Sketch Comedy Reminder: The 2011 Fighters Only World MMA Awards Air Tomorrow Night

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Heads up: last week’s Fighters Only World MMA Awards will air tomorrow night at 8pm (ET) on FSN. Judging by their selection of Chael Sonnen as this year’s host, the show’s producers are hoping to add a little heat to their event much like the Golden Globes did courtesy of host Ricky Gervais.

If you needed further evidence that somebody’s going to get all butthurt tomorrow, the above video featuring UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and light-heavyweight contender Phil Davis doesn’t pull any punches. As they climb through a storage unit, the duo take shots at Arianny Celeste, Jon Jones, Cecil Peoples, Wanderlei Silva, and more. It’s definitely worth a couple of minutes of your time.

Yesterday’s skit probably reminded you that a good chin doesn’t always equate to strong acting chops. Then again, there’s only so much you can do with the script you’re handed. Speaking of which, the comedic stylings of Frank Mir await you after the jump.

(Video courtesy of YouTube/FightersOnlyMagazine)

Heads up: last week’s Fighters Only World MMA Awards will air tomorrow night at 8pm (ET) on FSN. Judging by their selection of Chael Sonnen as this year’s host, the show’s producers are hoping to add a little heat to their event much like the Golden Globes did courtesy of host Ricky Gervais.

If you needed further evidence that somebody’s going to get all butthurt tomorrow, the above video featuring UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and light-heavyweight contender Phil Davis doesn’t pull any punches. As they climb through a storage unit, the duo take shots at Arianny Celeste, Jon Jones, Cecil Peoples, Wanderlei Silva, and more. It’s definitely worth a couple of minutes of your time.

Yesterday’s skit probably reminded you that a good chin doesn’t always equate to strong acting chops. Then again, there’s only so much you can do with the script you’re handed. Speaking of which, the comedic stylings of Frank Mir await you after the jump.

 

(Video courtesy of YouTube/FightersOnlyMagazine)

Previously: Randy Couture, Phil Baroni, Gray Maynard Ham It Up for the ‘World MMA Awards’

Twitter Beef of the Day: Chael Sonnen vs…Arianny Celeste?


(That puppy dog act won’t work this time…that’s enough of that…ok we forgive you.) 

HOW COULD HE DO THIS TO THE POOR GIRL?!

During a recent interview with the Las Vegas Weekly Review, otherworldly trash talker Chael Sonnen had some less than positive things to say about long time UFC ring girl and 2011 Hottest Woman in MMA Runner-up Arianny Celeste. When asked who his pick would be for Ring Girl of the Year at the upcoming 2011 Fighter’s Only World MMA Awards, yes, those Fighter’s Only World MMA Awards, Sonnen had the following to say:

We only had one and that was Chandella [Powell]. The other was the IQ card girl. Arianny [Celeste] kind of walks around and holds up her latest test score. One time when there was a title fight, she got all the way up to five and we were very proud of her.

Holy King of all that is zing.

And believe it or not, when Arianny got wind of these comments, she was less than pleased. But our girl managed to respond in the most adult, professional manner possible, a tweet, which read:

Hey what’s ur name.. after @spideranderson kicks your ass..u won’t even be able to count to 5!! Get ready to kiss brazils ass!

Not bad Arianny, not bad. She’s clearly referencing the 1954 Marlon Brando classic On the Waterfront with the whole “counting” rebuttal. It’s honestly a better comeback than most of us would have expected from someone who usually responds to awkward situations like this. But prepare yourselves for Sonnen’s comeback:


(That puppy dog act won’t work this time…that’s enough of that…ok we forgive you.) 

HOW COULD HE DO THIS TO THE POOR GIRL?!

During a recent interview with the Las Vegas Weekly Review, otherworldly trash talker Chael Sonnen had some less than positive things to say about long time UFC ring girl and 2011 Hottest Woman in MMA Runner-up Arianny Celeste. When asked who his pick would be for Ring Girl of the Year at the upcoming 2011 Fighter’s Only World MMA Awards, yes, those Fighter’s Only World MMA Awards, Sonnen had the following to say:

We only had one and that was Chandella [Powell]. The other was the IQ card girl. Arianny [Celeste] kind of walks around and holds up her latest test score. One time when there was a title fight, she got all the way up to five and we were very proud of her.

Holy King of all that is zing.

And believe it or not, when Arianny got wind of these comments, she was less than pleased. But our girl managed to respond in the most adult, professional manner possible, a tweet, which read:

Hey what’s ur name.. after @spideranderson kicks your ass..u won’t even be able to count to 5!! Get ready to kiss brazils ass!

Not bad Arianny, not bad. She’s clearly referencing the 1954 Marlon Brando classic On the Waterfront with the whole “counting” rebuttal. It’s honestly a better comeback than most of us would have expected from someone who usually responds to awkward situations like this. But prepare yourselves for Sonnen’s comeback:

Seems easy to wear a bikini and seems easy to walk in a circle, but try walking in a circle while wearing a bikini. Talented girl!

This marks the first time Sonnen has finished a fight in the first round since 2007. This also marks the first time that a fighter has gotten into a certified CP Twitter Beef with a ring girl. A glorious day for mankind indeed. That reminds us, have you followed CagePotato on Twitter yet? No? Well, we implore you to reconsider.

For those of you who aren’t keeping track, Arianny has won Ring Girl of the Year for the past three years running, so we can only imagine what she’ll have to say to Sonnen when she inevitably wins it this year, despite our view on the matter. Hell, this could all be a ploy by Sonnen to ensure that she does win it, if only to provide some much needed hype for the awards show itself. The man truly is an evil genius.

