Dakota Cochrane's shocking past resurfaced as he's preparing to join the upcoming cast of TUF, but he's standing strong.
Feb 28, 2012 - To the people that know him best, Dakota Cochrane's secret wasn't a secret at all. It's not something he kept from prospective business relationships, either. As his mixed martial arts career took off, his friend Kirk Schuster, who was looking after his career, would often receive phone calls from other management companies about representing Cochrane. They would try to woo Schuster with promises of a UFC contract for Cochrane.
Do me one favor, Schuster would tell them, Google his name and call me back if you're still interested. A return call never came. Not once.
Everyone has a past. But in the testosterone-filled sports world, Cochrane's past proved impossible to outrun. What he describes as a temporary lapse in judgment from his college days continues to revisit him. It did again this week, shortly after FX announced that he had been chosen as one of the 32 finalists that will compete for a chance to be on that network's first season of The Ultimate Fighter. Within 24 hours, the news was all over the MMA blogosphere: while in college, he had participated in gay pornography.
"It's definitely a decision I regret," he told MMA Fighting. "If I would have known what would happen I definitely wouldn't have done it. But I had money issues and I needed help. I went there to do pictures, and they started throwing pretty high numbers in front of me. I didn't really think. It was a big mistake."
But no matter the size of the mistake, it was one he made no effort to escape on the eve of his biggest opportunity. On his audition tape for TUF, he included an introduction that mentioned all about his past. Everything.
"I think it's a little bit courageous for both of us," he said of the UFC's decision to include him on the show. "I could just hide in a hole and no one would know except for the people close to me. And to them, I was up front. I let them know right away so it wasn’t anything that could come back and bite them in the butt. I think maybe they respected that a little bit. I think some people judge against it, some people will be OK with it. Some people will want me to get my butt kicked, and hopefully others will respect what I'm trying to do."
The 25-year-old Cochrane, who is not gay, says he earned around $80,000 overall from taping the videos, which he made while a college student at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, where he was an all-league track athlete as a pole vaulter and 4x100 meter relay runner.
"Every time I was down there, I hated it," he said.
Finally, when he admitted to his girlfriend Lacey Sechtem what he was doing, she asked him to stop, and the short-lived career was over. At the time, Cochrane had no idea he would one day become a professional athlete and that the decision would follow him and possibly cause some detours to his path.
Schuster, who is now his manager, told MMA Fighting that Cochrane has had several opponents back out of fights after learning of his history, as well as promoters withdraw offers to him. None of it, however, served to dissuade Cochrane from chasing his goal of fighting in the UFC.
"This kid honestly is a role model," said Schuster, who housed Cochrane for a year earlier in his career. "The reason I say that is because he made a mistake, he recognized his mistake. He paid at the time and he continues to pay for it every day, but he remains mentally strong. I think it fuels him and drives him to prove to people that he can overcome this. He's always told me, 'We'll keep fighting in shows until they either have no choice but to want me, or I can't fight anymore.'"
Cochrane actually missed his first shot at the UFC. Schuster said that the promotion's matchmaker Joe Silva had once called about the possibility of signing Cochrane for a short-notice fight as a replacement, but by the time he returned the call, the spot had already been filled.
But even then, Cochrane and Schuster had been candid about his background, embracing honesty as the best course of action.
Aside from the obvious back story, Cochrane's rise is interesting due to his history as a track star, a fairly novel background in MMA. He first tried the sport during some time off when he was bored. He trained for six months, scored a knockout in his first amateur fight and was quickly hooked.
"Beating someone up, it's pretty exciting," he said with a laugh.
But making a career out of it wasn't an early thought. At first it was a fun side interest, but as he improved and his competitive instinct kicked in, the sport's pull intensified.
He won his first four pro fights. By the time he defeated former WEC champion Jamie Varner last September to improve to 11-1, it was obvious that he was nearing the big leagues. But by then, he'd already had the experience of his past resurfacing, albeit on much smaller scales.
Even when he was back in college running track, the news popped up. Then, when he moved to Omaha and started training MMA there, it popped up again. But this time is a little different, his past being exposed on a national scope.
