Ridic reason why ‘bully’ is angry

Former UFC fighter Josh Neer beats up Facebook troll. Courtesy: Liveleak/fancymojo.

Former UFC fighter Josh Neer in a full blown brawl with a "bully". Source: Supplied

THE ALLEGED "bully" that was beaten up by a former UFC fighter is astoundingly not angry about the leaked footage - he's peeved at the thought of being coined a loser.

According to Patrick Martin, he and Josh "The Dentist" Neer engaged in a three-minute sparring round in which Neer "couldn't score or take me down".

But what the audience has seen is a 14-second clip showing Martin being beaten to a pulp.

He claims what we're not seeing is "me hitting him, him throwing wild".

"Everything you see is after the round bell sounded as I turned away from him picking up my mouth piece I dropped after the round," he told MMA Fighting.

"I'm not scared of f**king Josh Neer! Nor any man! He don't wanna show the full video so I'll let him think he won! I seen his game plan fighting me and that's not gonna work!"

Cornered: Josh Neer slugs Patrick Martin. Source: Supplied

"Face still pretty he busted my lip due to no mouthpiece after the round was over! So tell them to play the tape! The unedited version" Source: Supplied

Josh Neer's Twitter picture. Source: Supplied

The former UFC fighter has remained adamant he's the victim after the violent clip was posted to YouTube showing the 5'5 pocket rocket brutally beating the 6'6 "bully" at a gym.

Furthermore, he added he posted the clip in the hope said bully would "shut up" after continuing to taunt him even after the "full contact" fight went down.

Josh "The Dentist" Neer claimed Patrick Martin had been consistently taunting him on social media, so he had enough and figured if he could type tough, he could fight tough.

"Basically the guys a dumbass and been talking shit about MMA fighters for a month," Neer told Bloody Elbow (don't mind the spelling).

"On and on, I usually ignore him but this Saturday he wrote me on Facebook the message i gave. He had written 10 messages to me talking sh*t which I ignored, but this time I said if you really want to fight come to the gym Monday at 5:30."

"I don't know what his problem is but ... he just acts like a bully. That what he seems like to me, just a bully.

Who needs spelling when you're "tripn"? Source: Supplied

Footage from the clip shows an apparent conversation between the two men. Source: Supplied

Yet despite all the bigtime bully talk, Patrick Martin walked away with a fat lip and — apparently — failed to emerge from the fight victorious.

Warning, this isn't for the faint-hearted.

Either way, officials are so appalled at the footage, the Iowa Athletic Commission has launched an investigation into the violent fight, reports TMZ.

"We are aware of the situation. I have our legal team taking a thorough look at our rules," IAC Executive Director Joe Walsh said.

"We're checking to see if we have anything on the books that covers this."

Extras are called in to pull Neer off Martin. Source: Supplied

In a Facebook post from his now-deleted personal account, Neer said he hoped Mr Martin "can learn a lesson".

"Ok I guess I have to defend myself since everyone's talking crap," Neer wrote.

"This fool has been talking crap about mma fighters for months. He's 6'6″ 270 lbs so Im not gonna sit her and let this fool bully everyone.

"If he was my size I woulda just ignored it. Then he writes me on fb and I tell him if he wants to fight then show up at 530 at practice (40 miss after I was already practicing) so we fought. Hopefully he can learn a lesson and humble himself."

Neer's last professional MMA fight was in October of last year and has since been released from the UFC. He has 13 professional fights under his belt.

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Bali Nine families’ desperate TV bid

Death row ... Australian drug smugglers Andrew Chan (L) and Myuran Sukumaran (R) in a court holding cell during their trial in Denpasar in February 2006. Picture: AFP/Jewel Samad Source: AFP

Julie Bishop says she is disappointed that the latest appeal for the Bali Nine pair of death row has failed.

THE anguished families of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have begged Indonesian President Joko Widodo not to kill the two young men.

In an interview with Indonesia's MetroTV station, aired last night, the Chans and Sukumarans told of their emotional distress in a bid to take their message of rehabilitation to Jakarta and the president.

"I don't want them to execute my son. He has done a lot of good things, he is a good person, he is a changed person and I am begging the president not to execute him, to give him another chance, for him to stay in the prison and continue to do all the good things he is doing," Sukumaran's mother, Raji Sukumaran, said in the message she hopes the president will hear.