-Danga 

Reminder: Get Your Votes in for This Year’s Fighters Only World MMA Awards by Friday

(Meathead’s impartial reminder for you to get your votes in.)

Even though we were conspicuously absent from the ballot again, we’re still going to do our friends at Fighters Only Magazine a solid by reminding The Potato Nation to vote for your other favorites who were nominated for this year’s 2011 Fighters Only World MMA Awards.

For all of the readers who pine over your old dad who left you to be raised by mom and your *new* dad, even though he doesn’t write or call, you can vote for Ben Fowlkes in the MMA Journalist of the Year category.

Other than that, there are probably a few brands and names in there that you support.

With Chael Sonnen hosting the event, things could get interesting, especially when it comes time for him to do the rumored dance number with Black House.

Check out the categories and nominees after the jump.


(Meathead’s impartial reminder for you to get your votes in.)

Even though we were conspicuously absent from the ballot again, we’re still going to do our friends at Fighters Only Magazine a solid by reminding The Potato Nation to vote for your other favorites who were nominated for this year’s 2011 Fighters Only World MMA Awards.

For all of the readers who pine over your old dad who left you to be raised by mom and your *new* dad, even though he doesn’t write or call, you can vote for Ben Fowlkes in the MMA Journalist of the Year category.

Other than that, there are probably a few brands and names in there that you support.

With Chael Sonnen hosting the event, things could get interesting, especially when it comes time for him to do the rumored dance number with Black House.

Check out the categories and nominees below.

2011 Fighters Only World MMA Awards
Wednesday, November 30
Pearl Theatre at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas

 

FIGHTER OF THE YEAR 

Anderson Silva
Dan Henderson
• Dominick Cruz
• Jon Jones
• Nick Diaz

BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

Brian Stann
• Daniel Cormier
• Demetrious Johnson
• Donald Cerrone
• Phil Davis

FIGHT OF THE YEAR

Diego Sanchez vs Martin Kampmann
• Dominick Cruz vs Urijah Faber at UFC 132
• Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard at UFC 125
• Jose Aldo vs Mark Hominick at UFC 129
Nick Diaz vs Paul Daley

SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR

• Chan-Sung Jung vs Leonard Garcia at UFC Fight Night 24
• Pablo Garza vs Yves Jabouin at UFC 129
• Phil Davis vs Tim Boetsch at UFC 132
• Richard Hale vs Nik Fekete at Bellator 38
• Tito Ortiz vs Ryan Bader at UFC 132
• Vinny Magalhaes vs Viktor Nemkov at M1 Challenge

RING ENTRANCE OF THE YEAR

• Dave Herman at UFC 131
• Jason Miller at Dream 16
• Mark Hominick at UFC 129
• Vitor Belfort at UFC 133
• Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 133

REFEREE OF THE YEAR

• ‘Big’ John McCarthy
• Dan Miragliotta
• Herb Dean
• Josh Rosenthal
• Mario Yamasaki

RING GIRL OF THE YEAR

• Arianny Celeste
• Brittney Palmer
• Chandella Powell
• Kelli Hutcherson
• Mercedes Terrell

MMA PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

• Bas Rutten
• Bruce Buffer
• Burt Watson
• Jacob ‘Stitch’ Duran
• Joe Rogan

BEST TECHNICAL CLOTHING BRAND

• Bad Boy
• Hayabusa
• Jaco
• Sprawl
• Venum

MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR

• ‘Inside MMA’ on HD Net
• MMAFighting.com
• MMAJunkie.com
• ‘MMA Live’ on ESPN
• Sherdog.com

FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

• Marloes Coenen
• Miesha Tate
• Ronda Rousey
• Sarah Kaufman
• Zoila Gurgel

INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR

Alexander Gustafsson
Alistair Overeem
Dennis Siver
• Joachim Hansen
• Michael Bisping

KO OF THE YEAR

• Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort at UFC 126
Cheick Kongo vs Pat Barry at UFC Live
• John Makdessi vs Kyle Watson at UFC 129
• Lyoto Machida vs Randy Couture at UFC 129
• Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire vs Toby Imada at Bellator 39

COMEBACK OF THE YEAR

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (career)
• Cheick Kongo (vs Pat Barry at UFC Live 4)
• Joe Warren (vs Joe Soto at Bellator 27)
• Marloes Coenen (vs Liz Carmouche at Strikeforce 46)
• Tito Ortiz (career)

COACH OF THE YEAR

• Cesar Gracie
• Eric Del Fierro
• Greg Jackson
• Rafael Cordeiro
• Shawn Tompkins

GYM OF THE YEAR

• Alliance MMA
• Black House
• Jackson’s MMA
• Roufusport Martial Arts Academy
• Xtreme Couture

LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR

• Bjorn Rebney, Bellator founder and CEO
• Dana White, UFC president
• Lorenzo Fertitta, UFC chairman and CEO
• Marc Ratner, UFC vice president of regulatory affairs
• Scott Coker, Strikeforce founder and CEO

BEST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

• BAMMA
• Bellator
• DREAM
• Strikeforce
• UFC

BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING BRAND

• Affliction
• Bad Boy
• Form
• RVCA
• TapouT

BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT BRAND

• Bad Boy
• Everlast MMA
• Hayabusa
• Rival
• Venum

MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

• Ariel Helwani, MMAFighting.com/Versus.com
• Ben Fowlkes, Sports Illustrated, MMAFighting.com
• Gareth A. Davies, TheDailyTelegraph.com, ESPN
• John Morgan, MMAjunkie.com
• Josh Gross, ESPN