In the 1984 film “Revenge of the Nerds,” characters Lewis Skolnik (played by Robert Carradine) and Gilbert Lowe (played by Anthony Edwards) lead a group of nerds to stop the ongoing harassment from the bully fraternity Alpha Betas at the fictional Adams College. At the film’s end, Gilbert stands before the college fraternities and delivers a rousing speech about standing up to discrimination.
“I just wanted to say that I’m a nerd, and I’m here tonight to stand up for the rights of other nerds,” he said. “All our lives we’ve been laughed at and made to feel inferior.”
In 2024, undefeated Brazilian middleweight Caio Borralho is standing up for nerds across the globe. However, unlike Skolnink and Lowe, Borralho’s MMA crew — The Fighting Nerds — are bullying the bullies at their own game.
“We are the nerds who like to…
