Welcome to Cocky & Rude Fight Club!  The rules to the game are simple.  Each week we’ll introduce our fighters.  We’ll do the leg work and help you analyze their strengths and weaknesses.  Then we’ll put the results to vote.  You’ll pick which combatant will decimate their opponent in the knock-down, drag-out brawl of Cocky & Rude Fight Club! Let’s meet this week’s fighters…

STEPHEN HAWKING

Full Name: Stephen William Hawking
Date of Birth:  8 January 1942 (age 69)
Place of Birth:  Oxford, England
Hair Color:  Brown & Gray
Current Residence:  England
Relationship Status: Jane Hawking (m. 1965–1991, divorced), Elaine Mason (m. 1995–2006, divorced)
Occupation:  theoretical physicist and cosmologist
Hobbies:  science
Favorite Song:  this
Awards:  Wolf Prize (1988), Prince of Asturias Award (1989), Copley Medal (2006), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009)
Fields of study:  Applied mathematics, Theoretical physics, Cosmology
Alma Mater:  University of Oxford, University of Cambridge
Known for: Black holes, Theoretical cosmology, Quantum gravity, Hawking radiation
Favorite method of transportation:  motorized wheelchair

Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (born 8 January 1942)is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences,and in 2009 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. Hawking’s key scientific works to date have included providing, with Roger Penrose, theorems regarding gravitational singularities in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes should emit radiation, which is today known as Hawking radiation (or sometimes as Bekenstein–Hawking radiation). Hawking has a motor neurone disease that is related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a condition that has progressed over the years and has left him almost completely paralyzed.  While Hawking may be severely physically handicapped, he possesses a number of very powerful secret weapons.  His motorized wheelchair is armed with highly advanced weaponry, his brain is nearly 1000 times more intelligent than the average human being, and he can tear apart the universe with a single (robot-voiced) word.

TY CONE

AKA / Alias / Nicknames: Tyrone, Tycoon, Ty Cobb, Diana Prince (shhh!)
Date of Birth:  Sunday, March 5.  I am between 30 and 40 years old.  You can now figure out my birth year.
Place of Birth:  26.725N by 80.052W
Hair Color:  Umm…
Current Residence:  Our apartment
Relationship Status: stomach-churningly Desperately in love with Mikey
Occupation:  Telling a federal judge what to do.
Height & Weight:  0.93 Craigs tall/weight appropriate for 1.05 Craigs tall
Hobbies:  Finding the Higgs boson before the competition, understanding and correctly using bathos, tickling Mikey
Favorite Song:  Anything and everything by They Might Be Giants.  Except Istanbul (Not Constantinople).  SOOOO overplayed.
Awards:  Best Picture of an Airplane (1st grade), Honor Camper — Boy (3rd grade), National Merit Scholar (12th grade), $25,405 (33rd grade)
Fields of study:  Sally, W.C., Mrs.
Alma Mater:  University of Virginia
Known for: Southern gentility, parodic names based on “Vagina”
Favorite method of transportation:  Invisible jet (shhh!)
Claim to Fame:  Knowing lots of stuff
Favorite curse word:  Buggar!

Who will win in the battle of  BRAIN vs. BRAIN?  Will Stephen Hawking destroy Ty by tearing the entire universe apart? Or will Ty wither Hawking with his sarcasm and condescension and then shove his motorized wheelchair off a cliff? There’s only one rational way to decide which fighter will win this battle. We’re putting this no-holds-barred fight to a vote. The poll will be open for approximately 24 hours, and you may vote as many times as you want. That’s right — we’re not blocking repeat votes, so vote now and vote often for your favorite Cocky & Rude Fight Club opponent.

Check back on Sunday for the results!

Thanks to Ty & Michelle M. for your assistance with this post!