Dennis "Superman" Hallman's fashion choice netted an extra five figures for the man who beat him Saturday in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Brian Ebersole received a $70,000 bonus after his win against Hallman at UFC 133. Their welterweight bout was marked not only by Ebersole's come-from-behind win, but by Hallman's choice of tight, blue speedo trunks rather than the longer, looser shorts typical of mixed martial artists.
Ebersole's added money was a reward for "getting those horrifying shorts off TV as soon as possible," UFC President Dana White said. "He deserves every dime of the $70,000 he made tonight."
Attention-grabbing gimmicks tend to be the province of Ebersole. As he did for his UFC debut in February, Ebersole on Saturday sported chest hair shaved in the shape of an arrow pointing up.
The wardrobe choice of Hallman was unusual for him, Ebersole said.
"I was a bit surprised he tried to beat me at my own game: the humor and the showmanship and all that," Ebersole said. "I know he's been around a long time. I haven't seen him do anything like that."
Hallman-style speedos won't be allowed in UFC again, White said. He elaborated on the matter with a group of reporters after the post-fight press conference on Saturday:
Q: If Dennis Hallman had won, what would you have done?
White: Oh, my God.
I'm seriously (ticked) off at the guys who work for us that let him walk out with those things on. I've never been so embarrassed to be in the UFC as I was then.
Q: Do you actually have some sort of uniform code?
We do now. (reporters laugh) We do now.
You know what I thought we had? I thought we had some common sense, you know what I mean? At least a little bit of common sense.
That was a really bad moment. I was horrified by that.
Q: In the old days of UFC some guys used to wear wrestling tights. Is this really that different?
Wrestling tights and what I saw tonight are -- you know what, maybe that was a speedo. But speedos weren't meant to have a cup the size of a helmet stuffed in them. I think he was overdoing it on the cup too.
It was bad. It was as bad as bad can get.
So what prompted this other than Dana White not liking the style in UFC you ask??? Well if anyone watched the fights you wouold have noticed the screen go blank for a few seconds...yup his nuts popped out on live tv (luckily there was a 5 second delay and someone had fast hands)
Don't believe me here is the proof http://i51.tinypic.com/1051b8x.gif NSFW (for a split second)
In Dennis's defense he claims he did this because he lost a bet!!!
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