(Chuck Liddell poses with ‘Taboo’, co-host of Our Time.)
We have no idea how most of these encounters came about — but we’re sure they were all fairly awkward. Here are 21 of our favorite photos of MMA fighters rubbing shoulders with reality show stars, B-list actors, and aging rock royalty. Ah, the perks of fame…
(Cain Velasquez: The meat in a douche sandwich.)
(“…so then I snuck into Paul Walker’s trailer, put my balls on his forehead, and took a picture of it! You should have seen his face! Hahahaha! With my balls on it! Oh man!”)
(Rosie O’Donnell and her adopted son Urijah.)
(Tito Ortiz with Donnie Wahlberg, former New Kid on the Block and current brother of the guy who produces Entourage.)
(“Ay dawg, lemme use ‘Honky Cat‘ for my next walkout song.”)
(“Sure lady, I’ll sign your ti–HOLY FUCK YOU’RE CINDY CRAWFORD.”)
(Verne Troyer actually trains jiu-jitsu. His grappling dummy is a Teddy Ruxpin.)
(Carlos Santana still needs a lot of work on that fist-pose.)
(Rashad Evans with Ice-T and his freaky wife Coco.)
(“That’s right, baby, a starring role in the next Steven Soderbergh flick. Now come on, you can trust Uncle Mickey.”)
(Jon Jones shares war stories with 50 Cent, chokes out Jay Leno.)
(Dan Hardy steals some metal essence from Pantera’s Vinnie Paul.)
(Nothing impresses LL Cool J more than a giant watch.)
(Roger Huerta and Laura Prepon, in happier times.)
(Rampage, please just read the teleprompter.)
(Forrest Griffin with Ton Jones of ‘Auction Hunters’. Now *that’s* random…)
(Fedor Emelianenko, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and their dates.)