The Natural Born Killer

“The Natural Born Killer”

Carlos Condit was born April 26, 1984 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was training to become a mixed martial artist since he was a young child. He also enjoyed Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, kickboxing, and boxing. Carlos Condit is the “Natural Born Killer.” He is an american UFC fighter in the welterweight division. Before he was a UFC fighter he was in a now UFC owned company known as the World Extreme Cagefighting(WEC). He was the last reigning, defending, welterweight champion of the world before the UFC bought it and took it over. While in the WEC he fought people like Frank Trigg, Dan Hardy, Jake Ellenberger, Brock Larson, Rory MacDonald, and Dong Hyun Kim. Multiple UFC websites named him the sixth best welterweight in the world. In his beginning years of the WEC Carlos Condit had a 5:0 record/undefeated streak. Because Carlos Condit was such a good fighter he was set to face George St. Pierre in the UFC for the welterweight championship. Not to long before the set date for the fight Pierre had suffered an injury forcing the match to not take place. Carlos was offered other fights but refused them all in order to wait for Pierre and have his title shot.

Carlos Condit has an arsenal of moves as does every sport fighter. These are Carlos Condit’s signature move set. First, his rear naked choke. This is his best and most feared submission. First off a rear naked choke is performed by wrapping your legs around the opponent so they cannot escape, and by placing either your forearm or inner elbow across the throat or jugular artery causing the opposer to either “Tap out or pass out”. Another move that he throws is the flying knee. To perform the flying knee all you do is simply run, jump, and hit them in the face with your knee; but what makes it so special for him is that he doesn’t always jump so high and that midway through he will grab your head and bring it towards his knee so it could extremely damage your body or getcha’ right in the jaw instead of the face or forehead. The way he would almost always land the knee is that he would throw some *fear punches* and some front kicks so they would step back or get their back up against the cage. Then Carlos would throw the flying knee.

Another signature move is actually more of a style/technique. He uses a Muay Thai fighting style while also being extremely aggressive towards the opponent. Muay Thai moves include the Muay Thai clinch, a vast majority of kicks to his use, increased body control, and well-timed and extremely powerful strikes. Carlos is not to crazy though, he likes to also keep space and not get *rocked*. Condit usually goes for the body but also likes to mix it up and go for the legs and combos to the head. He also conserves a lot of his energy throughout the fight so when he sees that his opponent is tiring he will swarm you with 110% of kicks, knees, and punches not stopping until the referee stops him, or until he runs out of that energy, but it usually goes to him getting pulled off by the ref and his hand raised by knockout.

The way he uses leg kicks is that when he notices that his opponent is starting to feel comfortable or  is getting in the rhythm of when said opponent is to strike Carlos. He stops that rhythm dead in it’s tracks by throwing a light leg kick to knock them off balance or a strong as a kick he can throw to almost immobilize his opponent. The way Condit outsmarts his opponents is the best in my opinion because he will start the combo with a front kick and if the opponent steps back Condit will come forward at him with a flurry of light punches or a couple full-force punches to rock them and throw the flying knee. If the opponent steps forward for a counter hit Carlos will counter that counter, step back, and return back to his original stance and keep fighting.  Another thing about his knees is that he loves to get in the Muay Thai clinch and throwing his knees into his opponents face.

Carlos Condit has almost a perfect clinch and stand-up game. His only flaw is that he cannot be on his back. Offensively he will almost never think of “shooting the gap” or going for the takedown. The only thing he will try and look for is a trip in the clinch if he feels confident enough to end the fight there. The reason that he can’t be on his back is that he can’t get out. If someone gets him in half guard he is done. Even though Condit doesn’t usually go for takedowns, he will usually try to reverse the takedown. Such as if the opponent shoots for a single leg takedown he will almost always use the kimura arm lock and flip on top of you for a vicious ground and pound.

