If its so good, how come Fudebakudo has never been used in the UFC?
Actually Fudebakudo has been used to devastating effect in several fights in the Ultimate Fighting Contest (UFC). However, because of the secrecy of the art, in each case the fighter concerned wrote the name of another martial art on the entry form, so Fudebakudo’s involvement was not credited. However, ever since a controversial incident late in the summer of 2000, Fudebakudo has not appeared on the UFC. The fight between undeclared Fudebakudo stylist Gary “The Squid” Gyre and a Cuban kickboxer was interrupted several times by the organisers of the UFC, following complaints from the technical crew who were recording the event. They claimed that certain shading techniques Gyre was using were causing pixelation artefacts (also known as “the jaggies”) on their pictures, which were consequently unfit for broadcast. After a number of stoppages and ensuing protests, the fight was allowed to continue to a conclusion, but Gyre, his confidence gone and his rhythm clearly broken, was convincing
