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Kris P Lettus 02-24-2013 05:48 PM

make a thread for it

i hate opening this forum and having only threads started by me..

:(

Kris P Lettus 02-24-2013 05:49 PM

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Innovator 02-25-2013 04:26 PM

BANG BA BANG BANG

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Kris P Lettus 02-25-2013 05:37 PM

Kos' hair looks crazy in the gif..

Kris P Lettus 02-25-2013 07:34 PM

http://i.imgur.com/Ehi0qc5.jpg

Kris P Lettus 02-25-2013 07:38 PM

http://www.mmajunkie.com/files/thumb/59669/0

Kris P Lettus 02-26-2013 10:20 AM

Dana White on JRE was the best ever.. LOL at Rogan trying to peer pressure him into smoking weed..

:heart: the old Tyson stories..

Kris P Lettus 02-26-2013 01:24 PM

good article about fighters who might be on the chopping block

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...ly-to-be-fired

Kris P Lettus 02-26-2013 01:32 PM

Rousey was offered a role in the next Hunger Games movie..

Kris P Lettus 02-26-2013 10:15 PM

The winner of Aldo/Pettis is supposed to get a 155 title fight but Benson came out today and said if he beat Melendez he wants to move up to go after GSP's title..

I think I just came in my pants..

Kris P Lettus 02-26-2013 10:31 PM

Ariel Helwani broke that news on UFC Tonight then like 5 minutes later Dana was in studio and said Bendo/GSP wont happen..

He did say the Rashad is prolly gonna fight Hendo, not Shogun..

Love that fight..

CSL 02-27-2013 05:40 AM

Matt Riddle failed a piss test again for pot and got cut

Innovator 02-27-2013 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Kris P Lettus (Post 4126123)

Should Miesha really say anything?

Kris P Lettus 02-27-2013 01:57 PM

Did you see that interview??

Their being "proud" of Rousey was worse acting than that AJ bitch on RAW..

Kris P Lettus 02-27-2013 01:59 PM

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hate hate hate hate hate hate

MoFo 02-27-2013 02:21 PM

Waiting for "Miesha Tate is not impressed by ur performance" memes now.

She is hotter than Rousey tho IMO.

Next Big Thing 02-27-2013 02:30 PM

Her nose kills it for me. She'd still get it, but when both are dolled up, Rousey has the edge.

Kris P Lettus 02-27-2013 04:17 PM

http://www.gdcmma.com/wp-content/upl...ON-FIGURE1.jpg

lol arm collection

CSL 02-27-2013 05:00 PM

Overeem's blood test after 156 came back below normal levels for testosterone

Next Big Thing 02-27-2013 05:22 PM

Isn't that pretty much confirmation that dude has been juicing for the past several years? When your body is so used to synthetic shit, that it stops producing it on its own?

It's unfortunate b/c I like Overeem as a personality. I think him as champion would be good for the sport, but JDS is going to knock his ass out in May and then he'll probably get his walking papers.

Kris P Lettus 02-27-2013 05:56 PM

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/2/4/...-cuts-signings

Kris P Lettus 02-28-2013 09:59 PM

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Kris P Lettus 03-01-2013 09:28 PM

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lol

Next Big Thing 03-02-2013 04:18 PM

Rousey vs. Carmouche rumored to have done btwn. 450,000 and 500,000 buys. That's a great number for her as a headliner.

Kris P Lettus 03-03-2013 01:43 PM

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Heisenberg 03-03-2013 08:04 PM

Not going to miss GSP vs Diaz this month. Holy shit

Kris P Lettus 03-03-2013 08:12 PM

whole card is stacked man

pumped

war diaz

Heisenberg 03-03-2013 08:15 PM

My buddy down in Austin TX sometimes buys the PPVs and we chip in our cut and some booze, hopefully he does it with this one. Been a fan of GSP since his fights with Hughes around 2006-07ish. Blurry memory

Kris P Lettus 03-03-2013 08:25 PM

drive to nola and you can watch it at my house

you can't sleep here though

Next Big Thing 03-03-2013 08:33 PM

I don't think it's going to happen, but just imagine what kind of a mark out moment it would be if Nick batters GSP and takes the strap in Montreal! That would be insane!

Heisenberg 03-03-2013 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Kris P Lettus (Post 4137604)
drive to nola and you can watch it at my house

you can't sleep here though

lol, how far from Bourbon Street do you live? I'd probably end up getting plastered there and checking into a hotel, then waking up in the morning and walking around there watching the people hose the streets off from the night prior, hosing all the piss and puke from the night previous.

Kris P Lettus 03-03-2013 08:38 PM

10 minute drive

Heisenberg 03-03-2013 08:41 PM

NOLA is in the top 3 vacation places for my next long off future picks. Had a good time there for my friend's wedding. The guy who did the wedding has his own reality show on some channel. That was interesting to see him. His chapel is down in that area and has dollars hanging from the ceiling, small cramped up venue.

