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Pedro and the Cockfight -- The Horrifying Video

Posted Feb 7th 2008 6:14PM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has obtained the video of three-time Cy Young award winner Pedro Martinez at a cockfight with Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal in the Dominican Republic. Did Michael Vick not teach us all a lesson?


The video shows Mets star Martinez and Marichal serving as "soltadores" -- the people who release the animals into the death ring. As the fight goes on -- which we have chosen not to show -- Martinez and Marichal can be seen in the audience, smiling and laughing.

Cockfighting is legal and popular in the Dominican Republic.

It's unclear whose rooster won, but really -- does it matter?

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271. Also, my parents are from the Dominican Republic...and they are anything but "low life"...And guess what? "American" is a bad word over there. They may have there backward traditions over there...but they think of us as fat, lazy, naive, selfish, uninformed, idiots. You want to know what the American stereotype is? Go to the deepest most secluded montains in the south and find yourself a redneck, imbred family...this is the image of Americans to Dominicans. Not a good feeling, huh.

Posted at 12:05AM on Feb 9th 2008 by marly

272. Re: 190

wow buddy...bitter much?

Posted at 12:12AM on Feb 9th 2008 by marly

273. !cono carajo!

Posted at 12:42AM on Feb 9th 2008 by dios mio

274. this video didnt show any of the so called fight so PETA go F yourselves you losers.This is part of the culture in the DR and we dont understand this and shouldnt be criticizing what we dont understand

Posted at 1:50AM on Feb 10th 2008 by paulnofsky

275. IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, WERE THIS FIGH HAPPEND IS LEGAL, SO THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.. PEOPLE IN USA ARE USE TO FALLOW THE RULES, AND DID NOT BROKE ANY RULE, SO WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL... LOL.. IF YOU ARE LEGAL RAISE YOUR HAND!!!! (NOBODY DID).. AND THIS COMING SPRING BREAK DON'T GO TO MEXICO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC OR BRAZIL AND START DRINKING LIKE AN IDIOT, JUST BECAUSE THE LEGAL AGE FOR DRINKING IS 18... BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU AND PEDRO WILL FIT IN THE SAME SHOES..

Posted at 2:41PM on Feb 10th 2008 by Lolo

276. Thanks for the great info

Posted at 6:57PM on Mar 1st 2008 by Paris

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