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The 10 Hottest MMA Fighter Wives and Girlfriends

intern — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:01:52 +0000

Earlier this week we showed you the business end of MMA, with our countdown of the Top 50 MMA Dominations (click here if you missed it). Now it’s time for the pleasure!

You know most of these dudes have taken major L’s in the cage. So what do you do after you get your ass handed to you? Well, luckily for some of these guys, after they take that ass-whooping, they have someone to make them feel (slightly) better. Turns out MMA fighters happen to have some really hot WAGS to go home to. Kinda makes you want to become a MMA fighter, right? Well, check a few of the hottest ones below…

10. SABLE (BROCK LESNAR)
• Remember the sexy wrestler girl from WWE Smackdown? Yeah, she’s up there in age, but she still has that body.

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9. TEA ARIADNE (WANDERLEI SILVA)
• We’d try to holla, but she’s married to the Axe Murderer. Not trying to get hacked to bits here!

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8. BRITTNEY PALMER (DONALD CERRONE)
• She’s an MMA fighter in the making herself. Check her out as she trains—looks like she’s got a one-two punch, and we wouldn’t fight too hard if she had us in a rear naked choke.

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7. MARINA (FEDOR EMELIANENKO)
• You know what they say about Russian Girls—something we don’t understand. Who cares though, Mrs. Emelianenko doesn’t look bad at all!

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6. KIM COUTURE (RANDY COUTURE)
• You might know Mrs. Couture, because she’s an MMA fighter as well. Just look at her stance. She’s ready to knock some teeth out!

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5. MELISSA PELLEGRINO (KURT PELLEGRINO)
• Blonde with a Colgate smile! What? Of course we ain’t gonna say nothing sideways about Mel-Pelle—her husband could kick our ass.

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4. SHEALEN UAIWA (BJ PENN)
• His chick is hot, but we’re kinda intrigued by this BJ pen. So it writes, too?

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3. JENNIFER MIR (FRANK MIR)
• Not only is she bad (as in good), but she saves MMA careers. What a woman!

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2. JENNA JAMESON (TITO ORTIZ)
• Any time you date one of the hottest girls of the porn game, be prepared to be hated on. Although there’s probably only so much hate a guy who pummels people’s skulls for a living has to put up with.

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1. FEITICEIRA (VITOR BELFORT)
• Her name is Portuguese for “witch”—put a spell on us? Yes!

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BONUS: MONICA GELLER (PETE)
• In this episode of Friends, Monica’s boyfriend (played by Jon Favreau) decides to become an MMA fighter. Lesson Learned: Don’t get your ass lumped up in front your woman.

Complex Presents: The 50 Greatest MMA Dominations

jerwin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:45:48 +0000

You know what’s fun? Watching other people getting their ass kicked. Real talk—we ain’t proud of it, but it’s true—why else do you think a crowd gathers every time there’s a brawl? Somehow we doubt it’s ’cause they want to be the first to administer first aid. So when it came time for us to eff around and kill (OK, maybe just maim) a little time, we thought, What better way to do it than watch some no holds barred fighting action—no, not high school girls soccer, Mixed Martial Arts.

We don’t really know a rear naked choke from an armbar, so we got Ben Goldstein of CagePotato.com to give us a list of his favorite takedowns, and voila—50 of the Bloodiest, Gruesomest, Limb-Twistingest MMA Dominations of All Time. Enjoy, and if you get too hyped up, remember to count to ten and never, ever punch your sister…

• CLICK HERE TO SEE THE 50 GREATEST MMA DOMINATIONS COUNTDOWN!

Piledriver-Like Move Used In Real Life Fighting Match

complex — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:30:33 +0000

This mixed martial arts fighter learned the hard way, that attempting an arm bar or what almost looks like a leg scissor choke from an upside down position, isn’t such a good idea. Don’t even waste time, fast forward to about the 2:14 mark and watch the fighter get slammed, head first, into the canvas, resulting in an instantaneous KO. Even more shocking than the actual move is that this is perfectly legal and as you can hear by the crowd, highly encouraged.