Some fun facts are that he is a black belt in Gaidojutsu and knows how to apply submissions. One thing about that is he has yet to finish a fight via submission in his career. The only thing Carlos can do on his back is that he will keep the tightest guard he can and then when he sees an opening or some type of tiring he will hit you with all the elbows he can throw at you. A lot of fighters who know about Condit’s guard is that they will usually get off of the ground with him. One move that Carlos Condit rarely does on his back is that he will go to a butterfly guard. He barely uses it ever bet is very good at this position. The most ways he wins and is most successful with is that he the “Natural Born Killer” should just always be on the offensive and and throw as much flurries as he can while maintaining that energy. Not many people will be able to withstand the cardio and combos that Condit throws for five-five minute rounds. Carlos Condit has been on a “break” still waiting for George St. Pierre(a.k.a GSP) to be ready and cleared to fight and when that time comes he will be back in the UFC. Carlos Condit is the Natural Born Killer.

Epic Poet sesh

Games

Games are sometimes to blame for head pain

People get slain

After playing you feel sorta drained

Your legs get so cramped you may need a cane

Some games require to use your brain

You’re havin’ so much fun you spill your drink and and get a stain

Racing games make you take the fast lane

War games have you go through history

Some of those games about war have a lot of consistency

Some of them are in your face and say, “LISTEN TO ME!”

Then you have education

It can help you get your degree

You celebrate

“Hey Ma, do ya see”

A lot of people say education is key

You got all sorts of games

Music

It is soothing

A calm and moody feeling

Leaving you needing

For more

Music

Space

It leaves you quite queasy

A feeling that is not so easy

Weightlessness

No gravitational pull

Air is null and void

It is literally breath-taking

History in the making

Apollo

Nobody went solo

A BOLO

Aliens

Heat

It could leave you feeling beat

Don’t take a seat in this blistering heat

In the summer it repeats

After the winter season

The people give this heat a pleasin’

Cold

Cold as ice

Counters the hot flash

Snow will melt very fast

If surrounded by a “Ring of Fire”

Sung by Johnny Cash

Food

You could bake a cake

Eat it during a picnic at the lake

Be romantic and bring steak

A late night spiel

Over the delicious meal

Rhyme Sesh.

Kale

Christian Bale

Monkey tail

Flail

You so pale

Now you are in jail

You decide to bail

Ride a sail

Boat

You need a coat

No need to gloat

In a swimming pool you should float

People own goats

Super soak

British people call you a bloke

You are broke

Don’t eat so fast you will choke

Don’t be so low

key

Honey-Bee

Jet li

Let me see

Yellow bus

Little kids shouldn’t cuss

Or fuss

It is okay to say crap

You may get a slap

Go play baseball and get a bat

Don’t get a splinter from a slat

-Angelo C.

Criss Angel Bio

Criss Angel

Criss Angel is one of the best magicians/illusionists whom I have ever seen. In my own opinion. He was born in New York in 1967. His full name is Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos. He had two brothers JD and Costa. His childhood was a fun one of sorts. His mom was very fascinated on what her son could do. He could do so many things as a little tot. One thing he could do that was pretty advanced for his age, was that he could levitate. For those who don’t know what levitate means it means that he could float in mid-air with no strings attached. A lot of people were amazed on what he could do for his very young age. He was most interested in magic when he was seven. In his words he was hooked and that he could feel the power that the adults did when he saw them perform. His very first live performance was when he was twelve at his neighbor’s birthday party. He made ten dollars. After that he regularly did shows at restaurants. He said that on a good night that he could make a minimum of $100.

After completing high school he didn’t attend college but chose to pursue a full time focus on magic. His parents greatly disagreed his decision to skip college. He said that his parents thought that becoming a magician was in a way stupid. Criss’ parents really were set to have their three sons go to college and become lawyers.

After “defying” his family's wishes he started touring with different acts. When he was traveling and performing he studied the art of magic even more to try and perfect his acts. He didn’t always focus on magic though. He also dabbled in dance, martial arts, and mysticism. In Criss’ words he thought that it was practical.

