Announcing the Trash Talkin’ Kids T-Shirt Design Contest!

(Stephan Bonnar — supermodel. Props: TrashTalkinKids)

One of my favorite booths at the UFC Fan Expo in Toronto was Trash Talkin’ Kids, a brand-new t-shirt line that combines MMA fighters with one of the most horrible fads from the 1980s. As a dude who appreciates lowbrow humor more than skulls and wings, these shirts spoke to me.

Trash Talkin' Kids t-shirt MMA shirts Brock Lesnar Brocked and Loaded Trash Talkin' Kids t-shirt MMA shirts Stephan Bonnar American Wacko Trash Talkin' Kids t-shirt MMA shirts Roy Nelson Big Boy Trash Talkin' Kids t-shirt MMA shirts Matt Hamill Incredible Hulk

TTK was cool enough to hook us up with a couple shirts for the Potato Nation. It’s been a long time since we’ve done a t-shirt design contest, so we thought we’d give it another shot. Your challenge is this: Create a t-shirt design in the style of Trash Talkin’ Kids. (Basically, a well-known MMA fighter, a weird Garbage Pail-esque pun using their name, and a gruesome visual representation of that pun.) Details continue after the jump…


(Stephan Bonnar — supermodel. Props: TrashTalkinKids)

One of my favorite booths at the UFC Fan Expo in Toronto was Trash Talkin’ Kids, a brand-new t-shirt line that combines MMA fighters with one of the most horrible fads from the 1980s. As a dude who appreciates lowbrow humor more than skulls and wings, these shirts spoke to me.

Trash Talkin' Kids t-shirt MMA shirts Brock Lesnar Brocked and Loaded Trash Talkin' Kids t-shirt MMA shirts Stephan Bonnar American Wacko Trash Talkin' Kids t-shirt MMA shirts Roy Nelson Big Boy Trash Talkin' Kids t-shirt MMA shirts Matt Hamill Incredible Hulk

TTK was cool enough to hook us up with a couple shirts for the Potato Nation. It’s been a long time since we’ve done a t-shirt design contest, so we thought we’d give it another shot. Your challenge is this: Create a t-shirt design in the style of Trash Talkin’ Kids. (Basically, a well-known MMA fighter, a weird Garbage Pail-esque pun using their name, and a gruesome visual representation of that pun.) Details continue after the jump…

Submit your entries to [email protected] by next Monday. We’ll select a few finalists, and you’ll vote for your favorite on Tuesday. The top two vote-getters will each score their choice of TTK t-shirt from the four designs pictured above. Simple as that. And for those of you who aren’t artistically inclined, you can always help out by tossing some concept ideas in the comments section. Any questions? Good luck to everybody, and thanks to Trash Talkin’ Kids for making this possible!

Stephan Bonnar to Return Against Karlos Vemola at ‘UFC on Versus 5? in August

Trash Talkin Kids t-shirt Stephan Bonnar American Wacko
(The “American Wacko” t-shirt, from TrashTalkinKids. Still waiting on my “Snot Jorgensen” tee, guys.)

Riding high on a two-fight win streak against Krzysztof Soszynski and Igor Pokrajac, Stephan Bonnar will likely take on yet another dude with a weird European name in his next appearance. Multiple sources reported today that the American Psycho will face aggressive Czech prospect Karlos “The Terminator” Vemola at UFC on Versus 5, August 14th in Milwaukee.

Vemola (8-1, all wins by first-round stoppage) made his name competing in England as a heavyweight, Donkey Kong-ing most of his terrified opponents in under two minutes. He suffered his first defeat in his Octagon debut at UFC 116, getting slept on by Jon Madsen for three rounds. Wisely, the 6-foot fireplug immediately dropped to light-heavyweight, and beat the living crap out of Seth Petruzelli, picking up a Knockout of the Night bonus in the process. Vemola was slated to return against Luis Cane at UFC 128, but had to withdraw due to a mouth infection.

Killer matchup, if you ask me. Battle-tested vet vs. young juggernaut — who ya got?

Trash Talkin Kids t-shirt Stephan Bonnar American Wacko
(The “American Wacko” t-shirt, from TrashTalkinKids. Still waiting on my “Snot Jorgensen” tee, guys.)

Riding high on a two-fight win streak against Krzysztof Soszynski and Igor Pokrajac, Stephan Bonnar will likely take on yet another dude with a weird European name in his next appearance. Multiple sources reported today that the American Psycho will face aggressive Czech prospect Karlos “The Terminator” Vemola at UFC on Versus 5, August 14th in Milwaukee.

Vemola (8-1, all wins by first-round stoppage) made his name competing in England as a heavyweight, Donkey Kong-ing most of his terrified opponents in under two minutes. He suffered his first defeat in his Octagon debut at UFC 116, getting slept on by Jon Madsen for three rounds. Wisely, the 6-foot fireplug immediately dropped to light-heavyweight, and beat the living crap out of Seth Petruzelli, picking up a Knockout of the Night bonus in the process. Vemola was slated to return against Luis Cane at UFC 128, but had to withdraw due to a mouth infection.

Killer matchup, if you ask me. Battle-tested vet vs. young juggernaut — who ya got?