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As we mentioned last week, UFC ring girls Arianny Celeste and Brittney Palmer scored the cover and a fantastic cheerleader-themed pictorial in the May 2013 issue of British FHM. We just discovered a bunch of the photos online via FHM’s Facebook page and HawtCelebs.com, and we’ve posted our favorites below. Click all images for full-size versions, and visit FHM.com for a lovely video from Arianny and Brittney’s photoshoot.
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Long before we knew the names Arianny and Brittney, or Chrissy and Vanessa, the UFC’s round-card holders were a revolving door of anonymous female talent, often clad in denim ass-shorts and bedazzled halter-tops. And dammit, we liked it that way.
This must-see highlight reel takes us through 20 years of UFC ring girl history, from the delightful trashiness of the ’90s to the uniformed polish of today. The only gripe I have is the conspicuous absence of Ali Sonoma. WTF, guys. You can’t whitewash history.
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Yesterday, Dave Melzter released a rumored list of the 16 female fighters selected for the upcoming co-ed season of The Ultimate Fighter. Though the cast list hasn’t been confirmed by the UFC or FOX, it includes such well-known veterans as Tara LaRosa, Shayna Baszler, Tonya Evinger, Roxanne Modafferi, and up-and-coming talent like Jessamyn Duke, Colleen Schneider, and Raquel Pennington.
One name stuck out for a different reason — Lia Mata’afa, the only fighter on the list with a 0-0 professional record. So why would TUF bring on a fighter with no professional experience? Well, as the UG informs us, she happens to be really attractive.
But make no mistake: Mata’afa is a freak athlete with a ton of potential. In addition to her 4-1 amateur MMA record, Lia was a two-time girls State wrestling champion in her native Hawaii, and according to the Meltzer report she played varsity rugby at Boston University and is currently a member of the American Samoa national rugby team. She is Kendall Grove‘s sister-in-law, and a product of Chris Leben’s Ultimate Fight School in Honolulu.
We’ve gathered a few of our favorite Lia Mata’afa photos for your consideration — which continue after the jump — along with a video of her MMA debut. Visit Lia’s Facebook page for more.
(Where did Brittney Palmer, Arianny Celeste, and Kenda Perez land on the 2013 Maxim Hot 100 list? Find out right here. / Photo via Maxim.com)
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Jade Bryce was our favorite MMA ring girl even before she agreed to do this video with us. Now, she’s officially reached CagePotato Hall of Fame status.
Watch as the Bellator beauty does her most faithful renditions of Rashad Evans‘s infamous knockout face, “Just Bleed” guy, drunk dancing mom at UFC 150, Ryan Jimmo‘s celebratory robot, “Rising Douchebag,” and the nose-smushing face-off between Don Frye and James Thompson at PRIDE 34. We had a blast putting this together, and we hope you enjoy it too.
Follow Jade on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and keep an eye out for her new website, coming soon. And if you want to see a sequel to “MMA Impressions With Jade Bryce,” please throw some impression-suggestions into the comments section…
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Last week, we released a video of Bellator ring girl Jade Bryce busting out some impressions of famous MMA moments. But not all of her footage made it into the clip. To keep “MMA Impressions With Jade Bryce” to a tight two minutes, we left a couple shots on the cutting room floor. And like the frugal Native Americans who used every part of the buffalo, we’ve decided to use that extra footage for this bonus outtakes video, in which Jade tries her damn best to imitate Fabricio Werdum‘s creepy smile and Chuck Liddell‘s cageside freakout. A for effort!
Visit the newly-launched OfficialJadeBryce.com for more videos and news from Ms. Bryce, and please subscribe to our YouTube channel.
P.S.: The first person to identify the source of the audio clip at the very end gets a CagePotato t-shirt. Difficulty: CP Fanatic.
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We’re not sure if these were supposed to be released or what*, but CP reader Travis S. found two more nude photos from Miesha Tate‘s “ESPN Body Issue” shoot buried deep within ESPN’s website, and we just had to share them. (The second one is after the jump.) As you can see, the photo above shows a much-more generous helping of ass-crack than the first “Body Issue” photo of Tate that was released over the weekend, and the one below is of the classic hand-bra style, with those pink wraps mysteriously missing. They’re all shot from the same profile angle, but who knows, maybe there’s a more varied selection out there somewhere. So keep searching, perverts!
