I'm only going to speak in animated gifs in this thread. ;)

BrianRubin · 2011-08-31T17:59:52.000Z

Wait, is that acting?

Eric_T_Cheng · 2011-08-31T18:14:27.000Z

Method acting.

BrianRubin · 2011-08-31T18:14:52.000Z

Oh, he looked actually hurt there. Why do that?

MattKeil · 2011-08-31T18:21:37.000Z

Didn’t really look like the guy actually kicked him, although the angle is pretty tough to judge.

Calelari · 2011-08-31T18:33:14.000Z

Brian Rubin:

Oh, he looked actually hurt there. Why do that?

To try to get the official to card the opposing player.

BrianRubin · 2011-08-31T18:33:56.000Z

Card, like penalize? Sorry, I know less than nothing about soccer.

sinfony · 2011-08-31T18:50:19.000Z

Yes. Particularly egregious fouls are rewarded with either a yellow (warning) or red (ejection) card. Two yellows in one game gets you a red.

BrianRubin · 2011-08-31T18:51:27.000Z

Oohhhhhh, so they do that to try and get players thrown out? Fascinating.

JoshV · 2011-08-31T18:54:34.000Z

Brian Rubin:

Oohhhhhh, so they do that to try and get players thrown out? Fascinating.

It’s one of the more annoying things about watching soccer for me. They do it in basketball a little bit too, but not as badly.

BrianRubin · 2011-08-31T18:55:06.000Z

I can imagine.

Orangist · 2011-08-31T18:56:54.000Z

Brian Rubin:

Oohhhhhh, so they do that to try and get players thrown out? Fascinating.

Not fascinating. Terrible.

JonRowe · 2011-08-31T20:04:11.000Z

Brian Rubin:

Oohhhhhh, so they do that to try and get players thrown out? Fascinating.

This is why soccer kind of blows.

sinfony · 2011-08-31T20:07:08.000Z

Jon Rowe:

This is why Serie A soccer kind of blows.

FTFY.

Jasper_Phillips · 2011-08-31T20:37:57.000Z

Hard to tell if the kick connected or not, but it looks to me like it caught him in the arm and would have hit him in the face if he hadn’t covered up. The guy in purple definitely looks like he intended to connect!

The roll was an entirely premeditated bit of theater of course. Notice how the guy in red starts the whole thing by attempting to nonchalantly trip Mr. MMA.

mrmolecule88 · 2011-08-31T21:26:26.000Z

Shut the fuck up and post some gifs

ChristienMurawski · 2011-08-31T21:42:52.000Z

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-xtien

Jag · 2011-09-01T07:36:51.000Z

Mosquito hit by a laser. Take that nature!

sinnick · 2011-09-01T09:48:27.000Z

LesJarvis · 2011-09-01T10:43:59.000Z

BlueJackalope · 2011-09-01T10:44:54.000Z

RobotPants:

Yeah, I think if a large bird came in and took my dinner I’d probably be staring in disbelief, too.