Friday Afternoon Link Dump

(Video courtesy of YouTube.LayzietheSavage)

– Dirty Old Men: The Rugged’s 12 Hottest Former Child Actresses(TheRugged)

– According to the Maya We Will Be Dead in One Year (TuVez)

– 9 Famous People Who Need to Go Away (Guyism)

– Sprinting vs. Jogging: The Great Debate (MuscleProdigy)

– The Cast of ‘A Christmas Story’: Where They Be at Now (ScreenJunkies)

– What Blake Lively Nude Pics Mean for Your Girl (MadeMan)

– 12 Fighters the UFC Needs NOW (BleacherReport)

– 25 Gifts That May Have Been Wrapped by the Blind (HolyTaco)

– X-Rated Christmas Lexus Commercial (WorldWideInterweb)

– Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: The Last of the Legends (FightersOnly)

– Brock Says “No Chin” Comments are Bullshit (LowKick)

– Man Crosses NYC Subway Tracks to Attack Stranger (Complex)

– 2Live Crew Singer to Bone Naked Zombies in Sundance Short (FilmDrunk)

– Documentaries’ Best Sports Stars (WithLeather)

– #ThingsNottoDoAtChristmasParties (Clutch.MTV)

– The Most Amazing Moments in Sports in 2011 (AskMen)

– Vanessa Bryant to Receive Nearly $100 Million in Divorce Settlement (TerezOwens)

– Strange Erotic Photo of the Day (MMAFix)

– Chicago MMA Fighter Dead After Fighting Keyboard Warrior (OregonLive)


(Video courtesy of YouTube.LayzietheSavage)

– Dirty Old Men: The Rugged’s 12 Hottest Former Child Actresses(TheRugged)

– According to the Maya We Will Be Dead in One Year (TuVez)

– 9 Famous People Who Need to Go Away (Guyism)

– Sprinting vs. Jogging: The Great Debate (MuscleProdigy)

– The Cast of ‘A Christmas Story’: Where They Be at Now (ScreenJunkies)

– What Blake Lively Nude Pics Mean for Your Girl (MadeMan)

– 12 Fighters the UFC Needs NOW (BleacherReport)

– 25 Gifts That May Have Been Wrapped by the Blind (HolyTaco)

– X-Rated Christmas Lexus Commercial (WorldWideInterweb)

– Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: The Last of the Legends (FightersOnly)

– Brock Says “No Chin” Comments are Bullshit (LowKick)

– Man Crosses NYC Subway Tracks to Attack Stranger (Complex)

– 2Live Crew Singer to Bone Naked Zombies in Sundance Short (FilmDrunk)

– Documentaries’ Best Sports Stars (WithLeather)

– #ThingsNottoDoAtChristmasParties (Clutch.MTV)

– The Most Amazing Moments in Sports in 2011 (AskMen)

– Vanessa Bryant to Receive Nearly $100 Million in Divorce Settlement (TerezOwens)

– Strange Erotic Photo of the Day (MMAFix)

– Chicago MMA Fighter Dead After Fighting Keyboard Warrior (OregonLive)

Dana White said Marquardt Needed to “Man Up” Um…Wasn’t That What He Was Trying to Do?

Man, I’ve been waiting like four days to find out why Nate Marquardt was not medically cleared to fight in UFC on Versus 4 and was subsequently fired from the UFC. I even woke up.

Nate Marquardt and Chael Sonnen. What do these 2 men have in common?

Man, I’ve been waiting like four days to find out why Nate Marquardt was not medically cleared to fight in UFC on Versus 4 and was subsequently fired from the UFC. I even woke up early here on the west coast to make sure I didn’t miss anything or see if another media outlet got a jump on the story before Ariel Helwani today. And then there it was, Marquardt’s hour long explanation on The MMA Hour of how he had low testosterone levels and was under Hormone Replacement Therapy and blah blah blah… And I felt like Ralphie in A Christmas Story when he finally deciphered Little Orphan Annie’s decoder ring secret message: “Don’t forget to drink your Ovaltine.” I thought, “A crummy testosterone aid? Son-of-a-bitch!”

I mean surely, we were all expecting much more to be the case when Dana White exclaimed on Versus during the live fights:

“Nate Marquardt is going to have to man up and tell the world why he didn’t pass his medicals. When he does that, I think everyone will understand why he was cut from the UFC.”

And here we are…a vast majority of us, I think, that remain pretty unclear as to exactly why he was cut. I mean, Thiago Silva and Chael Sonnen are still listed as fighters in the UFC. Did I miss something? And is it pretty messed up that we’ve become kind of jaded to learning that these fighters are caught taking PEDs for whatever medical issues they have? I remember being so pissed when I learned Sonnen’s stellar performance against Anderson Silva was tainted by a failed piss test. Now, I’m just bored that Marquardt’s story wasn’t more intriguing. I was calculating the days it takes for marijuana to leave the body and thinking, “hey maybe he has a disease and requires medical marijuana usage. Poor fella! Yeah, that’s it. He doesn’t smoke for recreation.” Then I thought…”STD?” …Because that would have been a fun revelation. “Hey, is he pregnant?” I admit that one crossed my mind for a second, but more for my own amusement.

None-the-less, here we are facing another fighter who has failed his drug test due to elevated levels of testosterone in his system. I, for one am disappointed in Nate for taking a substance so close to his fight, because his wife couldn’t stand his mood swings, thereby risking how his pre-fight drug test would be determined. After all, he’s failed drug tests before, so of course you’re going to get tested beforehand. But I’m even more disappointed that this was the big story I’ve been waiting to hear. Thanks for wasting my time and eager anticipation, Nate. Dana White was right about one thing, Nate needed to “man up” and tell us why he failed. Maybe that was a hint from Dana and maybe we were made to wait because Marquardt’s “man up” levels had fallen too low.