MMA related addition to post to not break rule of posting MMA forum: Joe Rogan

Kris P Lettus 03-03-2013 08:45 PM

powerful joe rogan

MoFo 03-03-2013 09:29 PM

:'(

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Kris P Lettus 03-04-2013 08:55 AM

i have always hated matt hughes but fuck, i just read this breakdown of his book

what a f'n asshole

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I just bought a copy of Matt Hughes book, and am in 3 chapters already. It is borderline unbelievable. I figured from all the FRAT postings that not everyone on the UG is a big reader, so I'm doing you all a favour. I'm reading it for you and providing a synopsis, chapter by chapter. As astounding as some of this sounds, everything I post is actually in the book. Here it goes:

Chapter 1

Matt talks about growing up on a farm, and what repulsive little brats he and Mark were growing up. To this day, he thinks their childhood "mischief" like breaking **** all the time, being disobedient to their parents, and being cruel to animals is funny. After reading chapter one, you'll find yourself thinking, "Somebody should have beat those kids asses"

Chapter 2

Matt talks about how he and Mark virtually hated each other in jr. high, and high school. He also talks about how he was better, and smarter than Mark at everything.

Chapter 3

Things take a very interesting turn in chapter 3 when Mark and Matt's father has the balls to scold Mark for riding a motorcycle without a helmet. Without letting him finish, the Hughes brothers, physically attack their father, and beat the **** out of him, finally showing him who's boss. Later Mark threatens to throw his mom out of a window or something like that when she's stupid enough to correct him. Not surprisingly the family splits up.

Chapter 4

Matt cheats his way through college getting A's in classes he proudly says he never attended. He and the other wrestlers bully everybody at Lincoln Junior College, and break a bunch of ****. They tip over people's cars, and flood the dorms on purpose. We reach a new low, when he also makes light of the fact that one of his college buddies could not read or write. He then takes time to bash Frank Trigg, saying that he "never became anything."

Later it gets even more disturbing when he describes mutilating a live baby piglet by cutting off it's testicles, and throwing them at a friend. For good measure he slits it's stomach open as it screams wildly to "freak his friend out." After he and Mark brutally torture and kill a dozen or so baby pigs, solely for entertainment, they starts throwing their testicles and body parts at each other. Matt even now still seems amused because his friend looked like he was going to vomit.

A family member shoots himself over a girl, and Matt skips the funeral decided to go to a wrestling meet instead. After getting drunk one night they take a bunch of girls "swimming" in some sort of pond/rain water/sewer runoff. There is a whirlpool that's formed in the sewage pond, and Matt and 2 other drunk college kids get caught in the current. Matt pulls himself out but the 2 other kids drowned. He talks about how God saved him.(apparently God hated the other 2 drunk college kids) They feel so sorry for the 2 kids that died, that the same night the go out and get drunk again, and look for girls. They end up at a house party, and are having no luck with the girls, so they started eating food from the cabinets and refrigerator. When confronted by the home's owner, they throw him through a window, and leave before the cops get there. Matt then starts fighting MMA and kicking everyone's ass easily. Pat Miletich refs one of Matt's fights, and is so impressed he invites him to train with them.

On a side note, for a guy who's disgusted by the language Serra uses, I've counted 14 curse words to this point in the book.

I forgot in Chapter 4, him and Mark both make-out with the same 8th grade girl while they are in college. Why he would include that I have no idea. It had nothing to do with the story.

Chapter 5

Chapter 5 is mostly uneventful, just talks about his first fight in Japan, and so on. He does manage to say "I would have done anything for a country breakfast in Japan" which did nauseate me momentarily. The end of the chapter starts picking up momentum when at Mark's wedding, the boys snub their dad, not allowing him in the family photos. Later, after getting completely plastered they beat the **** out of their new in-laws at the wedding reception, and the entire event turns into what Matt calls "A Battle Royal."

Chapter 6

This chapter should have been titled "I am such a badass." Matt misses no opportunity to pat himself on the back for his fights. He talks about steamrolling everybody. Later Matt shows his utter lack of character when he divulges that he guilt-tripped a fellow mitetich guy into letting him win a grappling match at the Abu Dhabis so he could get the bonus money for fastest submission. The guy fakes like Matt submitted him, earning Matt $1,500 for fastest submission. The way Hughes rationalized it was "The winner faced Tito Ortiz, and we both knew I was the only one that would have a chance against him." He admits Tito beat him in the grappling match, but remembers being surprised at how much stronger he was than Tito. He basically says Tito got lucky in beating him. More later on.

Chapter 7

Matt talks about how he and Jens Pulver used to belittle new members at the Miletich gym. He talks about how they both made fun of and ignored a fat kid who was seemingly in awe of them. That fat kid was Tim Sylvia. He talks about how the UFC temporarily released him "by mistake." He finished the chapter by divulging that he likes to eat at Hooters, and he knocked up the gym skank, who he describes as having "nice boobs, even though they were fake" and "her hips were a little too wide for his taste." Apparently not to wide to impregnate.

Chapter 8

Matt starts this chapter by sexually assaulting the aforementioned 8th grader, who's now 21, in public at a grocery store. Or "Smacking her on the ass" as he called it. Matt notices that her body is "tighter" now that she's grown up, and not the same 13 year old he'd made out with in college. For some reason Matt immediately tells her that he knocked his girlfriend up, and seems utterly outraged that she has decided she's
keeping the baby.

