Glenn Hauman

Jon Jones, MMA Champion, Passes The Test Spider-Man Failed

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March 20, 2011

We all know the story of Spider-Man’s original sin– how, at the height of fame and glory and as a matter of pique, he let a burglar go free rather than make any effort to catch him, with tragic consequences.

Now consider the story of Jon Jones, who was preparing for the MMA Light Heavyweight Championship fight in Newark, NJ, last night, when he found himself in the same situation.

Jones and his coaches were getting dropped off at a park in nearby Paterson, NJ when his co-manager Glenn Robinson warned them that the area was known for its crime. The trio shrugged it off and was no sooner out of the car when they heard screaming. Before Jones quite realized what was happening, his coaches Jackson and Winkeljohn took off after a man who had allegedly smashed a windshield and stolen a GPS unit. Jones ran after them.

“I got these gazelle legs, and I’m running, and next thing you know, I catch up to my coaches,” he said. “I said, ‘What do we do? We going to catch this guy?'”

Jones said it was then he “put the jets on” and sprinted past his coaches.

“The guy looks back, he sees me,” Jones said. “You know I’m 6-foot-4, and I said, ‘You know I’m going to catch you, right?'”

The thief tripped over his own feet and as he tried to regain his footing, Jones kicked his ankle out, figure-foured his legs and helped hold him until the police came for the easy collar.

Jones said it was then that one of the cops realized who he was.

“The policeman said, ‘What? What are you doing here? Aren’t you fighting tonight?'” Jones said.

Jones then returned back to the woman who had screamed for help, and she thanked him and told him God would be with him as he fought.

Jones went on to win UFC 128 Light Heavyweight Championship that night over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. No word if Jones has an uncle.

MMAFighting.com also has video of him recounting the story at a press conference after his victory, where he said he and his team felt like superheroes.

No, sir– you did the superheroes one better.

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First Look At Adrianne Palacki As ‘Wonder Woman’

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March 18, 2011

Entertainment Weekly* has the first photo of Adrianne Palacki as Wonder Woman in the new NBC TV series being planned for the fall, produced by David E. Kelley.

The observant will note the great similarities to the new costume designed by Jim Lee and launched by J. Michael Straczynski when he took over the series last year. As I suspected at the time, the new costume was at least partially influenced by the desire of getting an actress into something other than a one-piece bikini.

Elizabeth Hurley and Cary Elwes are also in the pilot cast. NBC’s upfront presentation is scheduled for May 16, so we’ll know by then if Wonder Woman will be picked up as a series.

No real surprise here, as EW is owned by DC’s corporate parent. I think they had the inside track on this one.

Adrianne Palicki Cast As Wonder Woman In New TV Series (theflickcast.com)
Does Adrianne Palicki have the goods to play Wonder Woman? (comicsbeat.com)
Meet Your New ‘Wonder Woman’, Adrianne Palicki (comicmix.com)

Mix March Madness Webcomics Tournament: Round 2 Play By Play!

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March 18, 2011

As you’ve seen if you’ve been following the site at all this week, we’ve taken sixty-four popular webcomics and are putting them head to head in a single-elimination tournament. As a result, it’s been a very busy week here at ComicMix, and we have less than 35 hours of voting in the first round, so we wanted to point to some of the highlights.

The contests getting the highest vote totals right now are Gronk vs. My Sister the FREAK, followed closely by PvP vs. Erfworld, which is not quite as bad a blowout as last time, but Erfworld is still looking pretty strong.

But at this point, nobody has an insurmountable lead– anybody can make a call out to their followers and retake the lead, and after two days of hand-to-hand electioneering at C2E2, the scores can really change. Every match is still too close to call.

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