The punchy American is an 11-2 underdog going into his fight tonight against Fedor, but everyone seems to be wondering if Brett Rogers has any chance at all. To be fair, neither fighter seems to be getting his due of late, as Fedor Emelianenko has drawn the ire and disappointment of the MMA faithful since turning down UFC to fight for Strikeforce, generally considered to be the CFL of MMA. LOL…They’re even calling Fedor fat now.
If Rogers can get this fight out of the first round–and he seems to have the tools to do so–the grief will only mount for the pudgy Russian. His career choices aside, Fedor is widely considered to be the class of MMA, the fat white Rouskie whale that somebody will have to conquer to make his own name in the sport. It could happen tonight. Full rundown of the card here.
This is old as hell, but Gimp just put it back in my inbox and really, how do I ever say no to Gina Carano. The MMA star (starlet?) did this photoshoot for that ESPN The Body issue, which is like SI’s swimsuit issue. Only the former has no swimsuits. Or models, apparently. And Gina seems to be making this look like a one-girl slumber party. I’m sure that later in the shoot she and the punching bag talked about boys and the perils of math homework. Awesome.
I had a dream a few nights ago that I was riding around with ESPN’s Colin Cowherd on Segways. Every few blocks we’d see a homeless person on the sidewalk and Colin and I would do something cruel to the guy, like pretend to run off with his shoes or scald him with hot coffee. And then we’d high-five and segway around until we found some more coffee. We did this for like an hour and then this cop pulled us over. It was a lady cop, and maybe that’s not the proper jargon, but just bear with me.
So she’s wagging her nightstick at us, saying condescending cop stuff like “You boys better be careful,” and that’s when one of the homeless people transformed into a rhinoceros and trampled her. And then the rhinoceros looked at us and we looked at it. And then the rhino asked us for change.
All I had was credit cards.
I guess the moral of the story is that the homeless aren’t really people, but they’re actually rhinoceroses in disguise, just waiting for the right moment to trample somebody. Think about that the next time you see one of them peeing at a bus stop. Thanks, Gimp
It’s not everyday that someone that’s spent his life in front of a computer would encounter someone as badass as MMA’s Jason “Mayhem” Miller, but that’s what happened when Miller visited the campus of Electronic Arts to see his incarnation in their new MMA game. And of course, like any other athlete, Miller voices his displeasure. But this is different when it’s coming from a guy that can literally jam a laptop up your ass sideways. And then it turns out that he was only kidding. Yeah, isn’t that hilarious? We were almost murdered at work! I can’t wait to tell the guys in my Magic: The Gathering club. Whatever, dude. Thanks, Sharebro Robert.
With mixed martial arts on the verge of being sanctioned in the state of New York, MMA journalist Jim Genia brings us The Truth: A Look Inside NYC’s Underground Fight Show, a point-blank look at a recent underground MMA show that took place somewhere in the greater New York City area. While bringing the sport to the most diehard fans of the sport, it stands to be all but eliminated once fixtures to license mixed martial arts are in place. Genia’s words and pictures are after the jump.
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