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UFC Ring Girl Chandella Powell Apologizes For Past Pornographic Work

SYDNEY AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 25:  Octagon Girls (L-R) Chandella Powell Arianny Celeste and Brittney Palmer pose at Bondi Beach on February 25 2011 in Sydney Australia. UFC 127 is taking place in Sydney on February 27 2011.  (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

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about 1 year ago: SYDNEY AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 25: Octagon Girls (L-R) Chandella Powell Arianny Celeste and Brittney Palmer pose at Bondi Beach on February 25 2011 in Sydney Australia. UFC 127 is taking place in Sydney on February 27 2011. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

UFC ring girl Chandella Powell has issued a statement via her Twitter account basically apologizing for her past work in pornographic endeavors. While the idea that she has something to apologize for remains very much up for debate, she felt that she needed to issue a statement and has done so.

Via Chandella's Twitter:

When you are young, you often don't realize that your actions have consequences. I made a bad decision about ten years ago, but you learn from these moments. There is nothing I can do to change the past, and believe me, if I could, I would. That decision doesn't represent who I am today. All I can do now is put the past behind me and move forward. I am sorry to disappoint any of my fans and my family at Zuffa. I love you guys :)

There still is no official word of any change in Chandella's employment with the UFC. When her prior word had first surfaced it came with rumors that she had been released from the UFC for not disclosing the information to the promotion.

I want to avoid editorializing too much here, but I would hope that a decision made ten years ago that really has no impact on the promotion. Given the multitude of things that fighters have in their history or the current ring girls having done work in Playboy, it's hard to say that this is any sort of real potential for a black eye for the promotion.

Given that there has been no word of her release and she is still featured on the UFC's website, it would seem that the promotion has not overreacted to old news.

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Porn is eternal.
and awesome.
ill never look at the lovely chandella the same again.

I assume she’s referring to breaking up with me after the prom. We all make stupid mistakes. I’ve forgiven her, and everyone else should, too.

No need to apologize, Chandella

Honestly whether or not these ring girls did porn is probably not going through the minds of the viewing public.

I forgive you

for not telling me sooner.

The only surprise here is that she's 30 years old.
OK, I'll bite...

Where can we see it ?

google mariah ashton

it’s softcore

I don’t think lesbian pics are considered softcore, are they? Does porn terminology have rules?

didn't look at the lesbian ones

can’t think why

always assumed softcore was just no penetration, whether there’s another woman or not

I think it’s something in between. There’s no real penetration going on, and I don’t think they actually had sex, just posing for pictures. So I wouldn’t call it quite hardcore, but it’s a step above what is normally considered softcore.

Softcore = no vag or dick shown.
Shrug. She's a ring girl not Vice President of Corporate Relations. Whatever.
in a totally unrelated

Yet related subject. I just saw Brittany’s playboy….holy bad boob job! You’d think she could now afford better ones.

Really? I thought her boobs looked fine

So did I.

If anything, they are the most normal-looking boobs of anybody that has gotten a boob job that I’ve seen.

It's not the shape

It’s the nipples. You can totally see where she was sliced up.

Never noticed.

Educate me ’bout them slices. I must know.

The reason the areola is shaped funny

They slice around it to put the implant in.

Honestly, it’s not as bad as some, but I still prefer natural. The ones that have clean slices tend to defy gravity (Arianny), and the ones that lay naturally tend to have bad slices (Brittney). It’s rare to see a natural looking boob job.

Who wouldn't hate to be the girl with bad slices?

As long as you aren’t doing something disturbing like kiddie porn or bestiality, do whatever floats your boat imo. It’s pretty ridiculous honestly considering that essentially every adult who has ever seen a UFC event has also watched porn at least once in their lives. More so when you consider that most of the kids over 10 have as well nowadays.

This is a non-issue.

It's a cultural thing

Everyone has watched some type of porn yet most people are embarrassed to admit they’ve watched, let alone being part of one.

I understand that, but it is still something that she shouldn’t have apologized for.

I mean seriously, if I was a chick with a awesome body I’d pose nude for the insane amounts of cash people offer. You could pay for college and shit with just the type of tame pictures that she did.

In a sane society this would be a non-issue.

I hope the UFC ignores the whole thing and continues to employ her.

Also...

I wonder if any of the fighters have done porn. That wouldn’t surprise me at all.

War Machine, but you probably already knew that. It was also post-UFC.

I did not know that.
I'm sure there are many others

Tattoos and steroids are big in both worlds.

