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[–] 130 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They're not his bodyguards. They're there to hold him back as long as they can while you run away. This is not to give you an chance to escape, but because he gets disappointed and sad if the hunt is over too soon.

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  • [–] 85 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    The difference is that the short man in the suit has professional liability insurance.

    If someone tries some dumb shit and gets a pavement facial Moama can almost certainly beat an assault charge, but civil injury claims are notoriously bad if you're rich. An ambulance chaser will offer to take the case for free and be such a pest that its worth $100k to Moama to make him fuck off.

    The little guy can sit there in court, dispassionately explaining that he felt his client was in danger and let the ambulance chaser argue with an insurance company (and we all know how much they love cutting cheques).

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    So you’re saying their job is to protect Mamoa from the law and others from him.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Also sure, Mamoa is a big guy and fit, but he's an actor, right? Not a fighter?

    It's kind of like how Nick Offerman said in an interview once. Everyone sees him as this manly man because of the roles he plays and because he wood-works. But he's from a real "country" family. A rural farming community where everyone was self-sufficient and real "manly" men type. He's the one who wanted to be an actor who never has to work with his hands again.

    What I'm saying is those men have jobs where they protect people from physical violence with physical violence. Jason Mamoa pretends to hit people on camera.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    No.

    If a crazy fan rushes him for a hug, you dont know if they have a knife. It sounds outlandish but Monica Seles was stabbed by a deranged fan of her rival in 1992 in the middle of a tennis match. Nutcases happen. So he pushes them away, no harder than you or I would if some rando rushes us for a hug. They trip, fall and "hurt their back".

    Now he has an assault allegation on a woman a foot and a half shorter than him who just wanted to get a photo with him and he looks like an enormous asshole. Now that charge wont go anywhere in court because its essentially baseless, but a civil judgement over wether or not he is responsible for her injury is another story.

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    [–] 79 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Another fun way I've seen this pic captioned is, "Jason Momoa's bodyguards look like minibosses you have to fight before you get to him."

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yeah, because size, looks and macho roles you've played suddenly count as fighting skills....

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    Momoa does Brazilian jiu-jitsu though.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He's a white belt, so still very much at the beginner phase. He'll also almost definitely be one of those celebs that only does privates and rarely spars.

    He'll almost definitely have strength and size at his disposal, but in terms of fighting, we've already kinda established what would happen at UFC 1. A skilled bodyguard would (I really hope) have solid grappling knowledge, alongside striking.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Never underestimate your opponent, especially a stranger in the public you've never met before.

    I have a friend who is a retired military police officer. He is built like a tank, tall muscular and intimidating.

    He's the one who taught me never to underestimate anyone. He man handled, beat and fought countless people. But he also admitted that he'd been beaten bruised and hospitalized by people shorter and weaker than him.

    When you fight someone in public, you never know who you're dealing with .... he could be an untrained jerk like you and me .... or they could be a 150 lb MMA fighter and highly trained martial artist with expert training.

    Or the person you're fighting could have a knife, a pencil, a screwdriver, a piece of glass or their friend or friends you didn't see or believed wouldn't interfere all jump you and beat you to a pulp.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago

    they protect him from teenage girls with instagram accounts

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    They probably shoot better than he does, they 100% have guns.

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If he’s anything like me he’s a total teddy bear who wouldn’t hurt a fly. Big guys lean that way.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'm still not over his rôle in stagate atlantis lol

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    But why doesn't the biggest one just simply eat the smaller ones?

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Shia LaBeouf looks pissed

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He should wear them in a plate carrier

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    i know it isn't but this image looks photoshopped

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    He wasn’t gonna hire dude bigger than him.

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    Those are mossad crabs.

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