After making it back to her parents house he again begins fondling her on the couch by reaching through a hole in her jeans. He goes on to describe how he noticed she didn't shave her legs that day. (At this point I started to wonder if I mistakenly was reading Penthouse Forum or something.)

The story line changes out of nowhere and Matt begins describing how an opponent who he was mauling once whispered to him to "take the arm," or in other words, I've had enough, please just arm-bar me, and leave me a little dignity. Matt decided he wanted to "take out some more aggression", and continued to beat the **** out of him for another round.

Also, at the end of the chapter the victim of his sexual assault, for some reason I can't begin to fathom, breaks up with him.

Chapter 9

This chapter tells a story about how Tim Sylvia approached Matt like a man, and asked Matt why he had a problem with him when no one else at Miletich does. Matt then goes on to describe the look on Tim's face when Tim who was hoping to bury the hatchet, gets told that he's lazy, not a team player, and Matt didn't like him. Matt takes joy in the fact that he knew exactly how he was treating Tim, and Tim was hoping he'd apologize or something.

Tim, obviously crushed says that Matt has always been one of his heroes, and he'd do anything to be his friend. Matt then tells him he's got enough friends, and that Tim can't buy acceptance by following his team mates around to UFCs when he's not invited.

This chapter is interrupted by a bunch of pictures of Matt being repulsive at different ages. There's a repulsive Matt baby picture, a repulsive Matt toddler picture, a repulsive Matt with a mullet high school picture, a repulsive Matt adult with family picture. The one that tops it all off is a picture of him writing this book on a, I **** you not, typewriter. It looks to be 60 or so years old. But hey, he is from the country I guess.

He then talks about Tito getting knocked out on the street, and what a dick Tito always was to him.

He ends the chapter in typical fashion talking about his sexual assault victim waiting for him to get home from Europe one night, sitting in a car outside his house. He takes that opportunity to let us all know he wouldn't see her that night because he was "too busy spending the night in someone else's bed."

Come to find out, the victim sitting in the car would later become his wife. I bet she loved the fact that he included that little tid bit in his book.

Chapter 10

Matt is up to more shenanigans as he starts dropping by his ex-victim's house, who wants nothing to do with him, when she's not there, and pretty much kidnapping her three year old son so he can spend time with him. She finds out about it and puts a stop to it, the way her parents should have put a stop to college age Matt and Mark making out with her when she was 13.

From here we go to a weird story about how Matt refused to walk all of the way to the bathroom in a bar at a casino in Las Vegas, and would just publicly urinate near the bar while pretending to be getting another drink because it was "dark enough in there to get away with it." I'm at a loss for why that was included in the book. At that same bar his brother Mark's wife refused to get on the bar and dance with some other skanks despite the fact that Mark had ordered her to. She left the bar upset.

He then talks about his ex-victim deciding to get breast implants in the plastic surgery mecca of the U.S., Cedar Rapids. She wanted to know if Matt would stay with her for a day after her surgery because she would be highly medicated. Matt agreed and took full advantage of a still very groggy patient and had sex with her THE DAY AFTER HER SURGERY, which unfortunately "tore some stitches." He also says that this was the first time he saw her completely naked because she always wore her shirt when they had sex before. I didn't know what to make of that either.

He finishes up by talking about how he destroyed Sherk for 5 rounds, and then says he encouraged Sylvia after he tested positive for steroids.

Chapter 11

This chapter was a whole lot of nothing. Matt beat the hell out of Trigg. Matt was beating BJ Penn but just got caught with a good right hand. Matt gets married and has a 24 hour honeymoon which includes dinner at Steak N Shake, and watching the boy he was kidnapping earlier, who is now his step-son swim at a cheap motel pool. That's right, they took the kid with them on their honeymoon. Nice little reminder that someone else has slept with your new bride if you ask me. Still no mention of Matt's other kid so far. You know, the one he wanted to have his ex abort. He also says that some guy started talking to him about becoming a
Christian.

Chapter 12

We now find Matt at an orphanage in Mexico helping out as a missionary. After some prodding, he becomes a Christian in Mexico, and returns home a few days later. He immediately starts lecturing his wife, who for some reason he now calls "Mom" even when they're alone, about her language and her spiritual life. She's not having it, and starts bringing up all of the girls he slept with in the past.(something he still seems to be just a little proud of) He beats Trigg�??s ass again, and then his step son gets in trouble at school for kicking other kindergarteners, and Matt instructs him to use his shin next time instead of his toe.

Chapter 13

This ************ is out of his mind.

For some reason he still calls his wife/victim "mom." Dana calls and wants him to coach tuf 2. Matt tells "mom" he's unsure about being away from her for 6 weeks, because he doesn't want to end up like Randy Couture, and leave his long time wife for someone he met while filming tuf. Where does this dude get off airing Randy's dirty laundry??? "Mom" then assures him that he's no Randy Couture. I would also like to take this time to personally reassure him that he is no Randy Couture. And who the hell worries about leaving their wife if they can't see them for 6 weeks. What the ****?

He also takes time to tell us that everything about Randy "radiated decency....except for his actions." What the hell is going on here?