Aaron Brink

and his wife.

Coincidentally(or maybe not), they were also on Intervention.

And yes, his wife does some of the nastiest shit you can do, legally.

She eats shit??

That’s as nasty as you can get.

I dunno

I think I’d rather do that than some of the shit she’s done.

For example...
Latina Abuse for starters

Her name is Cassandra Cruz.

What tha fu...

Explain.

I saw her on Intervention

and googled her.

I think she did that to bail Aaron out. But she’s done some other really gross shit.

Shite, that's nuts.
Well

Time to do some research

DON'T DO IT.

I\m about to try some detergent in my eyes, see if it burns away the images…

Told you
How come you are acquainted to that shit?!
I'm not

I found that when I searched her name.

I like my sex less degrading to both parties.

That's rough

But it’s the internet I’ve seen worse. I treat that abuse stuff as if I’m watching the accused

Yeah.

Gotta acquaint myself with some porna (dutch female centric porn…with plot and acting), after watching that.

Aaron Brink (Dick Delaware)

Dakota Cochrane

but I’m not sure it’s the kinda stuff you’d want to google

So she was ahead of the curb ten years ago by applying her

Back control and rear naked chokes while taking a pounding… Good for her.

Could it be...

that Detective Murtaugh aka Chandella is trying to get more “air” time or trying to get to the top of peoples minds? You know…a marketing ploy?

Just a thought and all…

Doubt it.

Being a ring girl ain’t exactly conductive to making wads of cash. Remember that she also works as a bartender at the playboy club.

She doesn’t look like the kind of person who would risk screwing her chances of earning a decent income.

I think you forgot to add an ending to this sentence...

“I want to avoid editorializing too much here, but I would hope that a decision made ten years ago that really has no impact on the promotion.”

Or I’m going crazy.

Am I the only one who actually wants to see her fired?

I don’t care about the porn, it’s just that I’ve been wanting to get rid of her since day one, and this seems like the perfect opportunity. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but it’s true. Anyone else?

I could care less honestly. They are eye candy and the only time I give them thought is when I see them on tv or when I see a article posted.

I simply don’t find her face attractive, and that’s my only gripe with her. It’s about time they brought in someone new, or someone old.. like Natasha (although I guess her and Brittney are maybe too much alike).

I think the only time I would care is if they brought back Natasha. Damn if I don’t think she is adorable. Otherwise it’s like a momentary ‘Heh’ then I’ve already forgotten about them.

LOL

as you may have guessed i dont really care for ring girls but i guess most of the fans like them thats it

Just an interesting stuff i heard somewhere else

first of all other articles are saying she has already been released. Also , they say, its a kind of vengeance because she just broke up with Phil Davies ..

That’s ridiculous.

well it wasnt me..

thats gossip i guess :)

didn't know they were ever official

just assumed that they were seeing each other

did they ever confirm?

Just someone told me on FB where this was discussed

that he just broke up with her .. i dont know

he was out of her league anyway

liked the idea of them being together though

Phil and Chandella were never together

I heard she has a fiance and has had one for sometime.

I'm almost 100%

They were doing sex.

what?
They seemed very well acquainted with each other
and has had one for sometime.

This part right here makes me really think that.

I don’t think the issue is that Chandella did porn, so all the talk of this being “hypocritical” is kinda silly.

I’m pretty sure that the reason for her firing is that she lied about it during the interview/application process. Keep in mind this is something that you can get into deep shit for in any job. The UFC does not want to hire ring girls who have done porn prior to coming on board with the company.

Exactly, this is a good point. It’s not the classiest thing ever, to have porn ring girls. Especially in the days of FOX. Plus lying on the application generally isn’t appreciated.

i agree

but in other way i can understand.. i mean its kinda strange stuff people may not likely be telling when appying for a job :)

While it is true what you are saying.

I don’t think many people brag about porn they did when they were younger

I'm pretty sure its implied that everyone leaves that out

Unless they specifically asked her, which they may have.

I’m pretty sure you can’t ask a potential employee if they have done porn, lol.

she needs to apologize to arriany and brittany for looking better naked than they do.

Without surgery.

She also need to apologize about that ass hair, hell, that’s probably the biggest motivator here.

needs*

At least it was neatly trimmed and all…but it was like a stiff punch in the face. It’d be a great pic to use for a .gif that has a scary picture pop out after a couple of seconds.

Didn't see no ass hair.

Were your eyes open? How could you miss that ass pelt?

