Georges St. Pierre

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As much as it seems that Joe Rogan has the world's most kickass life, there are drawbacks to the kind of fame that comes from UFC color-commentary, stand-up comedy tours, and unconventional game shows. For instance, you sometimes have to deal with your genitals being stared at by sweaty, overweight teenagers, who are so brazen about their locker-room lust that even the presence of a video-camera doesn't scare them away. Though let's be honest, if Joe wasn't a member of 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, that creepy kid would probably be staring at some other guy's dork, famous or not. But there is a ray of hope: According to a mole we have planted in the gym, Fatty Hogwatcher was recently banished from 10th Planet due to his meat-gazing and many other bizarre offenses. So rest easy, Mr. Rogan — unless this kid decides to move his stalking directly to your house, in which case you're in for a world of hurt.

After the jump: Genghis Con's look back at the rivalry between Shinya Aoki and Mizuto Hirota, which ended with Hirota suffering a broken arm and a middle finger in his face. Plus, GSP and Nate Marquardt throw down in the wrestling room at the University of Northern Colorado.

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As we learn in the above video interview from Aaron Tru, Strikeforce moneyweight contender Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal doesn't really know who or when he'll be fighting next, while Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi says he'll probably be fighting King Mo in April. As soon as the news reaches Lawal, he should be thrilled, considering he wants that belt and already has Mousasi figured out. Strikeforce's 4/17 event on CBS is also rumored to feature Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum, and Jake Shields vs. Dan Henderson.

Speaking of the Armenian Assassin, Mousasi has accepted Firas Zahabi's invitation for him to train with UFC welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre. According to a report on Sherdog, Gegard and GSP have been working out together in Miami this week, helping St. Pierre get ready for his March 27th meeting with Dan Hardy. It'll be the first time that Mousasi has been part of a training camp in the U.S.:

(Can one gym even hold that much badass?  Magic eightball says, 'Outlook not so good.')

As UFC welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre puts on more weight and continues to dominate every 170-pounder in his path, finding sparring partners who can push him is apparently becoming more of a problem.  In a talk with Heavy.com, Tristar Gym owner and longtime GSP trainer Firas Zahabi says that he can't even put him up against other fighters his own size in training anymore, adding "It's getting scary.  Georges is getting better and better, believe it or not." 

That's why he's looking to add a new face to St. Pierre's training camp: Strikeforce light heavyweight champ Gegard Mousasi.

Since he mentioned it no less than twice in the interview, we're assuming Zahabi is serious about getting "The Last Gypsy" in the gym with GSP.  If it happens, we can only hope that the cameras are there to capture it for "UFC Primetime."  Though who are we kidding, St. Pierre-Mousasi is a sparring session worthy of pay-per-view.  Maybe they should just film it and keep it in the can.  That way, if GSP runs through Dan Hardy too quickly, they can go ahead and add it to the broadcast to make the fans feel like they got their money's worth.  As an added bonus, it seems like the kind of thing that would really, really piss off M-1 Global.

('Of course I'm wearing me bandana. I'm not going to walk around during flu season without taking the necessary precautions, now am I?')

Ever since the first installment of "UFC Primetime" in the run-up to last January's Georges St. Pierre-B.J. Penn fight blew our collective minds, we've been waiting for Spike TV and the UFC to get together on another collaboration of slow-mo walking and carefully crafted storylines.  Surely, we thought, they were waiting until they had an especially compelling title fight.  Or, as we learned in an email from Spike TV today, a title fight that most people expect to be a total squash match.

Beginning on Wednesday, March 10, Spike will run a three-part "Primetime" series to hype the UFC 111 main event bout between GSP and Dan Hardy.  Presumably this will be where they attempt to sell us on the idea that Hardy offers a considerable challenge to the welterweight champ, and that the oddsmakers who currently have St. Pierre pegged as a 6-1 favorite have no clue what they're talking about.

The show is bound to be visually compelling with great production values, so it will still be worth watching.  But didn't we already get all the backstory we needed on GSP last time?  And wouldn't it be more fun to see this done for a future fight that seems a little more competitive?

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If you're feeling a little down today and are considering taking a long hot bath with a clock radio to top off the evening, you aren't alone.  Today is what many have come to call "Blue Monday."  It's officially the most depressing day of the year.  In an effort to help you soldier through it, we found some fun videos that only sort of have to do with MMA. 

Those of you who read Neal Taflinger's excellent profile piece on Fedor Emelianenko in the October '09 issue of Fight Magazine may recognize this little scene on the M-1 Global tour bus.  Those of you who didn't read it will have to live with that decision for the rest of your sad lives.  Taffy is the guy with the bright orange hair in the back of the bus trying to conduct an interview via Fedor's interpreter.  Fedor is the Russian dude grinning from ear to ear after shoving some ice down the back of Gegard Mousasi's trousers.  Some things transcend all language and cultural barriers, and ice in somebody's pants is undoubtedly one of those things. 

More MMA-related pick-me-ups await you after the jump.