Off The Mat
- 8 weeks 1 day ago oxtine68
- 32 weeks 6 days ago Steve Kingsley
- 32 weeks 6 days ago KellanReyes
- 34 weeks 2 hours ago HaleyG
- 47 weeks 2 days ago youfantasy
- 1 year 3 weeks ago Brad Gaspard
- 1 year 16 weeks ago Marcello Monteiro
- 1 year 20 weeks ago hectorramirez12380
- 1 year 21 weeks ago mmaacupuncture
- 1 year 39 weeks ago Gumby
- 1 year 40 weeks ago sandra2
- 1 year 45 weeks ago HalfDome
- 2 years 6 weeks ago KibunInc
- 2 years 11 weeks ago KibunInc
- 2 years 12 weeks ago RichDaniels
- 2 years 12 weeks ago Scotty
- 2 years 12 weeks ago Scotty
- 2 years 16 weeks ago KibunInc
- 2 years 16 weeks ago tyrone_saephan
- 2 years 22 weeks ago Iceman778
- 2 years 23 weeks ago Sweet Armbar
- 2 years 23 weeks ago KibunInc
- 2 years 24 weeks ago PathOfNames
- 2 years 25 weeks ago PhillyBJJ
- 2 years 27 weeks ago Scotty
- 2 years 29 weeks ago Scotty
- 2 years 29 weeks ago Scotty
- 2 years 31 weeks ago bjjbo
- 2 years 33 weeks ago KibunInc
- 2 years 36 weeks ago BlackBelt
- 2 years 42 weeks ago KibunInc
- 2 years 44 weeks ago BlackBelt
- 2 years 44 weeks ago Scotty
- 2 years 45 weeks ago Scotty
- 2 years 48 weeks ago Scotty
- 2 years 48 weeks ago Scotty
- 2 years 48 weeks ago Scotty
- 2 years 49 weeks ago KibunInc
- 3 years 8 hours ago KibunInc
- 3 years 8 hours ago KibunInc
- 1 of 6
- ››
Who's Online
Who's New
Presidential Smackdown! POST your favorite president week!
Mon, 2010-02-15 17:59 — Anonymous
Yeah, it's Presidents Day and I didn't get the day off! At least my boss's phone died and he can't talk right now. So I'm going to post about my favorite president -T.R. Yeah, I know he's badass, but it was the easiest and I get to do this first! He could really throwdown!
Teddy Roosevelt - Martial Art: Boxing

I like Theodore Roosevelt because of the way his life changed from a boy. He was sickly and weak for the beginning of his life. Asthma had him down but began running, training and gained control. His energetic persona would carry him to one of the highest offices, cleaning up the country along the way.
This fearless outlook on life inspired me to never accept anything less than the best from myself. That is why he is my favorite.
Do you have a favorite? Post below and why.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| young Teddy Roosevelt.jpg | 55.65 KB |
Tagged: Off The Mat, Presidents Day
- Login or register to post comments
-
Printer-friendly version


I heard obama knows kung fu
I heard obama knows kung fu
yea thats what i heard
LOL Funny shit
LOL Funny shit
abe lincoln was a badass!
My vote would have to be for Lincoln. Not only did he free the slaves but he was the tallest president (at 6 foot 4) and he could whoop some ass! His finisher was the 5 Dollar Express followed by the Log Driver:

Abraham Lincoln moved to New Salem, Illinois, in 1831. The Clary's Grove boys lived in a settlement near New Salem. They were a loud, reckless, frontier crowd who enjoyed fighting and drinking. They boasted they could wrestle better and hit harder than any other group throughout Illinois. At times they could also be generous and good-natured. Their leader was a man named Jack Armstrong. (The picture of Jack Armstrong is from the Lloyd Ostendorf collection).
Denton Offutt, in whose store Lincoln was a clerk, bragged that his employee was mentally and physically superior to any of the Clary's Grove boys. He openly said Lincoln could whip any man in the community. Hearing of Offutt's boasting, Jack Armstrong challenged Lincoln to a wrestling match. Lincoln accepted.
The entire town turned out for the fight. Offutt bet $10 Lincoln would win. Other residents wagered money, drinks, even trinkets and knives. Lincoln was 6' 4" and weighed 185 pounds, but Jack Armstrong was an experienced, formidable opponent. Although he was smaller than Lincoln, he was strong as an ox. The stage was set.
For a time, the two scufflers circled each other warily. They did some grappling and twisting, but neither man was able to throw the other to the ground. Slowly, Armstrong began to get the worst of it. Finally, Lincoln grabbed the bully by the neck, held him at arm's length, and shook him like a little boy. This aroused the Clary's Grove boys, and it suddenly appeared Lincoln might be attacked by an entire crowd of people. He backed up against the wall of Offutt's store and offered to take them on one at a time.
Jack Armstrong was impressed with Abraham Lincoln's display of courage. He came forward, took Lincoln's hand and shook it heartily. He looked at his friends and said, "Boys, Abe Lincoln is the best fellow that ever broke into this settlement. He shall be one of us." From then on, Abraham Lincoln and Jack Armstrong were the best of friends! He had a calming influence on the whole gang of Clary's Grove boys, and his charisma had the effect of repressing their violence. Jack and his wife, Hannah, even allowed Lincoln to stay in their home when he was periodically out of work.
Lincoln returned the favor in 1858. Bill Armstrong, son of Jack and Hannah, was accused of murder. Lincoln was the defense attorney, and the jury returned a not guilty verdict. After the trial (known in Beardstown as the famous "Almanac Trial"), when the topic of Lincoln's fee arose, he said, "Why, Hannah, I shan't charge you a cent - never. Anything I can do for you I will do willingly and without charges."
Many versions of Lincoln's wrestling match exist, only one of which is presented on this page. For example, in Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln by Douglas L. Wilson, a wrestling match eyewitness, Rowan Herndon, said that "after striving a long time without either man prevailing, Lincoln said: 'Jack, let's quit. I can't throw you - you can't throw me.' Armstrong agreed and the matter was ended in fun." The drawing of the wrestling match was painted for Esquire in 1949 by Harold van Schmidt. It might be added that, although Lincoln's wrestling ability was excellent, he wasn't unbeatable. On April 22, 1832, Lincoln was thrown in two straight falls by Lorenzo Dow Thompson during a wrestling match in Beardstown, Illinois.

Roosevelt could take Lincoln!
Maybe honest Abe had some ground game, but standing he would have gotten lit up by TR.
Not my favorite mind you....
but you didn't specify which country the President had to be from.

I'm more impressed/scared of his status as former head of the KGB however.
Nice one
If I was Russian I would have chosen him. Every country needs a badass leader. I second the fear for Putin.
Putin is scary, but...
I still think Lincoln could take em with his secret super-move..."the emancipator!!"

and no there are no rules on what country...badassness knows no borders