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Appeal ... the families of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan beg for mercy on Indonesia television. Picture: Metro TV Source: News Corp Australia

Michael Chan, Andrew Chan's brother, told of his family's embarrassment at the shame the Bali Nine duo's crime has brought Indonesia.

"As a family we feel embarrassed because this has happened … we know it has caused a lot of shame for Indonesia and we apologise," Mr Chan said.

"(In) 10 years he has done a lot of good things for Indonesia inside the prison system."

It was the family's first Indonesian television interview and comes as authorities say the two men will be among 10 drug traffickers shot dead at Nusa Kambangan soon.

No date has been set but authorities say preparations at the island are 90 per cent complete. New isolation cells to house the 10 who will be shot.

Andrew Chan in Kerobokan prison. Picture: Adam Taylor Source: News Corp Australia

Myuran Sukumaran in Kerobokan prison. Picture: Adam Taylor Source: News Corp Australia

Sukumaran's parents, Raji and Sam, and siblings Chinthu and Brintha, have been in Bali for the past month, living on a constant knife-edge, unable to sleep or have a proper meal as the fate of the two Australians hangs in the balance.

Chan's frail parents, Helen and Ken, were also in Bali for three weeks but made the heartbreaking decision to leave after 10 days as their health suffered.

They left with heavy hearts, knowing they may have said goodbye for the last time.

Mrs Chan may return if her health improves but Mr Chan is not well. Older brother Michael Chan remains in Bali, with a group of close-knit family friends.

Frail ... the parents of Bali Nine ringleader Andrew Chan, Ken an Helen Chan, arrive in Sydney from Bali. Picture: John Grainger Source: News Corp Australia

Every hour and every minute is precious as the two bewildered families, bound by the crime their sons committed 10 years ago, live in a dreadful limbo.

Every day they make a grim-faced vigil into Kerobokan prison, spending time with the two men they desperately pray will be allowed a second chance.

They want authorities to know how much good the two men have achieved in the jail, how they have made an impact and changed so many Indonesian lives and helped prisoners get off drugs and feel self-esteem for the first time.

Diplomat ... Australian Consul in Bali, Majell Hind, arrives at Kerobokan Jail. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro Source: Supplied

Many prisoners and former prisoners have testified to the positive impact Chan and Sukumaran have had upon them and some have even offered to take Chan's place before the firing squad.

Prisoners have learned English, computing, art, first aid, screen printing, graphic arts, psychology, philosophy, cooking and many other skills through a raft of courses set up in the jail by Sukumaran and Chan. They have gained certificates and gone onto jobs upon release.

Sukumaran has become an accomplished artist. Chan is a pastor, ministering to prisoners who need succour and someone to help them.

Each day the torture and uncertainty continues. One minute the families are buoyed by news of a delay. The next hopes are snatched from them, dashed as officials say the executions will go ahead, without naming a date.

Authorities said yesterday that 10 people would be executed — nine foreigners and one Indonesian, all drug traffickers. Chan and Sukumaran are among them.

Convicted ... Andrew Chan (R) and Myuran Sukumaran (2nd-L) after their court appearance on February 14, 2006. Picture: AFP/Bay Ismoyo Source: AFP

For Chan, 31 and Sukumaran, 33, life has become an emotional roller coaster, living hour by terrified hour.

Michael Chan says it's too hard to put into words how the family is feeling. Some days they have no words.

"It is too hard to put it into words," Mr Chan told News Corporation.

He says the last three weeks have been the most emotionally draining and trying since the whole Bali Nine saga began almost a decade ago. But they will never give up hope.

"As long as they are still alive there is hope. I hope that someone sees exactly what these boys are doing in terms of what they have done and what they have achieved," Mr Chan says of the rehabilitation and work programs the duo has set up in jail, which have benefited scores of Indonesian prisoners who have been released and gained jobs.

Support network ... Michael Chan visits his brother and Bali Nine ringleader Andrew Chan inside Kerobokan Jail ahead of his execution. Picture: Adam Taylor Source: News Corp Australia

One week ago the Sukumarans were terrified the two young men were about to transferred to Nusa Kambangan.

It was Monday night and a decision was made to bring all Myuran's most precious art books and supplies out of the jail the next day.

