Two men walk into the octagon. Only one will walk out. Well, unless you count the referee, at the same time, less big ol' Malay happens, a lot more people be leaving the octagon. Hello, this is Octagon St. Leveau and I'm your hostess, Betty St. Leveau. On this show, we talk about MMA, UFC, statistics facts and novice fever, which is what I have, okay? So it's been almost just about a year since my adventures into mixed martial arts and the UFC, all right? And I'm thinking that I just wanna backtrack a little bit and talk about how it all began and how it happened. Not my feelings about per se, but the guys who got me started on this path of octagon fever, all right? So first off, from what I remember in the beginning is that, of course, I had this earache, I had an eye infection, I'm writing a paper about Richard Nixon, I'm trying to relax, and I decide to do a little bit of history of boxing, move wrestling, just watch with my gramps, and then boom, boom, kapow, all of a sudden, I'm hearing Chailson and Michael Rappaport go off about Rhonda Rawlsie's fight. So it basically goes like this. That was one of the first conversations I've ever heard about MMA. I also heard the Weasel's take on Rhonda Rawlsie, mixed Molly Woppery's excellent documentary on Rose Numanunus, Nuanus Junus called The Journey, mixed Molly Woppery on Rhonda Rawlsie. Our pack of the source is great episodes on Tourney Ferguson, one entitled The Hobbesian Nightmare, out the Pack of Thesaurus Trilogy on Thug Rose and Joanna Jethersiak, and Nate Diaz on the CM Punk contract, all right? And then I also got the glimpses of the legends of MMA, such as Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, Matt Hughes, Fidel Fiddle, Elin Aleckel, and Stapid Nicole Kicks. I was amazed by Chelson and Tony Ferguson's view and worldview on fighting. Nate Diaz, Dominic Cruz, Brian Otega, and Mr. Goffason crept up on me, all right? They're like, I finally like, kind of noticed them after a minute. And then our pack of the source, who is, he's my sensei on all things MMA. He gave me a nice shout out the other day on YouTube. He said that I wasn't a newbie anymore because I considered Kevin Gaslam the mature Mike Perry. Thank you sensei, but I still have a long way to go. I'm always going to be a novice until I get a couple belts underneath me belt, you know what I'm talking about? All right, so our pack of the source, Cranack, Nick Smalley-Woppery, Mind Smash, Weasel, anything by Chale, Bad Guy Incorporated. And then we have the obvious champs of the art gone, Conor McGregor, Jose Aldo, and Anderson Silva, who I have much respect for. I also have some fighters who are on the yawn side, such as TJ's Dilshaw, Henry Sejudo, Demetrius Johnson, and Fabrizio Ferdum. But that's no fault of their own. These men are excellent fighters, all right? If I ever got a chance, if they ever asked me, do you want to train for admin? Of course I would, okay? But sometimes a fighter just can't translate his charisma to the screen like other fighters can. The sport is extremely subjective. It's so subjective that I feel guilty about being subjective about it. There are fighters you root for, fighters you don't. I never can pick a winner. I did actually know that Mike Perry was gonna boom, boom, boom. What's a man's name there? It'll come to me, I think I wrote it down. I knew that he was gonna boom, boom him out, all right? But that's only because, I like Mr. Mike, and he keeps saying he's 2% black.  He can't help but root for the guy, and he called out Daren Till this last fight, and I think that that would be a great matchup. I love Daren Till, he's Liverpool's favorite son. Daren can do no wrong, he's 26 years old, he just got arrested for stealing a taxi and tearing up a hotel room. He's a young guy, he probably won't do it again. At any rate, it's guys like that in the UFC that make you interested in the matches. And that Demetrius Johnson, he's Mighty Mouse, yeah, right on Rock, but you know, he gets the mic, and he's just like, yeah, I hope I fight a good fight, and sometimes people want more meat on that bone, and also on top of that, when you have teams, like football teams, and you have baseball teams, okay? Those guys, they're all one big unit.  One of the reasons why I love race car driving, NASCAR, is because it's individual, all right? It's individual going for the individual, and I haven't watched NASCAR in years, but I still adore it. One of the reasons why I love mixed martial arts is because it's one-on-one. Who is the best? And though it is brutal, I'm just glad these guys get paid for it. Back in Rome, the gladiades didn't get paid for anything, they got killed, all right? So I do want to say that even though it is a brutal sport, there are certain rules that one must adhere to within the octagon. There are three basic rules. There are five minute rounds. There are three judges, okay? There are three five minute rounds. There are three judges, and during the championship bouts, the rounds are five minutes, all right? The round winner is awarded 10 points, and the opponent is awarded nine points or less, all right? Striking, grappling, aggressiveness, and octagon control are key when it comes to winning in the octagon, all right? So a quick, quick review again about different weight classes. I think that this is good for all of us. They can be quite confusing. Heavy weight is at 265 pounds, 120 kilograms. Light weight's at 205 pounds, 93 