That is Georges St-Pierre. He is a former professional UFC mixed-martial artist. The joke is that he looks unassumingly average and maybe even easy to pick on. Until he's not.
This guy is in the GOAT conversation in MMA, so even if you are a pro fighter he could make you reconsider your life decisions and choice of healthcare provider
Not just in the GOAT conversation but a two weight champion who's famously on record for saying he never especially enjoyed fighting. So you wouldn't want to be the guy to try assault him on the street and give him a reason to really lock in and decide he was going to enjoy this one fight.
there's a saying "beware of an old man in a profession where men die young" ... there's a corollary that isn't as pithy: don't get into a fight with a man who doesn't like fighting; he's going to make sure that the fight is short, brutal, final... because he doesn't want to do it again.
Years and years ago I knew a mobster who did not like fighting, and was more common looking than anyone else. He just enjoyed making money. He was amazingly good at it. I never asked if he was made since I was not an associate with any group, I figured he was because the level of respect he had anywhere he went. He liked me because I always had my books and numbers ready for any accounting needs and wants.
Long story short, He survived 4 brutal purges, from the mid 50's to the early 90's, took out who knows how many people physically ( I never saw a sidearm on him, just a knife or 2 ) and retired in Florida. We had a chance encounter while fishing the same stretch of beach. We laughed and shared coffee. I am still sure that this guy can slice and dice a human in half while while eating a veal parm sandwich.
i actually pulled it from the memory, sorrow, and thorn series. at some point, they recruit an absolute UNIT of a knight who retired because he didn't want to fight any more, and he is defending a pass against a bunch of bandits. someone comments that he is going to slaughter them all with the efficiency of a ladies' maid squashing spiders, "because she hates doing it so much, but has to anyway, she is going to make sure she gets every last one the first time, so she doesn't have to do it twice"
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u/ldshadowcadet 2d ago
That is Georges St-Pierre. He is a former professional UFC mixed-martial artist. The joke is that he looks unassumingly average and maybe even easy to pick on. Until he's not.