He also tells Dana that he WILL NOT CUSS on the show. He will apparently do it in his book though

He next proceeds to forget his 6 year old step son is with him at the tuf training facility, and drives away leaving him there for over an hour.
Later he can't believe a guy has the balls to ask for his autograph while he and "mom" are eating, and regrets to this day that he signed it.

He talks about filming the country breakfast commercial.

Later while training at MFS, some young fighter from TUF who is now training at Miletich has the nerve to come up and talk to him after practice like they're on the same level. Hughes is completely pissed that this nobody thinks he is worthy to talk to him, but because he's a Christian he's decides he must be nice to the kid.

Matt then does a complete 180 and says maybe he was a little judgemental of Randy. A little? Again, what the hell is wrong with this ************.

Chapter 14......Finally

I really am out of town without the book, but the outcry for a conclusion has been so great that I actually went to Borders books last night and read chapter 14 so I could post my synopsis today.

Matt begins this chapter by telling a story about him insulting Joe Riggs......in front of Joe's wife. Apparently a few months after Matt beat Joe, he ran into Joe and his wife somewhere. Joe introduces Matt to his wife, and Matt says, "Hi, I'm Matt, I'm the guy that beat up your husband a few months ago." Matt says everyone laughed, except for Joe and his wife, which led me to wonder who "everyone" was. He also mentions, for some unknown reason, that he had sex with his wife in Pat Miletich's room,the day before his fight with Riggs. It's said almost with the overtones of Matt being a "playboy" or something like that. I guess it's better than being proud of sleeping with someone besides her like he described earlier.

Next he takes time to talk about how he basically owned Brock Lesnar when he came to train with MFS, submitting him with ease. He also talks about not being impressed with Lesnar in several ways. One, he wasn't impressed with his wrestling credentials, because Matt himself was every bit as much an elite wrestler. Two, and even more amazing, he says he was surprised that Lesnar "wasn't that big," only 6'2" or 6'3". This is coming from a guy who's pushing 5'8". That's like Jason Reinhardt being surprised by how many cans Chuck Liddell has fought.

We then move to his fight with Royce Gracie, or as Matt refers to him sarcastically "the ninja." After basically trashing everything the Gracie's, and Royce in particular, have accomplished he then goes on to talk about how he wasn't worried about Gracie at all. He knew he was a myth. He describes their fight, and says he was again surprised by how much better was on the ground than Royce "the ninja". At one point he even says that Royce didn't seem to know what he was doing from the bottom, and wasn't even trying to counter anything Matt was throwing at him. He also intimates the fact that he really wanted to break Royce's arm, but had to settle for a choke.

The chapter finishes up with him and Liddell being at Disney World together with their families, and all but calling Chuck an attention whore. Matt says he tries to steer clear of attention in public, but Chuck makes sure everyone notices who he is.

Another thing I've noticed Matt mentioning repeatedly in the book is that he's red headed. He said it at least 5 times now. My question is, when did that become something people brag about? Every red headed kid I ever knew took **** for their hair. But Matt embraces it.

Something else that is really hard to stomach that keeps surfacing in the book is the fact that Matt loves manual labor. He only agreed to go to Mexico on the missionary trip because they promised him he'd be doing "manual labor." He constantly congratulates himself for his farm bred work ethic saying at one point, "Hey, if there's some sort of work to be done, you know I'll be there."

Chapter 15

Matt starts by describing how he intentionally got an argument going between Matt Serra, and Mark Laimon on TUF. He goes on to talk about while he was there he could tell that George St. Pierre was afraid of him. He says St. Pierre is the last person he'd want on his side in combat or a street fight because it's one thing to be tough in a cage, and another to be tough in a street fight in an alley. Apparently Matt now also fancies himself a street fighter. Someone should remind him that it's one thing to be tough while kicking your dad's ass alone, but a completely different thing to be tough while kicking your dad's ass with your brother.

Next, Matt quotes his wife bitching about something during which she drops 2 F-bombs. Really classy lady imo. Matt then reneges on a promotional appearance he was scheduled for.

Matt's wife then has a C-section, and Matt comments that the doctor had red hair. I still don't know what the deal is with the constant focus on red hair.

Not long after the birth a Mom is again hospitalised when she is feeling sick, and that's when the details get a little sketchy and the story takes a strange turn. Without explaining clearly why, Matt claims to have jumped on top of his wife while she was laying in the hospital bed recovering, and she forcefully pushed him off. He fell backward and hit his head on a table, and was momentarily dazed, almost knocked out. What is it with surgery and sex with this guy?

Chapter 16

Matt begins the final chapter of his illustrious literary work by talking to Pat Miletich about his upcoming rematch with BJ Penn. Matt says he was a little unsure of himself when taking that match. His nerves were calmed, however, when looking across the cage at BJ he noticed, and I quote, "that silver spoon's been putting a lot of food in his mouth, he looks plain fat."

He goes on to describe how he was absolutely dominating the stand-up in that fight. I for one was wondering if he was talking about the same fight I saw. He says that Tito was yelling encouragement to BJ and Mark Hughes told him that he'd better shut up. I'm sure Tito was petrified.

