UFC 185-pounder Hamman gets eponymous wine run

Middleweight Jared Hamman has received the unusual honor of having a wine named after him. The limited 140-bottle run of 2008 Syrah-Cabernet Sauvignon is called The Messenger, after Hamman’s nickname, and is part of a series of collaborations with sports stars and brands. The Hill Family Estate in Napa Valley, California, produces the special wines and then stains a signature item with the tipple in question. In Hamman’s case they stained his fight shorts. Hamman told MMA Junkie: “When you’re a little kid, you eat Wheaties, dream of being on Wheaties. Now I’m an adult, I got a wine bottle.”

Gustafsson tattoos record

UFC light heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson has taken the unusual step of etching his 12-1 MMA win-loss ratio onto his arm. Gustafsson chose Polynesian-style triangles for his wacky idea, with the black ones representing wins and the white the losses. The Swede, who fights out of Alliance MMA in California, joins UFC featherweight superstar José Aldo in ink-based record keeping – the Brazilian has a new skull marked on his left shoulder tattoo after every win.

FightMetric releases MMA fantasy stats game

Budding MMA tycoons and competitive workplaces now have an opportunity to flex their fighter-spotting muscle with a new MMA fantasy game from official UFC statistics provider FightMetric. In MMA Salary Cap Challenge, upcoming MMA events are grouped into seasons with all participating fighters allocated a price. Players are given a salary cap and can buy up fighters they expect to produce the most fantasy points based on the fighter’s performance, regardless of a win or a loss. Players can then enter into a pool against friends to truly find out who has the best eye for MMA. To play, visit: mmasalarycap.com.

Ex-UFC boss relaunches hybrid arm-wrestling

UFC co-founder Art Davie has revived XARM, a sport that blends arm-wrestling with mixed martial arts. XARM, initially started by Davie in 2008, sees two participants – tied to an arm-wrestling table and their hands duct-taped together – seek a knockout, submission or judges’ verdict over three one-minute rounds. Competitors can also pin their opponent’s arm as in arm-wrestling. Speaking to MMA Junkie, Davie described XARM’s previous inception as primitive, adding technology would be incorporated into the new version. Davie said: “We’re doing things in a non-traditional way, and we think there will be some unique things that are really interesting to MMA fans.”

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