JackalFights: Jose Aldo vs Anderson Silverio

November 18, 2009 – 11:30 am by Reverend Clint

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UFC 106 & WEC 44 Degenerate Gambling Odds

November 17, 2009 – 9:38 pm by Shawn

Another week and yet another chance to make a sound financial investment. But if there’s one thing you’ve learned about money in your time on this floating rock of misery, it’s that sound financial investments are for pussies. Real men take risks in situations where there’s absolutely no reason to do so.

A real man heads to the supermarket and buys more chicken pot pies than is safe or necessary, just because he saw a report on the news that they were about to be recalled for salmonella. A real man goes surfing in shark-infested waters with multiple open wounds on his legs, because fuck sharks. A real man bar-b-ques in the snow while wearing his favorite pair of Hawaiian shorts, because weather-appropriate attire, like sound financial investments, is for pussies.

If you’re a real man, then it’s time to gamble on some mixed martial arts. If not, make sure to pick up a box of douches on your way out. Here are the betting odds for UFC 106, courtesy of Betus.com, with the main card odds for Wednesday’s WEC 44 and my half-assed analysis after the jump.

Tito Ortiz +125 vs. Forrest Griffin -155

Josh Koscheck -110 vs. Anthony Johnson -120

Phil Baroni +165 vs. Amir Sadollah -210

Karo Parisyan -110 vs. Dustin Hazelett -120

Kendall Grove +160 vs. Jake Rosholt -200

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Sam Sheridan on why MMA isn’t gay

November 17, 2009 – 6:46 pm by fightlinker

Everyone understands why MMA is both the most and least gay sport in the world all at the same time. You’ve got guys in their skivvies rolling around on the ground together all sweaty like, grunting and groaning as they try to force their opponent into submission. Sure, they’re not doing it for any sexual purpose, but on the gay guy boner meter, it still pops higher than anything else you’re gonna find on TV that isn’t flat out ass blasting. The Daily Beast wrote an article on MMA and homosexuality, and cleverly titled it “Is MMA Gay?” This week Sam Sheridan (who is not the guy in the above picture, I was just looking for a gayish MMA picture to go with the post) completely misses the point and tries to explain why it’s not:

Having fought and trained a little, let me assure you that there is nothing sexual going on—fighters are in survival mode, the “fight-or-flight” instinct is in full swing. It’s kill or be killed, intensely claustrophobic, and a mental and physical war of counter and bait, deception, and speed. A fighter’s grappling style reflects his body type, his temperament, his training and his thoughts, just like an artist’s. There are thousands of variations on attacks and defense, “the ground game” is hard to appreciate at first, but worth the study. Is it homoerotic? Sure, if you want it to be. But, as Freud said, sometimes a cigar is just a good smoke.

And sometimes a cigar is a presidential sex toy. It’s all in the eye of the beholder, really. Trust me people: you can’t stop gay people from sexualizing MMA any more than you can stop your girlfriend from masturbating to Georges St Pierre in the bathroom with her brush handle. Grappling is no more sexual when women are going at it, but that doesn’t stop us from regularly fantasizing about getting involved with our 25 centimeter poles. What makes you think it’s any different for people who find guys hot?

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Wamma’s got a brand new belt

November 17, 2009 – 6:05 pm by fightlinker

Looks like you can update WAMMA’s status from ‘Dead’ to ‘Clinging desperately to relevance’ … they showed up at last week’s Strikeforce: Fedor vs Rogers event with decals on the mat and a brand new belt. The crowns (WAMMA’s new key logo component) are pretty tacky but I like the shiny red letters - reminds me of my old lego sets. Congrats to WAMMA for doing something right … if you remember their old belt, it was a velcro monstrosity. Some belt mockery after the jump.

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Strikeforce: Evolution

November 17, 2009 – 2:14 pm by fightlinker

The poster for Strikeforce’s next big event in December. Not featured on the poster: ugly ass Matt Lindland, who’ll be taking on Jacare. I’m just excited to hear that Matt is capable of eating solid food again after what Vitor Belfort did to him. Here’s the lineup as per MMA Weekly MMA Junkie:

Cung Le vs. Scott Smith
Matt Lindland vs. Ronald “Jacare” Souza
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal vs. TBA
Robbie Lawler vs. TBA
Antwain Britt vs. Scott Lighty*

Also on the same night: WEC 45 featuring Donald Cerrone and his next victim. Did you know Cerrone was dating WEC ring girl Brittney Palmer? I think someone’s way overdue for a Spank Bank.

*UPDATE* Switched the lineup from the MMAWeekly rumor lineup to MMA Junkie’s lineup since it’s less wrong.

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Shirt madness!

November 17, 2009 – 1:56 pm by fightlinker

Esther and Casey at All Elbows weren’t just content with taking the best MMA pictures and making the best MMA videos. They just put out their first shirt, and it’s dope too. Magical rainbow look on classy charcoal fabric, this is way better than whatever eagle / skull / random jizz splatter shirts are being pumped out by most MMA clothing manufacturers.

And if you’re in the mood for shirts, we’ve still got a few Roxanne Modafferi 63Fight shirts (’Roxy’ in Japanese means ‘63′) left and next week our long awaited Just Bleed and Ultimate Drinker shirts will be out right here at Fightlinker. Just in time for Festivus!

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