Much like a Bat Signal shining into the foggy night sky of the Internet, it’s rare that I would miss the resounding “DAT ASS” battle cry sent out by our friends at Cage Potato last night. The Tater Tweet in question drew my attention to a mixed martial arts outfit known as Hidden Talent MMA, which I had never heard of, and describes itself as such:

Hidden Talent MMA is a Northern Illinois Mixed Martial Arts organization showcasing some of the premier MMA talent in the Midwest. Up-and-coming fighters stack every card that Hidden Talent MMA hosts, all battling to answer one burning question; Who’s Next?

And “Who?” is a good question, because I’ve never heard of any of these guys. Alas, that’s why they call it Hidden Talent, because this promotion allows Average Andersons to walk in from the cold streets and hone their fighting skills so that they may one day become the next Johnny Hendricks, busting bros’ jaws with wicked left hooks and winning our hearts with impassioned cries for title shots.

Oh, and another really cool thing about Hidden Talent MMA? Ring girl Shannon Ihrke.

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One day I’m going to have a son – or if our God is a vengeful one, 6 daughters – and he will ask me in an adorable-but-eventually-manly voice, “Daddy, what does Thanksgiving mean?” And I’m going to look him straight in the eyes and tell him, “Visiting hours are over, thanks for the cigarettes.” But it’s a great question, that one that my imaginary son just asked. What does Thanksgiving even mean anymore?

It used to be a holiday that celebrated the first meal between the pilgrims that traveled to this country and the Native Americans that lived here, but we can’t be happy about that anymore because of the whole genocide thing. And at one time it was a celebration of family and friends coming together over a nice turkey dinner, but now we have national TV campaigns that are hellbent on making us feel like murderers for enjoying a piece of white meat. Hell, I’d love to say that it’s about celebrating America’s love of the NFL, but now we’re total a-holes if we cheer for a big hit because it may ruin a guy’s life.

Maybe that’s what we’re supposed to be most thankful for – the ability to make people feel miserable about everything. After all, what’s the point of spending hours in a farty plane or car only to end up with people who are going to nag you about your life decisions and ask you for money? But I’m a classic guy, who still believes in that old-fashioned meaning of Thanksgiving, so I’ve put together this gallery of the most Thanksgiving things that I could think of. I hope that it touches your hearts the way that it has touched the heart of the son I don’t have who was just visiting me in prison.

Happy Thanksgiving from With Leather.

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When we first met Formula 1 heiress sisters Petra and Tamara Ecclestone, they were house shopping in Los Angeles so they could begin their own American invasion. The daughters of Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone never quite caught on as celebrities here in the states, though, as we already have enough spoiled children with no discernible talents and plenty of disposable income. But bless their hearts, the Ecclestone sisters have kept on trying, and Tamara is really ready to catch our attention now that she’s single.

For the sake of differentiating them, Petra is married so we won’t talk about her, and Tamara is the one who pulled $1 million in cash out of her ass for a photo shoot last year. She’s also the one who dumped her no good boyfriend to reclaim her title as the World’s Most Eligible Bachelorette, and she’s not looking for good looks, a chiseled body or unbelievable wealth. She just wants a bro that can make her laugh.

What do you think about that, George Clooney?

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From here on out, I will photoshop Kate Upton over every politician's picture.

I don’t know anything about Michigan’s Fred Upton and his politics, but for circumstances that are important to the very fabric with which this site operates, I had to look them up. Turns out Upton is a Republican Congressman (don’t care) from Michigan’s 6th district (dooooon’t care) and he is also the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce (double dog doodie don’t care). However, he’s also the uncle of 2011 With Leather Celebrity Sports Fan of the Year Kate Upton and we absolutely care about that.

According to Michigan Live, this year’s election was a big kick in the pants for the incumbent congressman. Sure, he’s been in office since 1987 (originally in the 4th district, now in the 6th), but his margin of victory in this election was closer than it has ever been.

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"One man punches, the other scratches your back..."

To answer the most pressing question on all of your minds – yes, we will be having a live discussion for UFC on Fuel 6: Franklin Vs. Le. I also fully expect a lot more people to hang out since this one isn’t on PPV and most people get Fuel TV, even if they aren’t fans of watching people surf and skate set to every Pennywise album (I am, so yay!). Headlining the Nov. 10 fights in China is former UFC middleweight champion Rich “Ace” Franklin, who will fight former Strikeforce champion Cung Le. I expect that fight to be pretty entertaining, but then the entire card looks great so we should be in for some fun.

Speaking of fun, the UFC will be employing guest ring girls for this event, which means that I will once again spend most of my evening complaining about the overwhelming lack of Arianny Celeste and Brittney Palmer, whose name I occasionally spell correctly.

Our friends at Cage Potato have revealed that the guest rings girls will be Jessica Cambensy (AKA Jessica C.) and Kang Ye-bin, both of whom I’ve never heard of, but I am very happy to get to know them with you right now.

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As if it isn’t already hard enough being a college student, trying desperately to fit in among tens of thousands of peers while coping with the pressures of studying, self-esteem and just general survival away from our parents, it doesn’t help when Michael Fassbender shows up strutting his big ol’ dong around campus. But that’s apparently what happened on Saturday, as the gentleman we lovingly refer to as Michael F. Assbender at FilmDrunk and, much more importantly, Natalie Portman showed up at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium to film part of their “Untitled Terrence Malick Project”.

So what’s this sucker about that it was so worth causing a stir during the incredible 56-50 slugfest victory that the Texas Longhorns pulled out over the Baylor Bears?

Two intersecting love triangles. Obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz *snores, farts, wakes up* Sounds awesome. But if you are a male Texas student who was threatened by Fassbender’s presence the gravitational pull of his Longhorn, just know that it could have been much worse. Ryan Gosling’s in this film, too. And I don’t think that UT has a flood evacuation plan.

Video and some fan shots after the jump. Oh, and maybe practice a little harder on defense this week, Baylor. Yeesh.

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