By Ariel Helwani - Video Reporter and Writer
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Feb 25, 2012 - SAITAMA, JAPAN -- Watch below as Miss Japan finalist Azusa Nishigaki talks about her UFC Octagon debut at UFC 144, how she got the gig, and more. Plus, veteran UFC Octagon Girl Arianny Celeste also stops by to show her a few pointers before tomorrow night's event.
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Don't really need to watch with the sound on...
…Just sayin’.
by ashylarry5500 on Feb 25, 2012 1:08 AM EST reply actions
Gross
Arianny with sound on = brainless, trashy, no personality, not even nice, total turn off
by matt_bamo on Feb 25, 2012 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
my friend’s step-aunt makes $87/hour on the internet. She has been unemployed for 7 months but last month her income was $15406 just working on the internet for a few hours. Read more on this web site: www.goo.gl/Qc1Ez
by Grifin63 on Feb 25, 2012 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
Idea...
Since Chandella got the axe. UFC obviously needs a new octagon girl. How bout a TV show like TUF… 16 girls, 1 house. Kinda like Bad Girls Club (that’s a show on Oxygen… I know I know, but its the craziest show on TV, watch it, at least once.)
by fritzo on Feb 25, 2012 1:15 AM EST reply actions
Chandella was never fired.
by PoOtiUs on Feb 25, 2012 1:32 AM EST up reply actions
CHANDELLA getting the axe
I knew that happened, but how come MMAfighting.com never reported it (at least i think)
They report about the other girls?
by RyanG- on Feb 25, 2012 1:33 AM EST reply actions
She was never fired
by Bigs- on Feb 25, 2012 2:09 AM EST up reply actions
She didn't get fired.
They’re keeping her.
"..That man has to be eliminated." - Fedor Emelianenko
by tkotom on Feb 25, 2012 2:17 AM EST up reply actions
really?
No shit…. link?
by fritzo on Feb 25, 2012 2:18 AM EST up reply actions
http://www.mmamania.com/2012/2/18/2808212/chandella-powell-porn-apologizes-not-fired-ufc-news
"..That man has to be eliminated." - Fedor Emelianenko
by tkotom on Feb 25, 2012 2:20 AM EST up reply actions
thanx
….so why isn’t she in Japan. I mean, it doesn’t even seem like a big deal anymore. I’m over it actually. Now she can turn her new fame into a playboy deal.
by fritzo on Feb 25, 2012 2:45 AM EST up reply actions
Is Britany there ?
not sure why she isn’t to be honest.
"..That man has to be eliminated." - Fedor Emelianenko
by tkotom on Feb 25, 2012 2:53 AM EST up reply actions
This girl is super beautiful. Absolutely stunning.
Any chance she can be made a permanent Octagon girl rather than just a guest octagon girl.
ONE FC NEVER DIE
by Robust23 on Feb 25, 2012 1:46 AM EST reply actions
She's really pretty. They should keep her around
by Bigs- on Feb 25, 2012 2:10 AM EST reply actions
She's hotter than all of them.
"..That man has to be eliminated." - Fedor Emelianenko
by tkotom on Feb 25, 2012 2:17 AM EST reply actions
Ariel likey the Azusa.
"..That man has to be eliminated." - Fedor Emelianenko
by tkotom on Feb 25, 2012 2:22 AM EST reply actions
Dana, hire this girl!
Makes Ariany look like yesterday’s papers.
超かわいい!!!
by youngsteve on Feb 25, 2012 2:29 AM EST reply actions
I have old shoes with more personality than Arianny.
by tbeast on Feb 25, 2012 2:37 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Don't know...
If the new girl is ditzy, still learning English or a combination of both.
Thats me and Marco Antonio Barrera in the profile picture.
by Guillermo Ponce on Feb 25, 2012 2:42 AM EST reply actions
She's not ditsy.
English just isn’t her native tongue.
If you were in Japan on their TV shows trying to speak Japanese, you’d look ditsy too.
