I had this friend of mine who kept telling me he was going to be a UFC fighter. He attended on of those Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) training studios. Always looked like half the time they were doing tai kwan do, the other half the time wresting. What was weird is there were always a few really hot girls in there.

It shouldn't surprise me. In high school the only sport I was any good at and enjoyed was wresting. We would practice in a small room with zero air circulation and two inches of padding on the walls. It was about 110 in there and felt and smelt like we were inside a giant armpit, yet somehow there were a couple of girls hanging out watching. They never talked to anyone and never participated in any way (they were not "Mat Maids") but just sat there. A few years ago I was telling this story to a female friend of mine and she said it was simply pheremones. I guess that makes a lot or sense.

I would also like to mention that our wrestling coach had two uber hot daughters, but we were all terrified to ask them out (more so than my normal terror at asking out a girl) because he would literally take us out on the mat and kick the crap out of us. If you have never seen a 145lb guy destroy a 235guy who is half his age, it is something to watch. After we graduated high school, I was working at Round Table Pizza with one of his daughters and actually asked her out in that horrible passive, half assed way that has plagued my dating life for most of my existence. She agreed to go out with me, but before that happened got back together with her ex boyfriend and never mentioned going out to me again. Kind of ratcheted up the Awkward-o-meter a few notches at work for a while.