The first round of Summer X Games invites have been announced and here’s what events the Mulisha riders are in and will be dominating as of now. More riders will be announced as we get closer to the event…you can count on plenty more Mulisha riders getting in the mix!
MOTO X BEST WHIP
Todd Potter
Josh Grant
MOTO X FREESTYLE
Jeremy Stenberg
Robbie Maddison
MOTO X SUPER X
Josh Grant
We’ll start with last weekend first:
Dan Henderson took the spotlight at UFC 93 and earned the win over Rich Franklin! This is just the start of big things to come for the Metal Mulisha in MMA…as you will see below.
Josh Grant had another amazing start in Anaheim. Grant was in second place, right behind Kevin Windham. Their two way battle for the lead, quickly became a four man battle with Villopoto and Stewart. Grant was able to hold off a hard charging Stewart, until a mistake in a technical rhythm section allowed Stewart to make the pass. So far this season, Grant’s rookie performance has been exceptional. The only rider in the field doing better is defending champion Chad Reed. The series goes to Texas this weekend, where Grant finds himself just 3 points out of first place in the standings. Way to go Josh!
Check him out rocking the dip on the start line haha! Photo: TWMX
Metal Mulisha has teamed up with ESP Guitars and they are now selling a full-on Metal Mulisha guitar. It’s sick! We’re doing a HUGE giveaway with ESP where 1 winner will get a FREE trip to X Games, a FREE 2008 CRF250, a FREE Metal Mulisha/ESP Guitar, and a ton of other cool junk…check back soon for more details. Anyway, what I’m trying to get at is that Deegan went to the NAMM trade show (similar to Dealer Expo or ASR, but for Music) to hang out and sign autographs (alongside Tom Araya of Slayer!) to promote the contest and the guitar. Here’s a little video we got before the camera ran out of batteries:
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Derek Garland, Wes Agee, Justin Homan, Ox and Lusk were all out in Bend, Oregon riding. Haven’t heard much about how the show went, but here’s a pic of them standing around looking cool.
What has Maddo been up to since his New Year’s Eve madness? Find out from the man himself, courtesy of TWMX:
Ok, that was a lot. And now…this is what is happening this weekend:
The Metal Mulisha is coming out swinging with MMA for 2009 with three fighters marching into battle this weekend!
Thursday, January 22 – Metal Mulisha MMA newcomer Kyacey Uscola makes his Palace Fighting Championship debut in Lemoore, CA , against Xavier “Professor X” Foupa-Pokam. Kyacey has competed against and beat some of the best there is to offer in the Middleweight division, including Pride Veteran Akira Shoji, and looks to add his sixteenth professional win against “Professor X” who is no pushover himself. “Professor X” sports a record of 19-9 after fighting all over the world. Make sure you tune into Sherdog.com on Thursday at 6pm PST for the live stream of this fight, and all the other great bouts from PFC 12 “High Stakes”.
Saturday, January 24 – Renato “Babalu” Sobral will once again fight on the world stage as he takes on Rameau Thierry “The African Assassin” Sokoudjou at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, in Affliction “Day of Reckoning”. Babalu, who comes into this weekend with a record of 31 wins, and only 7 losses, is also riding a 4 fight winning streak. Winning the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight belt less than 60 days ago wasnt enough for Babalu, he wanted to take revenge on Sokoudjou in the name of Brazil. MMA fans worldwide remember when Sokoudjou shocked the world not once, but twice, when he KO’d both top 10 fighters, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona in Pride. Affliction “Day of Reckoning” is available on Pay Per View.
Sunday, January 25 – Dominick Cruz does not have to go far to do his job. Dominick will be competing in the WEC against the always-tough Ian McCall in San Diego, CA. Dominick’s one and only loss on his way to 11 wins in MMA was to the much heralded Uriah Faber, at 145 pounds. Now coming down to 135 pounds, Dominick hopes to put himself into immediate title contention with an impressive win. Make sure you tune into the Versus network at 6:30pm PST to watch the WEC.
Other than all this MMA craziness going on, the Metal Mulisha will be at the ASR trade show in San Diego this weekend, so if you’re going you better stop by our booth, check out the Summer & Fall lines and have a beer with us. Speaking of beer, I think I earned one after this damn blog post!
Check the mini photo gallery from Maddo’s Jump in Las Vegas and enjoy the video below!
