
Junie Brownie has been out of the UFC's hair for a while, but he's been back in the news over the last week. Apparently, it's a big deal in Thailand.
The former reality star on Season 8 of "The Ultimate Fighter" got into a big brouhaha at a bar in Phuket on Dec. 13. He fled the hospital where he was being treated for injuries, been missing ever since and the Thai papers are all over the story.
Police have mounted a Phuket-wide hunt for an American man who started one brawl in a Phuket bar then continued it in the emergency treatment ward at Patong Hospital. Police have named the suspect they wish to interview as Allen Browning, 26, a Thai boxer who fled into the night on Sunday in Patong and has not been seen since.
Earlier in the night, Mr Browning allegedly was seen beating up on an expat woman in a bar in Patak Road, Karon. He also lashed out at Thai female bar staff when they tried to intervene, police said.
Four other tourists from Australia and the US also attempted to intervene but Mr Browning lashed out at them, too, police said.
UPDATE: Browning finally showed up at the police station and turned himself in according to Phuketwan.com.
One of those tourist was Simon Menzies. Browning claims it was Menzies, who was the real troublemaker. Fightlinker discovered that Menzies was also in trouble with the law earlier this year during a flight from Sydney to Darwin.
Sydney man Simon Wilson Menzies, 31, was drunk and angry when he told the female cabin crew manager on a flight this week that he could "bring the plane down if he wanted."
Menzies said: "I'm half muslim, half Aboriginal and everyone else is a white [expletive]. I could [expletive] blow up the plane."
[...] The court heard Menzies was on Jetstar flight JQ81 from Brisbane to Darwin on Tuesday com when he became abusive after being refused a fourth beer.
The court heard he was refused service because he continued to be rowdy despite repeated warnings.
After he was refused service Menzies, who is 190cm and solidly built, stood over the cabin crew manager and told her to get the captain.
"Send the captain I will [expletive] smash him I'm the biggest guy on the plane," he said.
None of this comes as much of a shock with Browning. He was nearly kicked off TUF 8 several times for violent outbursts. He survived and was even given two more fights with the promotion.
In 2009, Browning was taken to a Las Vegas area hospital after what was reported to be a failed suicide attempt. He compounded his issue by allegedly attacking a female nurse at the hospital. The UFC immediately released him from his contract. He's gone 1-4 since his stint with the promotion and last fought in August. Frankly, right now fighting is the least of his problems.
Arrest tip via MMAWeekly
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Betting on mixed martial arts is getting more sophisticated with each card. Gone are the days where sports books could fall victim to savvy bettors who had better knowledge of the undercards than the supposed experts did. The bookmakers have gotten wiser, but they're also battling the best minds from all over the sports betting world.
The players who traditionally pounded the major sports like NFL, college football and NBA, are taking their time to find middles, value scenarios and less than sturdy numbers in the world of MMA betting.
A closer look at the line movements for UFC 141 reveals some interesting cases for this Friday's fight card (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. ET).
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The important number to look at is the percentage of bets taken and where the original odds have moved. The numbers listed are the opener, current and then percentage of bets place on each side with Bovada (former Bodogsports):
UFC 141 betting odds:
Diego Nunes (-325 to -380) 43.44%
Manny Gamburyan (+250 to +290) 56.56%
Jacob Volkmann (-265 to -200) 87.45%
Efrain Escudero (+205 to +160) 12.55%
Danny Castillo (-200 to -200) 48.18%
Anthony Njokuani (+160 to +160) 51.82%
Ross Pearson (-260 to -225) 93.64%
Junior Assuncao (+200 to +175) 6.36%
Nam Phan (-230 to -225) 82.84%
Jim Hettes (+180 to +175) 17.16%
Jon Fitch (-230 to -200) 94.42%
Johny Hendricks (+180 to +160) 5.58%
Donald Cerrone (-280 to -325) 59.31%
Nate Diaz (+220 to +250) 40.69%
Alistair Overeem (-145 to -115) 65.24%
Brock Lesnar (+115 to -115) 34.76
The translation here is that anytime the higher percentage of bets are placed on one side, the line should be moving in that direction, but that's not the case in several fights.
