In pressing mixed martial arts news, popular UFC ring girl Ali Sonoma (right)  abruptly resigned to move on to "bigger and better things" according to her MySpace page via MMAjunkie.  (Also according to her MySpace page: her interests are laughing and Golden Retrievers.  Sigh.)  In this case, bigger and better things are focusing on her acting career and being the new spokesmodel for Xenergy — not exactly a step up from UFC ring girl in the pecking order getting attention for being sexy. 

The subtext is that UFC was pissed that Ali is dating UFC welterweight Diego Sanchez and gave her the choice of Diego or her job.  This rumor is backed up by fellow ring girl Arianny Celeste's experience, who suddenly got more screen time than ever after she broke up with the fighter she had been dating.

Ummm… this story sounded a lot juicier before I wrote it down.  It started out in my mind as a sexy scandal and ended up like an episode of The Hills.  Except less boring.  Christ that show is retarded.