BJ tried a dirty move by poking him in the eye, but that didn't stop Matt's domination of the stand-up. Big John then stopped the fight. And Mark
Hughes continues telling Tito that "he's nothing, he's nobody, he's a freaking idiot."

GSP stole Matt's glory by showing no class when he came in the cage and said he was not impressed. Matt responds in true badass street fighter style by telling GSP, "you just showed me who you really are." No, Matt, he'll show you who he really is on two separate occasions in the months to come.

After some redneck bullshit where Rachel Leah got burned twice and some guy almost died on an ATV at Hughes' farm we fast forward to the GSP fight. Matt says GSP only started beating him after kicking him in the balls twice, and that he wasn't even knocked out when Big John stopped the fight. His next fight he destroys Chris Lytle.

Something else in the book that I couldn't bear to write about is Matt's use of "the witchdoctor." He never goes into great detail, but apparently the witchdoctor is a faith healer that hangs around Matt all of the time.
The book ends with Matt laughing about GSP losing to Serra, and him being excited enough about fighting Serra to coach TUF again. He then walks outside to breathe that "fresh Hillsboro country air."

MoFo 03-04-2013 10:04 AM

No wonder he's a "born again Christian", seems like the guy nearly drowned in sin.

That calling his wife "mom" thing has creeped me out tho.

Heisenberg 03-04-2013 11:04 AM

GSP said it best to Hughes, "I'm not impressed by your performance"

Kris P Lettus 03-04-2013 01:22 PM

Lil Nog vs Shogun in nov.. Figured this fight would happen after Dana said that he wanted Hendo/Rashad..

Kris P Lettus 03-04-2013 07:11 PM

june

dunno why i typed nov

Kris P Lettus 03-04-2013 07:11 PM

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Kris P Lettus 03-04-2013 07:13 PM

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Next Big Thing 03-04-2013 09:05 PM

Dude, that shit on Hughes was kind of hard to read. What a jackass.

Kris P Lettus 03-04-2013 09:12 PM

I kinda want to read the book now.. Gotta see if I can get it used cause with his still working for the UFC, Matt Hughes already gets enough of my money..

Kris P Lettus 03-04-2013 09:28 PM

Jon Bones Jones @JonnyBones
At 11 o'clock sharp we gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, her name is Olivia Haven Jones!!!
about 8 hours ago

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Kris P Lettus 03-05-2013 01:24 PM

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When someone can venture in a Russian forest to hunt a grizzly bear with a fork, special rules need to be applied if that same person decides to compete in an MMA bout. It's the only way to level the playing field amongst human beings that aren't genetically predisposed to owning reality. It's already established that Aleksander has the power to distort the space-time continuum and can knock people out just by thinking about. In fact, Aleksander's telepathy is so powerful that he's even forced people into retirement without landing a single strike. Whenever he's not bending Dr. Levinson's time equations, Alek likes to cause absolute ruckus on passenger planes. Check out this report from R-Sport regarding an incident that occurred yesterday.

Alexander Emelianenko has been fined after pleading guilty to harassing passengers and crew on an airplane, Russian prosecutors said Monday.

A video of the incident spread quickly on the Internet. In the clip, Emelianenko appears to be drunk as he scuffles with passengers and crew.

“During the flight, the renowned athlete caused a breach of public order, spoke loudly, molested passengers, provoked them into fights, did not react to remarks from the cabin crew, demanded liquor, used foul language, smoked in the airplane,” Barnaul transport prosecutors said in a statement issued to media.

Emelianenko, 31, admitted a low-level hooliganism charge and was fined 700 rubles ($22.70), prosecutors said.

Four days after the incident on the flight, the M1 Global MMA promotion canceled its contract with the fighter, with president Vadim Finkelstein citing numerous breaches of contract on the part of Emelianenko.

Hours after M1 Global’s decision, Emelianenko said he would retire.

Just another day in the life of Aleksander Emelianenko. Heck, we probably have enough material to do a 'Top Ten Stories on Written on MiddleEasy about Aleksander Emelianenko' if you guys are up for another feature.


Kris P Lettus 03-05-2013 01:26 PM

Just ordered Chinese food.. Shit cost me more than 700 rubles!!

Kris P Lettus 03-05-2013 03:58 PM

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Kris P Lettus 03-06-2013 12:34 PM

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Dave Meltzer: Ronda Rousey is the number five PPV draw in #UFC

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By Zach Arnold | March 5, 2013

A summary from a Sunday radio interview on Sherdog:

The early estimate for the UFC 157 PPV buy rate is in the 400,000-500,000 range, more or less in the middle of that range. Dave claims UFC budgeted itself for 250,000 PPV buys for the Anaheim Pond event, hoping that Ronda would draw around what the smaller fighters like Jose Aldo & Frankie Edgar draw. Drawing 250,000 PPV buys is fine, 300,000 is good, and 400,000 is very good.

“A big success” even though “it’s still Liz Carmouche in the main event.” Both women made north of $150,000 USD in terms of money from the fight.

When Dave first saw the original PPV barker ad for the UFC 157 show (the now infamous Rousey mean/smile combo ad), he said it hit him that it’s two girls fighting and that it wasn’t going to draw so well. The early ticket sales in Anaheim were around 4,000 sold for $600,000 at the gate. However, unlike normal UFC business trends, the event ended up sold out and had more momentum for the close.

