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CM Punk’s Debut Opponent Will Be Discovered on a Web Series, Because Of Course He Will

With Ronda Rousey’s shocking loss still in the rearview mirror and the biggest featherweight fight of all time on the horizon, it seems that the MMA world has all but forgotten about CM Punk.

It has been almost a year to the date since Punk (aka Phil Brooks) was signed by the UFC to fill the void left behind by Brock Lesnar, and all seemed to be going smoothly with his preparation until he pulled the most MMA thing of them all and got himself injured. But now, it looks like a definitive timetable has been set for Punk’s return, as well as the opponent he will be making his MMA debut against. Sort of.

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With Ronda Rousey’s shocking loss still in the rearview mirror and the biggest featherweight fight of all time on the horizon, it seems that the MMA world has all but forgotten about CM Punk.

It has been almost a year to the date since Punk (aka Phil Brooks) was signed by the UFC to fill the void left behind by Brock Lesnar, and all seemed to be going smoothly with his preparation until he pulled the most MMA thing of them all and got himself injured. But now, it looks like a definitive timetable has been set for Punk’s return, as well as the opponent he will be making his MMA debut against. Sort of.

In an interview with Off the Record (via BloodyElbow), White confirmed that Punk/Brooks (Bunk? Pooks?) “will fight next year, 100 percent,” which by the laws of the MMA Gods, can only mean that a horrific career-ending injury is headed his way…though I suppose you wouldn’t be able to call it “career-ending” given that, you know, Punk has never actually fought before. Regardless, let it be known that 2016 will officially go down in the history books as “The Year of the Bunk.”

As to Punk’s opponent, well, he will more than likely be found on “Looking for a Fight,” the web series White has been filming alongside Nick the Tooth and Matt Serra over the past few months.

“I just started a new show, the pilot is on YouTube, it’s called Dana White: Looking for a Fight, and I’m actually out looking for opponents for CM Punk right now,” said White.

If you recall, it was the first episode of the show (which we’ve embedded below) wherein Aryan youth, freak of nature, and 80′s movie bully Sage Northcutt was discovered after dispatching Gage Duhon at Legacy Fighting Championship 42.

Personally, I’m just happy that the UFC isn’t basing a whole season of The Ultimate Fighter around Punk’s debut opponent and I just gave them the idea, didn’t I?

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Video: Conor McGregor’s Full Interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live


(“So Conor, how do *you* think Reebok is doing so far?”)

Conor McGregor, if nothing else, is one charismatic individual. He’s a quick thinker ( or perhaps “tinker”) and crack wit — as his back and forths with Urijah Faber on TUF 22 have demonstrated — and incredibly well-spoken when compared to the average fighter, even he if he does sometimes say things he later regrets.

Fame, respect, money, movement…these are all things that interest the “Notorious” one, and regardless of whether you think he’s “fake” or “real,” it would be tough to argue that he’s not achieving damn near every one of those tings. His interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night was a continuation of his meteoric rise since joining the UFC, and covered everything from the fallout of UFC 189 to his sparring match with “The Mountain” (which quickly escalated from playful sparring session into “a bare-knuckle body brawl,” according to the man himself) to which lavish, exotic pet he should buy after/if he beats Jose Aldo at UFC 194. FWIW, McGregor is leaning toward either tiger or monkey.

Check out the video after the jump.  

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(“So Conor, how do *you* think Reebok is doing so far?”)

Conor McGregor, if nothing else, is one charismatic individual. He’s a quick thinker ( or perhaps “tinker”) and crack wit — as his back and forths with Urijah Faber on TUF 22 have demonstrated — and incredibly well-spoken when compared to the average fighter, even he if he does sometimes say things he later regrets.

Fame, respect, money, movement…these are all things that interest the “Notorious” one, and regardless of whether you think he’s “fake” or “real,” it would be tough to argue that he’s not achieving damn near every one of those tings. His interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night was a continuation of his meteoric rise since joining the UFC, and covered everything from the fallout of UFC 189 to his sparring match with “The Mountain” (which quickly escalated from playful sparring session into “a bare-knuckle body brawl,” according to the man himself) to which lavish, exotic pet he should buy after/if he beats Jose Aldo at UFC 194. FWIW, McGregor is leaning toward either tiger or monkey.

Check out the video after the jump.  

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Reebok’s Latest Shirt Snafu Is A Magnum Opus of Incompetence


(This isn’t the shirt in question, but still, just look at this goddamn thing. Larry the Cable Guy wouldn’t be caught dead in this mess.)

