Ring Girls

NBC.com has posted photos of MMA star Gina Carano ("Crush") in her American Gladiators uniform, along with pics of her fellow castmembers. We gotta say, our girl is looking good — unfortunately, she'll be sharing screen time with she-beasts like "Hellga":

Good Lord. You bang that woman in a dream, you better wake up and apologize...

Our homies at Complex just gave us the heads-up about their new photo shoot and interview with former Octagon Girl and current UFC All Access host Rachelle Leah. To see more pics from the shoot — and to find out where Rachelle would take a punch if she absolutely had to — click here. Or, feel free to gawk at some of our all-time favorite pics of Ms. Leah after the jump...

Even though Cage Rage employs a deep stable of Brit beauties to remind audiences what round they're watching, Laura Jones still manages to stand out. The Essex-bred brunette has been a Playboy Cyber Girl, a model for every major U.K. men's magazine, and is a presenter for a daily SkyTV/Freeview show called Party People. See more of Laura's work after the jump...

Hey guys, you know who isn't a prostitute? Paulo Filho. But do you know who quite possibly might have been one in the past?

According to FightLinker.com and this reliable forum thread on MyTerb.com (a review site devoted to Toronto hookers), new French-Canadian UFC ring girl Edith Larente used to be employed by both Eleganza Escorts and Devilish Escorts ("All our Girls are Guaranteed to be GFE or PSE!!!![?]"). As the MyTerb thread goes:

"Let's play guess teh agency she worked at. Man oh man did she really make it. I have seen at least 4 x in Montreal she was one of the best escorts. Word at the strip clubs talking with some HA is that she met and fucked Dana White when he went out to hammer out GSP's contract. WORD!!! Kind of sucks that these bald, fat Americans took one of ours. One of the best."

Incriminating! (Though, for the record, who the hell knows.) Click here for a sort-of NSFW trailer of Edith (aka "Anabelle") from FlashyBabes.com and check out more pics of Edith after the jump.

If you were bummed that Octagon Girl Ali Sonoma was M.I.A. during UFC 78, prepare to be even more bummed — the 23-year-old model has put down her ring cards for good. According to a blog entry on her MySpace page:

“I am no longer a ring girl for UFC…I am proud to say I am moving up to bigger and better things. There is always a time when you get comfortable at a job…you seem to lose focus on what your main goal is…I guess I got a little comfortable myself, of course, I loved the fights, loved the experience, but my real dream is to actually speak on camera, to act, not just shake my booty for the crowd. (even though it was a lot of fun while it lasted and I met some amazing people)”

This is truly a somber day. Let us celebrate Ali's memory by gawking at some of her pictures, after the jump...