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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‘The Ultimate Fighter’ is one of the things that I absolutely love about MMA. It points to the fact that the sport realizes showcasing the flaws of its athletes makes for better interest than these team sport athletes whose images have been scrubbed clean by the leagues, PR groups, and enterprising media. MMA, if I could coin a phrase, keeps it real. And here’s the first eight minutes of the premiere of UFC’s prime-time centerpiece, now with the over-hyped Kimbo Slice. The premiere airs tomorrow on SPIKE, and it’s gonna be awesome. I could just knock over a convenience store and scream racial epiteths just thinking about it. via.
I have to give it up to Fanhouse’s Ariel Helwani for getting time with boxing promotion legend Bob Arum. But then Arum tries to point out that boxing’s audience isn’t necessarily the same as the viewership for something like a UFC pay-per-view, and Helwani takes umbrage. Umbrage, I say! The fun starts around the 4 minute mark, and it’s a somehwhat heated discourse as Arum generalizes all MMA fans as skinheads, and then delivers the middle school coup de grace. He may as well have said “Your mom likes MMA.” Because Your Mom jokes never get old. Nor do they offend the gays. via.
Here’s Chuck “Iceman” Liddell’s entrance to the octagon for UFC 43, and even if Liddell actually wins Dancing With The Stars this season, he’ll never be a part of anything as gay as this. Seriously, where’s the camera angle that’s actually inside that freak’s mouth? “Can you feel me?” I’m good, thanks. If I wanted to get molested by a clown, I’d go to the circus. And if that wasn’t bad enough, the entrance music is utterly unforgivable. I won’t ruin the surprise, but it starts with S and ends with “hitty.” I’m amazed MMA ever made it this far…via. Thanks, Vince.
