Category — Rear-naked joke

I’m heading back east for a few days for a family wedding/reunion. It’ll probably resemble something like this:

If you’re not familiar with Eastbound & Down you owe it to yourself to check it out. Until then, take a look at this K-Swiss commercial featuring the awesomeness of Kenny Powers and the decapitation of Urijah Faber.

I originally thought this Brisk mock-commercial would’ve been a lot funnier prior to Chuck Liddell’s recent knockout loss to Rich Franklin. But the last 10 seconds are definitely funnier now. Makes me wish Tiny Chuck had his own web series.

While these Hitler rants are beyond tired – there’s hundreds of them out there – this one is mildly amusing for the cracks it takes at Joe Rogan, Machida Karate and the trolls on the Sherdog forums.

My gut reaction upon seeing this Peeping Tom video of Chuck Liddell and girlfriend Heidi Northcott getting buff in the buff was to throw up a little bit in my mouth. There are somethings I just don’t need to see. Liddell’s little Iceman slapping thighs is one of them, even if it’s blurry.

Turns out the clip was staged. It’s a viral video advertising the new Reebok ZigTech sneakers, the only thing Liddell is wearing while he exercises. It’s actually the second Reebok video the Ultimate Fighter coach has been in – he appeared, along with a handful of other sports stars, in a video featuring Jersey Shore’s Pauly D and “The Situation.”

And while I may need a breath mint after watching it, I have to admit that it does the trick. Now I have no idea what it will do for sales of Reeboks (MMA fighters don;t wear shoes in the cage so I’m not sure how being associated with Liddell will help). But it is bringing MMA more mainstream exposure – latenight talking head Jimmy Kimmel mentioned the naked Chuck clip in his monologue yesterday.

Because it’s Friday and we could use a laugh to end the week/start the weekend, here’s a clip from a Panamanian TV show called La Cascara in which a U.S. soldier enters an amateur boxing competition (which seems to have all the randomness of an open mic night). Enjoy.

On one level this is another example of the mainstreaming of MMA. On another level, it’s funny and gives me a reason to like Keith Jardine despite his less-than-stellar performances in the octagon of late.