Robert Downey Jr. is currently in England shooting Sherlock Holmes 2 with Guy Ritchie and Jude Law, and last Saturday night, the trio decided to take in a good ol’ fashion’d donnybrook at UFC 120 at the O2 arena. The co-main event was a fight between Brit Dan Hardy and American Carlos Condit. It takes a lot of balls to root for your countrymen in hostile territory, and you know if it had been Gwyneth Paltrow, she’d have been cheering on the Brit between interviews about America’s arrogant foreign policy. But not Robert Downey Jr. Here’s how it went down:
First, the British guy gets knocked out (click on the image to animate):
Forgetting or not caring that he’s there with a couple British guys and watching the fight on their turf, Downey jumps out of his seat cheering:
Next, like any true sports fan, RDJ looks over at his buddies to make sure they saw their favorite team fumble in the end zone. Or whatever the British equivalent of that is. “‘e’s lost ‘is wicket onda bowlin’ pitch, ‘e ‘as, eh Guv?”
"You guys see that? Damn, for a second there, I thought I was watching the Revolutionary War."
Here’s a different angle, with video of RDJ jumping out of his seat and then casually playing it off like he was just cheering on the competitors:
Yep, I squeezed MMA into your movie news again, and I’m not ashamed of it. If pointing out RDJ being awesome is wrong, I don’t want to be right. Sorry, England. But kudos to Jude Law for now showing up in whatever outfit this is.
[Props: gif from upstandingcitizens via HammerFisted, pics from MMACageDoor, video from CagePotato]
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Sport a mohawk, get knocked the fuck out and sent to a reservation. Doesn’t get more American than that.
RDJ: Holy shit, did you guys just see that British dude get his ass whooped by the American?
Seriously, did that just happen? I wanna make sure it wasn’t a PCP flashback
RDJ was fine – He’s easily the toughest looking guy in the banner pic. What the hell is the guy(?) by the ESPNHD logo wearing?
Well, maybe Jude can repossess his ligaments. I hear they’re in demand right now.
Kahless approves of the blue circled picture.
I believe its called a “Bobby,” Rag. And (s)he can tell you to stop.
RDJ is a true american hero
RDJ is like Barney Stimson from How I Met Your Mother… total and pure AWESOME!
Best part of the night was Hardy’s post-fight interview:
Joe Rogan: “So what do you think went wrong?”
Dan Hardy: “I got punched in the face.”
RDJ is one of our greatest natural resources.
We should put his face on Mt. Rushmore already.
Fuck, too, Patty, we should make a massive statue of him dry humping the statue of liberty.
Or whatever the British equivalent of that is.
you cannot know that while claiming to be a rugby player, daddy yankee.
Now we’re talking.
For real, though, this post is the first thing that has cheered me up IN THE SLIGHTEST since I read about Christine O’Donnell’s debate last night. (And I do apologize for BAAAAWWWWing about that kind of shit here, but what the fuck?)
I wonder how many others at that fight were sitting like Jude. He sure is one of a kind.
Poor Bobby, great fun but heroin it’s not.
It wouldn’t be as funny if I exposed my real rugby knowledge. Also, rugby doesn’t have that many rules. I mostly just ran around getting punched and putting my head up guys’ butts.
Sounds like a three-quarter gay party line.
Alternatively: something about a scarlet no. 9, but I couldn’t get that to work.
No Rushmore for RDJ until he does a Nick Ring impression.
New meme watch: braggin’ RJD
Bill the Butcher is the only TRUE American.