"I'm looking forward to getting it done and over with," he said. "People can be shocked, and people can say whatever they need to say, and then we can move on."
"They're saying the same things they've been saying for seven years," Schuster added. "They're not coming up with anything new."
Cochrane says he's a far different person than he was then. He's now a father of two, and Lacey, his girlfriend at the time he was making the videos, stuck by him and is soon to become his wife. The decision he made years ago was a selfish one, made for money, but this opportunity to be on TUF isn't just about him; it's a chance to enrich his family.
On Thursday, he'll get on an airplane and fly to Las Vegas while attempting to put aside the distractions of this week and focus, because alongside will be 31 other fighters filled with the same dream. They'll all have pasts, too, just not ones that everyone else knows about. That's OK with Cochrane. It's his mistake, and he's owning it.
"All I can ask," he said, "is that people respect that I've overcome something like that and tried to make a negative into a positive."
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Fantastic piece, Mike.
Good luck to Cochrane. Hopefully the ugly side of the MMA community doesn’t emerge to greet him.
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by Shaun Al-Shatti on Feb 28, 2012 7:07 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Completely Agree
His talent will speak for itself on the show. I have a lot more respect for him as a fighter after I saw his fight with Varner, and this article makes me respect him a lot more as a person. Hope he does well on the show and gets to prove himself in the UFC
by Rob2507 on Feb 28, 2012 7:12 PM EST up reply actions
Agree
Unfortunately for him- MMA is a very warrior culture driven sport, and well getting boned by another man, is not going to be seen as warrior-like; if a lot of the guys in the sport find out. It could hurt his career, as there may be a lot of guys who will not want to fight with him, or even train with him unfortunately.This just goes to show you, that you MUST be very careful and really think about what you do- especially in this day and age, and especially depending on what you wish to do in life.
by nomnom81 on Feb 29, 2012 11:23 PM EST up reply actions
To be completely honest
I wouldn’t want to grapple with him either. It’s not that I’m too manly or whatever, it’s just weird. I know I can’t keep my mind off of sex when I’m within 10 feet of a good looking, so I assume that it’s the same for a homosexual male. I’m not interested in testing that theory.
"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 Mar 1, 2012 6:53 AM EST up reply actions
LMAO
stupid backspace button, I accidently deleted the word “woman”.
"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 Mar 1, 2012 6:55 AM EST up reply actions
I bet you did...
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by RolloTomasi on Mar 1, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
Hmm
Ah like I mentioned, its that warrior culture mentality guys in the sport have; gotta have it- or you don’t make it. The mentality does not equate to being a rude low class hateful wanker- and guys who display such behaviors aren’t liked much- and if they take it too far, will be booted out of an organization.
Though as I said, I wouldn’t be surprised if his MMA career doesn’t take off really. I mean War Machine got into straight porn- among other things, and his MMA career went downhill- but I know that there will be guys who won’t consider him a warrior, or may not even be comfortable training or fighting him.
by nomnom81 on Feb 29, 2012 11:28 PM EST up reply actions
All the best to him but...
First he says he did it because he needed money than he says they offered him 80 grand to do porn. It sounds to me like he just wanted 80 grand more than he needed money to pay for groceries. What does a college kid need that kind of money for if school is paid for? Hopefully he can get past this though and move on with his life.
by KneesTotheHead on Feb 28, 2012 7:33 PM EST reply actions
Wait, what?
How was that confusing? He needed money, so he did pictures. He needed money, so when they offered to pay more for doing vids, he took it. No one ever said school was already paid for, and at the time, he probably saw it as a pay raise.
by bustachong on Feb 28, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
I have to call BS on some of Dakota's statements
He didn’t make 80K. At the best possible situation, he maybe made half of that over at least one year and 16 scenes from 2007 – 2008. He was with one of the better porn sites out there that is known to eventually pay guys up to $3,000 for a gay sex scene. All guys in gay porn exaggerate what they make.