Criss’ television debut was in 1994 on an ABC one hour special called Secrets. In 1998 he had performed at Madison Square Garden. That show was named Criss Angel: World of Illusion. It was for a Halloween convention. He played that same ten minute show 60 times a day all through the twelve day convention. While doing that he received his big break in his career. After the convention he landed a permanent show at the Underground Theater in Times Square. Then he made a t.v show called Criss Angel: Mindfreak. The show was an up close look at his shows and behind the scenes. The show started in 2001 and ended on September 8, 2010. It had a total of six seasons.

We have talked about his life, his shows, now let's talk about his signature or mostly popular moves he does in his shows. First and probably the one he does the most is levitation. It is a pretty sceptical move mostly because they can’t believe it unless they are they’re to test. Then once they are proven wrong they still believe that it is a fake trick. When Criss does this maneuver he usually does it with flare and style. Meaning he will get in a barrel filled with weights, sink underwater, and levitate while still in the barrel with the chains dangling under the barrel at least five feet in the air. Not only would he levitate himself, but he would levitate almost a whole crowd of people sometimes! Actually in one of his tv specials he taught you how to levitate. Of course not to many people successfully did it. But they practiced it. I don’t know how many people actually learned how. His next signature set of things that he did was escaping lots of tough situations. There has been a whole thirty minute program of his escape acts. The one reason why he did these escapes is because his idol in magic was the one and only Harry Houdini. He has done a plethora of escapes. I will name them from most dangerous to easiest for Criss Angel in my opinion. Being buried in six to ten feet of hardening cement, the explosive car bomb, the one hundred foot box, the underwater straitjacket, Bow catch. The cement grave was one of the most dangerous tricks ever. He was chained in five locks, put in a casket, and if he did all of that he had to open the casket and dig his way through tons of hardening cement. The explosive car bomb is also a very dangerous escape. Criss was put into a truck and chained in five to eight locks, and only given one minute to find the small key in the massive truck before it would start moving and eventually plummet into a one to three hundred foot drop and explode into little magical bits. The next trick on my list was the one hundred foot box. This trick was that Criss Angel would be in this clear box to see him escape. It would be raised to one hundred feet. If he didn’t escape within a three minute time he would drop one hundred feet to the ground. He had to escape a straitjacket, five locks, and then he would raise his arms in victory if completed. The next trick is called in simple terms the underwater straitjacket. Criss will be put in a straitjacket whilst in the trunk of a car slowly being lowered into the ocean. The easiest one he has done in my opinion was the bow catch. He would simply catch a fully drawn back bow and arrow shot and catch it.

He has also had some fails. one that really comes to mind is when he tried to catch a nail. I know that may sound ridiculous, but he almost did it. Technically he caught it. The way he caught it was that the nail went through his hand and was stuck in the middle of it. He was immediately screaming in pain as he realizes that the nail is in his hand. He went into an ambulance and told the cameras to cut. This one really isn’t a fail as much as it was a prank on someone. One person wanted Criss to prank that person’s friend. The prank/trick was to scare the person’s friend. What Criss would try to do was to stop a guillotine to stop dead in its tracks with his mind. The friend was to pull the lever. Criss said “Go!” and the friend would pull the lever. The friend did what Criss asked. But when she pulled the lever it broke and the guillotine came down to fast slicing almost all the way through her friend's neck. The neck blood was fake but it looked real making that friend think that she killed her friend on an accident. Once she was told that it was a prank it was all fine and dandy.

Criss Angel was and is one of the best magicians in my opinion. He has set the bar high for any upcoming magicians and would be a good role model for any one wanting to be involved in magic.

God Of War Part 2

The God of War (Part 2)

Almost undershooting the Island, Kratos throwing his blades into the bottom of the land that the floating temple was on, Kratos started to fling himself up onto the Island until he reached the land. Once reaching the land he immediately started to go through the temple eventually meeting Theseus. Theseus was the gatekeeper of the temple so nobody could get to the fates. After the meeting Theseus wanted to confront Kratos and so he did. Not only trying to beat him Theseus wanted to ensure his victory by having a wave of cyclops’ and centaurs to help him. That plan sadly didn’t work. Kratos in his violent nature started to beat up Theseus with his bare hands. Kratos ended the fight by a brutal multiple kicks to the face. Taking the key from the Theseus’ waist, then opened the the door. Not expecting this, soon after opening and going in the temple, Kratos was greeted by the titan Kronos. Kronos also hating the gods, gave Kratos a power that would send out orbs. Kratos would use that power to clear the enemies that led to the golden fleece. The fleece (if used correctly) can deflect or absorb any attack and use it to his advantage. Allowing Kratos to further advance his “quest” to end the gods! Hours later Kratos encountered a familiar and formidable foe. Ares, this version of Ares was not a form of a god, but a form of the undead.

