Another night of fights is here, and this one is a heavyweight doozy. You know we have a stacked card when Jacob Volkmann is fighting on Facebook and Dan Hardy vs. Duane Ludwig is stuck on FX. Pair that with the return of Cain Velasquez and a title fight between Junior Dos Santos and Frank Mir, and we have quite a night to look forward to. Join us, won't you?

Fight Card

Junior Dos Santos vs. Frank Mir - Dos Santos, R2 via TKO
Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva - Velasquez, R1 via TKO
Roy Nelson vs. Dave Herman - Nelson, R1 via TKO
Stipe Miocic vs. Shane Del Rosario - Miocic, R2 via TKO
Stefan Struve vs. Lavar Johnson - Struve, R1 via submission
Diego Brandao vs. Darren Elkins - Elkins, R3 via decision
Edson Barboza vs. Jamie Varner - Varner, R1 via TKO (I can't believe I just typed that)
Jason Miller vs. C.B. Dollaway - Dollaway, R3 via decision
Dan Hardy vs. Duane Ludwig - Hardy, R1 via KO
Jacob Volkmann vs. Paul Sass - Sass, R1 via submission
Kyle Kingsbury vs. Glover Teixeira - Teixeira, R1 via submission
Mike Brown vs. Daniel Pineda - Mike Brown, R3 via decision

Beth - Oh, Vinny. You clever, clever boy. You sure did make some lemonade with that lemon of a belt you had taking up precious closet space. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned? Screw that, change it to light heavyweight champ scorned. While I have some doubts that you may actually receive the $100K that you sold your belt for, I hope that the very public "Eff You" you have given M-1 was worth it all anyway.

Pantydropper Rating: 5 - Like Big John says, "Let's get it on!"

Donna - Who knew a nice little f-you in the face of M-1 Global would turn out to be so profitable? No one could argue that, after winning the light heavyweight belt in 2011, M-1 has surely treated you poorly. When, rather than make good on the contract they originally signed you to, they released you, you would have been well within your rights to bitch and moan. But now, you went above and beyond my friend. You decided to sell your belt on E-bay. By the way, inspired choice to photograph your belt on the toilet; let's us know how you really think about that particular "honor". But just when you think the story can't get any more fabulous, you report that you sold your belt for $100,000. Is that true? I don't really know, but it's a great way to end this particular sordid chapter. And if you don't mind, perhaps you can tell me who ended up buying the thing. I promise not to tell...

Pantydropper Rating: 4 - Worth the Wax

Photo Source: @VinnyMMA

It's fill in the blank time, kids! "Chad George's Octopus tattoo is lovely! If I could have eight of any body part, I would choose____________."

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It's UFC on Fox time! I haven't been this excited about a night of fights in a long time, and you know how I feel about free events. In honor of Pat Barry I hauled my butt out of bed today for a kickboxing class, so I'm a captive audience. Won't you join us for some insightful delightful conversation?

Main Card

Nate Diaz vs. Jim Miller
Josh Koscheck vs. Johny Hendricks
Rousimar Palhares vs. Alan Belcher
Pat Barry vs. Lavar Johnson

Josh Koscheck appeared on a segment of the UFC Ultimate Insider's Cribs & Rides, and I gotta tell you, it was slightly devastating. Apparently the UFC pays better than I thought, as Koscheck has a Range Rover, Mercedes, and Ferrari, as well as assorted motorbikes and a plane. Yes, I did say a plane, as apparently Koscheck is a licensed pilot. The house itself is lovely, and he lives on a lake with a boat. That's for when he gets tired of swimming in his pool and playing X Box with Phil Davis. Enjoy as you watch how a person only slightly more likeable than Tito Ortiz gets to live. Watch the video below, and try not to get too depressed.