kilograms. Middle weight is 185, 84 kilograms. Welter weight is 175 pounds, 77 kilograms. Light weight, 155 pounds, 70 kilograms. Bantam weight, 135 pounds, 61 kilograms. Fly weight is 125 pounds and 61 kilograms. Now we'll quickly go again over the women's weight classes. Women's feather weight, 145 pounds, 65 kilograms. Women's bantam weight, 135 pounds, 61 kilograms. Women's fly weight, 125 pounds, 56 kilograms. Women's straw weight, 150 pounds, 52 kilograms. I'm a straw weight, I'd get pummeled, all right? I'm basically a straw weight, I'm 119. So at 115 women's straw weight, I'd be a little bit on the skinny side. I'd probably be a little bit dehydrated as a fighter. I probably wouldn't do too well, but I'd be really light on my feet. And then if I was a woman's fly weight at 125, it would mean I would have to bulk up a little bit and I would be slower on my feet. That's just what I'm figuring out, studying MMA. All right, so at one point, there's this great video called Trash Talk, Different Divisions. And so you see someone like Michael Bisping giving Colvington hell via the fact that Mike's interviewing him, all right? And then you'll see Conor McGregor, who lightweight, middle lightweight, lightweight, talking about how for Reese Silver Doom at that time, he was a heavyweight champ, couldn't do the match because he had a sore toe. The game, it's on his knees, said Conor, all right? So this is a great, great, great, great video. Check it out, it only runs four or five minutes. So at one point, you have Mr. Tony Ferguson, Elkaklui, I love him, all right? I love him like I love Chelsonan. And he and Ferriso Verdun are talking the same interviewer and Ferriso's heavyweight. And at one point, Mr. Tony goes, yeah, be quiet. And they start talking in either Spanish or Portuguese. I don't know, I think it's Spanish.  And Tony is like half the height of Ferriso, right? And so I'm like, damn. And so Mr. Tony goes, yeah, yeah, whatever, whatever. He goes, big guy, big guy.  So I was like, what the heck does ankle pick mean? I'm like, hmm, I looked it up. Kibuse Gieshe. And it really does mean ankle pick. I think what happens is that, and I might be wrong, the opponent grabs his opponent and literally lifts him up and throws him down upside down. It's ankle pick. I thought he was being funny. You know, I didn't think it was real move, but I looked that up. Kibuse Gieshe, that's ankle pick. Okay, so I learned a couple of facts. One or two of which is that watched a great documentary about Mixed Molly Woppery. And please, please, please, please, please check him out. Okay, oh, it might have been Mind Smash, but I'm, might have been Mind Smash, but anyway, Mind Smash, pardon me. All right, so BJ Penn and Uriah Faber began a lightweight division. If not for them, featherweight would not have happened. There would have been no Aldo, no Qana, no Dominic Cruz. Uriah knew when to retire and he's respected by Dominic. So one of the reasons why I wrote that down is because I check out Uriah Faber and Mixed Molly Woppery did this great video about the Bannerman weight division and how Dominic Cruz, Kobe Graubrant, TJ Dillshaw, and Uriah were all going at it in different ways. And Uriah looked like a shorty to me. I mean, I'm short, he's short. And I was looking at him, looking at him, and then when I did this, viewed the documentary, and I'm positive it's Mind Smash now, Uriah is a small guy in a field of big guys, but through his tenacity and his smarts, he is well respected by all. He's retired now, you can catch his fights on YouTube. He's a great fighter. I think I like people a little bit more dramatic as fighting, but I've never really watched an entire fight of Uriah so I can't judge him, have to be honest with that, but I'm gonna check him out in the future, okay? So, I think that, let's see, we'll finish with, again, rankings pound for pound, different weight classes, all right? Chris Cyborg is number 15. This is as of April of this year, I hope. I'm pretty sure, okay? So at 15 we have Chris Cyborg, at 14 we have Rose Namaunus, at 13 we have Tyrone Woodley, at 12 we have Toni Ferguson, at 11 we have Robert Whitaker, at 10 we have Steppi Mikoavich, at nine we've got Conor McGregor, at eight we've got Kimusen Eustman, at seven we've got TJ Dillichon, at six, Amanda Nunes, at five, Henry Sejudo, at four, Max Hallway, at three, Khabib Namagadov, at two, John Jones, and number one is Daniel Cormier. By the time that we do another episode here, these rankings might have changed and I will revise and review it. So, basically, please, please, please, just check out Alpaca Thesaurus, check out Mr. Mix Molly Walpere, support Mr. Miss Molly Walpere over on Patreon, and Kreenak, Mind Smash, Weasel, especially Weasel, Weasel's breakdowns are to die for. I'm trying to listen to Weasel to learn about my breakdowns. I listened to Mr. Corv there on Alpaca Thesaurus to study body language and sociology and psychology. Okay, so I think that that's just about it for me today. I'm your host, is Betty St. Levo. You've been watching Octagon St. Levo here at Alka. I hope you've enjoyed the show today. There's gonna be some great fights coming up. My man, Chelson, is taking on Maschida Lioto. Oh, pardon me, Lioto Maschida, pardon. I'm gonna learn those names really well. Who's actually related to Chris Cyborg, the most stunning legends in women's MMA history. Until next time, darlings, love one another, peace out, and take care. Bye-bye.


