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Marcus Davis doodle for “Rattling the Cage”

The sketch blog returns – now with no more of that numbering system. Seriously, the last day I was up to was day 18 and that was months ago. The only way I knew this was the nineteenth drawing was checking the blog. Anyway, here is a drawing of “The Irish Hand Grenade” or sometimes “The Celtic Warrior” depending on what continent he is on, Marcus Davis.

This drawing was done for “Rattling the Cage,” an interview series by Anthony Reid of Reid Fight Wear, for TapouT Magazine (AKA the magazine you should be reading every month supplemented by MMA Worldwide magazine since I write columns for both). Each issue, Tony interviews a fighter in his unique way and has an artist draw a representation of them, and for now I have taken over that role.

If you want to see more of my drawings, you can click on the lovely animated banner on the sidebar or just click this link here instead. Head to rattling-the-cage.com for more from Anthony Reid! And don’t forget to buy the latest issue of TapouT magazine! Enough shameless plugs, go read some other stuff on my site now.

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Day 18- Duane Ludwig

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A beat up Duane “Bang” Ludwig has seen better days in this doodle. We talked to Duane waaay back in October and since then, he found himself back in the UFC but is currently out of action after a terrible ankle injury just a week ago. We wish Bang a speedy recovery and hope to see him back on his feet and in the octagon again soon!

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Day 17- Mark Coleman

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Fresh from his loss to Randy Couture at UFC 109, here is Mark “The Hammer” Coleman. Owner of the most awesome championship belt in MMA history, the Pride Grand Prix 2000 Championship belt, which was valued at more than the prize money for winning the entire tournament! Not sure if it is the end for Mark or not after his performance against Couture, but at least we got to finally see these two legendary wrestlers duke it out.

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Day 16- Dan Severn

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Dan “The Beast” Severn all dressed up with nowhere to go (from a Hall of Fame induction ceremony reference pic). I interviewed Severn not long ago on Fight Nerd Radio, it was a pretty interesting interview to say the least. We spoke for about 30 minutes and I could not believe some of the stuff he said, go give it a listen! He talked about what he thinks of today’s fighters, boring fights and video games. I am definitely making a highlight reel of it very soon as a vid!

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Day 15- Jorge Gurgel

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Jorge Gurgel, UFC veteran, TUF contestant and currently slugging it out in ShoMMA, oh and best bud of Rich “Ace” Franklin! A BJJ Black belt who is more than content to throw hands instead of grappling, nothing too novel in today’s MMA but he still draws alot of ire from critics and fans for doing so. Here is a quick doodle of him, notice how I neglected to finish his hair and probably made it comically longer than it should be. That’s what you get when you have tall, pointy tips and when I get carried away with my pens! Lesson learned!

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Day 14- Joe Lauzon

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In honor of his return to the cage at UFC 108 this weekend, “J-Lau” Joe Lauzon, whose shoulders look a bit hunched in retrospective. My reference pic was from a press conference photo ( I use those shots often) where he was leaning over and I did not correct it in the drawing so now he just looks quite beefy thanks to my mistake. Lesson for you artists out there – using a photo is a good thing, but following it religiously, not so much. Lauzon is taking on Sam Stout this weekend so good luck to him! I need to do a drawing of “The Upgrade” Dany Lauzon soon too, so he is on the great big list of fighters I need to draw now!

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Day 13 -Jason “Mayhem” Miller

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Host of MTV’s “Bully Beatdown” and one of the craziest SOB’s in MMA today, here is Jason “Mayhem” Miller in a slightly quieter pose. Will I draw him when he is on a Rockstar energy drink caffeine rush? Eventually, but for now, here is a more reserved Mayhem looking ready to lay some smackdown on whoever he is staring across the cage.

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Day 12- Vitor Belfort

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“The Phenom” Vitor Belfort puts his dukes up! I think the reference was from a weigh-in from a Pride FC event. Remember Pride? It sure was awesome. Sigh.

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