At this point in the Reebok-UFC partnership, you’d be hard-pressed to convince us that the former *isn’t* trying to intentionally tank the deal through sheer incompetence, ala Springtime for Hitler. You could probably go so far as to say that the company never really wanted to partner with the UFC in the first place, but were simply called a dummy by Dana White so often and so vociferously that they were eventually forced to cave in.

In either case, it would be hard to remember a sports organization-apparel partnership in recent memory that so negatively affected both parties involved. The payouts for the fighters themselves have been abysmal, the outcry on Reebok’s social media pages vociferous (there’s that word again!), and the apparel designs themselves uninspiring at best and shameful at worst.

But if Reebok’s incompetence hadn’t already reached new heights following the much-scorned release/immediate recall of its “Ireland” shirt, they’ve surely done so now with the work of art that awaits you after the jump.

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(This isn’t the shirt in question, but still, just look at this goddamn thing. Larry the Cable Guy wouldn’t be caught dead in this mess.)

At this point in the Reebok-UFC partnership, you’d be hard-pressed to convince us that the former *isn’t* trying to intentionally tank the deal through sheer incompetence, ala Springtime for Hitler. You could probably go so far as to say that the company never really wanted to partner with the UFC in the first place, but were simply called a dummy by Dana White so often and so vociferously that they were eventually forced to cave in.

In either case, it would be hard to remember a sports organization-apparel partnership in recent memory that so negatively affected both parties involved. The payouts for the fighters themselves have been abysmal, the outcry on Reebok’s social media pages vociferous (there’s that word again!), and the apparel designs themselves uninspiring at best and shameful at worst.

But if Reebok’s incompetence hadn’t already reached new heights following the much-scorned release/immediate recall of its “Ireland” shirt, they’ve surely done so now with the work of art that awaits you after the jump.

Yep. There’s a new fighter in town and his name is Anderson Aldo. Or Anderson Aldo Silva. That’s not important. What is important is that you pay $35 for it and continue living a life of sad overcompensation and terrible Christmases.

Even more hilarious than the shirt itself is the accompanying description, which reads, “Anderson Silva channels the striking power of ‘The Spider,’ and now you can channel his fighting style with a cotton crewneck tee that comes with serious fan cred.” Which, two things:

1) Anderson Silva got his nickname after wearing a Spiderman t-shirt to the cage in one of his early fights, not because he “channels the striking power” of his own nickname. This took us all of 5 seconds to find that out.

2) Nothing quite says “serious fan cred” like buying a shirt from a company that both misprinted the name of the sport’s most dominant athlete, then held a photoshoot without realizing the mistake they had made.

As you might expect, the shirt has since been taken off Reebok’s site, because apparently their “quality control” department consists of one guy searching #Reebok on Twitter while on the toilet. So make sure to swing over to Reebok’s UFC page and pick yourself up one of them Junior dos Anjos shirts everyone’s clamoring for this holiday season.

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Fight Night 79 Results/Highlights: Bendo Bendo’s, Sexyama Falls, and Dudes Named “Dong” Go 2-1

I’ll be honest with you, Nation: Not much of note happened at last weekend’s Fight Night event from Seoul, South Korea, so much so that the UFC hasn’t even released any actual fight highlights from the event. In the main event of the evening, Benson Henderson did his Benson Henderson thing and outpointed Jorge “GAMEBRED” Masvidal en route to a split decision victory, then both symbolically announced he was leaving the UFC and called out Georges St. Pierre. At least I think he did. It was all a bit confusing, so you’ll have to watch his post-fight interview above to get some sense of it.

What else? Oh right, guys named “Dong” — of which there were 3 on the Fight Night 79 card — went a solid (or perhaps firm) 2-1 on the evening, with Dong Hyun Kim scoring a first round TKO over Dominic Waters in the evening’s co-main event, Dongi Yang defeating Jake Collier via second round TKO in the “featured prelim,” and the other, debuting Dong Hyun Kim suffering a hellacious KO via slam to Dominique Steele in the first bout of the night. So basically, two dongs stood proud while one wilted under the pressure. Not a bad ratio, amiright ladies?

Video of Steele’s brutal slam and the full results from Fight Night 79 are after the jump. 

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I’ll be honest with you, Nation: Not much of note happened at last weekend’s Fight Night event from Seoul, South Korea, so much so that the UFC hasn’t even released any actual fight highlights from the event. In the main event of the evening, Benson Henderson did his Benson Henderson thing and outpointed Jorge “GAMEBRED” Masvidal en route to a split decision victory, then both symbolically announced he was leaving the UFC and called out Georges St. Pierre. At least I think he did. It was all a bit confusing, so you’ll have to watch his post-fight interview above to get some sense of it.