However, considering that currently UNK tuition is just $207/unit and the cost of living in Kearney is low, and that he might have been on some type of athlete scholorship, he should admit he made the videos not because he was a poor college student, but just wanted extra money (and perhaps enjoyed himself).
Also, he’s not the first and only MMA fighter that has done gay porn. There are a few others out there.
That being said, he did gay porn, and he’s done doing it. He can obviously fight. As long as he doesn’t come out as some homophobe trying to hide his obviously bisexual past (and I do think he’s bisexual), I’m fine with him.
by chrissypoo on Feb 29, 2012 2:57 AM EST up reply actions
100 percent agree
by Baller989 on Feb 29, 2012 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
He's gay!!!
Maybe he’s not straight he just thought that getting married to a girl would be the only way anyone would ever accept him into MMA or in life!!! A hugh number of non straight guys have been married, same with non straight girls and then later realize they like it the other way all of the time but life is easier being straight….Not alot of guys are bi-sexual and if you take it up the butt like he did your not straight….
by bignmean on Feb 29, 2012 5:46 PM EST up reply actions
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by bignmean on Feb 29, 2012 5:48 PM EST up reply actions
Props to him for owning his past...
…but I’m a bit skeptical about that “Every time I was down there, I hated it,” statment. If he was disgusted and hating every minute of his time filming those videos, he needs to forget fighting and try his luck in Hollywood because he was putting on an acting performance good enough to win an Oscar.
by Matt the Bruins fan on Mar 3, 2012 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
not ture, they do make that much
I actually know how much they make and 80k for 12 videos is not absurd, especially for someone with his body and who as as popular as him. That only averages out to about $6,600 per video, the first video a solo jerk off itself pays $2,000 and it goes up from there. Sex videos pay around $5,000 and more, and the ones where he took it, wink wink, pay about $10,000. So no, $80k is not exaggerated.
by mw316 on Mar 9, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
Stop Saying It Was A Mistake
I see no mistake. He was a poor college student. He did the porn. He made 80 grand.
I call that win. Why is porn “bad”? We’re suppose to all pretend we don’t watch it or haven’t watched it? And so it was gay porn and he was straight. An already welathyu Heath Ledger does that and he gets honored and then wins the role to play possibly the greatest villain of all time. But a poor college student does it and he has to apologize to people?
Forget that noise.
by newtjewt on Feb 28, 2012 7:39 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Dude, comparing Heath portraying a gay character in a movie is TOTALLY different from being in a gay porn flick
Not saying anything in regards to right or wrong nor even my opinion on the subject, but the two are WORLDS apart.
"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 28, 2012 7:54 PM EST up reply actions
HAHA! I know. Acting is acting in my book...
by newtjewt on Feb 29, 2012 5:20 AM EST up reply actions
Who cares about the porno work.
He isn’t a criminal and he isn’t hurting others with the stuff he’s done in his past. So none of that stuff matters, in my opinion. All that matters is how well he can smash another man’s face.
by DX OX on Feb 28, 2012 7:41 PM EST reply actions
I'll be watching
Not because I want to see the other fighters’ reaction to him, but because he might be a beast in the ring. I won’t have done the gay porn thing cause I’m not gay. But to each his own. Wishing him and all the guys in the house the best of luck.
by ShonofWar on Feb 28, 2012 7:50 PM EST reply actions
give credit
why don’t you give credit to the people who actually broke the story…
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by edwinthegreat on Feb 28, 2012 7:51 PM EST reply actions
u mean Jordan Breen show who talked about it right after he beat Varner
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by MaZZacare on Feb 28, 2012 8:06 PM EST up reply actions
ya, they broke it 24 hours after it was mentioned in the comments of an article on be, besides all the other people that have mentioned it before.
by Phildo on Feb 29, 2012 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
eh so the guy did gay porn he needed the money no bigge
honestly don’t see the big deal unless he has like AIDS or some blood born ilness which they would of caught he should be good to go.