While the amount of paid tickets sold and gate wasn’t as high as a typical big UFC show is concerned, there were a few reasons for this. The first reason is that Los Angeles/Anaheim is a very tough market for UFC to draw big numbers in. Second, “there was fear” when they put Ronda Rousey on top of the Anaheim Pond card. When the early indications showed slow ticket sales, “they had to be scared” that a ton of empty seats would have Ronda look like a flop to the masses. Over 7,000 tickets were sold in the last couple of weeks. The momentum for the fight surged greatly two weeks before the event and Ronda Rousey being a Southern California girl made it a big deal.

Dave thought the fight would draw 200,000-300,000 PPV buys tops, similar to what Frankie Edgar or Jose Aldo draw. Instead, it drew much stronger numbers.

“She’s gonna be a good PPV draw.”

Dave claims that DirecTV is stating that no other UFC PPV show has ever sold more buys for the High Definition telecast than UFC 157 drew. The early web PPV buys UFC got for the show led them to think the show would draw 300,000 PPV buys but momentum grew and then they started feeling that the show could hit the 500,000 PPV buy mark.

The belief is that Ronda was able to attract a different kind of PPV audience — one more affluent and female. However, the live audience at the Anaheim Pond was still 80% guys and pretty much standard UFC event far.

Jack Encarnacao asked where Ronda Rousey ranks as a UFC PPV draw, given that she’s a bigger attraction than Frankie Edgar, Dan Henderson, Urijah Faber, and Ben Henderson. Dave said Rousey/Carmouche out-drew Anderson Silva/Stephan Bonnar and was parallel to the Jon Jones/Vitor Belfort fight. The fight had some novelty appeal and drew way more media coverage than any other UFC fight.

“I suspect Ronda (will be) no worse than the #5 draw in the company if she continues to win.” Dave says that one UFC company source believes Ronda can draw 700,000 PPV buys a fight if she continues her winning streak over the next year. Dave says it’s a “wait and see” situation regarding whether or not Ronda can regularly draw more than 400,000 PPV buys per fight. However, if she loses…

“Will the people stay with her when she’s lost once?”

Ranking UFC’s top 5 PPV attractions: Georges St. Pierre, Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Cain Velasquez, and Ronda Rousey. Each fighter appeals to a certain fan base. St. Pierre appeals to Canadians. Jones is the superstar, dynamic athletic. Anderson Silva attacts tons of Brazilian fans. Cain appeals to Hispanics. Ronda appeals to female fans and non-traditional UFC fans with cash to burn.


CSL 03-06-2013 09:14 PM

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Stefan Struve's cheek and jaw bone

Kris P Lettus 03-07-2013 07:46 AM

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love this show

by far the best mma blog on the internet

Kris P Lettus 03-07-2013 10:44 AM

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CSL 03-07-2013 01:17 PM

Bisping's response to Belcher and Gilberry (autoplay)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pF6cWx0uBY

Kris P Lettus 03-07-2013 01:33 PM

Belcher by KO

Kris P Lettus 03-07-2013 10:39 PM

Demetrius Johnson out of surgery. "Surgery went well for the Champ ♥ #teammighty — Destiny Johnson"

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Kris P Lettus 03-09-2013 11:26 AM

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whiteyford 03-09-2013 04:15 PM

Didn't realise Shamrock did commentary for BAMMA.

Kris P Lettus 03-09-2013 06:36 PM

Frank or Ken?? cause if it's Ken that has to be must hear shit..

whiteyford 03-10-2013 07:31 AM

Ken.

Kris P Lettus 03-10-2013 09:39 PM

OMG

Kris P Lettus 03-14-2013 07:38 AM

Fuel is showing UFN 25, which is the ONE UFC event I have been to.. I have never seen the broadcast version.. I was at work from 3 pm yesterday until and hour and a half ago (5am my time).. I want to go to sleep but I really want to watch this..

fuck

:(

Kris P Lettus 03-14-2013 07:42 AM

think i saw myself

def saw phil davis, roman harper, and melvin gulliard and they were sitting one row over from me

Kris P Lettus 03-14-2013 07:44 AM

hell yeah, im in the background cheering and freaking out when alan belcher is getting checked in by the refs

:love:

MoFo 03-16-2013 07:31 AM

Cro Cop won the K1 Grand Prix :lol: :lol:

Crimson 03-17-2013 05:50 PM

Rousey and the Tate/Zingano winner will coach the next TUF. Apparently they will have both women and men in the house at 135lbs.

Kris P Lettus 03-18-2013 05:10 PM

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Kris P Lettus 03-18-2013 05:18 PM

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Vastardikai 03-19-2013 10:03 AM

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Cameraman is like... DAT ASS!