What else? Oh right, guys named “Dong” — of which there were 3 on the Fight Night 79 card — went a solid (or perhaps firm) 2-1 on the evening, with Dong Hyun Kim scoring a first round TKO over Dominic Waters in the evening’s co-main event, Dongi Yang defeating Jake Collier via second round TKO in the “featured prelim,” and the other, debuting Dong Hyun Kim suffering a hellacious KO via slam to Dominique Steele in the first bout of the night. So basically, two dongs stood proud while one wilted under the pressure. Not a bad ratio, amiright ladies?

Video of Steele’s brutal slam and the full results from Fight Night 79 are after the jump. 

Elsewhere on the Fight Night 79 main card, Yoshihiro Akiyama dropped a questionable split decision to Alberto “Soldier of God” Mina, who should definitely consider changing his nickname before the one true SoG, Yoel Romero, makes him do it. Anyways, the by-far most entertaining moment from the bout came when Sexiyama removed his shirt.

Opening up the main card, highly-touted prospect Doo-Ho Choi continued his streak of TKO finishes, making quick work of veteran Sam Sicilia with a first round knockout. The impressive finish was made all the more impressive by the fact that Sicilia had never been finished by strikes prior to the bout. Keep an eye on “The Korean Superboy,” Nation, he’s definitely going places.

The full results for Fight Night 79 are below. 

Main Card (Fight Pass)
Benson Henderson def. Jorge Masvidal by split decision (48-47, 47-48, 49-46)
Dong-Hyun Kim def. Dominic Waters by TKO via punches at 3:11 of Round 1
Alberto Mina def. Yoshihiro Akiyama by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Doo-Ho Choi def. Sam Sicilia by TKO via punches at 1:33 of Round 1

Preliminary Card (Fight Pass)
Dongi Yang def. Jake Collier by TKO via punches at 1:50 of Round 2
Mike de la Torre def. Yui-Chul Nam by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Tae-Hyun Bang def. Leo Kuntz by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Seo-Hee Ham def. Cortney Casey by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Fredy Serrano def. Yao Zhikui by TKO via injury at 0:44 of Round 1
Marco Beltran def. Ning Guangyou by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Dominique Steele def. Dong-Hyun Kim by TKO via slam at 0:37 of Round 3

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Fight Night 79 Results/Highlights: Bendo Bendo’s, Sexyama Falls, and Dudes Named “Dong” Go 2-1

I’ll be honest with you, Nation: Not much of note happened at last weekend’s Fight Night event from Seoul, South Korea, so much so that the UFC hasn’t even released any actual fight highlights from the event. In the main event of the evening, Benson Henderson did his Benson Henderson thing and outpointed Jorge “GAMEBRED” Masvidal en route to a split decision victory, then both symbolically announced he was leaving the UFC and called out Georges St. Pierre. At least I think he did. It was all a bit confusing, so you’ll have to watch his post-fight interview above to get some sense of it.

What else? Oh right, guys named “Dong” — of which there were 3 on the Fight Night 79 card — went a solid (or perhaps firm) 2-1 on the evening, with Dong Hyun Kim scoring a first round TKO over Dominic Waters in the evening’s co-main event, Dongi Yang defeating Jake Collier via second round TKO in the “featured prelim,” and the other, debuting Dong Hyun Kim suffering a hellacious KO via slam to Dominique Steele in the first bout of the night. So basically, two dongs stood proud while one wilted under the pressure. Not a bad ratio, amiright ladies?

Video of Steele’s brutal slam and the full results from Fight Night 79 are after the jump. 

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I’ll be honest with you, Nation: Not much of note happened at last weekend’s Fight Night event from Seoul, South Korea, so much so that the UFC hasn’t even released any actual fight highlights from the event. In the main event of the evening, Benson Henderson did his Benson Henderson thing and outpointed Jorge “GAMEBRED” Masvidal en route to a split decision victory, then both symbolically announced he was leaving the UFC and called out Georges St. Pierre. At least I think he did. It was all a bit confusing, so you’ll have to watch his post-fight interview above to get some sense of it.

What else? Oh right, guys named “Dong” — of which there were 3 on the Fight Night 79 card — went a solid (or perhaps firm) 2-1 on the evening, with Dong Hyun Kim scoring a first round TKO over Dominic Waters in the evening’s co-main event, Dongi Yang defeating Jake Collier via second round TKO in the “featured prelim,” and the other, debuting Dong Hyun Kim suffering a hellacious KO via slam to Dominique Steele in the first bout of the night. So basically, two dongs stood proud while one wilted under the pressure. Not a bad ratio, amiright ladies?