That day, the family sat around in the jail, barely talking. Mum Raji was in tears. Myuran was struggling to hold it all together.

"It was really like we were at the brink, the absolute brink," Chinthu told News Corporation.

Heartbroken ... Myuran Sukumaran's mother Raji and brother Chintu visit Kerobokan prison. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro Source: News Corp Australia

Extended family members — aunts and uncles who had held Sukumaran since he was a baby, cousins who look up to him — were all there.

"We were at that very low point, it was the lowest point we were at since this whole thing started," he said. "No-one slept on the Monday night."

Then, as the art books were being taken from jail by Sukumaran's emotional relatives, the news came through that there was a delay and there was a crescendo of relief. Mrs Sukumaran was in tears. They hugged each other and Sukumaran. He felt like he could breathe again for the first time in a long time.

Show of force ... a Sukhoi fighter jet flies over Kerobokan prison. Picture: Adam Taylor Source: News Corp Australia

Now, one week later, the limbo continues. The fear is tangible. On Tuesday two Sukhoi fighter jets, to be used as security in their transfer to Nsua Kambangan, flew over and around the jail three times in an apparent show of force.

If the idea was to spread fear and terror, they achieved that.

But no-one is giving up hope just yet.

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The $50 million nap that choked Sydney

Two people have been taken to hospital following a crash on Harbour Bridge causing traffic chaos.

A WOMAN who drifted into oncoming traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and crashed head-on into a taxi, had fallen asleep at the wheel.

That one accident, at 6.40am yesterday, triggered traffic gridlock across Sydney, brought every major city-bound route to a standstill, and was estimated to have cost the NSW economy $50 million.

The taxi and hire van collided head on this morning. Picture: Matt Elliott Source: News Corp Australia

A woman is led away from the scene on a stretcher. Picture: Channel 10 Source: Channel 10

The 37-year-old woman was driving a rented van full of suitcases south across the Harbour Bridge when she allegedly fell asleep and drifted into oncoming traffic causing a five-car pile up.

The woman, a middle-aged taxi driver and another motorist were taken to hospital, but for Sydney's commuters the pain was only just beginning.

The snarl stretched 21km, from Epping in the north to Eastlakes in the south.

Commuters complained of a doubling in commute times, with some having three hours added to their journey.

Emergency crews reopened all northbound and two southbound lanes at 8am.

Traffic backed up for mile around after the crash. Picture: Simon Cullen / ABC Source: ABC

The car and van appear likely to be a write-off. Picture: Matt Elliott Source: News Corp Australia

NSW Police interviewed the male taxi driver at St Vincent's Hospital and confirmed that the woman driver had fallen asleep at the wheel.

AMP chief economist Shane Oliver said the cost to the economy was about $50 million.

"It is not just time lost, it is trucks that are failing to make deliveries, which affects production schedules, taxis doing nothing for two hours, workers losing two hours of output and people missing their flights."

Sydney plumber Matt Elliott was driving north in the lane next to the rail line in the moments before the smash.

And the impact was also felt as far west as Victoria Road at Rozelle. Picture: Katrina Tepper. Source: News Corp Australia

Traffic was backed up as far as the Spit Bridge in Sydneys north. Source: News Corp Australia

"An older model Toyota HiAce van crossed into the oncoming traffic and hit a taxi head-on 15m in front of me.

"Then I slammed into the side of the van. I was going about 50 to 55km/h.

"I had enough time to slam on my brakes and I hit the van at 40km/h. My car was not too bad. I don't think it is written off. The van and the taxi are gone, written off. It was chaos."

An aerial shot shows the traffic chaos yesterday morning. Picture: Twitter Source: Channel 10

Bus commuters were moved on to trains at Macquarie Park and North Sydney.

Mr Elliott, who walked away from the smash without a scratch, said people were calm after the crash. "Nobody was screaming hysterically, though they calmed down the lady in the van. She was screaming to get out immediately after the accident," Mr Elliott said.

Central Coast tradesman Terry Stevenson said his trip to Sydney doubled in duration.

"The trip from the coast normally takes one-and-a-half hours but it was more like three hours today," he said. "It's just ridiculous."

Another minor smash on the Anzac Bridge at 9.55am closed one citybound lane, while at 10.30am, a tree branch fell on to a car on College St, next to Hyde Park, temporarily closing that road and adding to a day of chaos.