Photo source: Sherdog

It took awhile, but it looks like Gina Carano has scored another movie role. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Carano is in talks to join Vin Diesel, Paul Walker (yummy!), and The Rock in the sixth installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise. Apparently, Carano will appear as a member of The Rock's Diplomatic Security Service (really?) team. Carano told MTV,

"I'm going to go from the 'Haywire' crew to the 'Fast 6' crew, so I'm going to get a very broad range of knowledge as far as people go. It's like two different high school groups. You've got the very artistic, and then you've got the action group of athletes, like hard-core. Very different personalities there."

I actually kind of enjoy the Fast and Furious movies, so I'm sure I'll end up seeing this one. They're going for Fast and Furious 6 as a title, but I'm quite sure that we can all come up with something much better and put it in the comments section.

This is the first weekend in three weeks that I actually get to watch TUF live when its actually live. I'm so excited I could vomit! Won't you come join me for a little open post action? It won't hurt; I promise.

Beth - Oh, Frankie. What a good boy you've been. You just sat back and kept your pie hole shut while the #RallyforMarkHunt freight train ran full steam ahead down the tracks. Cause you knew what would happen, didn't you? You knew that no one tells Dana White what to do and the more people that pleaded Mark Hunt's case, the closer you got to your moment of glory. Well you've got it, little buddy. And I hope you bring us the crazy. You've been in the background so long that you must be ready to burst. Bring it, brother. Let that verbal diarrhea spew forth like a fountain of awesomeness.

Pantydropper Rating: 4 - Worth the Wax.

Donna - Frank the Tank! Frank the Tank! Congrats, Big Guy. You rightfully earned stole the heavyweight title shot right out from under the hand of Mark Hunt, just like I predicted not two weeks ago. Who needs fans to bombard Dana White with tweets when you've got actual wins to back up your shot? I kinda think it would be fun to have you back in the Heavyweight driver's seat. Junior Dos Santos never really did if for me, and you can make it a trend to show Team Nogueira who's the boss. As an extra bonus, you can often be counted to say some crazy stuff, and we need more Sonnen-style antics in the UFC right now. Hopefully we have another Mrs. Mir twitter war to look forward to! So get in there, big guy, and show that young whipper snapper what a real UFC champ looks like. WAR MIR!

Pantydropper Rating: 4 - Worth the Wax

Hey, all! Welcome to another Friday night open post of The Ultimate Fighter. I gotta say, I 80% love the new format of The Ultimate Fighter. I just wish it was on some night other than Friday so that I could go out and ring in the weekend with a few 1/2 dozen cocktails volunteer at a homeless shelter. Let's do this, shall we?

Now this is how you do a fun YouTube video, Rampage. Tim Kennedy has decided to remind us how awesome he is by recording a spoof of the video for Katy Perry's song Part of Me. I have to admit, I hadn't seen the Katy Perry video before watching this. If you haven't either, you can watch it here. It makes it way funnier once you know what he was actually spoofing. This just makes me love Tim all the more, despite his incredibly awkward acting and dancing. Enjoy!

In an apparent infinite capacity for poor decision making, stupidity, and vile behavior, Quentin Jackson has posted a video called, "How to Pick Up a Gurl [sic] - Fast". What's so offensive about this, you ask? Well, the video boils down to a how-to on raping women, including using cholorform to help her relax, using zip ties, picking women who are in parking lots with malfunctioning cameras, and putting on your condoms, cause, safety first! However the jokes on Rampage when the woman turns out to be a man, who then proceeds to bite Rampage's erect penis as he's screaming on the ground. No, I'm serious. That's really what happens. The video ends with Rampage disgusted that it was "a damn dude." Right, Quentin, because THAT'S what's disgusting here. Please, please can we all agree to make this guy just go away? Feel free to make up your own mind and watch the video below.

You may have noticed that we've moved PDOTW to Monday's. If so, congratulations! There's no prize, other than the knowledge of your superior awareness skills. Since so many exciting things seem to happen in MMA over the weekend, we decided to move this feature to a time when we could honor those that kicked a little weekend bum could be properly honored.

