Jarrod Wyatt, a U.S. cage fighter, is charged with a horrific crime of removing the beating heart of his training partner Taylor Powell and ripping him apart. He insists that he snapped after drinking tea spiked with hallucinogenic mushrooms — causing him to believe that the partner was possessed by the devil.
The police found the 26-year-old standing naked over his friend’s body with body parts strewn around the room in Klamath, California. The trainer, 21, bled to death after the removal of his heart.
It is sometimes said that the best criminal defense is often found in the worst cases since insanity is more believable when the act is incomprehensible. This would certainly fulfill that criteria but Wyatt will have a difficult time with an insanity defense which has been made more difficult since the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, (here and here).
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Chris,
That’s your problem right there then. Marines are trained to kill, not for self-defense. While the skill sets overlap, they are not the same thing. One studies traditional martial arts in the hope of never having to use it. “The best way to avoid trouble is not to be there when it starts.” – Morihei Ueshiba (referred to as Ōsensei or “Great Teacher”). If you don’t recognize the name, he’s the founder of Aikido. Or try this one on for size. “For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.” – Sun Tzu.
True MA teaches that killing an opponent is the last resort, not the primary goal. Not killing your opponent is the only thing that separates MMA from gladiatorial combat.
Ouch!
I must agree with Jericho – In my youth, my sister and I experimented with mushrooms. The worst thing that happened to us was that we laughed so much, it inhibited our ability to walk, so we just sat and laughed for a few hours. This guy is just a psycho.
The object of boxing is to beat the crap out of your opponent and it is much less safe than MMA. Look at Helio Gracie and then Muhammad Ali and tell me who looks like they had the crap beat out of them.
MMA fighters are mostly former college wrestlers and brazilian jui-jitsu professionals. Joe Blow doesn’t just show up with 50 street fights and then step in the ring.
A bunch of people who attend races and enjoy watching 200 mph car accidents? There have been more deaths in NASCAR than in sanctioned MMA fights.
MMA is not the same as it was in the early 90’s when their were no rules and no weight classes. It is no different than a boxing, wrestling and martial arts.
And as far as my fighting experience goes Ive had my fair share. While Ive never been in a dojo I do have quite a bit of training in MMA that I received in Marine Corps.
Chris:
the object is not to beat the bejeebers out of someone with those sports. Just give them [cage fighters] swords or clubs and really do what the crowd that watches that crap wants – blood and death. It may be technical but it is not a sport, it is a low level gladiatorial combat. I think the Romans started out that way and look where they ended up.
And obviously it is the right of the “contestants” to enter into a contract that allows them to beat and be beaten. They probably already have “underground” snuff fights. The entire thing is a spectacle that should not be condoned. I have my opinion as to why these things are even popular but that is a long essay.
I know not all people who watch that stuff are pussies but I bet a good many are.
Chris,
Spoken like a man who’s never been in either a dojo or a street fight.
And NASCAR fans aren’t barbarians. They’re the same kind of people who think watching a dog chase its tail is the height of entertainment. Or staring at the sun. Which puts them in the same class as golfers: people playing fetch without a dog and paying a lot of money to do so.
Chris,
So then boxing, football, hockey, nascar are all barbaric sports as well and their fans can be considered pussies?
Not at all, look at Mickey Roark. Boxing did him a world of wonders. Hockey, not in my book, the players are even too psychotic for the marines. nascar, Come on, that started out as moon shiner trying to out run the revenuers. White-lighting, Jet Fuel can make a car go faster and faster….. No Lead…..
WOW!!
Buddha:
I am starting to worry, we have been in agreement a good deal lately 🙂
So then boxing, football, hockey, nascar are all barbaric sports as well and their fans can be considered pussies?
MMA is no more of a street fight than boxing is and is quite a bit more safe.
I’ve studied marital arts for years. What Byron says is correct. MMA is a blood sport, not a martial arts competition. Does it take technical skill? Yes it does. But so did being a Gladiator. The goal of marital arts is self-defense, not street fighting. They teach you some of those techniques for extreme life threatening circumstance, not to beat people to a pulp for entertainment purposes. A barbaric sport for barbaric people in what is becoming a barbaric society.
Bread anyone? We’ve found the circus.
This guy retarded? Can he spell his own last name?
I’ve done enough shrooms, never significantly lost my rationality or sense of reality however.. but I guess if you don’t have those at all to start from…
Don’t blame the drugs for your funked-up mind, Sonny. I wouldn’t hesitate a second to put this sorry excuse for a human out of his misery. Let ‘m have that personal encounter with the devil for real this time.
I did not know it was physically possible to rip the heart out of another human being with your bare hands
Byron,
Its not just a street brawl. MMA is extremely technical and I have heard it is actually more safe than other violent sports like football or boxing.
This guy is an insane asshole. But so are Mike Tyson and O.J. Simpson.
Forget about the violent murder. This guy should be in Federal prison for his haircut.
AY:
is my spelling and grammer off?
Sorry Nal,
Bryon, I am not shocked.
Nal,
I am shocked.
what do you expect from cage fighting? It is just a street brawl with the only end being to beat the living stuff out of your opponent.
They may as well give them weapons and return to the Coliseum of Rome. It is entertainment for pussies pure and simple.
And the winners victory dinner is the heart of the loser. Hail to the chief, Hail to the Chief. Bwanna win. . . . .