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I Leave You Alone for Five Minutes and You're Drinking

Drunk. .... I'm drunk. Time for a fanpost! (Before you comment on it, the title lulz was not originally intentional, but I caught it before posting so it's close enough to intentional. Suck on that. I also struggled with the idea of fitting in a pun involving New Edition somehow. Brain no work good enough. Alcohol fight too hard. Jams too smooth.)

via MMA52TimesAnnualy.com

On this Saturn's Day Eve we'll see a contest for the ages (well, maybe a "Machida era" age at most). Michael "the Count" Bisping will take on Jason "Mayhem" Miller. One of these fighters is hiding a nefarious secret. (Surprisingly, it's not that Bisping likes to kick puppies in his spare time.)

Mr. Miller has a nickname that seemingly belies his penchant for hijinks and chaos. Yet the word "mayhem" has a much darker origin, a second meaning that is becoming increasingly archaic but is still used in some legal cases.

Have you ever heard of someone being charged with "criminal mayhem?" That's because mayhem's original meaning was - "the intentional and wanton removal or destruction of a body part that would handicap a person's ability to defend himself in combat" (source=that place). Basically; blind a guy? Mayhem. Cripple a leg permanently? Mayhem. Cut off an arm? Mayhem. Burn the flesh of a man so as to leave multiple scars? Not mayhem. The word mayhem shares a common root with maim- there are a couple etymological arguments over where exactly it came from but it was definitely Middle-English and probably has a Germanic origin (just like that skeezer my friend tried to hook-up with tonight).

So will Jason Miller try to permanently disfigure or disable Michael Bisping so that he is no longer able to fight? Probably not just based on a nickname, but if it does happen at least you can say you were forewarned. (It's even a little much for me to wish upon him. I only hope he loses to Miller. Then in his frustration Bisping startles a rindside Hendo, who H-bombs him again (we got your back, mang. He totally had it coming. It was self-defense. The follow up punch too.))

(re-posted from 9 hours ago on BE. Sorry, I promise to try and remembers to start simulposting and stop giving GG2MMA my sloppy seconds.)

Ye olde mayhem, also Let's Mutherfukers->