Friday MMA Review 5/8
Posted by Anthony Stalter (05/08/2009 @ 8:54 pm)

Here’s a weekly rundown of MMA content from Ben Goldstein of CagePotato.com:
- Gina Carano (above photo) looks pretty hot as a pin-up girl.
- Toby Imada pulled off the most epic submission in MMA history against Jorge Masvidal at last weekend’s Bellator event.
- Hatsu Hioki, Marlon Sandro, Michihiro Omigawa, and Masanori Kanehara advanced to the semi-finals of Sengoku’s featherweight grand prix.
- Team U.S. and Team U.K. split a pair of quarterfinal fights, while a bounty offered for knocked-out teeth hilariously backfired on Wednesday’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter. Plus, will Rampage Jackson return for season 10?
- With Houston Alexander’s hand injury, UFC 98 becomes the second-most-cursed card in UFC history. Nevertheless, the show must go on, and Matt Serra has taken over video-blogging duties to promote it.
- Two new people will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame the day before UFC 100 in July. The smart money’s on Charles “Mask” Lewis and Chuck Liddell.
- Speaking of UFC 100, a new viral effort has been launched to get the crowd to chant “Fedor!” immediately following the Brock Lesnar/Frank Mir main event, pretty much just to screw with Dana White.
- Despite getting KTFO’d, Benji Radach is appealing his April 11th Strikeforce loss to Scott Smith.
- Your chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to UFC 98 from CagePotato.com ends on Monday!
Posted in: Mixed Martial Arts
Tags: Benji Radach, Charles "Mask" Lewis, Chuck Liddell, Fedor Emelianeko, Gina Carano, Gina Carano photos, Hatsu Hioki, Houston Alexander, Jorge Masvidal, Marlon Sandro, Masanori Kanehara, Matt Serra, Michihiro Omigawa, MMA, MMA News, MMA rumors, Rampage Jackson, Sengoku gran prix, The Ultimate Fighter, Toby Imada, Toby Imada submission, UFC, UFC 100, UFC 98, UFC Hall of Fame, UFC News, UFC rumors
Friday MMA Review 5/1
Posted by Anthony Stalter (05/01/2009 @ 12:45 pm)

Here’s a weekly rundown of MMA content from Ben Goldstein of CagePotato.com:
- Congenital amputee Kyle Maynard’s MMA debut went about as well as we thought it would.
- Clearly bored with the garbage-ass challengers he’s been getting in the UFC’s middleweight division, 185-pound king Anderson Silva will go up to light-heavyweight again to face Forrest Griffin at UFC 101 in August. Meanwhile, Nate Marquardt and Demian Maia will be facing off to determine who really deserves the next middleweight title shot.
- Gina Carano looked hot at Kevin Randleman’s wedding.
- Despite some intense infighting, Team U.S. was able to put its first victory on the board on the last episode of The Ultimate Fighter, while coach Michael Bisping vanished into thin air.
- Japanese promotion DREAM is putting together the greatest MMA freak show in history with their “World Superman Championship,” which will feature steroid-snitch Jose Canseco, pituitary case Hong Man Choi, Bob Sapp, and five more warriors, hopefully fighting to the death.
- Speaking of freak shows, Fedor Emelianenko used his 70-pound weight advantage to toss around Shinya Aoki in a grappling exhibition at the last M-1 Challenge event.
- Less than two months after Nick Diaz and Scott Smith scored victories at “Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz,” the two will be fighting each other at “Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields.”
- Sign of the apocalypse #783: Kung Fu Football.
- Kim Couture’s wife pulled out of her upcoming fight against Miesha Tate, and Tate responded by telling everyone that Kim and The Natural are getting a divorce. Real classy.
- By forcibly retiring Chuck Liddell, is Dana White looking out for his friend’s health or his company’s wallet? Little from column A, little from column B?
Posted in: Mixed Martial Arts
Tags: Anderson Silva, Bob Sapp, Chuck Liddell, Chuck Liddell retiring, Dana White, Demian Maia, Fedor Emelianenko, Forrest Griffin, Gina Carano, Hong Man Choi, Jose Canseco, Kevin Randleman, Kim Couture, Klye Maynard, Kung Fu Football, Kyle Mynard MMA debut, Lawler vs. Shields, Michael Bisping, Miesha Tate, MMA freak show, MMA News, MMA rumors, Nate Marquardt, Nick Diaz, Scott Smith, Shinya Aoki, Silva vs. Griffin, Superman Championship Jose Canseco, The Ultimate Fighter, UFC News, UFC rumors, World Superman Championship
Friday MMA Review 4/24
Posted by Anthony Stalter (04/24/2009 @ 2:00 pm)