Ares escaped the underworld and hid away in the forest from everyone so he wouldn’t get captured. Coincidentally he found Kratos. In Ares mind he wanted his revenge. So he tried. He sent minions at Kratos. After triumphing over the souls of the undead Ares noticed his power and ran. Kratos wouldn’t let that happen. He jumped on the horse that Ares was on and was being dragged. After Kratos killed the horse he went ran towards Ares to kill him again. After the battle Kratos killed Ares for the second time.

Kratos had noticed Ares hammer which he used to summon those foul beings. Kratos took it. Another item to further him in his quest to kill the Zeus. Soon after Kratos encountered a lunatic, crazy, dastardly thing called Icarus. He is the son of Daedalus the creator of the labyrinth. Icarus noticed Kratos and thought he was an enemy, just like everyone else he saw. Icarus lunged at Kratos. Kratos overpowered against Icarus, through him down to the ground and ripped of the wings he had been born with. Leaving Icarus to bleed to death.

Kratos now having the ability to fly allowed him to even further his quest. Kratos almost out of this unholy forest encountered Euryale the gorgon queen (The  predecessor of Medusa after her death). Kratos knowing what Medusa had done before easily defeated Euryale collecting her head and using it the same way he used Medusa’s. So far Kratos has greatly increased his progress to defeat and kill the god Zeus.

After leaving Kratos finds the titan Atlas. Atlas has been punished by Zeus to carry the of the world. At first Atlas wanted nothing to do with Kratos. Then when Kratos explained what he was out to do Atlas wanted to join. Atlas pleased by being a hand in killing Zeus, gave Kratos the power known as the Atlas quake. Using this power to get back to where he needed to go. Another step to killing Zeus. Unexpectedly Kratos was faced against The Kraken ( A giant squid like beast of myth). The Kraken attacked Kratos with its slime that it shot from its mouth damaging him with little to none effect. The spit wasn’t for damaging, it was for tiring Kratos. Once Kratos was tired the Kraken grabbed and squeezed Kratos. Near death Kratos remembered what Gaia had said to him. Allowing Kratos to use the rage of the Titans. Kratos busting free and impaling one of the Kraken’s tentacles into the wall. Allowing Kratos to run up the arm and throw the head of the Kraken impaling it into the mouth of a draw bridge.

To Kratos’ surprise he somehow awakens the Phoenix. Kratos takes control of the Phoenix and flies to the temple of the fates. Kratos, came back to the temple to find at least one of the fates. He finally encountered Lakhesis. After a long fought and hard battle Kratos comes up the victor. After witnessing her sister’s death Atropos, the second sister. Finds nothing but hatred for Kratos. Kratos forcefully asked Atropos to take back to his embarrassing fight with Zeus. Atropos (Still having her hatred) tries to take him back in time. Not to the right one though. All the way back to when he killed Ares the first time. Kratos not fully going, kills Atropos. Bringing himself back to the present. After defeating two of the three sisters, Clotho the third comes to confront Kratos. Clotho who fully controls and defends the life of every mortal and god is defeated by Kratos.

Sending himself to the battle with Zeus. An extremely long battle. Leaving both men weary. Zeus with the upper hand stuns Kratos. Kratos surrenders. As Zeus goes in for the final blow. Kratos blocks it and pins Zeus’ hands into the rocks with his blades. Kratos grabbing the Blade of Olympus, almost delivers the final blow. Then Athena jumps between them. Zeus trying to escape does. Kratos accidentally killed Athena. Kratos gravely mourning over the slowly dying body of Athena. Before her death she uttered the words “You d-d-d-did this t-tt-t-to me.”. Staining him for however long he lives. Further increasing his vengeance to kill ZEUS!   TO BE CONTINUED….