Kris P Lettus 03-19-2013 11:11 AM

supposedly she was super embarrassed about this which makes no sense since she show her ass for a living

:dunno:

Kris P Lettus 03-19-2013 11:11 AM

supposedly she was super embarrassed about this which makes no sense since she show her ass for a living

:dunno:

Innovator 03-19-2013 04:45 PM

Hendricks shaved the beard. WHY

Kris P Lettus 03-20-2013 08:59 AM

he has done it before

Kris P Lettus 03-20-2013 09:09 AM

but yeah

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:(

Next Big Thing 03-20-2013 09:17 AM

Fuck his beard. How is the hand? I want Hendricks/GSP ASAP.

Next Big Thing 03-21-2013 07:53 PM

Lavar "Big" Johnson pisses hot and is subsequently released from the UFC.

Savio 03-21-2013 09:48 PM

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Kris P Lettus 03-23-2013 05:16 PM

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Kris P Lettus 03-23-2013 05:25 PM

last weeks episode but it's f'n hilarious

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Kris P Lettus 03-24-2013 12:57 PM

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Chan Sung Jung
Dear Mr. Geroges St. Pierre

Hi, My name is Chan Sung Jung from South Korea. As one of many Koreans who like you as an incredible athlete, I feel like I should tell you that many Korean fans, including myself, were shocked to see you in your gi designed after the Japanese 'Rising Sun Flag'. For Asians, this flag is a symbol of war crimes, much like the German Hakenkreuzflagge. Did you know that? I hope not.

Just like Nazis, the Japanese also committed atrocities under the name of 'Militarism'. You can easily learn what they've done by googling (please do), although it's only the tiny tip of an enormous iceberg.


Furthermore, the Japanese Government never gave a sincere apology, and still to this day, so many victims are dying in pain, heartbroken, without being compensated. But many westerners like to wear clothes designed after the symbol under which so many war crimes and so much tragedy happened, which is ridiculous.

I know most of them are not militarists. I know most of them do not approve unjustified invasion, torture, massacre, etc. They're just ignorant. It's such a shame that many westerners are not aware of this tragic fact. Wearing Rising Sun outfits is as bad as wearing clothes with the Nazi mark on it, if not worse.

Since you're influenced by Japanese Martial Arts, your wearing a headband designed after Japanese flag is understandable. But again, that huge 'Rising Sun' on your Gi means something else.

Many people say GSP is the best Welterweight fighter throughout history, to which I totally agree. This means you have a great influence on every single fan of yours all around the world. And I do believe your wearing 'the symbol of War Crime' is a very bad example for them, not to mention for yourself.

So, what do you reckon?
Do you want to wear the same Gi next time as well? — with Georges St-Pierre and Georges St-Pierre.

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Next Big Thing 03-24-2013 01:36 PM

They should find a Japanese fighter to match the Korean Zombie up against and let him take out his frustrations that way.

In all seriousness, I didn't know that was an offensive symbol. If it is that serious, maybe GSP should listen.

Next Big Thing 03-25-2013 10:09 AM

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Next Big Thing 03-25-2013 02:08 PM

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Since Georges St-Pierre wore our walkout gi at UFC 158 we have received attention surrounding the negative connotation of the rising sun graphic used. The last thing we want is to offend or alienate anyone with the choice of design on our products.

We at Hayabusa have the utmost respect for culture and history and appreciate all of our customers worldwide. As such, we accept full responsibility for this design and are taking all complaints and comments very seriously.

The gi worn by GSP will not be brought to market. In addition, we will be very conscious of this specific design element when developing future communication materials and products.

Please accept our sincerest apology for any offence this has caused. If you have any questions or comments regarding this matter, please feel free to discuss it with us at customerservice@hayabusafightwear.com. One of our representatives will be happy to assist you.

Sincerely,

Craig Clement
Co-President
Hayabusa Fightwear Inc.

Next Big Thing 03-25-2013 03:53 PM

Calling this now: Marina Shafir will be the next WMMA star. She was a high level judoka and teammate of Rousey's at the national level. They're also BFFs/roomies. All three of her wins come via... armbar. Would be sweet to see her on TUF.

Next Big Thing 03-25-2013 07:14 PM

Apparently GSP is going to have a small part in the Captain America sequel:

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Another Marvel Universe villain is set to appear in Anthony and Joe Russo's Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Latino Review reports that UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre will be playing French kickboxing master Georges Batroc, AKA Batroc the Leaper.

With origins dating all the way back to 1966's "Tales of Suspense" #75, Batroc doesn't have any superhuman abilities beyond his mastery of martial arts. While he's primarily a Cap foe, he's appeared throughout the Marvel Universe and done battle with the likes of Spider-Man, the Punisher, Iron Fist and many more.

St-Pierre, who hails from Quebec, has previously appeared in the martial arts films Death Warrior and Never Surrender, both directed by Hector Echavarria.

Also set to star Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Scarlett Johansson, Toby Jones, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell, Robert Redford and Maximiliano Hernández, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is said to be a political thriller inspired by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's acclaimed arc in the comics.

The sequel begins production shortly, aiming for an April 4, 2014 release.

Kris P Lettus 03-28-2013 05:11 PM

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Kris P Lettus 03-29-2013 08:17 PM

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Next Big Thing 03-29-2013 08:50 PM

I used to think McCorkle was funny in that douchebag friend way, but he says some dumb/ignorant shit on his Twitter.

