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If our ongoing series on fitness motivation photos has proven anything, it’s that all forms of exercise can be made sexy, as long as the subject is already in shape and wearing booty shorts. (By the way, good luck getting away with that outfit at Planet Fitness. Sound the Lunk Alarm, you guys! That’s blatant gymtimidation!)

Today’s gallery focuses on pull-ups, a classic bodyweight exercise that targets pretty much everything above the waist. Be “inspired” by the strong women banging ‘em out in the gallery after the jump, and please re-visit our previous fitness motivation galleries on tire-flipping, rope-swinging, kettlebell-lifting, and squatting. Lots more to come. Enjoy…

Note: The last two are kinda sorta NSFW.

(Drive safe, Alex. Don’t do anything Rampage would do. / Photo via Alexander Gustafsson’s Facebook page)

Daniel Cormier to Undergo Knee Surgery in Early July (BleacherReport)

Anderson Silva Cleared to Spar for First Time Since Breaking Leg at UFC 168 (Sherdog)

Josh Barnett vs. Dean Lister Slated for Metamoris 4 in August (MMAFighting)

Referee Mike Beltran Discusses DQ’ing Fighter for Timidity (AXS TV)

Matt Serra Reveals TRT Usage, Says ‘As Long as I’m Not Fighting, Who Cares? (BloodyElbow)

Carlos Condit Targets Early 2015 Return After Complete ACL Replacement (MMAJunkie)

Four Historically-Based Nicknames the Washington Redskins Should Consider Adopting (HolyTaco)

Exclusive: Ariel Rebel Discusses Life as an Erotic Model, Cooking, and ‘Rebel Mayhem’ (EveryJoe)

AMC Reveals New Details on ‘Better Call Saul’ Spinoff (EscapistMagazine)

GameFront’s Favorite Games of E3 2014 (Gamefront)

Another Distractingly Sexy Yoga Video From Kino MacGregor (Guyism)

Edited for TV: The Supercut (ScreenJunkies)

Three Male Dancers Dance to Beyonce’s Greatest Hits in Heels, and KILL IT! (PopHangover)

WTF, Japan? [46 Pics] (Radass)

(Photo via Getty.)

It’s been a rough couple of years for Brazilian special forces officer turned MMA fighter Paulo Thiago. Actually, make that a rough half decade or so. After kicking off his UFC career with an improbable knockout of Josh Koscheck and wins over Jacob Volkmann and Mike Swick, Thiago has dropped six of his past eight contests since 2010, including decision losses to Diego Sanchez and Dong Hyun Kim and brutal stoppage losses to Siyar Bahadurzada and Brandon Thatch. Most recently, Thiago was outpointed by Gasan Umalatov at the TUF Brazil 3 Finale, leading us to believe that he would likely be headed for the door.

And what a shame it would have been to see him go, for his superhero-esque background and aforementioned blistering of Koscheck made Thiago a fighter to watch in many a fan’s eyes, despite the fact that he was never really able to live up to the hype generated by his impressive UFC debut. As luck would have it, however, it appears that we haven’t seen the last of Thiago, who recently informed MMAFighting that he had signed a four fight extension with the UFC despite his recent skid:

I was cool, but anxious because all of the recent cuts they did. I wasn’t that tense. Whatever they decided, I would be cool.

Yes, you *would* be cool, Paulo. Engaging in machine gun battles with drug cartels for your day job earns you that right.

Chapter four in our 25-part series on Fitness Motivation photos focuses on kettlebells — the heavy things with the handles that collect dust at gyms across the country. Specifically, we’ll be looking at hot girls lifting kettlebells, because hey, it’s CagePotato.

Whether you’re looking to sculpt the perfect beach body or look like a Russian bear-man, kettlebell exercises are great way to strengthen your core. So without further ado, check out our favorite photos of kettlebell babes in the gallery after the jump, and shoot us your suggestions for future Fitness Motivation galleries in the comments.

(Shove a ref, receive a pink slip. Single leg takedown a ref, receive GIF glory.)

So those corrupt, two-timing, no-good shysters known as the New Mexico Athletic Commission held a meeting in Albuquerque to deal with the fallout from Fight Night 42 yesterday. On the evening’s agenda: Determining Jason High‘s punishment for shoving referee Kevin Mulhall following his second round TKO defeat to Rafael Dos Anjos, and upholding or denying Ross Pearson’s decision loss to Diego Sanchez.

Unfortunately for High, his moment of cloudy judgement had already seen him axed from the UFC before Dana White could even review the footage of the incident. And now, the hits just keep on coming for “The Kansas City Bandit”, who might want to consider changing his nickname to “H.R. Shoven Stuff” (I am so sorry). High was handed down a one year suspension from the New Mexico Athletic Commission for his err in judgment and fined 10% of his $19,000 purse, or $1,900. But that’s just a small price to pay for notoriety, amiright?

It’s a relatively unheard of suspension given the nature of High’s infraction. I can only think of a couple altercations between referees and fighters over the years that didn’t involve Gilbert Yvel — one was James Thompson/Dan Miragliotta at EliteXC: Primetime and the other was Phil Baroni/Larry Landless at UFC 45. While no punishment was given to Thompson for smushing Miragliotta’s face, Baroni actually punched Landless and received just a 4 month suspension for doing so. Diff’rent era, diff’rent rules, I guess.