"..That man has to be eliminated." - Fedor Emelianenko
by tkotom on Feb 25, 2012 2:54 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
GOT DAMN
I said GOT DAMN this fcks up my perception of asian girls. The ones i had at a 10 just became a 7.
by shonuffla on Feb 25, 2012 3:31 AM EST reply actions
Pretty girl
Japanese girls sure have some nice and natural chesticles. Arianny is so awkward.
by lwood24 on Feb 25, 2012 4:23 AM EST reply actions
She is soooooo smart
;o
by PickoDetrebaa on Feb 25, 2012 4:33 AM EST reply actions
She obviously only knows a handful of english words,
so what scientific method did you use to ascertain her inteligence?
I know an 86 year old man that thinks people who don’t speak english are dunb too.
Blessed is he who is righteous for the sake of righteousness. (Zoroastrian prayer)
by AriesKJJ on Feb 25, 2012 7:57 AM EST up reply actions
that 86 year old man knows what he is talking about...
I guess breast implants came first, learning English second on her priority list.
by PickoDetrebaa on Feb 25, 2012 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
But she lives in Japan where people speak Japanese...
I realize that on star trek and star wars english is the unversal language but in the real universe there are many dialects!
Speaking english is not a good way to measure intellegence if one has never learned to speak it: but not knowing that litlle fact is!
Blessed is he who is righteous for the sake of righteousness. (Zoroastrian prayer)
by AriesKJJ on Feb 25, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You forget that Americans who are afraid of traveling believe that the world should revolve around them
It’s only logical that everyone speak english and enjoy watching Nascar. X-D
"Alistair Overeem is a Dutch kickboxer who looks like someone at Marvel comics drew a man genetically engineered to fuck your girlfriend."
Hendo/Bisping:
"He hit him so hard that even gravity got scared. Bisping hung in mid-air for a moment while gravity screamed at inertia, "Did you see that shit!?" Then, after a high five, the two universal forces quit screwing around and yanked Bisping's limp body onto the floor." - quotes by Seanbaby
by superfknmario__ on Feb 25, 2012 7:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
for truth!
"They made a Tito bobblehead but that shit wouldn’t bobble, it would just fall down to one side and stay there."
-Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
by BlueJay_ on Feb 25, 2012 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
*should speak English*
"Alistair Overeem is a Dutch kickboxer who looks like someone at Marvel comics drew a man genetically engineered to fuck your girlfriend."
Hendo/Bisping:
"He hit him so hard that even gravity got scared. Bisping hung in mid-air for a moment while gravity screamed at inertia, "Did you see that shit!?" Then, after a high five, the two universal forces quit screwing around and yanked Bisping's limp body onto the floor." - quotes by Seanbaby
by superfknmario__ on Feb 25, 2012 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
IDIOTIC comment
Not everything or everyone has to revolve around America and/or English PickoDetrebaa. You’re like those Americans here in Texas who goes south of the border and expects every Mexican to know English. Derp
by badbettor on Feb 25, 2012 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
Hotter then Arianny by far...and wrong kind of octagon strategy?
This girl is hotter the Arianny by far… though it is kind of sad that she gets to ’’train’’ her with her awkwardness and ditsyness instead of Britney (who is way more leveled and cooler the Arianny).
As for why Britney is not there,i think it might have something to do with her art school (but wtf do i know i can be wrong) but from a PR/marketing perspective it is the wrong move on part of the UFC. Japense fans are not looking for asian ring girls other then Japanese girls (sorry to say but i actually they kind of look down on other asian people in general). Britney Palmer would be something wholly different and exotic though (with her blond hair). Japense people go crazy for that ’’exoticness’’ (why do you think guys like Akiyama bleach there hair the way they do). So either Britney or that pornchick that got a time out (sorry Chandella) would have both been a better choice then Arianny….unfortunately it seems that presenting the ufc as authentic product includes her (one comparison between the playboyshoots of the ufc girls and you know they made the wrong choice)
by Uberredeem on Feb 25, 2012 7:49 AM EST reply actions
Me rikey!
.
Blessed is he who is righteous for the sake of righteousness. (Zoroastrian prayer)
by AriesKJJ on Feb 25, 2012 7:57 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Really?
by Ikuhisa Quinoa on Feb 25, 2012 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
ehh
Usually at least one idiot has to make that racist comment.
by badbettor on Feb 25, 2012 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
That wasn't racist
Racism: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.
He was imitating a Japanese accent, not being racist. Learn what the words ‘racist’ and ‘racism’ actually mean before throwing them around casually.
Jeez don’t you PC ‘liberals’ have any sense of humor these days?
