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Carla Esparza: The Girl Who Could Kick Your Ass

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here.In January, Carla Esparza became the first Invicta Fighting Championships Straw-weight Champion in Women's Mixed Martial Arts. The gorgeous 25-year-old, ranked No. 1 in her weigh ... More >>

6 Other Boxing One-Man Shows We'd Like to See

See also: *Mike Tyson's One-Man Show at the Pantages Theater Is Surprisingly Good Mike Tyson's much-hyped one man Broadway show (and Spike Lee joint) Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth came to L.A. for just a few performances this past weekend. In it he apparently comes clean about his past by admitting ... More >>

Hey Joel

Get Ready For Los Angeles' Biggest Rap Battle in Years

Rap battles have always been important in hip-hop. Many aspects of the genre's evolution and spirit of competition have sprung from the art form, and each generation has had its landmark battles. The 1981 Kool Moe Dee vs. Busy Bee battle at New York's Harlem World took MCing to the next level, while ... More >>

Punk Legends Pennywise Have a New Singer, But You Shouldn't Write Them Off

Perhaps Pennywise's forthcoming album, All or Nothing, due out May 1, is aptly titled: It's the South Bay punk legends' first release since 2008 and their first ever without longtime lead singer Jim Lindberg. "Working with Jim was no longer amicable," says guitarist Fletcher Dragge. "He was unhapp ... More >>

Serengeti's Chin Music

See also: *Anticon MC Serengeti: The Quirkiest, Deepest Rapper *Free Download: Serengeti's "Tracks" Serengeti is wisecracking at Rex's Batting Cages in Inglewood, while hacking at 90 mph heaters. The Chicago-raised, Mount Washington-based rapper riffing on a character in his raps, 45-year-old, Dit ... More >>

5 Koreatown Beer Joints: Hite Requirement

If you had to choose a part of the city to do a beer crawl, Koreatown would have to be a top pick: There seems to be at least one beer joint at nearly every corner of every block in the neighborhood. Inside, you'll find long lists of flavored soju, soju cocktails, beer and sometimes spirits, usuall ... More >>

Full Metal Jousting: Will Riding Horses While Stabbing People Ever be Cool?

"Why are cowboys cooler than knights?" Gary Kuchan asks himself, cradling the plastic pint of beer he's just picked up at a Honda Center concession stand. "Knights got their fair share of tail, don't get me wrong, but not like a cowboy." Over ten thousand spectators clad in Wranglers and Stetsons l ... More >>

Deputy Elbows Woman on Bus: Teflon Sheriff Lee Baca Starts Campaign Against Her (911 Audio)

When is an elbow to the face an appropriate use of force by a cop? That seems to be the big question surrounding the caught-on-tape confrontation between a "special needs" woman, 42-year-old Julie Nelson, and an L.A. County sheriff's deputy on-board a Metro bus Monday night. Embattled "Teflon Sher ... More >>

Knuckle Review

Paul Stanley Analyzes KISS's Success: "I don't want to buy a t-shirt with a guy on it who looks like my neighbor."

​By Linda Leseman Paul Stanley, rhythm guitarist of KISS, has been rocking the Starchild for nearly 40 years, over which time the group has accumulated 24 gold albums -- more than any other American band. But perhaps even more importantly, in that time he has managed to shave about an hour an ... More >>

Porn Defends the Money Shot

Critics gain ground, demanding condom use to control AIDS

Free Download: Serengeti's "Tracks"

Skateboarding From West Coast to New York For Charity: L.A. Crew Sets Off Today

Great Skate / Facebook​There's going to be a lot of kicking and pushing across America in the next month, and we're not just talking about the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A group of 7 skateboarders based in L.A. are setting off today on a ride across the nation that will benefit Friends o ... More >>

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Lance Armstrong And Tyler Hamilton Face Off (Literally) Over Doping Allegations: FBI Investigates Weekend Confrontation

UFC​After pro cyclist Tyler Hamilton sung to the world about Lance Armstrong's alleged doping-while-competing regimen the two came face to face last weekend at an Aspen restaurant. And yeah, it was on. According to the New York Times, Hamiton's attorney says Amstrong, obviously the shot-call ... More >>

The Gizmo Matrix

The Gizmo Matrix: A Barrio Banger's Journey, from Packing Plant Pentaro to Aspiring MMA Superstar

Sam SlovickGizmo​"They call me Gizmo, I'm trying to go fuck somebody up," the man says with the manufactured intensity of someone who has been locked up 10 of his 27 years. He is 5 feet 6, 170 pounds, bald, buff and gangster-tense. "The devil tickled my feet," he says, considering his journey ... More >>

TapouT Lawsuit: Ex-Model Michelle Thomas Claims SoCal Mixed Martial Arts Company Forced Workers To Watch TV

TapouT's Punkass and Skyskrape.​Grab your tissue box, folks, because this is one hell of a tear-jerker. Okay, ready? Here we go: Michelle Thomas, a 32-year-old ometime model who worked for the mixed-martial-arts clothing and lifestyle company TapouT says in a lawsuit that her bosses actually m ... More >>

Deaf Man Choked By Forever 21 Security Guard In Hollywood Threatens Suit

YouTube​Attorneys for a deaf man taken down and choked to blueness by a Forever 21 security guard at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood threatened to sue the fashion retailer if it doesn't come up with a satisfactory settlement offer, according to ABC7. The chain suspended the gua ... More >>

Security Guard Goes UFC On Deaf Guy At Hollywood & Highland Center

YouTube​The latest in what seems like a string of videos capturing security guards behaving badly hit the internet this week: This edition (after the jump) has a guard pretending to be a UFC fighter and choking out a deaf man as his also-deaf friend tries desperately to alert the meathead that ... More >>

UFC Star Tito Ortiz Arrested For Alleged Domestic Violence On Jenna Jameson

​Mixed martial arts fighter Tito Ortiz was arrested shortly before noon Monday after his live-in girlfriend, former porn star Jenna Jameson, said he assaulted her and police sent to the scene then reported seeing at least one visible injury on her, Huntington Beach police told LA Weekly. Lt. ... More >>

On Saturday L.A. Becomes Fighter Town USA

The Ultimate Fighting Championship comes to Los Angeles Saturday for UFC 104. Newly crowned star Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida will defend his light-heavyweight title against fellow Brazilian Maurico "Shogun" Rua.The bout at Staples Center will showcase the 31-year-old, undefeated champ, who's father i ... More >>

Eligibility Test

Frontiers at Eleven

(Photos by Patrick Range McDonald. Above: Aaron Savvy) On a chilly Wednesday night, the swanky West Hollywood nightclub Eleven hosted a promotion party for Frontiers magazine to celebrate the gay bi-weekly’s newest issue: “L.A.’s most eligible” singles. It was a theme that instantly alarm ... More >>

The women of Army Wives and Fight Girls

The strong, not-so-silent types