Here’s a weekly rundown of MMA content from Ben Goldstein of CagePotato.com:
- Chuck Liddell stepped into the cage (and got knocked out) for the last time, while Anderson Silva and Thales Leites put on one of the most boring title fights in UFC history at UFC 97 last Saturday. Regarding the Silva/Leites scrap, UFC prez Dana White said “I’ve never been embarrassed of a UFC fight like I was tonight,” while Silva’s manager tried to do damage control.
- The Iceman may be retired from the fight game, but it seems like his acting career is taking off. Meanwhile, Andrei Arlovski is going to appear in the next Jean-Claude Van Damme joint.
- Nick Osipczak put the Brits up 1-0 with his crushing head-kick knockout of Mark Miller on Wednesday’s episode of “The Ultimate Fighter.”
- Gina Carano does it for love, not money. Yeah, right.
- Pro wrestler-turned-fighter Bobby Lashley will be colliding with cartoonish brawler Bob Sapp in a June pay-per-view event that will also feature Affliction’s vice-president actually fighting on the card.
- Congenital amputee Kyle Maynard makes his MMA debut tomorrow night. But will it be a triumph or an ill-advised freak show?
- Speaking of freak shows, lightweight grappling-genius Shinya Aoki and world’s-best-heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko will be tangling in a “special sparring exhibition” next week in Tokyo. Ah, what’s a 70-pound weight-difference between friends?
- Enter our “Underground Heroes” giveaway and win a pair of tickets to UFC 98! And if you’re going to the May 23rd event, be sure to check out our fan’s guide to Las Vegas.
Posted in: Mixed Martial Arts
Tags: Anderson Silva, Andrei Arlovski, Bob Sapp, Bobby Lashley, Chuck Liddell, Chuck Liddell UFC 97, Dana White, Dana White comments, Fedor Emelianeko, Gina Carano, Kyle Maynard debut, Mark Miller, MMA, MMA rumors, Nick Osipczak, Shinya Aoki, The Iceman, UFC, UFC 97, Underground Heroes
MMA Review for Friday, February 20
Posted by Anthony Stalter (02/20/2009 @ 2:10 pm)
Here’s a weekly rundown of MMA content from Ben Goldstein of CagePotato.com:
- Could we try to go one week without an MMA fighter getting arrested? The latest cage-fighting jailbird is Kimo Leopoldo, a UFC old-schooler who got caught impersonating a Long Beach police officer while carrying around “a small amount” of methamphetamine.
- MMA hottie/former American Gladiator Gina Carano took some sexy new photos for Maxim.
- At last Friday’s Wargods event, UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock armbarred some fat dude, while Tank Abbott scored a brilliant KO via illegal rabbit punches.
- BJ Penn has put his frustrations about his slippery loss to Georges St. Pierre into a charming little conspiracy-video. Meanwhile, legendary UFC ref John McCarthy says that the greasing thing has “always been an issue” in MMA.
- The UFC’s new action figures will armbar the crap out of your little Ninja Turtles.
- Montreal will allow the UFC to return to their city as long as there’s none of that barbaric foot-stomping going on. You can check out the fight lineup here.
- UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson goes down tomorrow night in London. Swing by CagePotato.com for our liveblog of the tape-delayed Spike TV broadcast at 9 p.m. ET/PT, and prepare thyself by checking out this roundup of the fighters who will be making their Octagon debuts, our occasionally-helpful betting advice, and our interviews with main-card fighters Nate Marquardt and Chael Sonnen.
Posted in: Mixed Martial Arts
Tags: American Gladitors, Georges St. Pierre, Gina Carano, John McCarthy, Ken Shamrock, Kimo Leopoldo arrested, MMA News, New UFC action figures, Sanchez vs. Stevenson UFC 95, Tank Abbott, UFC 95, UFC News
AskMen.com’s Top 99 Women 2009 Edition
Posted by Anthony Stalter (01/21/2009 @ 8:00 am)

After a month of gathering more than 10 million votes, Askmen.com just released their Top 99 Women list for 2009. Anyone ready and willing to waste some time at work, you’ve got to check this thing out because as expected, there are some knockouts on the list.
Here are a couple ladies from the sports world to wet your appetite:
#26 Olympian Leyrn Franco:

#39 Former WWE star Stacy Keibler

#73 MMA Fighter Gina Carano

#83 Tennis star Maria Sharapova

#91 Race Car Driver Danica Patrick

#96 Tennis hottie Ana Ivanovic

I won’t spoil who’s No. 1, but hot-ass Marisa Miller is in the top 10, so that’s good enough for me.
Boy, is Danica Patrick’s stock slipping or what? She seems to be turning into the Anna Kournikova of the racing world, although at least she did win one major race (out of 64 starts…but still).
Stacy Keibler is smokin’. ESPN needs to pair her with Erin Andrews and have them do SportsCenter a couple times a week. It would be better than the crap they have doing the highlights now.
Head to Askmen.com to check out their Top 99 Women of 2009 list.
Posted in: General Sports, Mixed Martial Arts, Tennis, The Olympics, Women
Tags: Askmen.com 99 Women 2009, Danica Patrick, Danica Patrick photos, Erin Andrews, Gina Carano, Gina Carano MMA, Gina Carano photos, Hot sports women, Hot women athletes, Hot women athletes photos, Leyrn Franco, Leyrn Franco photos, Maria Sharapova, Maria Sharapova photos, Marisa Miller, Marisa Miller photos, Sexy women athletes, Stacy Kibler, Stacy Kibler photos, Stacy Kibler pics, Stacy Kibler WWE, Women athletes
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