* If they weren’t supposed to be released, there’s no need to sue us, ESPN lawyers. A simple cease-and-desist will do just fine.
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Props to MMASentinel for passing along these scans from Ronda Rousey‘s new pictorial in the September 2013 issue of Maxim. God bless this woman, and may the hand-bra never go out of style. Check out a couple more good shots — including the issue’s cover — after the jump, and visit Maxim.com for even more!
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Roy Nelson. Tito Ortiz. Rampage Jackson. Anderson Silva. BJ Penn. Stephan Bonnar. King Mo. Jamie Varner. Phil Baroni.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Previously: CagePotato Presents: MMA Impressions, With Jade Bryce [VIDEO]
Bad news, Potato Nation. According to our research, it has been at least 4 days since we’ve posted anything remotely spank-worthy on our site (unless Miesha Tate in jorts really does it for you). As such, our evil, robotic overlords forgiving, kind-hearted supervisors have informed us that if we want to continue enjoying Stir-Friday and Jameson-sponsored-skydiving-Tuesdays here at CP, we best get with the titties. Apparently the occasional Darrill Schoonover post just doesn’t cut it anymore.
So that brings us to the above behind-the-scenes video of Arianny Celeste’s 2014 calendar shoot. We’re not sure if anyone honestly purchases calendars anymore, but what the hell? It’ll provide a few of you with a temporary escape from your jobs that certainly suck more than ours and the rest of you with a chance to act like you totally wouldn’t hit that, so enjoy.
Five bucks out of my wallet goes to the commenter who can make the best “Who would want to be behind Arianny’s scenes?” joke or alternate version thereof.
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Well, we warned you. Bellator ring girl Jade Bryce has returned for another installment of “MMA Impressions” for CagePotato.com, in which she gives her own unique take on these classic victory celebrations:
- BJ Penn‘s blood-licking
- Stephan Bonnar‘s thousand-yard stare
- Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza‘s gator-crawl
- Anderson Silva‘s guitar-strum
- Phil Baroni‘s “I’M THE MAN!” speech
- Roy Nelson‘s belly-rub
- Tito Ortiz‘s grave-digger
- The Rampage howl
- Jamie Varner‘s chicken/naptime/worm routine
- King Mo‘s energy-drink shower
Epic upon epic. If you dug this video, let Jade know on Twitter @TheJadeBryce, and get to know her even better at OfficialJadeBryce.com!
The lack of fucks we give about whatever UFC ring girl Brittney Palmer has had done to her mouth/face region can simply not be overstated (understated?). Criticizing her “duck lip” or “Joan Rivers face” — as the surely Derek Zoolander-looking members of MMA forums near and far have described it — is akin to chastising a star for shining too brightly, an Arby’s sandwich for being paired with too much Au Jus. Did Palmer necessarily require (in our eyes, at least) whatever treatment she underwent? No, but we’d still yadda yadda dicks through broken glass yadda yadda hear her fart through a walkie-talkie.
We have no idea what magazine/calendar/website Ms. Palmer was recently photographed in her undies for, but again, we give less fucks about that information than Rick Grimes in the third season of The Walking Dead. So enjoy this video. Enjoy it, then start preparing that mile of broken glass to commence said dick dragging.
(Photos courtesy of APIX Syndication via MadeMan.com)
Tonight at 9 p.m./8c, veteran UFC Octagon Girl Arianny Celeste makes her debut as the co-host of Overhaulin’, an “extreme auto makeover series” on the Velocity channel. To honor the occasion, our buds at MadeMan have posted a gallery of never-before-seen Arianny Celeste photos, along with some handy biographical information and career facts. Even longtime followers of Ms. Celeste’s work might be surprised to learn her actual full name, which is apparently “Arianny Celeste-Penelope Lopez Marquez.” Huh. Good to know.
Check out MadeMan’s full Arianny Celeste gallery right here!