"They made a Tito bobblehead but that shit wouldn’t bobble, it would just fall down to one side and stay there."
-Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
by BlueJay_ on Feb 25, 2012 5:56 PM EST up reply actions
Hey
While we’re at it. Let’s make fun of Africans and how they talk and how Latinos live their lives. Cause it sure is funny to imitate people in that way. I’ll admit that “racist” wasn’t the right term but you, BlueJay_, trying to justify it by saying “have any sense of humor these days?” Stupid as well.
by badbettor on Feb 25, 2012 6:02 PM EST up reply actions
I'm stupid?
No you’re stupid. Since when did it become offensive to imitate an accent?
Would it have been offensive if an Asian tired to talk in an american accent? Grow some balls and get a sense of humor or you’re gonna need a lot of ointment for that hurt butt of yours.
"They made a Tito bobblehead but that shit wouldn’t bobble, it would just fall down to one side and stay there."
-Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
by BlueJay_ on Feb 25, 2012 6:10 PM EST up reply actions
yeah
“Would it have been offensive if an Asian tired to talk in an american accent?” yeah it would have.
“Since when did it become offensive to imitate an accent?” For a long time now. I guess it’s okay for people to keep on saying those “ching chong” imitations to Asians. Cause you know, it seems to be okay. While you’re at it. Go up a Hispanic and start adding “O’s” after every word and see how funny it is to them. Humor my a$$.
by badbettor on Feb 25, 2012 6:59 PM EST up reply actions
boo hoo lifes just not fair!
"We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness." Thich Nhat Hanh
by AriesKJJ on Feb 25, 2012 7:03 PM EST up reply actions
Liberalism is a mental illness
I submit my evidence.
"They made a Tito bobblehead but that shit wouldn’t bobble, it would just fall down to one side and stay there."
-Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
by BlueJay_ on Feb 25, 2012 8:25 PM EST up reply actions
One thing that is almost as bad as being a rascist is accusing someone of being a racist who is not!
If you are that sensitive about racism that a wee little comment like that hurt your feelings then you may be looking for things to be offended about and you’re in for a long painful life.
"We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness." Thich Nhat Hanh
by AriesKJJ on Feb 25, 2012 6:44 PM EST up reply actions
So
“One thing that is almost as bad as being a rascist is accusing someone of being a racist who is not!” No, that is one of the dumbest thing I ever heard right next to it’s okay, it’s just a joke.
by badbettor on Feb 25, 2012 7:09 PM EST up reply actions
Don't whine if you want to talk about it I'll be the grand marshal in the " We love asian chicks parade"
Don’t get to close thats not a baton!
"We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness." Thich Nhat Hanh
by AriesKJJ on Feb 25, 2012 7:21 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously, stop being such a sissy
If it were up to you, shows like Family Guy wouldn’t be allowed on the air. Stop trying to censor everything and grow a sense of humor.

BTW, I’m a beaner and damn proud of it.
"Alistair Overeem is a Dutch kickboxer who looks like someone at Marvel comics drew a man genetically engineered to fuck your girlfriend."
Hendo/Bisping:
"He hit him so hard that even gravity got scared. Bisping hung in mid-air for a moment while gravity screamed at inertia, "Did you see that shit!?" Then, after a high five, the two universal forces quit screwing around and yanked Bisping's limp body onto the floor." - quotes by Seanbaby
by superfknmario__ on Feb 25, 2012 7:34 PM EST up reply actions
badbettor
Just quit while you’re ahead, you sound like a complete ass.
"They made a Tito bobblehead but that shit wouldn’t bobble, it would just fall down to one side and stay there."
-Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
by BlueJay_ on Feb 25, 2012 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
me rikey
a) is hilarious and the only post here that matters b) seriously? c) get over your pretentious self with your little issues, always trying to teach people things d) fuck off e) grow some balls f) political correctness is a lie – it is the gateway to fascism!
by matt_bamo on Feb 26, 2012 2:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
matt_bamo
Rec’d for awesomeness!
"They made a Tito bobblehead but that shit wouldn’t bobble, it would just fall down to one side and stay there."
-Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
by BlueJay_ on Feb 27, 2012 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
“sense of humor”? Seriously? Is that clever or funny in any way? Did he come up with that all on his own?