John Cena

JOHN CENA(DO DO DODO)

John Cena was born April 23, 1977 in West Newbury Massachusetts. His full name is John Felix Anthony Cena. John was the second out of five others. John Cena was not just a wrestler he was also a division three all american offensive linemen. In 2000 he moved to California from the Bay state to become a bodybuilder. When he moved he had barely any money. He had a very small job folding towels and scrubbing toilets at Gold’s Gym in Venice Beach. With very little money he couldn’t afford an apartment meaning he had to live in his car. During that time in early 2000 he had an unlikely turn. As he was talking to a wrestler he mentioned that John should try wrestling in UPW. He had went to Ultimate Pro Wrestling (A.K.A UPW) which was an old wrestling entertainment developmental company.

As young child his father was a announcer and businessman for pro wrestling, so little John would stay glued to the t.v watching not only his dad but his favorite superstars like Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels. After a while in wrestling he was starting to rise. He was now known as “The Prototype”. He gave himself that name because of how he was a former bodybuilder, and that he had that kind of look. It didn’t take him that long once he started gaining popularity to gain and capture the UPW World Heavyweight Championship. After that he caught the eye of WWE executives. He had signed a developmental contract with WWE to go work at Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW).

After a year in developmental work he debuted in WWE on the show SmackDown in 2002. His first match was against Kurt Angle. Just two years later he beat the seven foot 500 pound giant known as The Big Show in “The Grandest Stage of Them All” WrestleMania to gain the United States Championship. In 2007 after winning many more championships he became the first wrestler ever to beat Edward “Umaga” Fatu. Umaga was known as the “Samoan Bulldozer”. Meaning he could tear through everybody, Which he did, except for John Cena. In that year after becoming so popular and his rapping skills he was known for a short time as “The Marky Mark of Wrestling”.

He was so popular and loved by many, that the talent he brought in the ring with him would be felt by the crowd in almost every match. His only talent wasn’t just wrestling. He was also a pretty good actor as well. Some of his movies are 12 Rounds, The Marine, and Legendary. I mentioned earlier that he was also a rapper. He didn’t just do movies and wrestle, he was a hip-hop rapper. He produced an album called “You Can’t See Me” which is also his theme when he comes out to the ring. The album “You Can’t See Me” was on the 2005 U.S Billboard chart at number fifteen. Ten years later in 2015 (now) he collabed with Wiz Khalifa to make a song for the video game WWE 2K15. Soon after he used his supreme acting skills in the comedic movie “Train Wreck” directed by Judd Apatow and written by comedian and film star Amy Schumer. He played as the “The sensitive bodybuilding boyfriend”. He said that the character he played was kind of like him.

In the WWE they have many partners and one of those is the Make A Wish Foundation which kids with diseases ask for a wish. John Cena has done and completed over 500 kids wishes. In the WWE he also had broken the world record of most title reigns in his career of fifteen title reigns. Not to long after that he accepted an interview with Larry King. What Larry King wanted to discuss was the newly launched fitness workouts and the WWE network. What we actually got from that was that John Cena had his first kiss in the fifth grade playing spin the bottle, the best prank pulled on him was when someone hid his WWE championship belt when he needed it for a television appearance, his favorite hobby besides WWE is weight lifting and a “decent” bottle of wine, his favorite hip-hop artist is Jay-Z, he thinks the best trash talkers around are between Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Ric Flair.

He has also had many nicknames throughout his career starting out with being called the Prototype, Dr. of Thuganomics, The Franchise, The Marine, The Champ, The Chain Gang Soldier, Super Cena, The Face of The WWE, and The Face That Runs The Place. Along with his many names he also has had many titles such as being the WWE champion fourteen times, being the United States champion six times, The Unified Tag Team Titles once, The Undisputed WWE championship three times, The WWE championship eleven times, and The WWE World Heavyweight championship four times.