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by MaZZacare on Feb 28, 2012 8:07 PM EST reply actions
so what?
really not that big of a deal. i go to gay bars all the time, cheap drinks, very receptive people and hotass single girls that arent c-words. $80k? damn dude i wish someone would offer me that kinda money lol now i know who im rooting for on this god awful show…i train mma and i really have no incentive to watch on tv what i do all the time. besides fights, those are cool.
by Art Jimmerson's Glove on Feb 28, 2012 8:13 PM EST reply actions
Agree..kind of lol
I support anyone who is a martial artist, and has a passion for the sport. I’ve been training since I was 10- and when I had first seen the show it inspired me even more to go into it- lol I don’t think the show is awful- it made the sport bigger- to the point where they are now actually considering putting Pankration back into the Olympics, being how similar it is- hell the names mean the same thing lol- so I think that’s great… The shows I will admit haven’t been as awesome as the past- but this one I think will be good, I hope he makes it and I’ll be rooting for him, and any other fighter that represents the sport well.
by nomnom81 on Mar 1, 2012 12:42 AM EST up reply actions
AIDS anyone
Now seriously, AIDS is a blood disease and MMA is a sport where two individuals are in extremelly close contact, and often blood and open wounds are subject to make contact. How safe would it be for someone to have the obligation to fight someone who engages in an act that makes him more likely than someone who does not engage in sodomy to be infected with AIDS or HIV? Would you fight someone that is an intravenous drug user?
by torres28 on Feb 28, 2012 8:14 PM EST reply actions
so you think he hasn't been tested? and the UFC is doing this blindly on a whim?
get over yourself…..bigot.
by spaceben on Feb 28, 2012 8:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly
by UncleWaxy on Feb 28, 2012 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
Come on son
he isnt currently making porn , it was something he did in college to make money not a lifetime career choice.
He has two kids and is getting married.
They screen for all types of infectious diseases on a regular basis including HIV.
Whats the issue?
And just to be clear . People dont infect eah other with aids. Aids is a condition that can develope if someone has hiv.
by UncleWaxy on Feb 28, 2012 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
If he had an infectious disease, he probably wouldn't pass his medicals
If he can, then he’s fine.
by magnetic on Feb 28, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
Incredibly ignorant, you are.
Unprotected sex of any kind can result in HIV infection. Straight people can contract HIV just as easily as gay men.
by DX OX on Feb 28, 2012 11:36 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Incidences of HIV are higher in homosexual populations. But I agree his statement was stupid, because hes obviously been tested.
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by Negrodamus on Feb 28, 2012 11:58 PM EST up reply actions
That doesn't matter.
The reason it’s higher in gay populations is because they seem to be more likely to engage in unprotected sex. Straight people get HIV too. It was really dumb for him to say what he said about HIV. He also compared HIV+ people to drug users which is even more ignorant and misguided.
by DX OX on Feb 29, 2012 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
Actually it is more a straight disease
HIV infection is much more prevalent amongst heterosexual men and women outside the United States, Western Europe, and Australasia. Of the millions of men and women around the world who have HIV, the vast majority are heterosexual. Sub-Saharan Africa, India, parts of South America are majority heterosexual. In the U.S., your statement might be true, but in general, it is wrong.
by ruckandmaul on Mar 1, 2012 11:33 PM EST up reply actions
Im speaking for the US considering this is a US based promotion with mostly American athletes.
Wayne Brady makes Bryant Gumble look like Malcolm X.
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by Negrodamus on Mar 2, 2012 3:40 AM EST up reply actions
So maybe Court McGee and Ian McCall should be off this Fridays card as well with that logic.
Pretty sure he’s been tested numerous times over the years he has been fighting and especially for TUF.
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by NickRingp4pGOAT on Feb 29, 2012 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
Huh?