Traffic queued back several kilometres following yesterday morning's crash on the Harbour Bridge. Picture: Channel 9. Source: Channel 9

Image of traffic chaos on the Harbour Bridge following a massive accident in morning peak hour. Source: Channel 9

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Inside the Bali Nine duo’s killing field

The lawyers for the Bali Nine duo on death row plan to appeal their latest failed legal challenge.

Death row ... Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the two ringleaders of the "Bali Nine" drug ring. Picture: AFP Source: Supplied

This is the most detailed view seen by the outside world of the firing range where the lives of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran and eight others will be taken.

The firing range, located behind a police station on the island of Nusakambangan, was inaugurated at a ceremony of police and prison authorities in November.

The event to open the range, replacing an older killing field on top of the prison island, was a matter of some pride. A banner was erected stating "Formal opening of firing range".

The range was given its own name, "Tunggul Panaluan", which refers to a magical wooden staff used by shaman of north Sumatra to ward off evil. The staffs were typically adorned with body parts taken from sacrificial victims.

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First look ... the police station with the firing range lit in the background behind it. The condemned people will be led through this building to the firing range behind. Source: Supplied

In a constantly changing and now confusing series of messages from the Indonesian government, Attorney-General HM Prasetyo said yesterday that 10 people would face the firing squad, rather than the originally scheduled 11.

And he said "we will do it soon".

Coffins arrive ... B Suhendroputro, a funeral director from Cilacap in south Java, has now taken delivery of 10 coffins. One is extra large, for a foreigner. Picture: Ardiles Rante Source: Supplied

Ten coffins have now arrived in Cilacap in readiness for the executions.

News Corp Australia revealed last week that a mortician in Cilacap, B. Suhendroputro, had taken delivery of three coffins.

Since then another seven have arrived. One is extra large, made to hold a big foreigner.

The firing range photo, taken at night, shows how it will be floodlit brightly for the executions to be conducted on the same site where five drug traffickers were shot dead after midnight on January 18.

It also shows the targets the Brimob firing squad use for practice. The round objects on the coloured target posts are set at the average height of a person's heart.

Revealed ... the most detailed inside look so far of the newly built firing range which was officially opened on Nusakambangan island on November 14. Source: Supplied

The victims will first be led through a doorway in the police station and through to the firing range.

Rough calculations from this photo and other corresponding views suggest the range is about 30m wide. Brimob regulations state the firing squads should take position between five and 10m from their targets.

The firing range is surrounded by block-work on two sides and an earthen wall to absorb rounds behind where the victims stand.

Holding up ... Andrew Chan inside Kerobokan Jail on Wednesday. Picture: Adam Taylor Source: News Corp Australia

Each victim will be provided their own 12-man firing squad, with only three shooters in each squad being issued with live rounds.

The firing range is located behind a police station down on the water on the prison island, well away from the high-security Batu prison where the condemned 11 will spend their final three days in isolation cells.

Staying strong ... Myuran Sukumaran inside Kerobokan Jail on Wednesday. Picture: Adam Taylor Source: News Corp Australia

The Australian lawyer for Chan and Sukumaran, Julian McMahon, made a short statement yesterday as his made his way into Kerobokan prison to see his clients.

"This case really is about humanity and humanity crosses borders, humanity is not constrained by sovereignty," Mr McMahon said.

"I am pleading with the President and the Attorney General to look at the humanity of this case, to look at the merits of this case of Sukumaran and Chan," he said.

Not giving up ... Australian lawyer Julian McMahon gives a statement as he arrives at Kerobokan Jail today. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro Source: Supplied

And their Indonesian lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis said he would not quit despite Tuesday's decision by the State Administrative Court to reject hearing a case that challenged President Joko Widodo's right to reject the clemency pleas without individual consideration.

"There is no way the Attorney General can ignore the legal process," said Mr Lubis. "He has to respect the legal process because Indonesia is a state based on law.

"If you don't respect the law what is the point of having a State based on the rule of law. As simple as that.

Legal support ... Indonesian lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis said he would not quit. Picture: Lukman S. Bintoro Source: Supplied

"We still have hope, of course. I am still optimistic that we have a strong legal ground to challenge the rejection of the clemency. We did not file that if we didn't have a strong legal ground."