Beth: Oh, Patrick Cote. What a delightful creature you are. You're this and this and then there's this too. And now I find out that you're so wise. It's almost like we're soul mates. First, we make fun of Tim Sylvia for begging to get back in the UFC by making him Pantydropper of the Week. It's much worse than it sounds. We were very mean to him. Then, you send a nasty Tweet telling him to shut up. Follow that with four wins in a row to back up your smack talk. Now, we make you Pantydropper of the Week. Tell me that doesn't mean something. You can't deny it. I mean, it's science.

Pantydropper Rating: 5 - Like Big John says, "Let's get it on!"

Donna: "Dear Tim Sylvia, shut the hell up, win fights and stop begging, its f*@king annoying !!!" Oh Patrick. Has any one tweet ever mirrored my thoughts so accurately and succintely before? More importantly, this isn't coming from some guy sitting pretty with a cozy gig in the UFC. You got cut from the big show, as well. But you're doing things the right way, amassing four straight victories as you sit back and quietly wait for the Silva and White to take notice. Unlike Sylvia, who is putting out videos like this to prove his UFC worth. So keep on doing your think, Mr. Cote, and we'll see you back in the UFC in no time.

Pantydropper Rating: 4 - Worth the Wax

Muhammed 'King Mo' Lawal is having one hell of a week. On Tuesday the Nevada State Athletic Commission voted to suspend and fine him after his positive drug test following his January 9th win against Lorenz Larkin at Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine. Mo will be suspended for 9 months (retroactive to January 9th) and was fined $39,000 from his $95,000 purse.

The real fun began when Mo tweeted about NSAC commissioner Pat Lundvall, calling her a“racist b--ch” for asking him if he could speak and read English when he filled out the pre-fight questionnaire (the tweet has since been deleted). Tuesday night, some combination of the suspension and Lawal's comments caused Scott Coker to send out an email stating that Lawal had been released from his contract. In his statement, Coker wrote:

Following the outcome of today's hearing with the Nevada State Athletic Commission and his subsequent reaction, STRIKEFORCE has released Muhammad Lawal from his contract.

Thoughts?

HT: MMAFighting

Sarah Kaufman has long been a strong voice in women's MMA. She recently chatted with MMAWeekly to let them know how she would promote the women's 135-lb division in Strikeforce.

I think what would be perfect is to have on the next card, which I think is in May, have another contender-type fight or another fight or two for the females to see some more of the ladies in the 135-pound division and really get the division going.

On the next fight card, have me and Ronda fight. Have another female fight on that card, and again, that sets up the next title fight. So you're having this continual stream of female fights that the fans can get behind.

That's the reason Strikeforce is different. They have the females, so let's get this going. Let's get this division really rolling and have people interested in so many more fighters than just myself and Ronda and Miesha, and not Alexis.

I actually think that this is a great idea. Right now the majority of the talent in Strikeforce's women's MMA division is at 135. If they spend their energy promoting one division, they could really end up with a stacked division. Thoughts?

Hey everybody! Since TUF is live this season, we thought we'd try a little open post action so we can talk about the show and the fights as they happen. Let's do this!

The Gals: Lorenzo, you did this on purpose, didn't you? You knew that the fastest way to get your first Pantydropper of the Week award was to not only talk about bringing women into the UFC, but also promise a major UFC 100 style celebration for NY's first UFC event. You always stand there quietly in the background, letting Dana do the talking, but you obviously have so much wisdom in there. Let it out, we say! We've known for quite awhile that the women's MMA pool is getting really, really good, and it's about time that the ladies get their turn in the UFC. Maybe we can even do cross-gender fights. Just picture it: Ronda Rousey vs. Ben Henderson. Funsies! Next, I'm going to need you to promise that Amir Sadollah can take over as host of 'The Ultimate Fighter' and we'll truly be in business. Oh, and just as an FYI, we promise Pantydropper for Life if we get Octagon-side seats for that first NYC event.

Pantydropper Rating: 5 - Like Big John says, "Let's get it on!"

