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Tim Sylvia gunning for appearance on second season of 'Bully Beatdown'

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"I was bullied all through high school, where I was never a big guy. I grew and became a big guy. I still have a chip on my shoulder for all those assholes who picked on me and beat me up. If everything goes right, I will be on the second season of Bully Beatdown. What I want to pitch to them is, bring in one or two bullies that bullied me, and what I want to do is take the money -- the ten or twenty thousand dollars you win -- and donate it to charity, I don't need it."

Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia talks about going back to his high school days to take care of some unfinished business between him and a few callous bullies. "The Maine-iac" is coming off an embarassing ten second KO loss to former Olympic gold medalist and world heavyweight boxing champion Ray Mercer at Adrenaline III: "Bragging Rights" in Birmingham, Ala., on June 13. Sylvia is on a three-fight losing skid and has dropped four of his last five contests. After having his August 1 bout against Paul Buentello at Affliction 3 cancelled it seems Big Tim is going to look elsewhere to keep on fighting.

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I’d love to see him get knocked out by one of his high school bullies.

by carrotshirt on Jun 18, 2009 2:25 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

lmfao has any1 ever seen the blind date episode with tim in it………so funny and the girl rejects him…….tim jsut keeps going down man first a 48 year old boxer , now his childhood bullies with no mma past..good one tim

by JG on Jun 18, 2009 2:37 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is this the only way he can assure himself of getting a win.

I agree I think he will end up getting knocked out by one of the bullies!!

by Ca$z on Jun 18, 2009 3:53 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

of course you need the money timmy just get plastic surgery and become a new man so know one recognizes you anymore and were all happy

by Jared on Jun 18, 2009 7:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You guys are funny. Dude got KO’d by a former professional HW boxer and Fedor Freaking Emelianenko. He’s still a former UFC HW champ and still dangerous.

by wAyNe on Jun 18, 2009 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he is a disgrace and will go down as the most boring champion in the history of the UFC!

He should just OFF HIMSELF and do the world a favor!

by JOhn G on Jun 18, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Easy John, he aint no kiddie fiddler!

by attakdog on Jun 18, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think Tim seems like a nice enough guy, and I have nothing against him as a person. I don’t like him as a fighter, but I still don’t understand why he is hated with such venom.

by naturalshadow on Jun 18, 2009 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Because he plays his fights safe and his last two fights have lasted a total of 30 seconds. Tim needs to re invent himself or step out of the spotlight. His ground game is horid, his stand up is terrible. Tim is like our American version of Hong Man Choi, he’s good for freakshow fights.

by Cogito Ergo Sum on Jun 18, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tim isn’t even fight he’s gonna be the neard and have a good fighter beat the bully up for him…

by RoB on Jun 18, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

even gonna fight*

by RoB on Jun 18, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Um, it’s alreasy been confirmed (I believe by Mayhem himself, and others) that the ’bullies" on that show are actors/stuntmen, and the entire thing is completely rigged. WTF are you thinking, Tim? Please get help. :-(

by Jeremyjackson on Jun 18, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That is news to me?

by naturalshadow on Jun 19, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m sick of Tim Sylvia getting any kind of publicity in this sport.

by RedDog on Jun 18, 2009 5:57 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just one fight ago he was fighting Fedor, the best HW in the world. Why wouldn’t he be getting publicity?

by wAyNe on Jun 18, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The best of it is, we are finally seeing the Timmy that has always been, for what he is.

by DJ on Jun 18, 2009 7:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah i saw that episode of blind date … HILARIOUS… she totally was NOT into timmy

by sanshouer on Jun 18, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

i saw his blind date thing. it was hilarious. the girl took one look at him and wanted to run the other way lol. he didnt even know how to talk to her, it was hilarious. definately worth watching.

by bobby o'shea on Jun 18, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think that’s the problem why is he so sure he can beat them up?

by Robert(1) on Jun 18, 2009 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What else can be said about Tim Silvia. He will without a doubt go down in MMA history as having the most awkward looking fighters that ever entered the cage/ring. I bet he scored some hot sluts in Vegas when he was champ though. Sluts are sweet….yeah…..sweet sluts.

by mike on Jun 18, 2009 2:34 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap go away!