Can you explain to me how that’s imitating a Japanese accent? Because I’ve never seen or heard a Japanese person say that. If anything, AriesKJJ, the genius comedian that he is, is repeating what he saw some 12 year-old white kids write on 4chan boards or forums when someone posts a photo of an Asian girl.
If you’re trying to use “sense of humor” as an argument, try using material a little more contemporary than a 25 year-old scene from Full Metal Jacket.
by Ikuhisa Quinoa on Feb 27, 2012 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
Blah, blah
better go apply that ointment now.
"They made a Tito bobblehead but that shit wouldn’t bobble, it would just fall down to one side and stay there."
-Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
by BlueJay_ on Feb 27, 2012 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
sensitive panzies
don’t get your panties all in a bunch
by matt_bamo on Feb 25, 2012 6:50 PM EST up reply actions
that's more of a stereotype than a racist statement.
stop being so PC
"Alistair Overeem is a Dutch kickboxer who looks like someone at Marvel comics drew a man genetically engineered to fuck your girlfriend."
Hendo/Bisping:
"He hit him so hard that even gravity got scared. Bisping hung in mid-air for a moment while gravity screamed at inertia, "Did you see that shit!?" Then, after a high five, the two universal forces quit screwing around and yanked Bisping's limp body onto the floor." - quotes by Seanbaby
by superfknmario__ on Feb 25, 2012 7:12 PM EST up reply actions
hilarious!
by matt_bamo on Feb 25, 2012 6:50 PM EST up reply actions
1. This girl is absolutely stunning.
2. Why do so many journalists have a tough time understanding that they need to adapt their language and their questions when they speak to people who have a very limited english vocabulary?
by Jonas Svalin on Feb 25, 2012 8:28 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
she's a better version of arianny, arianny ur out! XD
by Rampage01 on Feb 25, 2012 9:07 AM EST reply actions
I'll take 2 they're small!
"We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness." Thich Nhat Hanh
by AriesKJJ on Feb 25, 2012 10:29 AM EST reply actions
Like usual
Arianny gives the impression she a total bitch. She way to full of herself, like most girls that think the hottest thing on the planet or have nay fame…. 2 bad she don’t know Palmer > Ariany all day, and can we replace Chandella already… she ain’t hot at all.
What you going to do when you know who? How you going to deal with the man of steel? And how will you react to Sonnen's attack?
by Alfxtream on Feb 25, 2012 11:06 AM EST reply actions
well, she did date Tiki Ghosn for awhile
maybe some of that rubbed off on her
I am willing to test myself against the toughest fighters in the world, in front of hundreds of thousands or even millions of fans, over and over again. Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose, but I always come to fight. I've been doing this for the past fourteen years, and I have at least a few more strong years left in me. What have you done in the past fourteen years other than act like a moron on this forum and hang on Anderson's nuts? - Dan Henderson.
by elmojo on Feb 25, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
couldn't agree more
What an absolute turn off. I would’nt give this bitch the time of day. Zeeeero personality. When she uses the word “awkward” all I can think is brainless trash – what a total loser. Sorry i had to say that. I’m disappointed.
by matt_bamo on Feb 25, 2012 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
@Alfxtreme
I disagree, I think Chandella is beautiful. But I gotta agree with you about Arianny, add her on Facebook and you’ll see exactly what I’m talking about. She comes across like an attention whore and a bitch, always whining about how many haters she has. Imo, from the waist up (face included), Arianny Celeste has nothing on this Japanese ring girl.
She seems to have that traditional Asian feminine personality along with a dose of humility to go along with it. I used to like Arianny, but there’s confidence and then there’s arrogance, her personality is extremely annoying and childish and I find that a huge turn-off.
"They made a Tito bobblehead but that shit wouldn’t bobble, it would just fall down to one side and stay there."
-Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
by BlueJay_ on Feb 25, 2012 5:48 PM EST up reply actions
Ditto
any one who says chandella isn’t hot must be gay – and she probably has loads more personality, but then so does a rock
by matt_bamo on Feb 25, 2012 6:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Gay? Isn't that a little too black and white?(no pun intended)
THIS is what a fine as black woman looks like:

Chandella is a 5/10 IMHO. Doesn’t mean I wouldn’t hit it, but I’m not impressed.