An Exclusive Interview With Fedor Emelianenko

sethk — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:30:12 +0000

What if Magic, in his prime, took on Michael Jordan one-on-one? Could the 1972 Miami Dolphins hang with this years’ New England Patriots? Could Hank Aaron have hit Pedro Martinez at his most dominating? Most dream match-ups only play out in barroom debates. But MMA fans could very well see a battle between two of the top heavyweights in the sport's short history, Fedor Emelianenko and Randy Coutureâ€“as long as the suits can get out of the way.

The chances of M-1 Global, Emelianenko’s fight league, and the UFC (currently in the midst of suing Couture for breach of contract) setting up a joint promotion seems unlikely. But if it came down to buzz rather than lawyers, the fight would be a lock. A video report featuring Emelianenko and Couture facing off while filming a commercial for Affliction last Friday attracted more than 50,000 views on YouTube in its first two days alone.

We sat down with Emelianenko in downtown Los Angeles recently to find out about the status of the potential showdown with Couture, how he found his way to the ring in the first place, and who would win a cage match between George Dubya and his counterpart in Fedor’s native Russia Vladimir Putin.

The full interview and more pics after the jump.

Complex: You shot a commercial for Affliction clothing last Friday with Randy Couture. Did you two discuss a possible fight between takes?
Fedor Emelianenko: We just took photos and did the commercial. We talked about different stuff – about our families, we invited each other to our homes. Randy talked about how he visited Russia to train one time. That's about it.

C: Randy's made it clear that you're the one person left that he wants to fight. If it never happened, at the end of your career would you feel like you missed out on something special?
Fedor Emelianenko: If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. That's it. But I think it's going to take place because I think that everyone wants it.

C: Who do you think wants it more: You, Randy or the fans?
Fedor Emelianenko: The fans want it more.

C: Do you hear it directly from fans?
Fedor Emelianenko: I don't hear it in person from the fans, but I know it from the questions that the media ask me and from the Internet, so I feel they want me to fight Randy.

C: What would a fight like that mean to you? What would you gain from it?
Fedor Emelianenko: If I win, I would be considered one of the strongest fighters ever.

C: Beside Couture, what other heavyweights you'd like to meet in the ring?
Fedor Emelianenko: (laughs) I don't know who else would agree to fight me.

C: Would you ever consider dropping down to light heavyweight in order to find a good fight?
Fedor Emelianenko: I would never consider that because I feel comfortable where I am right now. Also, I'd have to diet a lot, and I don't like that. (laughs)

C: On New Year's Eve you fought Hong-Man Choi, one of the largest competitors (7′ 2″ and 350 lbs.) in MMA. What adjustments did you have to make to fight someone of his size?
Fedor Emelianenko: I didn't have any adjustments or anything. Me and my trainer set up a strategy when we saw his fights on television. Then me and my team trained together, and they would try and copy some of his movements and actions.

C: What draws you to this? What got you involved in fighting?
Fedor Emelianenko: When I was little, my mom said, 'Why don't you and try (martial arts),’ and I did and I liked it. I fanatically started training and really got into it. It grew and grew each year. That's how I got into sambo and judo first and then I decided to do MMA after that.

C: What made that decision for you, to go from practicing strict martial arts to actually getting in the ring?
Fedor Emelianenko: I needed money. (laughs)

C: If not MMA, where would you be?
Fedor Emelianenko: Probably I would be still doing sambo and judo. Maybe training younger fighters.

C: Vladimir Putin shows up to your fights on occasion, and the idea of our president showing up to support a fighter seems strange here in America. Have you talked with Putin?
Fedor Emelianenko: Putin once visited me after a fight. Our president is very athletic. He develops and tried to give more attention to sports in Russia right now, which is nice. We did talk.

C: So, would he take out President Bush in a fight?
Fedor Emelianenko: Our president is a black belt in judo and he is also a master in sambo. So if they did that … (laughs) But I think that our leaders should decide their issues in a different way.

C: In between fights, what else are you doing besides preparing for that next match?
Fedor Emelianenko: I have two sambo tournaments including the President's Championship. The rest of the time, I'm just planning to be with family.

â€“Interview by Robert Spuhler

Emelianenko will return to MMA action under the M-1 Global banner on April 11th in Chicago against an opponent that has yet to be determined. It will be M-1’s American debut.