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Whatever you think of Frank Trigg you can’t deny he knows his shit and earns his wage talking MMA. Great stuff here. Trigg talks Fedor, Mir, Lesnar, why he was taken off the Affliction color commentary and who he thinks is the best fighter in the world. Guy is great at what he does.

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I’ve been pretty luck the last couple weeks.  Ryan Bader did a great interview with the Fukerton.  Jens Pulver killed it with his segment and now we get to hear from Varner.  What a great dude with great head on his shoulders.  Jamie spoke with us about his upcoming title defense against Donald Cerrone and his choice to leave the UFC for the WEC.  Jamie discussed the success of his camp at Arizona Combat, whether MMA fans are racist and does Brock Lesnar deserve his title.  Jamie is a great champion and a nice dude.  At 24, he’s got a long prosperous career ahead of him and I look forward to seeing his continued success.

To start with, I have Indy over Whale’s Vagina.  I like the Eagles to keep rolling over Minny and the AFC champs to stop the flying rats.  Those games could go any place, really.  I think the Dolphins may be the best story in the League for the past 10 years and what the Colts have done after the start they had has been miraculous.  I only differ from Mike Ditka on the Chargers game, so I think if I’m close to Da Coach, I’m in the right ballpark.  I’m only prepared to offer one lock and it is as follows:

Atlanta Falcons vs Arizona Cardinals

I have ties to both teams.  I love Atlanta and I adore Phoenix.  I have been to see both teams in person and watched them mature this season. I could not be more happy for each franchise.  The Cardinals have played as many home playoff games as I have in the past 50 years and the Falcons are in the middle of a race war.   I can honestly say I will be happy for either group if they come out on top, but I am picking the Falcons.  I’ll usually pick a veteran over a rookie, but Matt Ryan is an alien.  I don’t know how he is playing this well, but I do know that Kurt Warner likes to throw interceptions in big games.  I also know that  the “I have no legs” guy from that movie Kids tackles better that the Cards D.  It’s not a legless guy on a skateboard they will be be trying to take down this week, it’s the NFL’s MVP (IMO): Michael Turner . Couple that with Turner’s backup that could start on 50 % of the teams in the NFL:  Jerious Norwood.  

Even without Ryan and his scintillating chemisty with Roddy White, the Cards don’t have the balls to stop the ruthless ground attack that the Falcons possess.  Arizona is in a good spot because they are still vastly ahead of the Rams and Seahawks so they have a chance at the NFC  West crown for years to come. The people in the Valley of the Sun deserve a home playoff win, I just don’t think they are going to get it this year.

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Jens is a class act.  I have lots of issues with my family as well so he is a man I can relate on a personal level.  The shit that this guy is having to overcome right now is unreal.  The emotion he shows in this interview in genuine and should be admired.  It’s rare you find a fighter of Pulver’s caliber that is this honest and forthcoming.  I can’t imagine how he is going to get into the ring with Faber and move past all of these issues, but I know one thing.  I will be pulling for Lil Evil.

If you use this interview, please link the article.  Don’t just embed the video.  Thank you.

Frank Mir has rapidly become one of my favorite fighters. Not just because he’s at the top of his game, but because it seems he has lost of remnants of doucheyness he may have had in the past. The questions given to Mir on MMA live are not the best, but you can’t deny the great booking for this program. Mir, Evans, Bonnar and more. Put this fucking show on television ESPN, it is being wasted on the web.

I love football. I love action figures. I love robots. How the hell did I miss something as cool this guy? I’m not sure when they made an action figure for the Fox Sports Robot that dances around when Fox transitions from commercials back to the game. I’m also not sure when the named him “Cletus.” Somehow my girlfriend knew the things name already when I showed her the picture, furthing my embarassment. Now that I am aware of the robot’s existence in 3″ and 10″ form, what’s not to like?

Cletus likes football and so do you. Cletus looks way too amiable to ever try and hunt down the mother or friends of John Conner and slaughter them before they can lead the human resistance.  I don’t think Cletus would ever turn his arm into a stabbing weapon so he could stab your foster father in the mouth as he was drinking milk out of the carton.  Cletus doesn’t look capable of barging into a gun shop back in the 80’s and demanding an Uzi 9mm then plucking his own eye out in a seedy hotel bathroom.  I think I’m right about Cletus.   But I’ve been wrong before.  Details on potentially homicidal robot are as follows via MCW Toys:

But the really impressive guy here is the 10″er.  There’s wonderful work on the various mech parts, like the fingers, hoses, and connectors, giving him a much more realistic appearance than I had expected.

The sculpt and articulation work together amazingly well, and the hands are designed to look good in as many poses as possible with the unjointed fingers.

It’s important to note that this guy is solid, and not rotocast in any way.  Don’t throw this guy at anyone you don’t want to hurt.  He’s solid enough to handle plenty of actual play, and there are no parts of the sculpt that would be easy to break or damage.

A quick search on Fox Sports’ website reveals that this fuck face was availible over a year ago. It also means we here at The Fukerton are slipping up in our old age. If you’d like to see for yourself click Here.

The video above is from the laundry list of offenses committed by Gilbert Yvel.  I wasn’t that familiar with him either.  I knew he fought Cheick Kongo had the reputation for being a dirty fighter.  What I did not know is all the henious ass shit he has been doing during his fighting career.  Sherdog.com had a nice rundown they put together for ESPN which you can view for yourself:

The rap sheet:

• vs. Karimula Barkalaev in 1998: Yvel was disqualified for biting his opponent.

• vs. Dan Henderson in 2000: Yvel landed a calculated elbow directly behind Henderson’s ear while Henderson was working for a takedown.