Oh yes, as to the Sanchez/Pearson decision…

(Jen Selter: Real booty, no gimmicks.)

Squats: You don’t get dat ass without ‘em. Our latest inspirational fitness tribute (LOL!) focuses on girls squatting like Ryan Gosling is behind them. Check out the full photo gallery after the jump, and share your own squatting tips with us in the comments section, on twitter, or on Snapchat at cagepotatomma.

Coming up on Fitness Motivation: Sexy Women Flexing Their Bare Backs (working title)

(Photo via @feliceherrig. Full gallery is after the jump.)

As I predicted, Tuesday’s “Sexy Women Flipping Tires” gallery — as dumb as it was — wound up generating way more pageviews than anything else we posted this week, which means that these Fitness Motivation photo galleries are here to stay. You only have yourselves to blame.

Today’s gallery was inspired by MMA fighter Felice Herrig, and focuses on sexy women swinging ropes (aka battle ropes, combat ropes). Check out the photos below, and if you have any suggestions for the next Fitness Motivation gallery, drop ‘em in the comments. At this point, “sexy women doing squats” is a strong front-runner.

(UFC 174 Free Fight: Roland Delorme vs. Nick Denis via the UFC’s Youtube page.)

After Chael Sonnen Removal, Wanderlei Silva Wants Vitor Belfort Rematch (Bleacher Report)

Jacare Souza Will Return at UFC 176 (MMAFighting)

Paul Daley Interested in Working His Way Back Into the UFC (BloodyElbow)

Chael Sonnen Continues Mighty Struggle Against Truth, But Now He’s on Losing End (MMAJunkie)

Bulking Up for Dummies (DoubleViking)

Meet Claudia Ochoa Felix, World’s Sexiest Drug Cartel Assassin (Allegedly) (HolyTaco)

Who is the Best Fighting Character of All-Time? (Hint: It’s Scorpion. We already covered this.) (EveryJoe)

Honest Trailers: The Lion King (ScreenJunkies)

27 Laws Around the World So Peculiar You Won’t Believe They’re Real (Guyism)

Video Game Company Scraps Planned Female Avatar Because It’s Somehow ‘Too Hard To Make’ (Crushable)

Dumb and Dumber To Trailer (ClevverMovies)

Kate Upton Turns 22 Today. Here Are Her Hottest Pictures of All Time (Radass)

A lot of blame has been thrown around since word of Chael Sonnen’s failed drug test and subsequent removal from UFC 175 broke yesterday. Some are blaming the Nevada State Athletic Commission for their lack of foresight in banning TRT yet providing fighters currently on the therapy with no means or information on how to adjust to life without it. Some are blaming Sonnen for failing to disclose the banned substances he was on to NSAC prior to his drug test last month. There are even some MMA media members out there crazy enough to blame the UFC for rushing guys like Sonnen and Belfort into fights without first understanding how long their bodies would need to adjust to post-TRT life. Hope you enjoy getting blacklisted, fellas!

In order to help clear things up, both Chael Sonnen and Dana White appeared on FS1′s America’s Pregame last night, because Sonnen is not as expendable a fighter as say, Jason High and thus requires his boss’ assistance when putting out fires. While Sonnen opted to expand on his interview with Jay Mohr Sports that was published just hours beforehand, White fell back on his usual mix of finger-pointing and blatant lies delivered at just below shouting level.

Both are at fault. I think the Nevada State Athletic Commission could have laid it out better for how they were going to end this thing. What would be banned and what wouldn’t be banned for the guys coming down off of it. But again, it’s a matter of them not being very educated on TRT. It’s the thing that made this whole thing impossible anyway. And it’s Chael’s fault too, because Chael should have called the Athletic Commission and said, ‘This is what my doctor told me I need to do to come down off of this stuff, so here is what I’m taking.’ He absolutely should have done that. 

Just to clear the air here, nobody is on TRT. And, we only had five guys out of over 500 that were ever on TRT, and it was absolutely legal.

Well thank God the UFC isn’t to blame in any way, shape, or form for this (*wipes sweat from forehead*). Dodged a bullet there, boys. Also, the number of fighters who have ever fought in the UFC while on TRT is a lot closer to 15 than 5. No biggie.

Check out White’s full interview above, then head after the jump for Sonnen’s much lengthier defense. 

I’ve become fascinated by the so-called “fitness motivation” Internet trend. Basically, these are photos of hard-bodied men and women working out — usually accompanied by inspirational quotes — with the apparent goal of motivating you to get off your computer/smartphone and get to the gym. I’m sure you have at least one annoying crossfitter friend who posts this kind of crap to tell the world that OMG they’re training for life you guys. But honestly, fitness motivation photos are just another Internet fetish, like feet, or whispering. What is this photo inspiring you to do, exactly?

So earlier today, right before the Chael news broke and I was looking for something to do, I decided to search Pinterest and Google for fitness motivation photos, and see if I could spot any trends. The first one that stuck out is that healthy women love to flip tires. Tire-flipping is a metaphor, actually. If you can flip a tire, you can flip anything. So here are some photos I found of sexy women flipping tires, as promised. Check ‘em out in the gallery after the jump, and stay tuned for more fitness motivation photo galleries, whether you like it or not.

I hope that “girls flipping tires” is an untapped Internet sub-fetish. I hope that thousands of people are searching for it daily. I hope…