Gals Guide To MMA

Pantydropper of the Week: John McCarthy

2010-07-30T15:43:18Z

Beth's View

Doability - John seems like the kind of guy who is super brooding and who has something in him that could snap at any moment, wreaking havoc to all those around him. For some scary reason this turns me on.
Perceived Skills - able to get children to behave with a stern glance, macrame, able to get a great crease when ironing pants
Pet Name - Big Guy
Imagined Dream Date - Big John tells me that he's a traditional kind of guy so he takes me to dinner and a movie. Dinner is delicious! We stuff our bellies full of steak. Things are good. John tells me that we're going to see Saving Private Ryan. Um, okay the movie is a little old but it's a good one. I'm game. We get to the theater and I'm a little hesitant. This place sure does look seedy. Why are there so many dudes here? The movie starts and lo and behold, John has taken me to see Saving Ryan's Privates. Sweet Lord. My traditional kind of guy has taken me to a porno. I try to get all insulted but I'm too full to leave in a huff. And if I'm being honest, I'll try anything a few times.
Long Term Relationship Potential - The same brooding that turns me on initially begins to wear on me after a couple of weeks. Thanks for the good times, John, but I gotta fly.
Panty Dropper Rating - 4 - Worth the Wax

Donna's View

Doability - Well above average. I don't know if it's the authority position or the big beefiness, but I'm definitely intrigued.
Perceived skills - mediation, grilling steaks, crossword puzzles.
Pet Name - Meat
Imagined Dream Date - John takes me to Ultimate Training Academy for some BJJ fun. We're having a great time, but unfortunately I forgot to eat my Wheaties that morning and I end up hurting my back. Luckily, Big John is a magician with the Tiger Balm.
Long Term Relationship Potential - It starts out just fine. Being with Big John is like wearing a comfortable pair of pajamas. Unfortunately, after 6 months of hearing John says "Let's get it on!" every single time it's business time, I have to drop him like a hot potato.
Panty Dropper Rating - 3 1/2 - Higher than "Eh, Why not?" but not quite "Worth the Wax"

TheGarv.com Presents: Win A Phone Call From UFC Fighter Pat Barry

2010-07-30T01:44:56Z

TheGarv.com Presents: Win A Phone Call From UFC Fighter Pat Barry

Saw a Facebook post from Michael Schiavello with this link, so I had to check it out. Then I had to share it here. So, if Pat Barry called you, what would you ask him?

Deep Thoughts by War Machine

2010-07-30T01:00:47Z

Imagine my surprise when I was going through some tweets and saw something from Mr. War Machine. I mean, isn't he in jail? Do they have Twitter in jail? Apparently they don't. But the ever-enterprising Mr. Machine has found a way to get his message out despite the bars and armed guards. Mr. Machine will be writing a weekly blog while in jail for the next year. Woot! You can check out his twitterings by following @WarMachine170, but why bother when we'll do it for you?

His first installment begins after the jump.

What's up guys!? I'm gonna do a weekly blog for this year while I'm locked up. Just want to keep y'all posted and give you some insight on what it's like here for me. When I first got here I was told I was gonna be kept in segregation to pretect myself since I'm a "celebrity." I told them NO WAY! 23 hours a day lockdown? FUCK THAT! So they stuck me in the "mainline." They classified me a 5 on a scale 1-6 so I'm with the big dogs. Everyone here has been to prison. Few guys in my unit are murderers waiting to be shipped out to prison for life. Funny, kinda odd, but they are the most friendly of the bunch... Most intelligent too. Hardest thing about this place is finding people you can have a decent conversation with.

So when you first get here you learn the rules, jail politics. You got the Whites, the Mexicans, and the Blacks + others. Whites and Mex share tables for recreation but you only eat show at your designated race's table. You never sit at the Blacks table and vice-versa, but you can talk to them here in County Jail. If a Mex or White fights a Black, all the Mex and Whites are required to jump in. One on one fights are only allowed against your own race and take place in an empty cell. I think it's dumb. I'm not trying to fight anyone and can care less abotu who fights who. I hope no big rumbles happen... I can't afford more trouble. Buttt if you don't help, you get jumped afterwards. Maybe I'll just throw body shots and leg kicks so I don't hurt anyone... Anyway so far all is well.