Authorities have said their preference was that all victims be executed simultaneously, though it is not clear whether the range could accommodate so many firing squads at the one time.

Prosecutors have consistently said they would be shot as soon as Nusakambangan was properly prepared. That involves building a brick wall in the Batu high-security prison to separate the main prison population from the death-row prisoners.

"If all the preparation have been completed, we will do it soon," said Mr Prasetyo. It is understood that wall is almost complete.

It is believed the revised execution list comprises three Nigerians, two Australians and one each from France, Ghana, Brazil, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Mr Suhendroputro — who washed, cleansed and dressed three bodies after the January 18 executions — will again be tasked with waiting in a makeshift mortuary tent, just near the firing range, to tend to bodies when they are brought to him after the executions.

He told News Corp that when he received the bodies, the entry wounds had already been stitched shut by a government medical officer at the scene where they fell.

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Trans model hits catwalk as woman

First walk ... Andreja Pejic has hit the runway for the first time as a woman. Picture: Getty Images Source: Supplied

TRANSGENDER model Andreja Pejic has hit the catwalk for the first time as a woman, a year after undergoing sex reassignment surgery.

The 23-year-old model, formerly known as Andrej, walked for designer Giles Deacon at London Fashion Week with dramatic black lips and a slicked back do.

The Australian-born beauty shared snaps of her debut on her Instagram account, including one of her on the runway.

"It feels amazing to be making my runway debut for one of my favourite British designers #Giles. Thank you to @kegrand and @guineapiggiles #thereturn #LFW," she captioned the sultry snap.

Transgender model ... Andreja Pejic on the runway for the Giles Autumn/Winter 2015 show at London Fashion Week. Picture: Getty Images Source: Supplied

The Serbian-born model, who underwent gender reassignment surgery in early 2014, also shared photos of her cosying up to models such as Kendall Jenner.

"Backstage ki-ki #LFW @kendalljenner #Giles," she captioned the backstage selfie with Jenner.

Pejic rose to fame as a male model in 2010 when French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld cast her in a womenswear shoot.

She enjoyed a successful career as an androgynous model before her surgery.

Pejic made her first public appearance as a woman in Melbourne in October last year, surprising designer Jean Paul Gaultier on the eve of the opening of his glamour exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Stars ... models Alexandra Agostin and Andreja Pejic with designer Jean Paul Gaultier at his exhibition opening at the National Gallery of Victoria. Picture: Alex Coppel Source: Supplied

Gaultier selected Pejic to walk in both his men's and women's shows in 2011, saying she was one of his seven Australian muses.

"It feels good, it feels more right. I just feel very lucky to come back here and to be welcome back," Pejic told the Herald Sun about her transition.

Andrej Pejic and Alice Grounds at the Carnival Live site at Crown Riverside. Picture: Supplied Source: News Limited

Andrej Pejic at the Custo Barcelona Fall 2011 fashion show in New York City. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for IMG Source: News Limited

Cover star ... Australian model Andrej Pejic poses for Fall Fashion New York in 2011. Picture: Fall Fashion New York Source: News Limited

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‘Youngest female killers’ beg for lives

Death sentences ... Tiffany Cole and Emilia Carr are among the youngest female killers on death row in America. Picture: ABC Source: Supplied

AMERICA'S youngest female killers on death row have issued a new plea for their lives, saying they are victims of an unjust system.

Emilia Carr, 30 is the youngest woman in the country on death row. She shares a cell at Florida's Lowell Correctional Institution with Tiffany Cole, 33, who is the third youngest.

Both women were sexually abused when they were young. Both were convicted of separate murders they say they didn't do and both are fighting to have their death sentences converted to life sentences.

The pair spoke to US ABC's Diane Sawyer saying they are only on death row because they didn't have the money to buy their way out of their situations.

"How many rich people go to prison?" Carr said. "We're all minorities. We're all people who are either minorities or didn't have any, money — any way to say, 'Hey, let me buy my freedom', because it's not free in this country.

"Unfortunately, equality is an illusion," she said.

The women call it "life row" because they choose to focus on the fact that they aren't dead yet.

Jealousy ... Prosecutors say Emilia Carr, 30, killed her boyfriend's wife to be with him. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

Carr, a mother of four, was sentenced to die by lethal injection for the 2009 murder of Heather Strong — the wife of Carr's boyfriend, Joshua Fulgham.