And quite possibly 300% less photoshop
Playboy isn't photoshopped

Its CGI.

Computer Generated Imagery??

NO shit!

I was trying to make the joke

that there’s no actual photo to start with…

I don’t know where you were going with that.

I was trying to make a joke.

I think we’ve derailed ourselves, good sir.

let’s go back: boobs.

I'm slow

Damn you FAS/

Eh

I love hot black girls but I’ll take the pretty white girls with silicone parts, please.

I gotta say, that was not the prettiest vagina I’ve seen.

There’s all kinds of wrong at the end of that last sentence…

Um...

I love hot black girls but I’ll take the pretty white girls with silicone parts, please.

Not in general

I’m specifically referring to that hot black girl and those two pretty white girls.

Just some honest racism.

I’m just saying that I’m more attracted to black women and still think Britney and Arianny look a lot better.

Arianny isn't really 'white.'

She’s mixed.

Her ass is white

/mild racism?

I'll allow it

A Puerto Rican man isn’t really a fair judge of ass because of the plenitude of world class asses walking around the island.

Same goes for Brasilians.

This is a myth

There is plenty of pancake butt here.

See! This is whta I'm talking about

I was in San Juan(and Fajarda) for a week a while back.

Overall, the women were just way hotter. Beautiful features, great skin and complexions, nice bodies, green/blue/hazel eyes and bubble butts.

Literally 6/10 women were hot. The 3 of the other 4 were attractive.

In America, you see like 1 hot girl with a bubble per day. In PR, its like once every 15 minutes.

Visit miami

Fat and ugly dont exist

It will when I get there...

or were you just talking about women?

Give it a month

You’ll look like Ricky Martin….or Ricky Bobby hihoooo

you should come to Philly. lots of cute girls, but it’s flat butts and ugly feet all motherfucking day.

I think you have graduated to full racism.

Now you only have to become a nazi, a homosexual, and shave your head, and you are all set to enjoy some UFC.

If that is rascist..

Are gay guys misogynists ?

hey, if chael sonnen can kill a bunch of hookers in the 90’s, get away with it and still fight in the UFC, why can’t they let Chandella stay??

but seriously…i hope she doesn’t get cut…think about it— the vast majority of the UFC fan base is males aged 14-35 or so and ALL OF THEM WATCH PORN. Do any of us really care that she did this?

come on Dana, cut a sistal some slack!

Eh. It's not like she stole something or hurt someone.

She doesn’t have to apologize for anything. At least not to us, and especially not to the dudes that mock her on a regular basis on how her face looks, etc. What’s done is done.

Because walking around a ring with minimal clothing is a huge step up from porn.

Either way, i don’t think it’s a big deal.

@Fuck yes! Another victory for traditional moral values.

Repent y’all!!@

oh, frak, sarcasm font fail...
Aren't there rumors that some moron twitter-bombed Dana and the UFC with the pics?

Thereby alerting them?

Off topic but

Mayhem vs CB Dollaway at UFC 146

Great news that Mayhem didn't get fired

I still contend that he can be a solid top 15 guy

Two solid grapplers

Loser probably gets cut. Good stuff. I think Mayhem could actually catch him.

I'm PISSED!

I get on the internet and hear about UFC ring girl doing porn. I’m happy. I hear it’s Chandella. Starting to get pissed. Then I hear there’s lesbian. I’m happy again. Then I remember it’s Chandella. I’m in a glass case of emotion! So I Googled it (the “porn”, not myself). Tons of results, but way to many penises. I’m getting pissed again. I find the correct link and the pics are pretty good, but no lesbian. Status quo. Then I see the “lesbian porn”. Now I’m pissed. I know it when I see it and that isn’t porn! She should apologize for deceiving me!

ahah awesome post!

makes me think about a french comedian telling short stories about 2 or 3 minutes at a very fast pace, it s called “bref” you guys can check on youtube, some fans subtitle it for our dear english speaking friends. i m guessing some american guys will do the same soon.

just america

being scared of the female body

I was scared stiff by her photos.

Wait, that didn’t come out right… why is there no Edit button on this site?

Puritanical justice at its finest.

The fact that I’m posting in here belies how little I care about ring girl-related news.

meh

she doesn’t need to apologize to us. i don’t see this as a major problem since she mostly did mild work [at least from what i understand]. i really hope she doesn’t lose her job over this, and while i know some assholes won’t leaver her alone over this, let’s hope there isn’t too much shit for her to put up with.

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