Luke Rockhold and Tim Kennedy are my new favorite fighters.

What’s an MMA promotion without a villain? Veteran fighter Frank Shamrock gives a crash course in evil to two of the sport’s nicest guys: Luke Rockhold and Tim Kennedy.

In case you were worried that MMA fighters were too tough and serious, this video features the fighters building a Strikeforce Middleweight Championship bout by spray-painting a Mother Theresa mural, saving a cat (real or otherwise) from a tree before its cut down and helping old ladies cross the street. It’s the best kind of hype video, in that it makes fight fans type “f**king sucked” into YouTube comments sections.

You can check out the video below. Well done, Showtime.

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Hey everybody, there’s a party in Brian Wilson’s beard and you’re invited! To continue, please click anywhere on Brian’s beard and watch a short video that asks, “do you realize ninjas?”

When you’re done there, turn your television over to Showtime, where “The Franchise” follows the San Francisco Giants in the 2010-2011 offseason as they come to terms with winning baseball’s richest prize and having to listen to this guy talk for more than a minute and a half.

Unable to handle my reaction to Brian Wilson’s comedy, I stranged myself to death and sold this Dugout as ad space for the upcoming “Franchise” season. Today’s Dugout follows, but I’m not responsible for any of it.

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