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Just to give you a little perspective on how gnarly Maddo’s jump was, look at the lame jump Robbie Knievel barely pulled off the same night…lol.
I know you all just saw it LIVE on ESPN and all those Mulisha heads in the crowd! Robbie Maddison killed it! Step up to Step down! Congrats Maddo–so pumped for you! He just headed to the hospital to get the hand checked out, but don’t worry, he’ll be back and partyin’ in no time to celebrate. Here are a couple photos. Check back next year for more pics and some video!
How was your Christmas? Did you get anything good? Spend time with the fam? Go riding your dirt bike!? Shoot your eye out with a bb gun? Let everyone know how you did in the comments.
Seems like most people were in hibernation the past week, but there were a few cool Mulisha web things that came up.
etnies put up part 2 of a killer interview with the General.
EXPN stopped by Metal Mulisha HQ for a little tour.
The hype is building for Maddo’s big step up/step down…Red Bull has a bunch of videos of the training sessions you should take a look at and get scared for him.
We’ll be heading out to Vegas tomorrow to get ready for the New Years Eve stupidity that is sure to be going down. We’ll be keeping you posted with updates all the way through to 2009, so keep checking back!
Check out Deegan pulling the holeshot at the Oakley/Muscle Milk Christmas GP over the weekend!
Transworld just posted a killer little video featuring Twitch, Maddo and others out in the Temecula hills doin’ work on some wet dirt jumps. This is what freeriding is all about.
We had Rambo out there shooting video too, but he’s on vacation for the holiday, so you’ll have to wait a little bit for our footage, but you can look forward to a ton of sick new footage on metalmulisha.com in 2009!
So much Metal Mulisha web awesomeness is floating around now days it’s just about impossible to keep up with it all! That’s why these big ass posts with a little bit of everything kick ass! Now I see why Racer X has Racerhead and TWMX has Kickstart. Maybe we should make up a sweet name and pick a day for these big updates? Any ideas for a name?
Anyways, here ya go….
Last week was the annual A Day in the Dirt event. Deegan and Sani were out there burning laps and kicking ass in the Team Stunt Man Class. They got 2nd place while rocking jeans and flannels, but we heard there was some drama about the 1st place guys cheating, so with that info we declare Deegan and Sani the rightful winners!
In his never-ending quest for the “scoop,” Leyba broke new grounds on scooping and scooped us on our own Christmas card 2 weeks before Christmas! He’s getting good! So I guess we have to post it too. Merry Christmas!
Keeping to the holiday spirit, here’s Ox Clause getting jolly at Deegan’s Compound. Getting even more into the holiday, you should go into the Metal Mulisha Online Store and buy stuff for everyone you know to prove that you love them. If not you’re a horrible person, in which case, just go buy stuff for yourself and screw everyone else! Enter coupon code MMXMAS for 10% OFF your order!
TWMX made it out to the compound last week and captured the new jumps for your photo viewing enjoyment. If this doesn’t get you pumped to ride then check out this photo gallery. If that doesn’t do the trick then you’re dumb.
Oh damn, more from EXPN…Maddo is in training mode. Watch out Vegas!
Jeremy Lusk is the 2008 FMX Rider of the Year! If you check out the latest Transworld MX you’ll see Lusk on the cover, followed by a new Metal Mulisha ad (below), a New Era Mulisha ad, an Osiris ad, and 9 pages of interview!
Faisst and Fluffer headed up North to Santa Rosa for a signing at Eminent Clothing. Looks like those guys must be pretty damn cool ’cause there was a bunch of people that came of to see them! Thanks to Eminent Clothing and all the people that came and hung out!
We just added a new Metal Mulisha Maiden…her name is Monica, she’s hot, likes to party hard and has tatts! What more could you ask for?
Transworld just posted this Deegan video about 2 minutes ago.
Coming soon to metalmulisha.com:
I’m sure you’ve already seen it on every web site out there…Robbie Maddison is going for a crazy step up to step down jump on New Years Eve in Las Vegas! Last year Maddo jumped the length of a football field! This year Maddo will break more records at the “Red Bull: New Year. No Limits.” event that will be live on ESPN in front of the Paris Casino.
You can bet your ass that all the Mulisha will be out there cheering on Maddo and partyin’ hard!
If you are trying to figure out what Maddo is actually going for, well, you’re not alone. It’s pretty damn crazy to visualize, so here is an artists rendering of the jump. Hope this helps!
