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Former Miss USA Whitney Miller Training for Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Miss USA 2012, Whitney Miller, is training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in hopes of earning a black belt. 
It’s not too often that you see a combination of beauty and brawn, but she certainly fits the mold. According to her Onnit bio, Miller is also a f…

Miss USA 2012, Whitney Miller, is training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in hopes of earning a black belt. 

It’s not too often that you see a combination of beauty and brawn, but she certainly fits the mold. According to her Onnit bio, Miller is also a fitness model and professional wakesurfer.

In a promotional video for Onnit, she said (via Elias Cepeda of Yahoo! Sports):

What I want to show you guys is that you can go out there and do anything. If a beauty pageant queen, a national pageant winner, miss United States, can go earn their jiu jitsu black belt, granted that’s going to take a long time, if I can go and do that you have no excuses.

Given her beauty pageant history, some will be critical of her ability and wonder if she’s merely using her good looks to get ahead. Miller is looking to do everything she can to dispel those critics.

In the video above, she does just that, taking home a gold and silver medal in her first Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament. 

The Texan bombshell is getting trained by UFC fighter Cub Swanson, so there’s no doubt that she is receiving a quality education in the sport. Swanson is currently ranked fourth in the promotion’s featherweight class, so he knows what it takes to succeed in the Octagon should Miller want to parlay her BJJ training into a mixed martial arts career.

It will be interesting to see what her next step is. Down the road, she may be able to turn her success in jiu-jitsu into something more prominent. 

Miller is already a knockout beauty, but can she become a knockout artist? 

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UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock Is Now a Bodyguard for 50 Cent

UFC Hall of Famer and professional wrestler Ken Shamrock was spotted recently with a new gig—serving as a bodyguard for rapper 50 Cent.
Shamrock was initially spotted at CES (a consumer electronics show) in Las Vegas, Nev.

@arielhelwani at CES 2…

UFC Hall of Famer and professional wrestler Ken Shamrock was spotted recently with a new gig—serving as a bodyguard for rapper 50 Cent.

Shamrock was initially spotted at CES (a consumer electronics show) in Las Vegas, Nev.

The MMA legend later confirmed it was him, and commented on how he enjoys working for 50 Cent.

Shamrock may be 49 years old, but you would be hard pressed to find many people on this earth that would try to mess with him.

Well done, 50 Cent. Well done.

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UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock Working as Bodyguard for Rapper 50 Cent

UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock hasn’t stepped inside the cage in over three years, so he’s turned to a new profession that allows him to use his physicality to his advantage and earn some big bucks in the process. 
As it turns out, “The World’s Mo…

UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock hasn’t stepped inside the cage in over three years, so he’s turned to a new profession that allows him to use his physicality to his advantage and earn some big bucks in the process. 

As it turns out, “The World’s Most Dangerous Man” is now working as a security guard for none other than world-renowned rapper 50 Cent.

TMZ broke the story Thursday: 

49-year-old Shamrock was spotted on the rapper’s personal protection detail at the CES convection [sic] in Las Vegas yesterday … and afterward, Ken confirmed he’s now working for a company that does private security for several “high-end clients,” including Fiddy.

Shamrock also confirmed he was working with the rapper via a tweet he sent out Thursday stating it was a “pleasure” working with 50 Cent and his team. 

Shamrock, a former UFC superfight and King of Pancrase champion, competed at UFC 1 all the way back in September 1993, losing to Royce Gracie in the tournament finals.

After putting together an impressive 25-6-2 record through 33 professional fights, Shamrock, now 49, began to show his age in February 2002, compiling a 2-7 record in his next nine bouts. 

Shamrock appeared to be ready to take another fight this past July for England’s Ultimate Cage Fighting Championships, per Sherdog, but they could not come to a contractual agreement.

 

John Heinis is a featured columnist for Bleacher Report. He is also the MMA editor for eDraft.com.

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MMA Fighter Andy Eichholz Suffers Nasty Broken Nose

MMA fighter Andy Eichholz, nicknamed “Ice Cold”, was knocked out by Wade Sauer in the first round of their heavyweight fight in Pendleton, Ore., this weekend. The KO left Eichholz with a nasty broken nose.

Thanks to Paul Sacca of Next Impulse Sports f…

MMA fighter Andy Eichholz, nicknamed “Ice Cold”, was knocked out by Wade Sauer in the first round of their heavyweight fight in Pendleton, Ore., this weekend. The KO left Eichholz with a nasty broken nose.

Thanks to Paul Sacca of Next Impulse Sports for the find. 

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The Ultimate Compilation Video of Reactions to Anderson Silva’s Leg Break

Note: This video contains ample foul language that is NSFW.

Just in case you weren’t sure that the entire world of MMA observers had the exact same reaction that you did to Anderson Silva’s catastrophic leg break at UFC 168.Read more MMA ne…

Note: This video contains ample foul language that is NSFW.

Just in case you weren’t sure that the entire world of MMA observers had the exact same reaction that you did to Anderson Silva’s catastrophic leg break at UFC 168.

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Fighter Goes for Submission and Knocks Himself out

This wasn’t how it was supposed to go. A fighter went for a daring takedown of his opponent, but he misjudged his leap, landed on his head and knocked himself out cold. This guy could use a little more practice on his technique. Thanks t…

This wasn’t how it was supposed to go. 

A fighter went for a daring takedown of his opponent, but he misjudged his leap, landed on his head and knocked himself out cold. 

This guy could use a little more practice on his technique. 

Thanks to reddit for the find. 

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