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Awesome Fight Documentary Film Watch: Eddie Alvarez’s ‘No Plan B’

By Elias Cepeda

We may be in a golden age, or at least an incredibly good season for new fight docs, taters.

There’s “Like Water,” on Anderson Silva, “I am Bruce Lee,”  and soon, an interesting-looking doc on lightweight Eddie Alvarez (22-3).

In addition to being a GOP policy stance, “No Plan B,” is a new film by David Klayman that chronicles Alvarez in the lead-up to what may still be his most high profile to date: his bout with former Sports Illustrated cover boy Roger Huerta back in 2010.

The trailer for the movie shows Alvarez at home with family, as well as training and consulting with champion/east coast colleagues Bernard Hopkins and Frankie Edgar. The title of the film is derived from a quote and apparent philosophy of Alvarez’. “…I’m not much of a planner,” he says. “I set a goal and there really is nothing else. So, there is no ‘plan b.'”

Although Alvarez suffered a rare loss in his last fight to Michael Chandler, he will have a chance to avenge a prior defeat when he takes on Shinya Aoki (30-5) at the Bellator card on April 20 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Check out the trailer for “No Plan B” after the jump, and stay tuned for reviews of this and other docs coming soon to CagePotato.

By Elias Cepeda

We may be in a golden age, or at least an incredibly good season for new fight docs, taters.

There’s “Like Water,” on Anderson Silva, “I am Bruce Lee,”  and soon, an interesting-looking doc on lightweight Eddie Alvarez (22-3).

In addition to being a GOP policy stance, “No Plan B,” is a new film by David Klayman that chronicles Alvarez in the lead-up to what may still be his most high profile to date: his bout with former Sports Illustrated cover boy Roger Huerta back in 2010.

The trailer for the movie shows Alvarez at home with family, as well as training and consulting with champion/east coast colleagues Bernard Hopkins and Frankie Edgar. The title of the film is derived from a quote and apparent philosophy of Alvarez’. “…I’m not much of a planner,” he says. “I set a goal and there really is nothing else. So, there is no ‘plan b.’”

Although Alvarez suffered a rare loss in his last fight to Michael Chandler, he will have a chance to avenge a prior defeat when he takes on Shinya Aoki (30-5) at the Bellator card on April 20 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Check out the trailer for “No Plan B” and stay tuned for reviews of this and other docs coming soon to CagePotato.


(Video courtesy of YouTube/PalmTreeStatus)

Video: Watch Brendan Schaub and Johny Hendricks Get Punked by Ecko and the ‘Will It Blend’ Guy


(“Are you getting a Pulp Fiction vibe right now?”)

Ecko Unlimited pulled a pretty good prank on two of its sponsored fighters recently.

Duping UFC vets Johny Hendricks and Brendan Schaub into participating in a training session by an escape artist (who was actually just an Ecko employee) at Ecko HQ, reps from the clothing brand brought in the dude from “Will It Blend” to destroy one of the duo’s phones. Unable to escape from the chair he was tied up to, Schaub, who lost the coin toss, watched in horror and anger as his precious cell, that he assumed was not backed up, was dropped into the blender and turned on.

Brendan usually comes off as a fairly happy and easygoing guy, but anyone who has lost all of the data on their phone can relate to how upset he was.

Check out the hilarious video after the jump.


(“Are you getting a Pulp Fiction vibe right now?”)

Ecko Unlimited pulled a pretty good prank on two of its sponsored fighters recently.

Duping UFC vets Johny Hendricks and Brendan Schaub into participating in a training session by an escape artist (who was actually just an Ecko employee) at Ecko HQ, reps from the clothing brand brought in the dude from “Will It Blend” to destroy one of the duo’s phones. Unable to escape from the chair he was tied up to, Schaub, who lost the coin toss, watched in horror and anger as his precious cell, that he assumed was not backed up, was dropped into the blender and turned on.

Brendan usually comes off as a fairly happy and easygoing guy, but anyone who has lost all of the data on their phone can relate to how upset he was.

Check out the hilarious video:

Reminder: Watch the UFC 149 Press Conference from Calgary, Alberta, Canada Live Right Here at 2:00 p.m. ET


(“We may even have Justin Bieber at the show as a special guest.”)

Just a friendly reminder that the UFC is holding an impromptu press conference today in Calgary, Alberta to announce its next Canadian show and that we’ll have the live stream starting at 2:00 p.m. ET. On hand for the open event will be UFC president Dana White, director of Canadian operations Tom Wright and Alberta-based fighters Mitch Clarke, Jason MacDonald and Nick Ring.

It’s expected that the main event for the July 21 show, which will be announced as UFC 149, will be a featherweight championship bout between 145-pound kingpin Jose Aldo (21-1) and former TKO, Shooto and Sengoku champ Hatsu Hioki (26-4-2), however an announcement will likely not happen at today’s presser.

In related news, a Canadian senator introduced a bill into Parliament yesterday that would see MMA legalized nationwide. Section 83 of the Canadian Criminal Code as it currently stands deems prizefighting illegal, which is why some provinces and territories have been reluctant to allow events in their jurisdiction in spite of the fact that others have amended the rules due to different interpretations of the archaic law.

Check out the UFC web player after the jump.


(“We may even have Justin Bieber at the show as a special guest.”)

