Name: José Aldo Organization: UFC Division: Featherweight Record: 21–1 Last Fight: vs Chad Mendes (won by KO) Next Fight: TBA Title: UFC Featherweight Champion Reason for nomination: Who is 5’7” , 145 pounds, and when you hear Run This Town you know an ass whooping is coming ? José Aldo that’s who. Since he stepped into...
Gina Carano: Turning Punches and Kicks Into TV and Flicks
Gina Carano has gone well beyond being in ESPN as an MMA fighter. With her winning smile and good looks Gina Carano has achieved mainstream success with appearances in Maxim and now GQ . Many people debate about her using MMA as a stepping stone towards mainstream success. To an extent I have to agree but I also know that you can only fight...
UFC 141: The End of “The Next Big Thing”
On Friday night, we witnessed the end of one Heavyweight’s career and a new chapter in another. Brock Lesnar retired Friday night after Alistair Overeem kicked the soul out of his liver. It was a brutally beautiful ending to a fight where Lesnar looked out of his element during the whole fight. I personally thought that at some point...
MTR Week In Review 11/6–11/12
Site Content TV Slick’s Nit-Picks: ThunderCats, Episode 111 — “The Forest of Magi Oar” Slick’s Nit-Picks: Young Justice, Episode 117 — “Disordered” Slick’s Nit-Picks: Young Justice, Episode 116 — “Failsafe” Slick’s Nit-Picks: ThunderCats, Episode 110 — “Sight Beyond Sight” Slick’s Nit-Picks:...
Nick Diaz aka The Baddest S.O.B on The Planet
UFC 137 marked the long awaited return of one of my favorite fighters on the planet Nick “THE FUCKING MAN” Diaz. I’ve been a huge Diaz fan since he knocked out Robbie Lawler in one of the most amusing face plants I’ve ever seen. All week leading up to this fight I heard how BJ Penn (whom I’m also a huge fan of) had better jiu jitsu and...