Kris P Lettus 03-29-2013 08:53 PM

if he's that "grossed out" by gays why would he want to be between them while they were trying to make out??

MoFo 03-30-2013 06:04 PM

Riddick Bowe (45) and Evander Holyfield (50) have agreed to a Muay Thai bout in May.

lol

MoFo 03-30-2013 06:04 PM

Pretty sure Bowe had significant brain damage too last time I heard.

Kris P Lettus 03-30-2013 06:07 PM

he got ball damage from golata too

Kris P Lettus 03-30-2013 06:08 PM

last time i saw holyfield he was still ripped

bowe was fat if i remember correctly

Kris P Lettus 03-30-2013 06:27 PM

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Kris P Lettus 03-31-2013 04:54 PM

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Upbeat UFC featherweight Marcus Brimage is not particularly happy with the match ups UFC officials have thrown his way thus far, telling MMA Fight Corner that he believes he is being used as a "stepping-stone" for fighters who come into the organization with hype around them and that people think he "sucks."

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"The plan is to win by any means necessary. If it goes to decision it sucks, but it'll go to decision. If I knock his ass out in the first, then I knock his ass out in the first. We don't get paid by the round in the UFC. It's just that the position I'm in, in the UFC, everyone thinks I suck. Sooo if I beat you, you really suck. Because they keep using me as a stepping-stone. Maximo Blanco he was supposed to on the fast track to Aldo, I stopped that...Jimy Hettes, I stopped that. Now this guy, and I'm about to stop that again. They think I suck. They keep using me as a stepping stone, but if I keep beating you and you suck, then that means you really suck."

-- Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight Marcus Brimage (6-1) tells MMA Fight Corner about the lack of appreciation he feels from fans and the UFC brass going into his UFC on FUEL TV 9 bout against highly touted Irish prospect Conor McGregor. Despite holding a 3-0 record inside the Octagon, "The Bama Beast" is being regulated to the Facebook preliminary portion of the card against an organizational newcomer. That doesn't appear to sit well with Mr. Brimage as he thinks the promotion is using him as a stepping-stone for new talent, a point that's hard to argue after taking a look at his record and list of opponents. Regardless of Brimage's feelings, a win against McGregor at UFC on FUEL TV 9 would move him to 4-0 under the UFC banner and he will certainly receive a pretty significant step up in competition.

For more news and notes on UFC on FUEL TV 9, check out our complete event archive here.

Kris P Lettus 04-01-2013 06:51 PM

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UPDATED: Jon Jones Injured, BJ Penn steps in to fight Chael Sonnen At UFC 159 | UFC NEWS

The injury bug is starting to spread. After rumors of the UFC on FUEL TV 9 event being in jeopardy due to an injury to Alexander Gustafsson, sources are now reporting that Jon Jones has suffered an undisclosed injury forcing him out of the UFC 159 Main Event.

UFC President Dana White could not have been happy when he got the call that one of the more anticipated UFC PPV events is losing one of the Main Event fighters. The injury that is forcing the Light Heavyweight champion to withdraw is said to be ‘very serious’ and he could miss “significant time” according to sources.

Trying to find a suitable replacement for the Main Event would be a difficult task, especially on such short notice. The fight is just under 4 weeks away, but a legend of the sport has stepped up: BJ Penn. When the 2x UFC champion heard of the injury to Jones, he made the call to White and asked for the fight.

The UFC granted Penn’s request.

UFC 159 is set to go down from New Jersey’s Prudential center on April 27. The Penn vs. Sonnen fight will serve as the evening’s headliner.

UPDATE:

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY FROM BJPENN.COM

Kris P Lettus 04-03-2013 12:29 AM

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I'm not an idiot, I just post a lot.

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If you were offended by George St. Pierre's walkout gi from his UFC 158 fight against Nick Diaz last month in Montreal, then you must be an idiot.

That's according to former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight Ryo Chonan, who thinks you might be too stupid to go out and educate yourself on the history involving Korea and Japan as it pertains to war crimes back in World War II.

From Samurai Life (via Middle Easy):

"All the people complaining about the Rising Sun flag is an idiot. Learn history! Even though that might be too much for you idiots. I don't care about the comfort women (girls and women essentially held captive in a life of enforced prostitution in the Imperial Japanese Army), go make more statues in Korea. Japan is too busy. There is a lot of exaggerations and anti-Japanese education in regards to Japanese involvement in World War II. Japan actually helped Korea and made it a developed country. Also when Japan was there Korea was not divided between North and South."

Subtle.

St. Pierre was openly criticized by fellow UFC star Chan Sung Jung (see his beef here), who called "Rush" out for sporting a Rising Sun flag that was, by "Korean Zombie's" definition, the equivalent of the Swastika in terms of offensive symbolism.

That's just idiotic, says Chonan.

Nevertheless, leading retailer of combat sports apparel, Hayabusa, promised to keep the offending gi off the market while St. Pierre promptly apologized for his unintended gear gaffe (read his statement here). All's well that ends well, right?

Not if you ask the Japanese "Piranha."

Kris P Lettus 04-03-2013 03:11 PM

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Melvin's gonna get choked out..again..

:(

Kris P Lettus 04-04-2013 10:37 AM

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