Just a friendly reminder that the UFC is holding an impromptu press conference today in Calgary, Alberta to announce its next Canadian show and that we’ll have the live stream starting at 2:00 p.m. ET. On hand for the open event will be UFC president Dana White, director of Canadian operations Tom Wright and Alberta-based fighters Mitch Clarke, Jason MacDonald and Nick Ring.

It’s expected that the main event for the July 21 show, which will be announced as UFC 149, will be a featherweight championship bout between 145-pound kingpin Jose Aldo (21-1) and former TKO, Shooto and Sengoku champ Hatsu Hioki (26-4-2), however an announcement will likely not happen at today’s presser.

In related news, a Canadian senator introduced a bill into Parliament yesterday that would see MMA legalized nationwide. Section 83 of the Canadian Criminal Code as it currently stands deems prizefighting illegal, which is why some provinces and territories have been reluctant to allow events in their jurisdiction in spite of the fact that others have amended the rules due to different interpretations of the archaic law.

Check out the UFC web player after the jump.


(Stream courtesy of YouTube/UFC)

Video Proof That Justin Bieber Has Made a Fist at Least Once in His Life


(“Hit it? How about I just dance around it and lip-sync?”)

I don’t know why people feel the need to constantly lump Justin Bieber in with the sport of MMA, but even if you can’t stand the pigeon-chested pubescent Canadian, his latest fighting-related project may not be so bad.


(“Hit it? How about I just dance around it and lip-sync?”)

I don’t know why people feel the need to constantly lump Justin Bieber in with the sport of MMA, but even if you can’t stand the pigeon-chested pubescent Canadian, his latest fighting-related project may not be so bad.

Bieber is featured on the cover of Complex Magazine’s most recent issue, and for some reason they decided to have the 120-pound singer pretend to fight (and presumably get soundly beaten by) a pair of light heavyweights in the ring whilst wearing a tuxedo, before coming back using some dirty tricks to (shoddily) armbar one of the hulks into submission. That’s how he rolls, apparently.

JB’s dad, as you may recall, was an amateur muay thai fighter, so this must have made the old man proud seeing his son take of the pink shoes and sunglasses to at least pretend to fight.

FYI, “The Bieb’s” fighting name is “Bam Bam.”

 


(Video courtesy of YouTube/ComplexMag)

And the Winners of the CagePotato Kountermove Contest Are…

 
(“Hey Ryan, phone’s for you.”)

Thanks to everyone who entered our Kountermove contest and to everyone who signed up for our free UFC 145 Kountermove tourney last week. We had such an overwhelming response that the room is now full. Also thanks to Crooklyn for setting up the contest and Kountermove for sponsoring it.

Make sure you support the site by buying into one of the upcoming tournaments.

Check to see if you won after the jump.

 
(“Hey Ryan, phone’s for you.”)

Thanks to everyone who entered our Kountermove contest and to everyone who signed up for our free UFC 145 Kountermove tourney last week. We had such an overwhelming response that the room is now full. Also thanks to Crooklyn for setting up the contest and Kountermove for sponsoring it.

Make sure you support the site by buying into one of the upcoming tournaments.

Now, to the brass tacks.

The winner of the $100 Kountermove credit is longtime CP reader NomadRip, AKA James Schipper. Picking up the Xbox 360 copy of UFC Undisputed 3 is Stewart Landry and finally, the lucky winner of the PS3 version of the game is Jason Wright, AKA Potato Nation member in good standing, J-Dog.

Shoot us an email at [email protected], guys, and we’ll let you know how to redeem your prizes.

We’ll have some more exciting contests to announce soon, so check back often and tell a friend.

More Weird MMA-Related Craigslist Ads

 

It’s been tough to top our wildly popular and extensive original compilation of the 25 weirdest MMA-related ads on Craigslist, so instead we’re going to regularly take one for the team and extensively comb through the cesspool of personals on the ad site and put together smaller galleries. Friendly advice. Don’t click on ads with photos.

Check out some of the weirdest ones we found today, after the jump.

 

It’s been tough to top our wildly popular and extensive original compilation of the 25 weirdest MMA-related ads on Craigslist, so instead we’re going to regularly take one for the team and extensively comb through the cesspool of personals on the ad site and put together smaller galleries. Friendly advice. Don’t click on ads with photos.

Check out some of the weirdest ones we found today:

If you’re looking to train on a course made from just shit around, you’re in luck. This guy has what you need. He has a decent amount of training in kicking and blocking, you know, the martial art.

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Typically when a guy says he’s a fighter, he isn’t. So when a dude like this says he’s a UFC fighter, it probably means he has vinyl UFC gloves he bought at Target and a TapouT t-shirt he wears out to the bars.

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I’m not even going to say anything about this guy since it’s obvious he knows what he’s doing. I mean, Doc Marten boots AND spandex = badass fighter. The only question I have is, what does he mean by “maybe more?”

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Worried about protecting his image? Sounds like a Jackson’s fighter.

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A football player AND a UFC fighter you say? Is this Matt Mitrione? Besides the fake claim that he’s a UFC fighter, the ad wouldn’t be that odd if it wasn’t posted in the “men looking for trannies” section

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“You can come over and watch the fights, but I want it in wrtiting that I can do whatever I want to you beforehand.” Nothing creepy about that, is there?

Send us any weird CL ads you “stumble upon” at [email protected]