Heterosexualist male nominates hottest fighter dudes in mixed martial arts
October 16, 2009 6:55 AM Subscribe
Who are the hottest fighters in mixed martial arts? Ask a straight guy.
This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a single link blog post to a "hey let's ogle these people" essay. Without some context -- MMA is really interesting to straight guys because of this? yes? maybe? -- it's sort of thin ice for a MeFi post. -- jessamyn
And then they put Lesnar right under that. Stupid, stupid list.
It's also stupid because JSP is #1 and I hate the looks of that guy. That and Demian Maia not being on the list.
posted by uandt at 7:12 AM on October 16, 2009
It's also stupid because JSP is #1 and I hate the looks of that guy. That and Demian Maia not being on the list.
posted by uandt at 7:12 AM on October 16, 2009
Is they ever do a follow up to the piss-poor Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li film, Andrei Arlovski should play a young Zangief.
posted by permafrost at 7:14 AM on October 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by permafrost at 7:14 AM on October 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
I don't know who's the hottest, but if there's a better definition of "guilty pleasure" than Jason Ellis' XM radio show, I'd like to know about it. That dude cracks me up.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 7:14 AM on October 16, 2009
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 7:14 AM on October 16, 2009
Oh he's straight! What an amusing twist!
posted by thirteenkiller at 7:19 AM on October 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by thirteenkiller at 7:19 AM on October 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
Huh. Why is this an FPP? Straight guy rates the attractiveness of fighters? Am I missing some hidden depth here?
Incidentally:
Quinn, 25, teaches piano, does occasional studio work and has been following MMA since he was 8.
So, he was watching MMA in 1992 at the age of 8. Is he Brazilian?
posted by ignignokt at 7:20 AM on October 16, 2009
Incidentally:
Quinn, 25, teaches piano, does occasional studio work and has been following MMA since he was 8.
So, he was watching MMA in 1992 at the age of 8. Is he Brazilian?
posted by ignignokt at 7:20 AM on October 16, 2009
More like "A sexually insecure guy's top MMA hotties", amirite?
posted by amuseDetachment at 7:21 AM on October 16, 2009
posted by amuseDetachment at 7:21 AM on October 16, 2009
Brock Lesnar is kinda hot for a brontosaurus.
posted by The Straightener at 7:22 AM on October 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by The Straightener at 7:22 AM on October 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
Oh, and I'd like to defend the post based on the fact that at least in my (straight) circles one of the reasons we watch UFC is to look at dudes. Straight men enjoying the looks of other men and not being shy about it is perhaps worthy of discussion. We usually all root for the best looking guy.
posted by uandt at 7:31 AM on October 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by uandt at 7:31 AM on October 16, 2009 [2 favorites]
BOYZONE
posted by sciurus at 7:34 AM on October 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by sciurus at 7:34 AM on October 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
This is probably the place to mention "Fruity" Rudy Reyes from Generation Kill, since I've just read the book.
posted by MuffinMan at 7:35 AM on October 16, 2009
posted by MuffinMan at 7:35 AM on October 16, 2009
at least in my (straight) circles one of the reasons we watch UFC is to look at dudes.
That's comfortable.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 7:35 AM on October 16, 2009
That's comfortable.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 7:35 AM on October 16, 2009
Yeah, this is similar to posting a 'Women's guide to hottest Playboy' models, to me. Not at all good.
posted by Brockles at 7:35 AM on October 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Brockles at 7:35 AM on October 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
Lost me at "MMA."
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 7:40 AM on October 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 7:40 AM on October 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
More like "A sexually insecure guy's top MMA hotties", amirite?
Yeah, because no dude would ever be caught dead lookin' at another dude unless he was insecure about his masculinity.
Yeah, this is similar to posting a 'Women's guide to hottest Playboy' models, to me. Not at all good.
Why not?
posted by blucevalo at 7:46 AM on October 16, 2009
Yeah, because no dude would ever be caught dead lookin' at another dude unless he was insecure about his masculinity.
Yeah, this is similar to posting a 'Women's guide to hottest Playboy' models, to me. Not at all good.
Why not?
posted by blucevalo at 7:46 AM on October 16, 2009
This has been far less educational than I thought it would be.
posted by From Bklyn at 7:47 AM on October 16, 2009
posted by From Bklyn at 7:47 AM on October 16, 2009
Oh, and I'd like to defend the post based on the fact that at least in my (straight) circles one of the reasons we watch UFC is to look at dudes. Straight men enjoying the looks of other men and not being shy about it is perhaps worthy of discussion. We usually all root for the best looking guy.
FPP links are supposed to have intrinsic value. They're not just supposed to be springboards for something you'd like to see discussed, though.
I don't mind the idea that MMA fighters are sexy. They're pretty cool guys that fight without shirts and doesn't afraid of anything. But this is pretty shallow stuff about bulges and LOL-"rear-naked-choke"-sounds-gay talk. In a way, it's not that different from the rantings of the likes of Bob Arum and Bernard Hopkins.
This is pretty much the same as a post linking a Maxim "hetero chick says which female tennis players are the hottest!" list and subsequent discussion about how hott the chicks in the list are! And how it's hot to see a hetero chick say what other chicks are hot!
There's a lot more to these people and plenty of reasons to respect them. I wish that came first, then maybe later, once MMA is understood, the objectification can come along.
posted by ignignokt at 7:49 AM on October 16, 2009
FPP links are supposed to have intrinsic value. They're not just supposed to be springboards for something you'd like to see discussed, though.
I don't mind the idea that MMA fighters are sexy. They're pretty cool guys that fight without shirts and doesn't afraid of anything. But this is pretty shallow stuff about bulges and LOL-"rear-naked-choke"-sounds-gay talk. In a way, it's not that different from the rantings of the likes of Bob Arum and Bernard Hopkins.
This is pretty much the same as a post linking a Maxim "hetero chick says which female tennis players are the hottest!" list and subsequent discussion about how hott the chicks in the list are! And how it's hot to see a hetero chick say what other chicks are hot!
There's a lot more to these people and plenty of reasons to respect them. I wish that came first, then maybe later, once MMA is understood, the objectification can come along.
posted by ignignokt at 7:49 AM on October 16, 2009
Congratulations, Ignignokt, for enacting the Godwin’s Law of any discussion of physical attractiveness.
posted by joeclark at 7:52 AM on October 16, 2009
posted by joeclark at 7:52 AM on October 16, 2009
"I'm all about Git' R Done/Eagle Tears/Lee Greenwood/American Flag/Lets Roll/Hank Williams Jr. but if I were to get railed by some dudes, I'd want it to be these guys!"
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 7:54 AM on October 16, 2009
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 7:54 AM on October 16, 2009
There's a lot more to these people and plenty of reasons to respect them. I wish that came first, then maybe later, once MMA is understood, the objectification can come along.
Yes, because nobody in their right mind would ever physically objectify anybody or post anything on mefi that came close to being shallow.
posted by blucevalo at 7:57 AM on October 16, 2009
Yes, because nobody in their right mind would ever physically objectify anybody or post anything on mefi that came close to being shallow.
posted by blucevalo at 7:57 AM on October 16, 2009
I'd hit... actually no I wouldn't, because they could kick my ass.
posted by desjardins at 7:59 AM on October 16, 2009
posted by desjardins at 7:59 AM on October 16, 2009
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