to be on the main card is only going to up the pressure.

7- Is Rick Glenn the worst 'good" featherweight on the roster? He's got a positive record in the UFC and has wins over Dennis Bermudez and Gavin Tucker.  He's facing short notice fighter Kevin Aguilar who is a really interesting signing. Few dudes bring the violence the way Aguilar has on repeated performances. The problem is Aguilar is up a weight class and has struggled at times with dudes like Glenn.

8- Gonna call Ji Yeon Kim upsetting Antonina Shevchenko. Might look stupid but you gotta call your shots in life!

9- Roosevelt Roberts vs Darrel Horcher feels like a set up for Roberts but I felt the same way about Madge vs Edwards so no chickens shall be counted before they hatch.

10- The bantamweight division is obviously loaded with talent on all levels but this figures to be a very intriguing step forward as two superb talents walk into the division. It took Raoni Barcelos a lot of time to get here but the 31 year old Brazilian made his UFC debut in July with a blow out win over Kurt Holobaugh. He's dropping down to 135 lbs where he'll draw debutante Chris Guiterrez on the prelims. The other big talent is Boston Salmon who will FINALLY make his UFC debut after being signed in July and then just sort of disappearing. Salmon is one of the rare talents to earn a deal despite not getting a finish and it has a lot to do with him just being an uber elite talent that the UFC had been scouting while he developed in LFA/RFA. He was supposed to face Khalid Taha who pulled out although wiki, the UFC site and MMAJunkie.com still has the fight up soooo....who knows?

11- Will any fighters besides the finalists appear on this card? Remember we're at 10 fights now with the finals getting added on Wednesday. Will this be the rare 14 fight card with both semi final fights?

12- Does this show end before 1:30 AM on the East Coast?

[reelinplace]

[uselessshit13]

January 12

51 Fred Mitchell pacific coast Light heavyweight champion

51 mars Bennet Texas women's champion

54 Gypsy Joe Midwest junior heavyweight champion

55 Bill Melby Utah heavyweight champion

57 John Smith Florida southern champion

59 fabulous Kangaroos nwa rocky mountain tag champs

59 Jesse James Memphis southern junior heavyweight champion

61 Ramon Torres San Francisco pacific coast champion

63 pone kingpetch wba flyweight champion

64 Bull Woods Blackie Hill Florida tag team champions

68 Bobo Brazil WWA California world champion

71 ken Lucas city of Pensacola champion

73 tommy Gilbert Ed Wolfe Tennessee tag team champions

74 interns nwa mid America tag champs

74 ripper Collins nwa pacific northwest champion

76 tommy Gilbert bearcat brown Memphis southern tag champs

79 Tully Blanchard southwest champion

79 twin devil 1 nwa Los Angeles American champion

80 Austin Idol Georgia national TV champ

80 Kevin Von Erich nwa Texas American champion

80 Mr Wrestling 2 nwa Georgia champion

80 bob Roop Terry Gibbs icw Southeastern tag team champions

80 Carlos Colon wwc Puerto Rico champion

81 Rick Martel Quebec international champion

81 Barry Windham Florida heavyweight champion

82 Jumbo Hori all pacific champion

82 Bruce Hart Stampede British commonwealth mid heavyweight champion

85 Billy two eagles Don running bear nwa pacific northwest tag champs

85 Billy Chow wka kickboxing super Welterweight champion

85 Maurice Smith wka kickboxing heavyweight champion

86 Mr t world midgets champion

86 kamala Zambuie express Texas 6 man champs

87 Wendell Cooley Alabama champion

87 bob Bradley Texas heavyweight champion

90 angel Azteca nwa middleweight champion

91 Hector Pena wka kickboxing welterweight champion

93 Juan Martin Coggi WBA super lightweight champion

96 Brian Nielsen IBO heavyweight champion

96 fuerza Guerrera psicosis mexican national tag team champs

98 rock n roll express nwa tag champs

98 steiners wcw tag champs

01 Don Brodi NWA National champion

02 super crazy iwa hard-core champion

02 moondog Manson eccw hard-core champion

02 jazmynn viktoria nwa east sex champion

08 ginty vrede wbc muay Thai champion

09 jack swagger ecw champion

13 team dream futures ko d 6 man champions

13 Byron Wilcott nwa North America champion

13 tarec saffiedine strikeforce welterweight champion

13 Nikki Alder wibf super middleweight champion

14 Rick Mandel cwfh united heritage champion

14 Denise Kielholtz enfusion female flyweight champion

16 Alberto Delrio wwe us champion

18 Matt Sydal impact x division champion

18 Allie impact Knockouts champion

19 kenbai Tohoku junior heavyweight champion

19 Toni Storm nxt UK women's champion

19 electro iwa Caribbean champion

20 Tessa Blanchard impact world champion

98 outsiders wcw tag champs

17 moose impact grand champion

19 lucha brothers impact tag champs

19 grizzled young veterans nxt UK tag team champions

[theanticool]

Rafael dos Anjos Highlights

By: ThePsycho266

2017 has been a great turnaround year for Rafael Dos Anjos (27-9). After going 0-2 in his last bouts at lightweight in 2016, RDA moved up to welterweight where he’s found success going 2-0 with wins over Neil Magny and Tarec Saffiedine. He’ll be looking to go 3-0 on the year and possibly secure himself a title shot when he faces off with former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler (28-11). The two will headline UFC on FOX 26 this Saturday (Dec. 16).