Like a guy couldn’t get aids, from having unprotected sex from a female… In porn especially in today’s age, you get tested before you do the sex haha
by nomnom81 on Mar 1, 2012 12:35 AM EST up reply actions
Makes it sound like he
tortured puppies. The guy made some porn, made his paper and probably had a good time regardless of what he says . Why is it being painted in a way which implies that he committed a crime against humanity? It would be much cooler if he said " yeah i did some gay porn …its 2012 … Deal with it."
by UncleWaxy on Feb 28, 2012 8:28 PM EST reply actions
I support all Fighters/Martial Artist
To be honest who gives a shit,all I care about is what he does inside the Octagon. You gotta respect the guy for being very open,and honest about this,when most people would go hide in a corner! It takes alot of mental discipline to come out and admit the stuff hes talking about,especially in our Society.
by Dee1983 on Feb 28, 2012 8:30 PM EST reply actions
LOL
Dude should have just kept quiet. He could say it’s not him and that would be that. I think he said something to garner attention to himself. Negative or possitive attention is good and looks like he will get both. He will definitely not find many fighters that will be overly accepting of this it will give them a reason to punch him in the face. Can we say aids bridge I wonder how his girlfriend at the times family feels,pretty dirty would be my guess.
by twilights on Feb 28, 2012 9:11 PM EST reply actions
You really think he did it to gain attention?
To have people pull out of fights against him, rescind offers to him, to be made fun of and be called “gay” and “f*ggot”? That’s just ignorant and stupid.
by Mjub on Feb 28, 2012 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
Kind of an illogical statement
If he had denied it, the controversy would have intensified. Pictures would have been published. He would be caught in a gigantic lie and both his integrity and his career in MMA would have been shot down in a smoking ruin. Look at Anthony Weiner from Congress and Dustin from Real World Las Vegas. He did the right thing. This has a chance of fading into the background rather than becoming a major distraction.
by ruckandmaul on Mar 1, 2012 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
No problem with gay people but.........
Com on son!!! Your not gay you just decided to have sex with another man? Im confused. I think he is 2. I dont care what your pay me im not porking another man if i am straight. Just dosent work that way. This guys has some serious sexual perversions and hopefully he can work them out.
by Baller989 on Feb 28, 2012 9:11 PM EST reply actions
No
problem with gay people but what they do is a perversion?
by UncleWaxy on Feb 28, 2012 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
It's only perversion if you like doing it and then are in denial....
See: Outspoken politician who runs on anti-gay agenda.
by newtjewt on Feb 29, 2012 5:22 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah
I see it read that way on second glance.
by UncleWaxy on Feb 29, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
Chicks do it too
“Gay for pay”…but there aren’t a lot of complaints there.
People do a lot of things for the right money. $80K to a broke college student could raise an eyebrow.
Hell, Peter North did man-on-man before, and he’s like, you know…him! People do a lot of things they don’t like to do…you and I personally might not, but there are plenty of people out there that do it every day (in porn and otherwise).
by bustachong on Feb 28, 2012 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
LOL
While his past doesn’t bother me… It is not the same for two chicks, as it is for two men- especially a guy wanting to get involved in a very warrior culture driven sport.
by nomnom81 on Mar 1, 2012 12:37 AM EST up reply actions
Call BS
I married a woman and had two children even though I am gay. I did it to keep my family off my back. Not until I came out and stopped lying did my life smooth out. I have no doubt he is straight. Trust me, gaydar is real. Just because I am gay does not mean I did not enjoy sex with a woman. It just lacked a certain emotional component. A straight guy gets a blow job from a gay guy. He won’t know the difference blindfolded except it is probably a little better than he is use to having. He bangs a guy and gets off, but he won’t in a million years feel romantic towards a guy. He takes it from another guy and discovers that when it is done right he will nut like the 10 Fourths of July together just because he is getting a prostate massage like he never experienced in a doctor’s office, but he will not ever feel romantic towards the guy who did it to him.
Do you think all those chicks in straight porn are doing it because they just naturally think about it all the time? Most of them are doing it for the money and not to meet the love of their lives.
by ruckandmaul on Mar 1, 2012 11:49 PM EST up reply actions
Mistakes...