Prettiness - Is this one really about prettiness, or more about the man it's attached to? I mean, it's a perfectly lovely tribal type arm piece. It looks nicely done and well placed. What's really more exciting is the beating he put on Brandon Saling. Now THAT was pretty.
Originality - Since Roger Bowling is such a rock star for taking Brandon Saling down, I don't want to say anything that's not about how awesome he is. So instead, I'll just say......Hey!! Look over there!!
Increases Doability? Oh, definitely. Tattoos are (almost) universally hot (see Joe Riggs for an example of the exception to this rule). But when that tattoo is attached to an arm who's fist is about to beat the snot out of a loser who really deserves it, the panties start to slip down.
What We Think It Means - Sometimes it's less about the tattoo and more about the man that it's attached too.

The UFC has announced the names of the 32 fighters scheduled to fight their way onto The Ultimate Fighter Live on FX. Like other recent seasons, the show will begin with 32 guys fighting their way into the house. Unlike previous seasons, these 16 fights are going to take place on a 2 1/2 hour live premire, at 9 PM EST on March 9th. You poor souls on the west coast are going to be watching on tape delay.

As you have probably heard, the fifteenth season of The Ultimate Fighter will be happening in real time, with live fights during each episode. My understanding is that the house and training footage will air prior to the live fight, but I can't confirm if that's still the case. This season's coaches are Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz.

The names of the 32 contendors are below. We'll be stalking them on Facebook shortly, purely in the name of journalism and science, of course.

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Prettiness - I like the face of the lion, but is it just me or is the right paw way out of proportion with the rest of the tattoo? But the lion has a mane like Roger Daltrey, which adds major bonus points.
Originality - A lion with Roger Daltrey hair? Seems pretty original to me.
Increases Doability? Absolutely. It defines one of the prettiest tummies in MMA, and I'm all for it.
What We Think It Means - I'd be lion if I said I wasn't planning on kicking your ass.


Photo Source: Esther Lin

Prettiness - Oh, it really is so very, very pretty. Scott's been working on this for awhile, and it just keeps getting better.
Originality - Definitely original. Sleeves like this almost always end up being super original, which is one of the things that makes me like them so much. That robot on his forearm just might be my favorite tattoo in MMA.
Increases Doability? Absolutely! After having the sex, you could spend cuddle time getting up close and personal with his sleeve.
What We Think It Means - My name is Scott Jorgensen, and my tattoos are superior to yours.


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Many were surprised when Josh Koscheck announced post UFC 143 that he was leaving AKA for his own gym in Fresno. AKA's "bros before hoes" fight policy has been well documented on this site, including his refusal to fight Jon Fitch, which people have said has been detreminental to their progress within the UFC. Well, in an exclusive interview with MMA Weekly, Josh gave a bit more explanation on why he left, and it has to do with Javier Mendez. According to Koscheck, Mendez seemed to throw his fighters under the bus whenever they lost a fight.

“I’ve lost a lot of respect for Javier Mendez as a coach, as a person, because if you go back and listen to the history of the interviews of him after AKA guys have lost, the interviews he does, go back and look at the Cain Velasquez (fight), go back and look at the Josh Koscheck (fight), the other guys on that team, and see if you can find interviews where he refers to ‘Oh I did my job’ to make himself look good and they didn’t do theirs. That’s not a coach.”

It will be interesting to see if some of Koscheck's friends decide to leave AKA in San Jose and strike out for Fresno. Koscheck without Fitch is like Peaches without Herb. Too sad to contemplate.

You can read the entire interview here.

Prettiness - Exactly 180 degrees from pretty. I usually like tattoos with script, but this is kinda like a bubble comic sans. Not good.
Originality - He does have that going for him, which is nice. This is certainly the first One Thug tattoo I've ever seen.
Increases Doability? My 15-year-old self would have found this kinda cool, but my 15-year-old self was pretty stupid. No. Not doable.
What We Think It Means - I'm gangsta!