I'm bored a lot, just been reading and working out to stay busy. All the guys here are cool to me, I get a lot of questions about fighting. Seems everyone wants to learn some "moves." I wish we could train here, would make it way more fun... lol. So yeah, anyway I don't see anyone fucking with ME... Only way BS goes down is if I get drug into someone elses lame drama. Well that is that! Week 1 in a nut shell. Look forward to keeping you guys updated. Can't wait to get out and fight for all my fans again! Can't wait to open my gym in Austin! Thanks for standing by me. If you go to sdsheriff.net you can e-mail me. Booking # 10754342 Jon Koppenhaver.

Your Daily Sonnen

2010-07-29T21:15:09Z

Sweet Jesus! It's a Sonnen smack talk compilation video. I can die happy.

USA Today/SBN Rankings for July 2010

2010-07-29T20:25:00Z

Our super secret boyfriends at Bloody Elbow have posted their latest MMA rankings. You can check out all of the fun here.

The most noticeable change for me was the dropping of some dude named Fedor to second place on the heavyweight list and the jump of some guy named Brock to first place. Do we agree, my friends? I sure do. But I've always been somewhat of a follower.

What do we think about Jon Fitch being numero dos on the welterweight list? I don't know if I agree, but that could be because he puts me into a coma of boredom a lot of the times that he fights. Although I must say his caveman chic appearance always makes me a little tingly.

Semmy Schilt Focused on K-1, Wouldn't Rule Out UFC Return

2010-07-29T15:05:27Z

Semmy Schilt Focused on K-1, Wouldn't Rule Out UFC Return

If Semmy were to come back to the UFC, I would weep tears of pure happiness. Ditto on kickboxing picking up in this country. If you don't watch kickboxing, you really should start, especially if you're someone who loves the standup in MMA. Trust me. Would I lie to you beautiful people??

This Week's Bas Rutten Weekly Video of the Week

2010-07-29T13:00:46Z

Howdy, Partners!

How is everyone doing? Me? I'm melting up here in the northeast. Because I'm made of sugar. And it's flipping HOT!! For a girl born and raised in Florida, you'd think I'd be ok with this heat. Nope. You are never ok with this heat, especially when you don't have central air in your place.

Moving on...

Our video this week is another ad Bas did, but it's a really good one...one in which I hope we can all start using a new phrase..."Cancel your face".

Say it with me! "Cancel your face!"

Bas Rutten's Cell Defense: The Contract Hold (via CellDefense)

What are you drinking tonight on Thirsty Thursday? Post to the comments.

God speed and party on!

Damm Out Of Strikeforce Women’s Tournament

2010-07-28T22:31:33Z

Damm Out Of Strikeforce Women’s Tournament

Bad news already for the Strikeforce women's tourney. No word yet on a replacement.

The 9 Greatest Moments in MMA Herstory

2010-07-28T21:37:46Z

The 9 Greatest Moments in MMA Herstory

Do you agree with Cage Potatoes choices?

Tattoo of the Week: DaMarques Johnson

2010-07-28T14:52:27Z

While DaMarques has quite a few tattoos that we could look at, today we're going to focus on the flower he has on his shoulder. The colors are just lovely and the placement is perfect. I can't tell if it's a cover-up of the skulls on his arm or if it's part of a piece. Regardless, me likey.

Photo is courtesy of Sherdog.

SB Nation's Interview with Brendan Schaub

2010-07-27T18:43:30Z

Brendan Schaub was no match for those abs of steel. Photo courtesy of Sherdog.

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SB Nation's David St. Martin interviewed Brendan Schaub and, among other things, Brendan talks about the possibility of fighting Roy Nelson again.

Speaking of your time on TUF, are you interested in a rematch with Roy Nelson?

People ask me all the time, but honestly, I'm not really interested. I'm putting the whole 'Ultimate Fighter' thing behind me. I did well on the show and made a name for myself. If Roy is holding the title belt I'll fight him again, but I don't really focus on it. He's a good guy and a friend of mine, and right now I have bigger fish to fry fighting Gabe Gonzaga. I'll take whoever Joe Silva and Dana White want me to fight.

