Heavyweight Hero (UFC)

Did anybody hear about the three dumbasses who tried to mug 6′4″ 245 pound UFC heavyweight fighter Antoni Hardonk last week in LA?

Don’t worry; Hardonk didn’t even have to lay a beat down on these less than stellar street thugs.  He apparently just refused to hand over his wallet.

“I don’t think they expected my reaction, most people would have freaked out, but there was nothing in my mind or my body that said I was going to hand the money to those guys” Explained Hardonk through the UFC’s website.

The kicker is that when the three tools realized the wrong of their ways they went on to find another victim about a block away from the location of their first attempt.

This is the cool part of the story.  Hardonk saw what was happening just down the street, put on his gloves and cape (ok, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit), and took off after the three young perpetrators.  Hardonk only managed to push one over and break the box cutters they were using to mug their victims.  Otherwise, the three musketeers unfortunately managed to escape Hardonk but dropped the wallet of their last victim.

“I don’t like injustice and I think people should help each other.” Said Hardonk, “. . . maybe more people should do that. Of course, I have a different set of skills than most people. . .”

Not only do these three earn themselves a definite honorable mention at this year’s Darwin Awards for their victim selection, but they also managed to write themselves onto the fight card against Hardonk at UFC 101 (once again, I am just kidding).

Oh yeah, if I see one more blog about how UFC 100 is dominating too much talk in the world of MMA, I’m going to have a meltdown.  The reason UFC 100 is dominating all other news is because it is probably one of the best fight cards in the short history of Mixed Martial Arts.

Thiago Alves vs. George St. Pierre, Dan Henderson vs. Mike Bisping, Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir, there’s also the Akiyama debut fight against Alan Belcher.  The list reads like a who’s who fantasy poll of MMA fighters.

The only thing that could possibly improve the card would be a heavyweight title bout featuring a Russian fighter whose name I won’t mention (but it rhymes with Shemilianenko)

But, something tells me that an appearance of this unmentioned fighter is about as likely as Antoni Hardonk handing over his wallet to me.

–Ryan Matwiy, Red Editorial Staff