Carr is said to have tricked Strong into a storage container where she placed a plastic bag over her head after unsuccessfully trying to break her neck. Strong eventually died of asphyxiation. Carr claims she left before the murder was committed.

"Wouldn't there have been physical evidence?" she told ABC. "I mean, duct tape is some sticky stuff, yet there's no finger prints, no DNA, no hair."

A jury decided 7-5 that she would be sentenced to death, ignoring her defence's evidence of her abuse as a child from her grandfather and father and the fact that her own father tried to have her killed.

Her co-accused, Fulgham, was sentenced to life in prison for his involvement.

Buried couple alive ... Tiffany Cole is 33. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

Cole was 26 when she was found guilty of kidnapping and killing her former neighbours Carol and Reggie Sumner.

Cole and three men robbed the couple, tied them up and buried them alive. Photos showed her and the co-defendents celebrating with champagne and handfuls of cash after the crime.

Cole says she helped dig the grave but claims she didn't know it was for the victims.

"I am not the same person anymore," Cole said. "I have peace, I have joy. I have a sound mind."

Both women have lodged appeals — a process that takes an average of 12 years.

Cole's prosecutor Jay Plotkin told ABC that he does not believe that she should be let off.

"I was a prosecutor for more than 20 years. There was not any case that I prosecuted where the crime was more vile or cruel than the torture and murder of the Sumners," he said. "This case lingers on in the heart and soul of our community."

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Ridic reason why ‘bully’ is angry

Former UFC fighter Josh Neer beats up Facebook troll. Courtesy: Liveleak/fancymojo.

Former UFC fighter Josh Neer in a full blown brawl with a "bully". Source: Supplied

THE ALLEGED "bully" that was beaten up by a former UFC fighter is astoundingly not angry about the leaked footage - he's peeved at the thought of being coined a loser.

According to Patrick Martin, he and Josh "The Dentist" Neer engaged in a three-minute sparring round in which Neer "couldn't score or take me down".

But what the audience has seen is a 14-second clip showing Martin being beaten to a pulp.

He claims what we're not seeing is "me hitting him, him throwing wild".

"Everything you see is after the round bell sounded as I turned away from him picking up my mouth piece I dropped after the round," he told MMA Fighting.

"I'm not scared of f**king Josh Neer! Nor any man! He don't wanna show the full video so I'll let him think he won! I seen his game plan fighting me and that's not gonna work!"

Cornered: Josh Neer slugs Patrick Martin. Source: Supplied

"Face still pretty he busted my lip due to no mouthpiece after the round was over! So tell them to play the tape! The unedited version" Source: Supplied

Josh Neer's Twitter picture. Source: Supplied

The former UFC fighter has remained adamant he's the victim after the violent clip was posted to YouTube showing the 5'5 pocket rocket brutally beating the 6'6 "bully" at a gym.

Furthermore, he added he posted the clip in the hope said bully would "shut up" after continuing to taunt him even after the "full contact" fight went down.

Josh "The Dentist" Neer claimed Patrick Martin had been consistently taunting him on social media, so he had enough and figured if he could type tough, he could fight tough.

"Basically the guys a dumbass and been talking shit about MMA fighters for a month," Neer told Bloody Elbow (don't mind the spelling).

"On and on, I usually ignore him but this Saturday he wrote me on Facebook the message i gave. He had written 10 messages to me talking sh*t which I ignored, but this time I said if you really want to fight come to the gym Monday at 5:30."

"I don't know what his problem is but ... he just acts like a bully. That what he seems like to me, just a bully.

Who needs spelling when you're "tripn"? Source: Supplied

Footage from the clip shows an apparent conversation between the two men. Source: Supplied

Yet despite all the bigtime bully talk, Patrick Martin walked away with a fat lip and — apparently — failed to emerge from the fight victorious.

Warning, this isn't for the faint-hearted.

Either way, officials are so appalled at the footage, the Iowa Athletic Commission has launched an investigation into the violent fight, reports TMZ.

"We are aware of the situation. I have our legal team taking a thorough look at our rules," IAC Executive Director Joe Walsh said.

"We're checking to see if we have anything on the books that covers this."