John Cena didn’t always just fight normal wrestlers. He has fought actors, singing sensations, show actors or producers, and many more. He has also had many injuries. Some of them are his elbows, hips, knees, neck, and very bad cuts.

He has also had many rivalries. To me the most drawn out and formidable rival was none other than the best in the world. CM Punk. That rivalry went on for a whole year! Most WWE fans can’t forget the on and off again rivalries with the apex predator or the viper Randy Orton. They debuted in the same year. Meaning they were very considerable to end up in a rivalry. It all started in 2003. It was a normal match. Since they were both starting out they wanted to show that they were considerable for the WWE championship. So neither of them gave up. A couple of years later in 2009 Cena was the champion. Randy orton was the challenger. It was an “I Quit” match. Meaning whoever said “I Quit” lost the match. Midway through the match Randy handcuffed John to the steel post. Orton grabbed a bamboo stick and started to beat at his ribs. over and over for about three minutes. Orton kept asking Cena “DO YOU QUIT” John Cena kept saying no. Randy orton didn’t know what to do. While he was thinking Cena somehow escaped and used the bamboo stick and put Orton in his finisher the STF. Orton immediately said “I QUIT” and lost. John Cena has been in the WWE for thirteen years and is still going. In those years he will still have a legacy and will probably have a whole lot more championships.

The God Of War

The God Of War

This all started as a vengance-driven man known as Kratos killed his own wife and child. After that “accident”, Kratos was driven mad until he killed the god that made him kill his family known as Ares the previous God Of War. Kratos never stopped tracking him. Kratos even traveled through horrific sea storms and faced a three-headed sea monster known as the Hydra. Only to reach a war-torn Athens, Greece meaning that Ares was there. After a long battle to get to the center of Athens, Kratos saw the giant God form of Ares and was strongly tempted to kill him right there, but he knew he was never that strong.

Kratos actually talked to Ares but was still furious about what he had done. Ares mistake was telling him how to kill him. That power is called the Pandora’s Box. That holds the power to kill a god, which Kratos desperately wanted to uphold his vengeance for his family’s death. He started his long journey.

His first roadblock was Medusa. She (or it) can turn you to stone by her (or its) powerful gaze. After that hard-fought battle Kratos came on top by ripping the head off the body of Medusa. Now having the ability to turn people to stone, his journey to get the Pandora’s box was even closer.

Finally after going almost two thirds of Greece he reached Pandora’s temple. After completing long tedious tasks and challenging puzzles, he had to face Pandora’s Guardian; An almost 20 foot tall undead minotaur. Wearing almost impenetrable armor and using its giant hooves and claws it will be a final test for Kratos. Almost dead Kratos was victorious. He defeated the minotaur by lots of strategic attacks weakening it to the point where Kratos could RIP off it’s armor and shooting a ballista impaling it through the 2 meter thick door.

He had reached the box. Before Kratos could open it Ares sensed that Kratos was near the box. Using his (Ares) incredible weapon skills, through a pillar and impaled Kratos. Ares’ loyal minions retrieved the box for him. Kratos, presumed dead by Ares, was sent to the underworld. The Underworld is ruled by the god Hades. That is where the dead get their fate determined. Kratos, before he saw Hades, escaped the Underworld, which no mortal has ever done, but he wouldn’t be able to do it without the help of Zeus the Leader of the Gods also known as the god of lightning. Once returned to the overworld Kratos sought to find Ares. After finding Ares he saw that he had the box on his shoulder threatening that he would use the power in the box to destroy MOUNT OLYMPUS (the main home for the gods)! While Ares was distracted Kratos jumped on one of the flying minions and controlled it to get on Ares shoulder to open the box. After Kratos opened the box he became a GOD! Ready to fight Ares, the two fought in a giant battle. After a long hard fought battle the winner was Kratos. He became the new God Of War and sat upon the throne he so rightfully claimed. What Kratos didn’t realize was that when he opened the box the power was filled with hope and fear.

TO BE CONTINUED……...