Bas Rutten is the former UFC heavyweight champion of the world and one of the sport’s pioneers from the early days. He was really one of the first guys to successfully use a striking-based attack to defeat many of his opponents but also very importantly had the grappling skills to back him up.
Bas is also known for his unique, one of a kind sense of humor that he displayed in his famous ‘Bas Rutten street fighting’ videos that went viral several years back.
In the following video we get to see some more of Bas Rutten’s original style of humor in his new sketch comedy web series entitled ‘The Bas Rutten Experiment.’
In the inaugural episode of the series we see Bas trying to convince his agents that the show is going to be a hit in a number of humorous sketches.
One of the funny clips include Bas Rutten showing how to defrost a turkey like an MMA fighter – by beating it into submission of course.
Also included is a tutorial on what not to say to an MMA fighter in one of the more funny segments from the episode. Some of Bas’ suggestions include not annoying a fighter when they are cutting weight as well as not asking a famous fighter to sign a bunch of stuff. He also recommends that if you choose to approach a fighter, make sure you know a thing or two about them first to prevent any awkwardness.
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ABOUT BAS RUTTEN:
Sebastiaan “Bas” Rutten (born 24 February 1965) is a Dutch former mixed martial artist, kickboxer and professional wrestler. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion, a three-time King of Pancrase world champion, and finished his career on a 22 fight unbeaten streak (21 wins, 1 draw). FightMextrix wrote this when Rutten got inducted into the UFC Hall Of Fame: “FightMetric, the official statistics provider for the UFC, ran the numbers on Rutten’s career. They back up the Dutchman’s inclusion into the UFC Hall of Fame and then some. In the 4-hours, 27-minutes and 8-seconds he spent as a pro fighter, Rutten scored 13 knockdowns without getting dropped himself, his significant strike accuracy was 70.6%, the highest FightMetric has ever recorded, attempted a record 53 submissions and successfully swept his opponents a record 46 times.” From 2007–2016, Rutten was the co-host of Inside MMA on AXS TV. [Source: Wiki]
