Gals Guide To MMA

Your Daily Sonnen

2012-05-18T16:05:18Z

There's so much Chael Sonnen delightfulness going on lately that I don't know what to do with myself. Chael was on TMZ Live and while that show usually makes me cringe, he did such a good job. I just adore that crazy bastard.

The case for Amir Sadollah, UFC success - Mixed Martial Arts Blog - ESPN

2012-05-18T15:48:39Z

The case for Amir Sadollah, UFC success - Mixed Martial Arts Blog - ESPN

Amir!

Your Daily Sonnen

2012-05-17T20:55:42Z

Check out Chael Sonnen and Ariel Helwani do battle on "Fighter vs. Writer" on UFC Tonight. They go head-to-head on forcing fighters to take fights, the most underrated fighter in the UFC, and if the media got the Alistair Overeem story wrong.

Jump On The Poll: Bonnar Vs. Griffin 3

2012-05-17T16:12:56Z

Stephan Bonnar mentioned this week that he wants everyone to harass Dana White to make him and Forrest Griffin coaches on next season's The Ultimate Fighter so that they can slug it out in a final fight at the end of the season. Which leads me to wonder, Griffin has already beaten Bonnar two times. Do we really want to see them fight again?

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We all recognize that the first fight between Stephan Bonnar and Forrest Griffin is often cited as one of the most important fights in MMA. But do we want to see it again? Let's discuss, shall we?

OH: Koscheck Agrees To B.J. Penn Fight

2012-05-17T14:28:00Z

It's official! Actually, it's not official at all. Well, it's an official Tweet from Josh Koscheck. Does that even count for anything? Koscheck Tweeted early this morning that he's agreed to a fight with B.J. Penn. Yay! Am I the only one who's super jazzed about this fight? How have we never seen these two fight before? If nothing else I'm just excited at the prospect of BJ fight again. I've missed that adorable little Hawaiian! Should we talk about Koscheck's use of 'bra' or do we let it slide? I haven't decided yet.

UPDATE:

It was fun while it lasted. B.J. Penn said no.

Tattoo Of The Week: Chad George

2012-05-16T14:24:49Z

It's fill in the blank time, kids! "Chad George's Octopus tattoo is lovely! If I could have eight of any body part, I would choose____________."

Photo Source: Sherdog

The Curious Case Of Nick Diaz And The World Jiu-Jitsu Expo

2012-05-15T15:34:14Z

Nick Diaz just can't get a break lately. First, he has to deal with the whole pot thing. Brother man can't enjoy a toke now and then without everyone crawling up his butt about it. Now his name is being dragged through the mud for failing to show up for a charity match against Braulio Estima at the World Jiu-Jitsu Expo this past weekend. As usually happens with these types of things, the 'he said, she said' has now begun.

First we have Braulio Estima. Below we have a video of him talking about his feelings on the matter. While watching this I couldn't help but notice that he had managed to surround himself with a huge number of dudes with cameras. I recognize that I'm certainly not an expert in the BJJ world, so I'd never really heard of this dude before this weekend. You all may have, I didn't. But he's certainly enjoying a large amount of attention in this video. As an attention whore you should trust me on this. We can always smell our own. Would he have received this much media attention if the fight had gone on as planned or if he hadn't been set to fight Diaz? Does anyone here know?

What gets me here is how Estima keeps going on and on about how Nick was supposed to donate his purse to charity and how could he do that to the children, blah blah blah, yada yada yada. Further more, while talking with Tatame, Estima talked about a challenge that he gave to Nick Diaz to fight MMA with him.

"It was for real. I fight him next week if he's up to it. But I guess he would run away either way. I guess he wouldn't show up again".

I bring up the comment below because it highlights something from Cesar Gracie's statement on the matter. Yes, the king of all statement makers, Cesar Gracie has finally given us his and Nick Diaz's side on the matter. You should read the whole thing here but here are a few highlights.

Nick was not as enthusiastic but agreed on the condition that whoever was picked to go against him was not an mma fighter. He knew even a mediocre mma fighter would try to use a match and/or victory over him to further their career in mma.