You can read the entire interview here. Just don't forget who had him first.

209 Attack!!!! UPDATES!!!

2010-07-27T01:22:23Z

Fanpost promoted to front page by Donna.

I must say- Mayhem Miller and Nick Diaz will undoubtedly do more in the effort to promote their upcoming fight in the matter of hours than Strikeforce will do as a whole. Is that an extremely biased exaggerated over-generalization? Oh yah.

Mayhem threw the first stone on last week's The Voice Vs, on HDNet.

Nobody talks about the 209 like that! Diaz responds-

Just hours later Mayhem rebuttled- with 25 characters to spare

I love me some shenanigans!

To be continued...

And continuing...

Looks like it may have started a long time ago. An interview a few years ago with Mayhem not respecting the stoner ramble. RESPECT THE STONER RAMBLE! 209!!!!

John McCarthy Will Referee This Weekend At UFC on Versus

2010-07-27T01:12:27Z

We were totes excited to hear that John McCarthy will be reffing some of the fights on Sunday's UFC on Versus. His wife confirmed the news with MMA Fighting. We're not sure which fights he'll be reffing but the Gals sure are glad to see the return of the man who's famous words inspired our highest Pantydropper rating. This will be the first time that we've seen him in the Octagon since 2007.

Photo from Sherdog

MMA You Want To Watch This Week 7/26 - 8/1

2010-07-26T17:35:27Z

I know Monday is a special day for you all, as you run over to our site to see what MMA action you have to look forward to this week. Satarma passed the posting reins over to us this week so, sorry, you're stuck with us. Let's get on with it, shall we?

UFC on Versus
August 1st at 9 PM

It's finally time for some more UFC action. This Sunday we'll get to see Jon Jones take on Vladimir "The Janitor" Matyushenko. I'm not so sure how I feel about this fight. I hate to say it's a gimme for Jones, but... Also to be broadcast are fights between Mark Munoz and Yushin Okami, John Howard and Jake Ellenberger, and Tyson Griffin and Takanori Gomi.

Link Love

2010-07-26T01:16:13Z

UFC’s Tom Lawlor Gets Colonic During Interview - The Cage Doctors
I don't know what to say.

The Sunday Morning Rumor Mill - MiddleEasy
MiddleEasy let's us know what's going on....maybe.

The Mid-Fight Conversation Between Pat Barry and 'Cro Cop' You Didn't Hear -- MMA Fighting
More good stuff from the Fowlkes.

Mayhem Miller wants to kick Nick Diaz in the face for getting him jumped on CBS (Video) - MMA Mania
Sounds about right.

Sonnen: 'Full Time' Fighters Are Just Too Lazy to Have Other Jobs - Cage Potato
Sigh...

Thanks, BE.

2010-07-26T01:05:08Z

Thanks, BE.

Erin Toughill vs. Shana Olsen fight called off

2010-07-25T02:47:06Z

Erin Toughill vs. Shana Olsen fight called off

From ProMMANow.

Sarah Kaufman's Dramatic Knockout Not Enough for Strikeforce Diva

2010-07-24T20:20:42Z

Sarah Kaufman's Dramatic Knockout Not Enough for Strikeforce Diva

Article on BE causing some controversy. Definitely worth a read and a discussion.

Sarah Kaufman Has A Message For Strikeforce

2010-07-24T13:23:11Z

Going into last night's fight with Roxanne Modafferi, Kaufman had expressed discontent with Strikeforce regulating her to a Challengers card for her first title defense. She planned to make a statement, she said, with her performance, and would show once and for all that she deserved to be on a main Strikeforce card like every other title holder.

And boy, did she ever make a statement.

Check out this clip of her finishing the fight (decisively!!) in round 3. The full fight, well worth watching, is after the jump.

Sarah Kaufman vs Roxanne Modafferi round 1 (via FatherOfJoe)

Sarah Kaufman vs Roxanne Modafferi round 2 (via FatherOfJoe)

Sarah Kaufman vs Roxanne Modafferi round 3 (via FatherOfJoe)

Your Daily Sonnen

2010-07-23T18:40:48Z

Had to post this video of Chael Sonnen on MMA Live. He's all about making friends and fans, no?