Video of Steele’s brutal slam and the full results from Fight Night 79 are after the jump. 

Elsewhere on the Fight Night 79 main card, Yoshihiro Akiyama dropped a questionable split decision to Alberto “Soldier of God” Mina, who should definitely consider changing his nickname before the one true SoG, Yoel Romero, makes him do it. Anyways, the by-far most entertaining moment from the bout came when Sexiyama removed his shirt.

Opening up the main card, highly-touted prospect Doo-Ho Choi continued his streak of TKO finishes, making quick work of veteran Sam Sicilia with a first round knockout. The impressive finish was made all the more impressive by the fact that Sicilia had never been finished by strikes prior to the bout. Keep an eye on “The Korean Superboy,” Nation, he’s definitely going places.

The full results for Fight Night 79 are below. 

Main Card (Fight Pass)
Benson Henderson def. Jorge Masvidal by split decision (48-47, 47-48, 49-46)
Dong-Hyun Kim def. Dominic Waters by TKO via punches at 3:11 of Round 1
Alberto Mina def. Yoshihiro Akiyama by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Doo-Ho Choi def. Sam Sicilia by TKO via punches at 1:33 of Round 1

Preliminary Card (Fight Pass)
Dongi Yang def. Jake Collier by TKO via punches at 1:50 of Round 2
Mike de la Torre def. Yui-Chul Nam by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Tae-Hyun Bang def. Leo Kuntz by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Seo-Hee Ham def. Cortney Casey by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Fredy Serrano def. Yao Zhikui by TKO via injury at 0:44 of Round 1
Marco Beltran def. Ning Guangyou by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Dominique Steele def. Dong-Hyun Kim by TKO via slam at 0:37 of Round 3

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War Machine Argues “You Can’t Rape a Pornstar” + Other Developments From His Preliminary Hearing

Being that he’s currently on trial for some 34 charges including the attempted murder and sexual assault of his former girlfriend, Christy Mack, we could pretty much close the book on former UFC/Bellator fighter War Machine undergoing a series of personal changes that completely redeemed him in our eyes. That said, recent developments in the trial of one John J. (for Jerkface) Koppenhaver have managed to somehow lower our previously un-lowerable opinion of the man.

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Being that he’s currently on trial for some 34 charges including the attempted murder and sexual assault of his former girlfriend, Christy Mack, we could pretty much close the book on former UFC/Bellator fighter War Machine undergoing a series of personal changes that completely redeemed him in our eyes. That said, recent developments in the trial of one John J. (for Jerkface) Koppenhaver have managed to somehow lower our previously un-lowerable opinion of the man.

First let’s start with the case his lawyer, Brandon Sua, put forth in Kopenhaver’s preliminary hearing on Monday, which is the most batsh*t insane defense we’ve heard since Anderson Silva’s NSAC hearing. (via the Las Vegas Review):

Defense lawyers also argued that Mackinday’s work in pornography pointed to consent and that Koppenhaver and Mackinday often engaged in rough sex.

Mackinday’s career lead to her “desire, the preference, the acceptability towards a particular form of sex activities that were outside of the norm,” Sua said.

Koppenhaver met Mackinday while making an adult movie.

“The jury needs to know the nature of this relationship, and what was customary and consensual,” Sua said outside the courtroom.

So basically, because Mack was a pornstar, she was unable to be raped. Ho. Lee. Shit.

This argument was, of course, immediately challenged by Chief Deputy District Attorney Jacqueline Bluth, who made the obvious observation that a person’s (perceived) preferences in their professional life does not translate into their personal one. District Judge Elissa Cadish seemed to agree, stating, “I don’t see how any of those activities that she did in adult movies would ever show her consent to the acts with the defendant that he’s charged with. I’m not seeing that connection.”

As if that wasn’t icky enough, Koppenhaver then responded by blowing Bluth a kiss.

“Judge, for the record, Mr. Koppenhaver just blew a kiss at me,” she said.

Defense attorney Brandon Sua said he didn’t see it.

“I’m not going to make up that he blew a kiss at me, which I find offensive,” Bluth said.

District Judge Elissa Cadish turned to the defendant, who was seated in the jury box, while shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit: “Mr. Koppenhaver, stop. You are not to make any gestures of any kind toward counsel. Don’t go there.”

Koppenhaver smiled. “Yes, ma’am.”

Let us not forget that last year, Koppenhaver was also caught laughing while Mack — who was still recovering from the myriad of broken bones and lacerations she received during the night in question — recited her testimony.

So yeah, we’re not saying that someone should start a Kickstarter to have War Machine shanked in his holding cell, but…

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