This is very interesting as Estima did end up using the match to further a potential MMA career. But wait! Estima isn't trying to further an MMA career. Not so, says Gracie.

Looking through some of Estima's youtube videos, it was soon discovered that he had in fact been planning on entering upon a career in mma. We wondered if the match with Diaz was a way to create a buzz around him and get him signed with a prominent organization.

Now the story is getting interesting. I choose to believe Gracie on this. I imagine that when a fighter gets to the level that Nick Diaz is, that he and his peeps have to constantly be on the lookout for other dudes looking to make a career out of Diaz's name. But there has to be an explanation for this right?

I called Junior who assured me Estima would not be fighting in mma and that he had spoken with him and been assured he had given up on the idea of ever fighting.

Ah. There we go. A perfectly good explanation to Gracie's fears.

A week or so later it was all over the Internet that Braulio had joined the "Blackzillians" and was training for an mma fight. We had been lied to.

Oops. That's not good. There are a ton of other shady things that Cesar Gracie talks about in his statement and it's absolutely worth the read. On the accusation that Nick Diaz didn't think of the poor children who were going to benefit from his purse money, Gracie had this to say:

It should be noted that Nick paid to St Jude's Children's Hospitable the sum of what would have been his entire purse.

Well that solves it for me. I'm firmly on Team Diaz in this matter. I hope he doesn't end up looking like a total bad guy for this.

The Fighter We'd Most Like To Quit Fighting To Become Our Personal Assistant

2012-05-15T15:00:55Z

Welcome to this week's installment of "The Fighter We'd Most Like To...". Thanks to everyone who voted last week in our "The Fighter We'd Most Like To Tattoo Our Name Onto Their Body" poll. The winner of last week's poll was Nick Diaz who got 36% of the vote. Congrats!

We have talked previously about which fighter we would like to quit fighting to become an announcer. This was, of course, a completely selfless effort on our part because we were really just thinking about the greater good and the enjoyment of MMA fans all over the world. We're really good people like that. This time around, however, we are taking a completely selfish approach and discussing which fighter we'd like to quit fighting to become our personal assistant, devoted only to us and available to do whatever we ask of them. I know I would enjoy having someone at my beck and call to handle all those little and big things I can't be bothered with. If you had to choose a fighter to fill this position, who would it be? Check out our thoughts on the topic and let us know what you think, too!

Lizzie: I'll say Junior Dos Santos, I need someone who speaks Portuguese and he seems very, very nice.

Keren: It's a toss-up between Ronda Rousey and Marloes Coenen. If someone is going to be my personal assistant they better be cool, smart and kickass. I guess they'll have to fight it out!

Midge: Easy. Kimbo Slice. He not only brings his own 40 hours a week of assistance, but his 8 man posse's assistance as well! Not to mention that his Reality Kings posse happens to be pretty big in the porn industry, which of course, comes with it's own special kind of assistance! You can't beat that.

Mounty: Gina Carano? Sure. She's already quit fighting, so she can be my beautiful amazonian assistant! I'll have another mojito by the poolside, Ms. Carano!

Rachel: I really need a better hype man in my life. I assume this is part of what a personal assistant does. I just want Chael Sonnen to enter the room before I come in and talk about all my wonderful attributes and general awesomeness.

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Gals Guide To MMA

Your Daily Sonnen

The case for Amir Sadollah, UFC success - Mixed Martial Arts Blog - ESPN

The case for Amir Sadollah, UFC success - Mixed Martial Arts Blog - ESPN

Your Daily Sonnen

Jump On The Poll: Bonnar Vs. Griffin 3

We all recognize that the first fight between Stephan Bonnar and Forrest Griffin is often cited as one of the most important fights in MMA. But do we want to see it again? Let's discuss, shall we?

OH: Koscheck Agrees To B.J. Penn Fight

Tattoo Of The Week: Chad George

The Curious Case Of Nick Diaz And The World Jiu-Jitsu Expo

The Fighter We'd Most Like To Quit Fighting To Become Our Personal Assistant

Which fighter would you most like to quit fighting to become your personal assistant?