Extras are called in to pull Neer off Martin. Source: Supplied

In a Facebook post from his now-deleted personal account, Neer said he hoped Mr Martin "can learn a lesson".

"Ok I guess I have to defend myself since everyone's talking crap," Neer wrote.

"This fool has been talking crap about mma fighters for months. He's 6'6″ 270 lbs so Im not gonna sit her and let this fool bully everyone.

"If he was my size I woulda just ignored it. Then he writes me on fb and I tell him if he wants to fight then show up at 530 at practice (40 miss after I was already practicing) so we fought. Hopefully he can learn a lesson and humble himself."

Neer's last professional MMA fight was in October of last year and has since been released from the UFC. He has 13 professional fights under his belt.

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Is this the new planking?

Boston Blizzard Challenge ... Bostonians are diving out of their windows into the snow below. Picture: Instagram/tycopee_ Source: Supplied

An icy winter storm has crippled much of the central and eastern United States with Boston targeted for yet more snow later this week. Jillian Kitchener reports.

AFTER four massive blizzards in just a month, the people of Boston are starting to lose it.

Things have gotten so bad, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh was forced to issue a statement.

"I'm asking people to stop their nonsense right now. These are adults jumping out windows," Walsh said, according to the Boston Herald. "It's a foolish thing to do and you could kill yourself."

Walsh was referring to the latest dangerous craze where Bostonians are jumping out of their windows into giant snowbanks and sharing the video online.

Boston, on America's East Coast, is buried under 96-inches (2.4 metres) of snow as yet another snowstorm last weekend raised snowfall totals to a nearly-record high.

With winds clocking 96km/h in some parts and temperatures dropping to -17C, locals are resorting to desperate (and dangerous) measures to stay entertained.

Since Sunday, videos of locals leaping from windows have continued to appear online with the hashtags #bostonblizzardchallenge and #bostonsnowchallenge.

The new craze has infuriated Boston's mayor, who found out about it from the Sunday night news.

"This isn't Loon Mountain, this is the city of Boston, where we're trying to remove snow off of the street and it becomes very dangerous," Walsh said.

"And the last thing we want to do is respond to an emergency call where somebody jumped out of the window because they thought it was a funny thing to do."

Heavy lifting ... a front-end loader clears snow from the street in Boston. Picture: AP Photo/Michael Dwyer Source: AP

Repair work ... workers clear snow from a roof in Boston on Monday after the region's fourth winter storm in a month blew through. Picture: AP Photo/Michael Dwyer Source: AP

White-out ... a man tries to walk through an snow-covered street in Beacon Hill in Boston. Picture: AP Photo/Michael Dwyer Source: AP

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Video of Bruce Jenner’s accident

This animated reconstruction and visualization is based on the photographic evidence from the Bruce Jenner crash and is one possibility of how the crash took place. Courtesy: Integral Media Works Inc.

Tragic scene ... The accident involving Bruce Jenner which left one woman dead and five people hospitalised in Malibu on February 7, 2015. Picture Splash News Source: Supplied

THIS is the video of the car accident involving Bruce Jenner which left one woman dead and five others injured.

The animated reconstruction is based on photographic evidence from the crash and provides an example of how the crash might have occurred.

Collision ... Bruce Jenner's SUV, right, can be seen rear-ending Kim Howe's car. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

INVESTIGATION: Jenner being questioned over involvement in fatal crash

STATEMENT: Bruce Jenner calls fatal car crash 'a devastating tragedy'

TMZ reported that a bus camera has captured the whole accident and shows Jenner hitting the Lexus, driven by 69-year-old Kim Howe who died at the scene, which propelled it into oncoming traffic and then struck the Hummer.

Hummer hit ... Kim Howe's car is then hit by a Hummer coming in the opposite direction while Jenner's car hits the Prius as well. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

Bruce then continued on and hit the Prius.

Police are still investigating the cause of the accident and as yet no charges have been laid.

TMZ reports that detectives have opened a vehicular homicide investigation. If any of the drivers in the crash are found criminally negligent they could spend six years in prison.

Jenner reportedly did pass a sobriety test after police arrived on the scene.

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Food poisoning hits 4 million a year

The first case of hepatitis A has been confirmed in WA, believed to related to contaminated frozen berries.

