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Welcome to the Gilbert's Gripes Nation

No sport is perfect, especially not ours! As member of the former Team CJB, Team Bay Area's Best and now a member of Team Paul Mitchell, competitor Damon Gilbert has been almost everywhere and seen almost everything. This section is dedicated to his concerns and quandries about the sport we participate in. Through this section, Damon has created the Gilbert's Gripes Nation - to express his thoughts about the sport. Viewer's can read his Gripes and vote in the monthly poll - hear Damon roar and be heard with him!

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What's eating Gilbert? 11/27/2006 MTV's Final Fu
Damon gives us his opinion and some suggestions to improve the recent program - the Final Fu, that was shown on MTV.
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What's eating Gilbert? 08/15/2006 Respect your elders!
Daman demands that the great fighters of old get more respect.
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What's eating Gilbert? 07/15/2006 Elite 8 - Ugh!
Damon airs his views on the new Elite 8 system.
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What's eating Gilbert? 06/29/2006 Conflicts in judging
Damon questions whether judges should have affiliations with competitors in the same ring.
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What's eating Gilbert? 07/22/2005 Team Money
Damon ponders whether certain team players should get paid more than others.
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What's eating Gilbert? 02/15/2005 Team CJB
Damon discusses the end of Team CJB and the effect on the sport martial arts world.
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What's eating Gilbert? 11/12/2003 Video passes
Damon explores the depths of our sport by asking "What is a video pass?"
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What's eating Gilbert? 08/27/2003 Fighting fakes
Damon discuss the weird rules about sparring fakes that he has encountered.
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What's eating Gilbert? 06/25/2003 Fighting your team
Damon ponders whether team members should have to fight each other in grand championships and other matches.
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What's eating Gilbert? 05/07/2003 The blood rule
Damon laments the blood rule and his opinion on whether it should stay or go.
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What's eating Gilbert? 03/23/2003 Team sparring at the Supergrands
Damon discusses how the controversial Team Fighting division played out at SuperGrands 2002.
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What's eating Gilbert? 08/28/2002 Why aren't we famous?
Damon ponders why our "superstar" athletes aren't more famous in the outside world.
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What's eating Gilbert? 08/02/2002 Simultaneous Points
Damon expresses his views on a fighting rule where both fighters score a point.
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