Yeah I know, what the hell am I talking about a show called “Dance Machine” for? Because I was just casually browsing through my TV listings for tonight, and noticed the shows description says this:
Regular folks compete in a series of one-on-one dance contests set to popular tunes in the series opener of this reality [...]
— The next Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion event will go down September 19th, and will feature Kazuo Misaki, Renato “Babalu” Sobral, the winner of Thomson/Melendez, and (hopefully) Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos. (MMARated)
— Ironically, the Shamrocks are the unluckiest clan in MMA. But that didn’t stop 18-year-old Lion’s Den product Jeff Shamrock (Ken’s nephew) from signing a multi-fight deal with Strikeforce. (FiveOuncesofPain)
Miesha Tate, who will be taking on Elaina Maxwell at “Melendez vs. Thomson,” and who is pretty damn attractive, as fighters go. Tate’s only previous pro experience was the November 2007 HOOKnSHOOT tournament that Kaitlin Young famously cruised through with three consecutive first-round knockouts; Tate defeated Jan Finney in a decision, but was put down by Young in the semi-finals. The live main card of tonight’s Strikeforce event begins at 10:30 p.m. ET on HDNet. The Tate/Maxwell bout isn’t guaranteed to be on the broadcast, but we’ll cross our fingers. Props to Sherdog and “Card” on the UG for the images.
Some of you will look at the above image and start doing joyous cartwheels around the room. Some of you will just see a poster for a local MMA card held at a county fair and say “I don’t get it.” And that’s because you haven’t been introduced to the prophetic glory of Dan Quinn.
For the unfamiliar, Quinn is a 4-4-1 professional fighter who’s had the dual honors of being choked out by Frank Mir and going three rounds with Jason Lambert. As a linebacker at Notre Dame, he once picked Iron Head Heywood out of the air at fourth and inches; it was, in Quinn’s estimation, the greatest stop in college football history. (Quinn was later kicked off the team amid allegations of sexual assault.) He once knocked out five men in one night at Juanita’s in Encinitas, California. He’s discovered the secret of weight loss and tumor-melting, via Stevia and cold fission. And oh yeah, he’s preparing for his first fight since a January ‘05 TKO loss to Dan Molina, and will be facing Dave Huckaba, who has knocked out Bo Cantrell twice, once in 26 seconds and once in five seconds.
But those are just facts, and statistics, and they don’t really tell the story of a man. To understand who Dan Quinn really is, you’ll have to watch his shirtless mirror-rants on YouTube.
This is how Quinn first came to our attention — a passionate call-out of Kimbo Slice in what appears to be a public bathroom, where Quinn predicts that if he and Kimbo were to ever share a prison cell, Kimbo would be the bitch; he also vows to become the richest motherfucker on the planet thanks to discovering the fountain of youth, promises Kimbo financial freedom as soon as the money starts rolling in, and fantasizes about sex with reporters.
Here’s Quinn revealing that he’s actually the angel Maitreya, a prophet sent to use cold fission and Stevia to end slavery forever; he gives us a glimpse of his pure H20 process; makes the wild claim that the Bad Boy Club logo was based on him; reminisces about how he regularly used to put Scott Smith on queer street; and talks us through the aspartame/bird flu connection.
Possibly the most important Quinn video of all: Our hero tells us about the childhood trauma that made him what he is today, and details the events that led up to him being in front of a mirror, talking to the Internet. It’s the Superhero origin story, so to speak. He also describes how Stevia melted 62 pounds and six tumors from his uncle’s body, and calls out Dana White, vowing to beat him to death.
And here’s his latest missive, posted yesterday, in which Quinn reveals that having women watch him fight gives him the power to finish any man with body shots, describes the matriarchal history of Earth, and sheds a little light on the assassination of Ernest Hemingway. (What, you thought it was a suicide? Please.)
You can watch the rest of Quinn’s video work here. He truly is a “Poet Warrior,” and we wish him the best against Huckaba on August 13th.
And Quinn, if you’re reading this, don’t be a stranger…holler and we’ll do an interview.
MMA Rated conducted an interview with Brandon Vera where he puts to rest rumors that he dodged a fight against Lyoto Machida at the July 19th UFC Fight Night 15 show as well as confirms that he was offered a fight against Wanderlei Silva and Dan Henderson but says they were in no shape to [...]
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The primary election is over and against the predictions of all the “certified smart” people I won the primary by a margin of 59% to 41%. That was a whopping 19 point margin. Truly unexpected.
However, I could not have done it without the help of folks like you. Since I am not a [...]
Welcome to a special edition of the Duel. This week I have the pleasure of introducing the founder of a website titled “Five Ounces of Pain,” Mr. Sam Caplan. On the other side we have Dann from mmajunkie. It truly is a battle of titans. Let us duel:
1. It’s time for [...]
MMA Rated recently conducted an interview with Scott Coker, the CEO of Strikeforce, regarding what’s ahead for the promotion. Coker had some very interesting things to say in the interview. Here are some highlights:
* There have been preliminary talks between Strikeforce and NBC to air a live event sometime in the future
* The next Strikeforce […]
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SIGNAL HILL, California (June 26, 2008) – The Cold War might be over, but old rivalries die hard. On July 19th at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, two of the world’s greatest MMA super powers will collide when Russia’s Fedor Emelianenko faces off with America’s [...]
Clear your schedules for August 9th, people. Like UFC 84, the three headlining bouts at “Seek and Destroy” are worth the cost of admission and the rest is just gravy. So, GSP/Fitch, Lesnar/Herring, and Florian/Huerta…who ya got?
Sort of related:The UFC has confirmed what most of us already knew — Michael Bisping and Chris Leben will meet at UFC 89, which will be held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, on October 9th.