• vs. Don Frye in 2001: Yvel repeatedly gouged Frye’s eyes, was eventually disqualified and placed his hands on the referee.

• vs. Atte Backman in 2004: Yvel assaulted the referee by knocking him to the ground and then kicking his hapless frame into unconsciousness.

• vs. the Nevada State Athletic Commission in 2007: Yvel was denied a fighter’s license in the state after commissioners evaluated his prior behavior.

Affliction doesn’t need this kind of headache.  Is anyone going to plunk down 50 dollars to see Yvel fight?  Even if you would argue that everyone likes to slow down to look at a car accident, what if it’s a road no one drives down?  This isn’t like having Mike Tyson fight someone.  That’s a car crash on 95 north.  Yvel is  car crash in your driveway.  No one outside of the hard core MMA community has even heard of this buffoon, so he will bring in no additional PPV buys.  Couple that with the fact that there is a good chance he will do something stupid to bring shame to a company that is fighting for it’s very existence.  Affliction has put on one good fight.  It has also overpaid for almost all it’s fighters, had to cancel its second fight once already and entered into some questionable business partnerships. (Golden Boy and EliteXC.)  Is this the type of individual you want involved in what may prove to be the most important night in your companies history?

From the “whhaaaaaaaaaaa?” files.   ESPN.com with the outlandish claims:

It’s a possibility, hinging on whether Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga’s sale of his majority ownership of the team goes through, sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen. When Parcells joined the Dolphins as executive vice president of football operations last year, his deal included a onetime out clause that would allow him to walk away, with the rest of his $12 million guaranteed contract fully paid, no strings attached, if Huizenga were to sell the team.

Earlier this year, Huizenga agreed to sell 95 percent of the Dolphins to New York developer and team part-owner Stephen Ross. Huizenga hopes to close on the deal by early January to ensure that the capital gains taxes on the sale remain at 15 percent before President-elect Barack Obama takes the oath of office Jan. 20, Mortensen reported.

Parcells’ contract specifically states only Huizenga can be in authority over him. Once Ross officially becomes majority owner, Parcells has to notify Ross within 30 days that he intends to exercise his walk-away clause and collect the full balance of $9 million, Mortensen reported.

At that time, Parcells would be a free agent. And any team that wants his services would not owe compensation to the Dolphins, according to the report.

Among the teams sources say are on Parcells’ radar are the New York Jets, Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns and the Oakland Raiders. However, if Parcells’ son-in-law, New England Patriots vice president Scott Pioli, is interested in any of those jobs, Parcells is unlikely to wind up with that team, Mortensen reported.

Did you guys know ESPN.com has a video games section?  They do.  Thats where I found the picture to the left.  Right here.  The greatest wrestling game to ever come home to the consoles, barnone was WCW vs NWO Revenge.   Ninterndo 64, FTW again. I have bought several of the Smackdown vs Raw offerings and none have ever really stacked up to that epic title.  For some reason, wrestling games seem to have gotten worse as technology has progressed. WWF Wrestlefest in the arcade, anyone?  Hard to get much better than that. 

Despite my griping, the idea of a game revolving around the classic characters throughout the history of the WWE sounds pretty damn good to me.  These are guys that could entertain and perform in the ring.  They were not given their jobs because they had 8 pack abs and a chiseled jaw.  As dreamy as that sounds, it has harmed the industry more than it has helped.  Anyone believe Chris Masters would have ever been on Raw if he looked like the Big Bossman?  This all ties into why I am pissed with this cover to the left.  The choice to have Hogan and Andre on the cover makes perfect sense.    Jimmy Hart and The Brain are perfect as well.  It’s the other two gentleman that don’t add up.

What the shit are Austin and The Rock doing on the cover of a “Legends” game?  Both of those guys still appear on WWE programming from time to time and both of them are not even 10 years removed from competing on WWE programming on a daily basis.  I love Stone Cold and I love the Chosen one, but they don’t belong anywhere near the cover of this game.  Where is The Macho King?  Where is Hacksaw?  Where is the Warrior?  JYD?  Honky Tonk Man?  Ted Dibiase?  King King Bundy?  Superfly?    The list is endless.  If they make a “Wrestling used to be really good in the late 90’s and early 2000’s” game,  then Austin and Maivia deserve to be on the cover with DX.  Until then, keep them out of my childhood, because they were not there for it.

One could say that their isn’t a Light Heavyweight on earth that can beat Rampage three times in a row. I’ve watched his fights with the Axe Murderer several times and it seems that Quinton went in with the right game plan. Take Silva down and neutralize those brutal knee strikes and kicks.  The problem is he was baited into standing. While I think Jackson would be favored in a bout of hands throwing in most instances, he can’t seem to best Wandy if they are upright. The Proof is above. Couple that with the fact that there is something not right with Rampage mentally. His legal issues were well documented and his drastic change in training is odd. I normally would pick Rampage when in doubt, but he’s got some serious unresloved issues and Wanderlei is coming of a serious rape choking of Keith Jardine.  Silva is also pissed:

“Every fighter wants to be [the champion], and I am no different,” Silva said. “But whether I am champion or not, nothing has made me work harder and train better than the opportunity to fight this guy again. And you know what? I don’t just want to beat him. I want to knock him out. Of course, I always go for the knockout, but with this guy, this is very important to punish him and get that kind of a finish. It’s going to be a great fight.”

“He’s got a big mouth and he’s always out on the Internet talking,” Silva said. “But we’ll see how much talking he does once we fight again.”

Rampage is a hell of a fighter, but talking shit and subsequently pissing off a brazilian Shootfighter of the Year that’s knocked him through the ropes is not splitting the atom.  Can’t wait for the 27th.