by Yourmomma on Jun 18, 2009 2:34 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I don’t know….we could see a pretty good scrap on Bully Beatdown if the squabble is over a jelly doughnut?

by CL on Jun 18, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he went from fedor to ray mercer to trying to fight some tubby kid in highschool.

i have more respect for ben rothwell at this point

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9r2GAAaiKs

by mike on Jun 18, 2009 2:35 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

LMAO if he loses to his bullies again

by zulu9812 on Jun 18, 2009 2:52 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He’s looking for a fight he can win

by RiverHorror on Jun 18, 2009 3:25 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Bully by KO 11 seconds into round 1

by dana blanco on Jun 18, 2009 3:26 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Bully by 8 seconds, one second faster than Mercer managed.

by attakdog on Jun 18, 2009 5:29 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

2 years ago those bullies would have been crapping their pants, now they are probably thinking bring it on and give me my 8 seconds of glory!!!

by Dragon on Jun 18, 2009 7:12 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bullies due to tap out via combination purple nurple/atomic wedgie.

by PW on Jun 18, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or maybe a wet willie or the dreaded Rear Admiral! (Simpsons – Millhouse)

by attakdog on Jun 18, 2009 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tank Abbott could beat Timmeh now.

by Craig on Jun 18, 2009 3:29 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I kind of fell sorry for the guy. He gets a lot of crap from MMA fans. Although, much of it is deserved.

by Chris W on Jun 18, 2009 4:03 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Chris W, ur not the only one, I feel bad for Big Tim, all he does is get rejected, even from guys at his own camp. He’s done his best, and he seems like a decent guy, now its time to milk what’s left of his career and retire… hopefully soon.

by DAVE A on Jun 18, 2009 4:32 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Timmy should just f@ck off to Japan and fight freak show bouts. He’s done as a serious competitor in the States. They love lumbering giants over there and there’s loads of matchups for him, Butterbean, Hong Man Choi, Bob Sapp, Zuluzinhio. Dust off your passport Timmy and give it some thought!

by attakdog on Jun 18, 2009 5:32 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Truth.

by OJR on Jun 18, 2009 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

WOW timmeh is going down hill. poor guy needs to get with his boys at the hit squad and get his game right.. get in strikeforce or mfc or something and get back on track.

by WutangSwordsman on Jun 18, 2009 5:35 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Fuck Tim Sylvia

by El Mexicutioner, formerly The Mexicutioner on Jun 18, 2009 5:52 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah!~ what he said!!

by stinky~fingers on Jun 18, 2009 8:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bully by toe hold

by DirtyML on Jun 18, 2009 8:32 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think tims a hottie!! its sad his career has gown downhill, I was a sylvia groupie at his live ufc fights after his fights I miss those day. I hope he gets back on the right track and is ufc champ again!!!!!!

by DustyGina on Jun 18, 2009 8:43 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

More chance of a bucket of sh!t from a rocking horse!

by attakdog on Jun 18, 2009 8:52 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

LMAO!!!!!! Never heard that one before.

by JTK5 on Jun 18, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lord, please help this poor woman. We don’t know what afflicts her, but we do know that only you can free her from this blinding obession of the abomination that calls himself Tim Sylvia. Break his retched hold he has on her unsuspecting soul, and grant her the abilty to recognize evil where ever it may exist (in this case, Tim SSylvia)

…Amen.

by Jrandolph on Jun 18, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL.

by Jeremyjackson on Jun 18, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My lord take it easy on Tim he said he would donate it all to charity. I met Tim years back and he was real nice. But he should of got a real drink on blind date not that fuu fuu drink.

by mak on Jun 18, 2009 8:54 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The UFC feed this guy cans for years!

by yoda on Jun 18, 2009 9:09 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I heard he was bullied by a couple of girls in high school…so now he wants to beat them up on national tv

by Double A on Jun 18, 2009 10:02 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Smart money is on the bully.

by Jeff on Jun 18, 2009 12:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I quit watching that show when I found out the bullies are paid actors.

by Vanilla Gorilla on Jun 18, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate you Tim.

by belfort_fan on Jun 18, 2009 1:10 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

someone needs to tell this fool that the show is a complete scam…its all fake ….man that guys really is a dumb ass….maybe been hit too many times in the head!!

by The Truth Hurts on Jun 18, 2009 2:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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