I respect the fact that he is not running/hiding from his past. But I’m tired of the same excuse from people who do things like this: “I needed the money”. A lot of people need money for school, food, housing, etc. They don’t all do porn, or strip or whatever. Porn is no big deal to me and others, but if you plan on doing other types of work in the future it becomes a big deal. He’s lucky he’s not trying to be a teacher or anything. Good luck to him on the show. I’ll be watching.
by fritzo on Feb 28, 2012 9:36 PM EST reply actions
Chandella vs Dakota
So they release chandella but put a former gay porn star on the ultimate fighter? I just dont know about the ufc. They need proffesionals running the ufc……..not dana white.
by Baller989 on Feb 28, 2012 9:49 PM EST reply actions
I think it's because he was open about it where Chandella lied when asked a specific question...
by newtjewt on Feb 29, 2012 5:23 AM EST up reply actions
I wanna see that fight!
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by Spoiler on Feb 29, 2012 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
So is it official, they released Chandella? I am out of the loop on that, but noticed she was gone after hearing about her porn stuff. Wasn’t sure if that was a coincidence. As much as I didn’t care for her that’s pretty lame.
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by NickRingp4pGOAT on Feb 29, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
Already has a "grip"!
If it wasn’t gay porn – wouldn’t be an issue. God knows what some of the other fighters have done – just not on the internet. Haha
I hope he kicks ass and wins – just to rub it in!!
Shame he’s playing the gay for pay as a negative – he seems to be enjoying it from what I’ve seen.
Understandably it has to be played down so it doesn’t overshadow his talent with pre homo phobe judgement (even tho he is straight??)
Can’t wait to watch him nail it (no-pun, cos everything would be a pun with this topic! haha)
Go Cochrane – if you’re as confident as you seem in the “past”, halfway there!
by mj75 on Feb 28, 2012 10:40 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
He was a pole-vaulter
in college?…. but seriously, in this day and age, who cares? Can he fight?
by bezzarguy on Feb 29, 2012 12:21 AM EST reply actions
He beat the crap out of Varner. But the problem is you know he’s going to get tortured by some of the guys in the house if he makes it in. Maybe FX/TUF is banking on it for ratings.
by Phil Sparagna on Feb 29, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I saw that..
he beat Varner, but i agree, there’s going to be stuff from the other fighters, especially if he wins one.This could become the focal point of the season.
by bezzarguy on Feb 29, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
"Every time i was down there i hated it"
Are these puns intended? Either way, i’m having a good laugh….
by bezzarguy on Feb 29, 2012 12:24 AM EST reply actions
You can tell this is a male dominated section
If he did gay porn he is OBVIOUSLY gay right? All those girls who do girl on girl are obviously raging homosexuals as well. Has nothing to do with the fact they are getting a pay-check. I’m a straight guy but come on, apply the same standard to both genders…
by sharkpop on Feb 29, 2012 9:03 AM EST reply actions
SMH.....
Who said anything about “Raging”. Listen I don’t give a crap that the kid did porn, that’s his business, but if you have sex with the same sex gender your gay. Pay check or not. If a chick has sex with another chick in a porn she is gay. I don’t care if he had a girl at the time, what he did was participate in a gay act. If years ago I went out and start robbing people and doing criminal acts, that makes me a what? A fucking criminal. Now if I currently no longer participate in criminal acts, would I consider myself a criminal? No. Does he still participate in gay acts? No. So sure, he’s not gay, but at one point and time he was gay, just like if i use to rob people, I use to be a criminal.
by Pimp_man on Feb 29, 2012 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
LOL
Im not even going to address the body of your text since its an utterly stupid thing to say. However I will thank you for the daily dose of irony…somebody who speaks like you and says “dumbazz” calling other people “MORON” is almost too much.
by sharkpop on Mar 1, 2012 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
Hey dumbazz
Think b4 u talk. How you going to get a hard on if your not gay or at least bisexual you MORON.
by Baller989 on Feb 29, 2012 2:28 PM EST up reply actions
I'm rooting for this guy
Look, he did some things he wasn’t proud of, haven’t we all? Let he who is without sin cast the first stone, so to speak. But look, this is about Cochrane’s MMA career, not his porn career, which he did to make money to pay for school. But really the problem is that money itself is actually holding back society, and here’s an example of the proof. How many guys want to get into MMA but they have to go through some terrible hoops to get where they want to be? A lot I bet, especially since training costs and being able to eat and live along with a training camp isn’t cheap.
