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Let's settle this in the ring, Cubs fan tells Chris Christie
Let's settle this in the ring, Cubs fan tells Chris Christie
Ding-ding-ding, seconds out, round two!
That's the sound of Chicago Cubs fan Brad Joseph offering to go toe-to-toe with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the ring.
Joseph hit the news Sunday when Christie got in his face in the stands at Miller Park in Milwaukee — right after Joseph told the unpopular governor he "sucked." Video of the heated encounter, during which Christie sarcastically told Joseph he was a "tough guy," went viral.
Joseph on Monday took to Facebook to apologize for telling an off-duty Christie that he sucked, suggesting that a more thoughtful put-down might have been in order. But he also said that he might have accepted what he says was Christie's offer of a fight if Christie hadn't been backed by a security detail.
"If Chris Christie wants to fight fair, Tuff 'n' Uff, the premier amateur mixed martial arts group, has already agreed to put on an event sanctioned by the Nevada Athletic Commission," Joseph wrote. "I'll agree to compete under any standard rules you want, whether its MMA, boxing, freestyle, folkstyle, or Greco-Roman wrestling. Just let me know if you still want to make this physical."
He added: "To anyone who wants to claim I backed down, all I'd say is that I'm not going to punch a sitting governor when I know there are federal agents assigned to protect him standing behind me no matter how much he provokes me."
Christie's office did not immediately respond.
Let's settle this in the ring, Cubs fan tells Chris Christie
Ding-ding-ding, seconds out, round two!
That's the sound of Chicago Cubs fan Brad Joseph offering to go toe-to-toe with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the ring.
Joseph hit the news Sunday when Christie got in his face in the stands at Miller Park in Milwaukee — right after Joseph told the unpopular governor he "sucked." Video of the heated encounter, during which Christie sarcastically told Joseph he was a "tough guy," went viral.
Joseph on Monday took to Facebook to apologize for telling an off-duty Christie that he sucked, suggesting that a more thoughtful put-down might have been in order. But he also said that he might have accepted what he says was Christie's offer of a fight if Christie hadn't been backed by a security detail.
"If Chris Christie wants to fight fair, Tuff 'n' Uff, the premier amateur mixed martial arts group, has already agreed to put on an event sanctioned by the Nevada Athletic Commission," Joseph wrote. "I'll agree to compete under any standard rules you want, whether its MMA, boxing, freestyle, folkstyle, or Greco-Roman wrestling. Just let me know if you still want to make this physical."
He added: "To anyone who wants to claim I backed down, all I'd say is that I'm not going to punch a sitting governor when I know there are federal agents assigned to protect him standing behind me no matter how much he provokes me."
Christie's office did not immediately respond.