Frozen berries tip of the food poisoning iceberg ... There are four million cases a year caused by various bacteria and viruses. Picture: Thinkstock. Source: ThinkStock

FOOD poisoning affects four million Australians a year, results in 13 million missed working days and costs the economy over $1.2 billion a year.

The Hepatitis A outbreak connected with berries imported from China is only one of hundreds of types of illnesses you can contract from food.

Bacteria, viruses and parasites that can be hosted in food are behind most cases of food poisoning.

CONTAMINATED: Raspberries linked to Hepatitis A outbreak

Hidden enemies ... There are up to 200 bacteria, viruses and parasites in food that cause food poisoning. Picture: News Corp Australia. Source: News Corp Australia

But chemicals added to food and high levels of some ingredients like iodine can also cause health problems.

The most common symptoms of food poisoning include fever, vomiting and diarrhoea but in rare cases it can cause cysts, paralysis, seizures, dementia and death.

Trichinosis, a parasitic infection caused by eating animals, commonly pigs, infected with the larvae of a worm will see immature worms travel through the arteries into the muscles and form cysts.

Botulism can cause paralysis and death and mad cow disease has symptoms of dementia, jerky movements and personality changes.

"There are 10 or 11 causes you really pay attention to but there are up to 200 illnesses you can get from food," Australian National University epidemiologist Associate Professor Martyn Kirk says.

Bad track record ... Chinese products have been involved in several recent food scares in Australia. Picture Thinkstock Source: ThinkStock

Chinese products have been involved in several recent food scares in Australia including the 2009 Bonsoy recall where over 600 Australians developed thyroid dysfunction caused by high iodine levels in the soy milk, Bonsoy.

In 2010 eight milk products were found to have high melamine levels, the testing occurred after increased incidence of kidney stones in infants in China linked to melamine in milk.

But other food scares have been local.

In 2008 six sushi samples were categorised as potentially hazardous due to elevated levels of Bacillus cereus and E. coli.

More than 140 people fell ill and 15 were admitted to hospital with salmonella poisoning after eating at the Copa Brazilian Churrasco in Dickson in May 2013 after being served raw egg in their mayonnaise.

Food Standards Australia checks also found locally grown strawberries were infected by salmonella and L monocytogenes and e cold in Australian grown sprouts and parsley.

Previous case ... In 2010 eight milk products were found to have high melamine levels, the testing occurred after increased incidence of kidney stones in infants in China linked to melamine in milk. Picture: Supplied Source: News Corp Australia

COMMON CAUSES OF FOOD POISONING

. Bacillus is a bacteria commonly found in fried rice, starchy vegetables, meat products, cereal foods, sauces, puddings and spices it causes vomiting and diarrhoea that usually last around 24 hours.

. Campylobacter is found in raw and undercooked poultry, unpasteurised milk and contaminated water and causes fever, nausea, diarrhoea and cramps.

. Botulism found in honey, home canned vegetables and fruits, corn syrup, fermented fish has symptoms of lethargy, blurred vision, paralysis and death from respiratory failure if not treated quickly.

. Clostridium perfringens found in meats, poultry, gravy, dried and pre-cooked foods causes watery diarrhoea, cramps and nausea.

. E cold commonly found in undercooked beef, unpasteurised milk and juice, sprouts and contaminated water it causes diarrhoea and cramps.

You don't want this ... E cold commonly found in undercooked beef, unpasteurised milk and juice, sprouts and contaminated water it causes diarrhoea and cramps. Picture: Supplied. Source: ThinkStock

. Listeria found in soft cheeses, ready to eat deli meats and unpasteurised milk can cause meningitis, sepsis and fever.

. Salmonella is found in undercooked poultry, raw egg, mayonnaise, sprouts, tahini and causes headache, fever, cramps, diarrhoea, vomiting.

. Staphylococcus aureus is found in cream desserts and pastries and potato salad and causes vomiting and abdominal cramps.

. Norovirus transmitted when a person with the virus handles food causes fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhoea and headache.

. Trichinosis is a parasitic infection caused by eating animals, commonly pigs, infected with the larvae of a worm called trichinella. The worms mate in your intestines and the females lay eggs, which then develop into immature worms, that travel through the arteries into the muscles and form cysts.

. Mad cow disease which has killed more than 160 people in Britain causes dementia, memory loss, hallucinations and personality changes paired with physical changes such as jerky movements.

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