Category: Nerd Stuff

EA Sports MMA announces welterweights & lightweights roster
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EA Sports MMA announces welterweights & lightweights roster

The final two lists of fighters have been revealed! EA Sports has been releasing their roster of fighters each week for the past month, starting with their heavyweights like Fedor, Randy Couture, & Brett Rogers and light-heavyweights such as , followed by their middleweights including Cung Le, Jake Shields, Frank Shamrock, and Jason “Mayhem” Miller, [...]

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Dana White, Royce Gracie, Brock Lesnar & more in new Round 5 UFC series
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Dana White, Royce Gracie, Brock Lesnar & more in new Round 5 UFC series

Attendees of UFC Fan Expo at the John B. Hynes Convention Center in Boston this weekend will get the first look at the Round 5 “Ultimate Collector” Series 4 collectible figurines. Fans can see new standard and Limited Edition sculpts representing seven different UFC personalities, including Royce Gracie, Brock Lesnar, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Cain [...]

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Georges St. Pierre gets his magic on with Criss Angel

Emperor of the UFC Welterweight division, Georges St. Pierre, is a happy, go-lucky dude. It makes perfect sense that he would appear on a magic show then, in this case, “Mind Freak” with the freaky Criss Angel.
For his first trick, Criss Angel tries to beat GSP’s score at a punching machine that measures… well, they [...]

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Bobby Lashley plays as himself in EA Sports MMA

In honor of Strikeforce’s event tonight, please enjoy some new footage of EA Sport’s MMA, with one of the men fighting tonight trying his bulky hands at the new game. Heavyweight competitor and former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley, one of the many heavyweight characters you can play as in the game as we listed earlier [...]

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UFC Deluxe Action Figures wave 6 & 7 and two-packs unveiled

Things are starting to heat up with Jakks Pacific’s UFC Deluxe action figures! Wrestlingfigs.com has posted prototype images of three upcoming waves, including their next two-packs. Jakks also recently released images of their UFC Fan Expo exclusive Georges St. Pierre, so check that one out too if you have not, especially since he is the [...]

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Nate Quarry Delivers Speech on Fighting Adversity

UFC veteran Nate Quarry might have found his career after fighting (even if he is not retired yet) – motivational speaking! “The Rock” spoke back in late April for TED, a lecture series with a world-renowned reputation, about the obstacles he has endured, from custody battles to spinal surgery, and what drove him to become [...]

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UFC site says Mark Hunt is a lightweight - Zuffa employee presumably flogged
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UFC site says Mark Hunt is a lightweight – Zuffa employee presumably flogged

Recently, the UFC remembered that they owned Mark Hunt’s old Pride FC contract. Remember Pride and how awesome it was? Soccer kicks and open-weight fights… sigh. Anyway, Dana White is setting up Hunt to get his first fight in the octagon and remind fans of this large Pacific Island kickboxer who seemingly faded away after [...]

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UFC Undisputed 2010 ships over 2 million units but falls short in sales
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UFC Undisputed 2010 ships over 2 million units but falls short in sales

As a video game player, along with 85% of the MMA fan base out there, I played the UFC Undisputed 2009 video game as soon as it came out and loved it! Then when the 2010 installment came out, I was a bit more cautious, especially with the promise of its rival, EA Sports MMA, [...]

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Hot Toys makes Bruce Lee action figure and I crap my pants
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Hot Toys makes Bruce Lee action figure and I crap my pants

Attention all lovers of Bruce Lee! I suggest you get a clean pair of underwear before you read this. Celebrating his 70th anniversary and paying tribute to the 20th century’s most influential martial artists in the world, Hot Toys has sent us images of the 1/6th scale Bruce Lee Collectible Figure, specially crafted based on [...]

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Phil Baroni out of UFC 118, Dan Miller in
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Phil Baroni out of UFC 118, Dan Miller in

One New Yorker is out of UFC 118 in Boston, while a New Jersey native steps in! The NYBA Phil Baroni is out of his match on August 28 against 5-1 John Salter due to a collarbone injury. Replacing him is Dan Miller of New Jersey, or “Joisey” as the locals call it, out of [...]

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