UWC's Mike Easton on wearing a speedo: "the ladies love it"

UWC Bantamweight title contender Mike Easton made it on Dan Steinberg's DC Sports Bog yesterday. To say he is quotable is an understatement.

Article highlights:

Mike Easton plans to enter his fight this weekend to the strains of "Bustin' Loose:

"It's Chuck Brown, baby," Mike Easton explained to me over the phone. "It's the Godfather of Go-Go. Since we're fighting in D.C., I had to give the fans some Chuck Brown. Had to."

On his only career loss:

"My arm just flopped backward," Easton remembered. "I'm having a full-blown conversation with my coach while this guy's trying to punch me in the face. I'm like, 'Man, my arm's not working. What's going on with my arm?' This guy's just hitting me in the face....I wasn't worried about him. I don't fear no man."

Regarding his choice of fighting attire:

He wears Speedos in the ring, because he wants to "keep it old school," and because it prevents opponents from finding any fabric to grab when he's using his knees. "And the ladies love it," he added.

And generally proving he's a baller:

He was raised on Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk, loves classical ballet and the District, considers MMA "beautiful," has previously used Mambo Sauce's "Welcome to D.C." as his entrance music, is a "Washington Redskins fan to the fullest," and fights under the name "The Hulk," because, he said, his body somehow swells up before fights.

You heard it here. Mike Easton is the man.

Link to the article:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2009/02/mma_fighter_mike_easton_all_dc.html

Lee Murray: UFC Fighter turned Multi-million dollar Bank Robber

In 2004, London-born Lee Murray was considered as one of the promising mixed martial arts fighters in the sport. However, he decided to make a career change after a tough fight with Anderson Silva, who is now considered by many as the best fighter in the sport. His career of choice: big time bank robber. You ask what I mean by big time? How about $105 Million? How about being the focus of the biggest man hunt in British history?
The Lee Murray Bank Robbery Story: link

After checking out Murray's wikipedia page, I noticed a section called "Street Brawls". Naturally, I was intrigued so I clicked on it and found out that this man is actually my hero: he finally shut Tito Ortiz's clown-ass mouth: link

Later in 2005, Lee Murray was apparently in another street brawl. This time he was stabbed 5 times and nearly died...3 times. Here is that story: link
In my curiosity I decided to try and find a video of one of his fights on youtube and came across a video of Murray training MMA only five weeks after the open heart surgery that saved his life:

Also on Murray's Wikipedia page is a section called "Film Biography" which goes on to explain that Time, inc. is making a movie based on the Sports Illustrated article about Murray called "Breaking the Bank". Here is the link to the SI.com story about the film: link

Just to give you a sense of who we're dealing with; here is the ESPN E:60 episode that tells the story:



Lastly, I thought it would be interesting to include a Lee Murray interview I found online from late 2005: link
You may not have clicked on the links for the other stories but read this one. It is worth it, trust me.

Jon Jones' Greco Roman Beatdown (Especially for Cam)

Rulon Gardner is somewhere having a hearty chuckle after Jon's performance on saturday night at UFC 94. Jon Jones gave Stephan Bonnar and the entire viewing audience a free Greco Roman wrestling clinic. Since I don't know next to nothing about Greco I'll just let you check out the pictures and gifs.




The word on this one (above) is that Jones designed this move after seeing Tony Jaa do something like it on youtube haha. I've yet to find said video but still his stuff is pretty sweet anyways




all the gifs are from mma-core.com