"Alistair Overeem is a Dutch kickboxer who looks like someone at Marvel comics drew a man genetically engineered to fuck your girlfriend."
Hendo/Bisping:
"He hit him so hard that even gravity got scared. Bisping hung in mid-air for a moment while gravity screamed at inertia, "Did you see that shit!?" Then, after a high five, the two universal forces quit screwing around and yanked Bisping's limp body onto the floor." - quotes by Seanbaby
by superfknmario__ on Feb 25, 2012 7:06 PM EST up reply actions
ok you're right
my point really was that chandella is not “ugly”
by matt_bamo on Feb 26, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
creepy interview haha
by Canis.Majoris on Feb 25, 2012 11:38 AM EST reply actions
I would still take arriany close call though.
by BaddyMaddington on Feb 25, 2012 11:44 AM EST reply actions
This is where Ariel has no doubt he made the right career choice….
by thatC4guy on Feb 25, 2012 12:55 PM EST reply actions
yep yep
i concur
by badbettor on Feb 25, 2012 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
She is 100000X hotter than Chandella Powell or whatever her name is (goddamn she is ugly)
by OXYGENgone on Feb 25, 2012 3:44 PM EST reply actions
I have to agree with this. I love me some brown sugar..
but I’m just not into her.
"Alistair Overeem is a Dutch kickboxer who looks like someone at Marvel comics drew a man genetically engineered to fuck your girlfriend."
Hendo/Bisping:
"He hit him so hard that even gravity got scared. Bisping hung in mid-air for a moment while gravity screamed at inertia, "Did you see that shit!?" Then, after a high five, the two universal forces quit screwing around and yanked Bisping's limp body onto the floor." - quotes by Seanbaby
by superfknmario__ on Feb 25, 2012 7:03 PM EST up reply actions
too bad
Arriany zero charm
by matt_bamo on Feb 25, 2012 5:23 PM EST reply actions
Arianny is a snob... The asian chick looks innocent and hot.
by OXYGENgone on Feb 25, 2012 5:44 PM EST reply actions
I say replace that siliconed filled airhead with this beauty.
Granted, I’m sure she’s at least filled with some saline, but I’m tired of that no-butt having girl holding up her IQ scores at every event!
and yes, I stole that from Chael.. as much as it shames me to admit it..
"Alistair Overeem is a Dutch kickboxer who looks like someone at Marvel comics drew a man genetically engineered to fuck your girlfriend."
Hendo/Bisping:
"He hit him so hard that even gravity got scared. Bisping hung in mid-air for a moment while gravity screamed at inertia, "Did you see that shit!?" Then, after a high five, the two universal forces quit screwing around and yanked Bisping's limp body onto the floor." - quotes by Seanbaby
by superfknmario__ on Feb 25, 2012 7:01 PM EST reply actions
Epic Awkwardness
Wow that was awesome. Haven’t laughed that hard in a while. But this japanese chick blows the regular card girls out of the water! Here’s to hoping they do this in Brazil, now those are some seriously sexy chicks!
by KneesTotheHead on Feb 25, 2012 7:24 PM EST reply actions
You know that Viagra warning about the 4 hr boner?
They have the same warning posted at the beaches in Brazil
"Alistair Overeem is a Dutch kickboxer who looks like someone at Marvel comics drew a man genetically engineered to fuck your girlfriend."
Hendo/Bisping:
"He hit him so hard that even gravity got scared. Bisping hung in mid-air for a moment while gravity screamed at inertia, "Did you see that shit!?" Then, after a high five, the two universal forces quit screwing around and yanked Bisping's limp body onto the floor." - quotes by Seanbaby
by superfknmario__ on Feb 25, 2012 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
my friend’s step-aunt makes $87/hour on the internet. She has been unemployed for 7 months but last month her income was $15406 just working on the internet for a few hours. Read more on this web site: www.goo.gl/Qc1Ez
by Grifin63 on Feb 25, 2012 9:12 PM EST reply actions
The Best
Nobody interviews better than Ariel…
by Truth4Life on Feb 25, 2012 9:48 PM EST reply actions
My classmate’s aunt makes $71 hourly on the computer. She has been out of
work for five months but last month her income was $12612 just working
on the computer for a few hours. Read more on this site: www.goo.gl/GhUYp
by Grifin63 on Feb 25, 2012 10:14 PM EST reply actions
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