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Well, today's tutorial is going to be using Blender and we're going to be stabilizing some video clips. I do want to give credit to Daniel Kruter, maybe is how you say his name, hope I'm not butchering that too much. I watched this tutorial and mine is going to be pretty much the same with one or two little differences, but thank you Daniel. I'm using Blender 2.63 and let's get started. What I'm going to do here is I'm going to change my view to the movie clip editor. I'm going to click open and I'm going to go and find a video clip that needs stabilizing. Let's see here. I know that these videos right here were hand held, zoomed in pretty far. Let's do this one here. Open it up. Okay, so now if we scrub through this, you can see the camera moves around quite a bit. In this clip, let's see it's probably about 90 frames, so I'm going to set my project to 90 frames since that's the length of the video. Also make sure it sure helps a lot if you set your dimensions to your videos dimensions and the frame rate. This makes things a little bit easier. Okay, so you can see how much the camera is moving around in this second and a half clip. All we need to do is find something to track and stabilize. You want to do something stationary. First thing I see is my friend's shirt here. I could stabilize around those words. He's not moving very much, but if he was to move, the camera would track him. He would seem stationary, but everything else in the background and everything else in the video would be moving. If you watched my little test videos I put up a little while back, there was the one with me walking and the camera was on the tripod and everything was stationary, and then I tracked myself so everything else was moving but I was stationary. So basically if you're trying to stabilize the shot entirely and not just an individual person, you want to try to get something that in the background that's one always in the shot and two not moving. So let's go back to their first frame here and I think that just like this little part on the door here will work well. So I'm going to add a marker. Put it right there, scale it up, and just center it, get a little preview right here, and I think that would be good. I'm going to press this play button and hopefully it will track it through all 90 frames. It seems to be doing good so far. We're about halfway there and we're almost done. And we're done. Great. So very few steps left. So now that we have that point tracked, I'm going to click where it says tracking here and change this to reconstruction. And right here you can see there's a tab for 2D stabilization. Click that, check it, and with our track selected we're going to click add and add it there. There's something else in this tab I'm going to show you here in a moment, but we'll come back to it. First we're going to go up here to the compositing. So in our compositor we're going to check nodes and we'll say auto render. We will then delete this box because we're not rendering anything from our 3D view. We'll go shift A and say our input would be a movie clip. And we already have imported so we don't have to click open. We're just going to click the little strip here icon of the film strip and choose that video. And then we're going to shift A and we're going to go down to distort, stabilize 2D. Once again we already have the video imported so we're going to click here and choose that same video. There's a drop down here with a few different options I have not played with them, I just leave it on the default nearest. And we're going to go out like that and we'll hit F12 to render out this frame here. Right now we're on frame 90. Now you'll notice there is a black border around parts of the screen and that's because basically we're moving the virtual camera if you will to follow that background to stabilize it which means things are going to be cut off. So if we go to different frames, so if the first frame nothing's cut off because that's where we started. But if we go up 10 frames you can see there's a little bit of black on this side because the way my camera was moving up 10 more frames, same thing. Now we're moving it down and to the right. So that's just because of my movement. Now you can try to figure out and crop the video yourself over here in your dimensions or if we go back to our last view in our movie clip editor there is a button or a check box for auto scale. And then if we go back to our compositor you can see there's the black bar, we'll hit F12 to render that frame again and it's cropped perfectly now. And that's pretty much it. At this point we'll choose what video format we want. I like using Xvid.  I will render it out and then I will put the original shaky video next to this new render and you'll see that in a moment but I first would like to ask you to visit my website. Filmsbychrist.com, that's Chris the K, should be a link in the description. If you need help with anything check out our IRC channel by clicking the help button on my website or there should also be a link in the description of this video for that as well.  Thank you all for watching, hope that you have a great day and here are side-by-side comparison of the original video compared to the stabilized video.