Try training and holding down a full time job. Not easy to do, especially since you have to be an indentured servant pretty much your whole day before you can train. In otherwords, you’re most likely tired from a long day from a job you most likely hate. But you do the best you can and train. A lot of people don’t have the ‘luxury’ to have a good job and go to training. Most guys I’ve seen who want to be full time in MMA work as a pizza delivery guy or work a sh*t job in some industrial warehouse.
Give this dude some slack. He regrets his past and shouldn’t be beholden to it.
by Kid Dinomite on Feb 29, 2012 12:57 PM EST reply actions
Welcome to the real world. No matter what you’ve done or who you are, once you step into the spotlight, your past always comes back to hunt you. Is it fair? No. But that’s life. He made a choice years ago and now he has to live with it. Me personally I don’t give a shit that he did gay porn.
by Pimp_man on Feb 29, 2012 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
I'm confused.
Isn’t gay porn and pole vaulting the same thing?
by bignamek on Feb 29, 2012 2:01 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
LOL
by Baller989 on Feb 29, 2012 2:30 PM EST up reply actions
What is this world coming 2????
by Baller989 on Feb 29, 2012 2:30 PM EST reply actions
Little Boy Blue . . .
He needed the money . . .
Too soon?
by Phred013 on Feb 29, 2012 5:12 PM EST reply actions
HAHA
Hell no this cat is fair game but if he can fight (and he freaking better be the next coming of Bruce Lee) I guess there won’t be much to say other than like a trillion gay porn jokes. I hope he never plans on being taken seriously.
by twilights on Feb 29, 2012 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
How does a low-level MMA fighter have a manager?
Considering the massive amount of responses here on this page, this dude is going to be a huge draw for TUF.
I agree with the other posters who point out that doing gay porn for money doesn’t make you gay (otherwise female porn star would be a lesbian). But it does make you a hooker and a pervert. (Not that Americans mind those traits, nowadays.)
by ComicsPlus on Feb 29, 2012 7:04 PM EST reply actions
SERIOUSLY
Girl on girl has been in mainstream porn since the begining. Man on man porn isn’t and will never be accepted in mainstream porn. I’m not gay bashing just saying a lesbian scene and two dudes butt plugging away really are worlds appart. I’m sorry I didn’t write the rules lol.
by twilights on Feb 29, 2012 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
He didn't make anywhere near $80k
He did 12 actual scenes for the site the others were behind the scenes shoots. They were paying $2500 TOPS for hardcore content. Of the 12 scenes he did 2 were solo scenes which pay significantly less. All in all he maybe made around $30k doing gay porn, unless he was escorting for men on the side (which a lot of porn performers do).
by laquita on Mar 1, 2012 5:09 PM EST reply actions
I actually know how much they make and 80k for 12 videos is not absurd, especially for someone with his body and who as as popular as him. That only averages out to about $6,600 per video, the first video a solo jerk off itself pays $2,000 and it goes up from there. Sex videos pay around $5,000 and more, and the ones where he took it, wink wink, pay about $10,000. So no, $80k is not exaggerated.
by mw316 on Mar 9, 2012 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
Actually I also know what he made
and it wasn’t close to 80K.
by chrissypoo on Mar 12, 2012 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you kidding me?
Why would anyone care about this, what is the difference with grappling with him and grappling with anyone else, so this kid admitted to doing gay porn, but he is not gay, what happens if someone in your gym is gay and you grapple with him and he never admits it because people are such homophobes, really just scrap this and move on, if he can fight then he matters, if he can’t then he doesn’t, not because of something he did in college, is that not what college is for, doing stuff you are not proud of?
by venomzx on Mar 1, 2012 5:14 PM EST reply actions
Meh
All I really care about is if he’s a good fighter. Don’t really give 2 shits about anything else.
by Shike on Mar 6, 2012 4:28 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
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