Photo Source: UFC

Prettiness - Tribal tattoos that can be considered pretty are few and far between. This one does not belong to the few and far between category.
Originality - Not so much. Any kid who feels like an outsider has a pentagram tattooed on his body somewhere. I guess it is original in the fact that his was done by a professional tattooer, rather than by his buddy "Doom" in a basement with Bic ink and a safety pin.
Increases Doability? Not in the slightest.
What We Think It Means - The Devil Rules! But only when digested in the socially acceptable way that my generic tribal tattoo allows.

Beth - I'm kind of conflicted about Mr. Brenneman. While my vagina says "Jump on him", my brain says "Hold off, vagina. That's an unacceptable level of manscaping going on there." And my brain is right. If you're going to have luxurious curls draping down your head and a 'haven't shaved in a week beard going on', why the hell would you shave your chest? And then my vagina reminds me that she's in charge and I realize it doesn't matter.

Pantydropper Rating - 4 - Worth The Wax

Donna - Charlie Brenneman kind of looks like he could be a character in Assassin's Creed 2. Does this make him awesome? Yes. Does it make him doable? Not really. Another strike in Charlie's corner is the fact that he shaves his chest hair. Gentleman, you really shouldn't be shaving off your chest fur. You're depriving your lady of a comfortable place to rest her head, and that's really just selfish and unforgiveable. By the looks of his head hair and beard, I'd imagine he could be a hairy beast, but that's what God invented trimmers for. Come on, Charlie. Set your inner Hank McCoy free.

Pantydropper Rating - 2 - Granny Panty City

Strikeforce announced earlier this week that Miesha Tate will be defending her title again undefeated Ronda Rousey on March 3rd in Columbus, OH. The name of the event? Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey. A big Wahoo! to Strikeforce for recognizing that the fight on this card awesome enough to deserve naming rights is between two women. The fact that this card also includes a battle between Josh Thompson and KJ Noons, as well as popular fighters Paul Semtex and Sarah Kaufman makes the fact that it was named for the Tate/Rousey fight all the more awesome.


In reference to her opponent, Tate had this to say:

"I feel like Ronda will definitely be a challenge for me, but not one that I can’t handle," said Tate. "Her Olympic experience is great, but this is MMA and her MMA career has been short. She hasn’t truly been tested yet and I plan on doing just that when we meet in Columbus."

Not one to be easily intimidated, Rousey said:

"Miesha is a seasoned and respectable fighter, but she’s not a dangerous fighter," said Rousey. "If she thinks she’s going to submit me, she’s got another thing coming. She’ll have her chance on March 3 and we’ll all find out who the best female MMA fighter in the world is."

This might be the first time (and only) time I wish I lived in Columbus, OH, cause I surely would love to catch this fight in person.

Chael Sonnen vs. Michael Bisping? I'm almost glad that Mark Munoz was injured (not true)! More so even than the actual fight, I can't wait for all of the smalk talk we have to look forward too. Take two of the biggest smack talkers in MMA and face them off, and we have the perfect storm of headline worth quotes! Sonnen was recently interviewed by USA Today, and he had some pretty classic quotes. Chael managed to insult various fighters in a fairly short interview, while managing to find the time to call himself , "...the best fighter in the world," Some of his better quotes are below.

"When I started on the Nogueira brothers -- and of course, I leave them alone now; I don't take any pleasure in them falling from grace, or certainly the big one having to go through an injury; that brings me no pleasure at all. But when I started on them, they were supposedly this untouchable pair, fighters of fighters, men's men. And I'm looking at it going, "No, you're not.""

(on Wanderlei Silva) "A guy puts a tattoo on the back of his skull, puts his beady eyes on you and rolls his wrists around, and all of a sudden the whole world thinks that's scary. That doesn't do anything for me. I'll slap you right on your face while you're rolling your wrists around."

Oh, Chael, I always forget how much fun it is to have you around!

You can read the entire interview here.