In the Fitch-Hendricks fight, the majority of the bets (94%) are on the favorite yet the number has dropped. That suggests that the bigger money amount is on the side of Hendricks. It's your classic public versus the big bettor scenario. The same goes for Overeem vs. Lesnar, Phan vs. Hettes, Pearson vs. Assuncao and Volkmann vs. Escudero.
Maybe the "sharps" know something in these fights. Maybe not. Either way, it's interesting to see where the big money is going.
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Alistair Overeem Post fight vs Werdum Apologizes for Boring Fight Video by Alistair Overeem

The last thing Alistair Overeem needed was any sort of performance enhancing drug testing snafu heading into the biggest fight of his career in the U.S. But that's exactly what happened to the behemoth from Holland.
Overeem, his camp and the Nevada State Athletic Commission had some communications issues. When the NSAC asked for a random drug test sample in mid-November, there was a five-day lapse, the incorrect sample was sent in and it was done by Overeem's personal physician administered the original test. It's all been worked out, Overeem satisfied the state's requirement and his fight against Brock Lesnar at UFC 141 is on, but it just adds another odd chapter for folks who are suspicious over the fighter's enormous growth since 2007.
"You can't get bothered too much by all the stuff that's written," Overeem told the Boston Herald. "To be honest, I don't really have time to read it all because training takes a lot of energy. All the activities that come with being a fighter and fighting at this level take a lot of my energy, so I don't have enough time to read it all."
At 6-foot-5, Overeem always had the frame to add more weight, but his gain from a 205-pounder to around 256 has been amazing in just four years.
"Some of it's not nice and people accuse you of stuff and hate a little bit. But if you're going to be in this position, there will always be people who love you and there will always be people who hate you," Overeem said.
"The Reem" is 10-1 since his move to heavyweight. There's a case to be made that he's become a better fighter now that he's not stripping himself down to make 205. In any case, the extra weight allows him to square off against those perceived by casual fans as the biggest and baddest in the sport.
"I think the fight between Brock and me is a dream fight," Overeem said. "I never thought about the possibility of me fighting him in the UFC. I was fighting outside of the UFC and I didn't see the fight coming, maybe ever. The way things went, I'm very happy I got the opportunity."
Of course, the argument could also be made that a 225-pound Overeem might stand a better shot against the gargantuan Lesnar. Speed, movement and technique, not pure power has been the path to beating the former WWE star during his short MMA career.
Jimy Hettes is enjoying his new found fame. That includes reading nice and nasty comments on the Internet about his game.
Following Hettes' whitewash of Nam Phan at UFC 141, the 24-year-old said he spent the days leading up to the fight reading negative messages from goofs online.
"I like looking at the Internet and seeing everyone count me out. And really say how I'm going to get my butt kicked and stuff like that," Hettes said (4:00 mark). "In my hotel room, me and my buddy Kris [McCray] were looking at the comment laughing. 'This kid's not gonna win because he doesn't have any muscles.' So it really fuels me."
Hettes is also driven by the talent he works with in New Jersey. That group is headed by UFC lightweight champ Frank Edgar along with McCray. Hettes said working with the bigger fighters makes facing the featherweights seem almost unfair.
He's just 2-0 in the UFC, but Hettes (10-0, nine submission wins) appears destined for some big things.
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LAS VEGAS -- If Alistair Overeem ever feared Brock Lesnar -- or even respected his skills -- he never let it show. From the moment he walked out into the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Friday night, the former K-1 and Strikeforce heavyweight champion looked supremely confident. Moments after the main event bout at UFC 141 began, it became clear that he had good reason to be. The Dutch kickboxer stalked Lesnar across the cage, shrugging off takedown attempts and digging away at the former UFC heavyweight champ's body with short knee strikes that quickly took their toll. At around the two-minute mark of the first round Overeem slammed a swift left kick into Lesnar's gut, prompting a delayed collapse to the mat from the ex-WWE wrestler. From that moment on, the end couldn't come soon enough for Lesnar. He sat down on the mat with his back to the fence, covering up and offering no response as Overeem peppered him with right hooks from a standing position. When referee Mario Yamasaki finally called a halt to the bout at 2:26 of round one, it seemed almost like an overdue act of mercy.