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Bruce Lee was more than a kung fu star. He was a martial artist and philosopher, a master of Jeet Kune Do as well as the [expletive deleted] man. Surprising to Das FanHaus are the Dragon's close ties to the University of Washington. A student of philosophy in the 60s, Lee was known to give martial arts classes on the quadrangles and met his wife in Seattle. Sports By Brooks discusses his contributions to the Sea-Tac area and the group of UW students looking to build statue of Lee in honor of his impact on the Huskies.

While the article mentions that the proposed statue would have a meditative pose, we suggest something similar to the Bosnian tribute pictured at right, gold plated domination with a mid-nunchuk pose, waiting to strike inspiration into all.

Mirko Filipovic, better known to Mixed Martial Arts fans as "Cro Cop," can lay claim to being one of the world's baddest men, knocking opponents on the K-1, Pride FC, and UFC circuits out with kicks like the textbook roundhouse seen below:

Mirko, who earned the nickname "Cro Cop" as a member of an elite police force in his native Croatia, has also been moonlighting at another job: being a member of the Croatian parliament. Filipovic won a seat in the elections of 2003, and according to his Wikipedia entry, has focused on issues surrounding police funding.

It's difficult not to imagine Cro Cop sitting in his polka-dot briefs in his seat in Parliament, putting tubby legislators in arm bars until they agree to give his fellow policemen lavish benefits packages and extra vacation days. At least that's what we hope he does, since Filipovic will be returning to the police force as a member of Croatia's anti-terror squad when his term ends in November, and winning the boys at the office over with a little extra gravy in the paycheck department never hurts.

Following in the footsteps of many an NFL player's odd post-playing days career choices, former NFL wide receiver Johnny Morton eschewed law school or an easy deal working a trophy job at an insurance firm to test his mettle as a fighter in Mixed Martial Arts, a.k.a. K-1. You may know the sport better as "Late Night Headkickfest," since opponents can strike cleanly with pretty much everything save their corner stools, and often do.

Morton fought the Ivorian novice Bernie Ackah, and things went swimmingly for at least twenty memorable seconds. Then Morton helpfully walked directly into the path of Ackah's left hand, which was moving very rapidly toward Morton's face at the time.


Morton's head bounced off the mat, and the general horror-show feel of the KO had him taken to the hospital for observation. Morton's head was fine, but mental mistakes he made before the fight may end his MMA career before it began. Morton refused a drug test and was immediately suspended from fighting.

As for the winner Ackah...well, he's charitable in victory.

Said Ackah of Morton, "He needs more experience."

And a Whizzinator, evidently. For the fantasy NFL/K1 transfer draft, we're taking early dibs on Steve Smith, who once beat a teammate during a film session "like he had a bulldozer in his hand," according to eyewitnesses.