I woke up this morning to MMA Junkie's news that Gina Carano will be starring in the new Steven Soderbergh film "Knockout". This comes quickly on the heels of Rampage Jackson backing out of his UFC 107 fight against Rashad Evans so that he can film the new A-Team movie. Roger Huerta is going to be fighting his last UFC fight next Wednesday as he heads off to film the Tekken movie. So when did certain MMA fighters become fixated with being in the movies? With our country's obsession with fame, I can understand that the lights of Hollywood may shine brighter than those of the cage. But once the movies end, are these fighters still going to have a place in the organizations that made them famous in the first place? Young, outstanding fighters are always waiting in the wings for their shot at the big organizations. So by the time Rampage Jackson finishes his foray into film, there is a good chance that his place will have been taken by someone younger and hungrier than him.

So does this mean that fighters should be happy with what they have and leave the movies and tv to others? Not necessarily. But when you leave those that made you famous in the first place hanging so you can "live the dream", you have to expect that you're going to piss some people off. Your fans are the ones responsible for your career, and they can take it away just as quickly as they gave it. Chuck Liddell is a great example of how to move onto other projects in the proper way. He's in the middle of doing Dancing with the Stars, but he didn't leave the fans hanging by skipping out an a fight to do it. Questions have been swirling as to whether or not he's going to retire. If, in fact, if he does decide to come back to the UFC, I can pretty much guarantee that he'll bring with him a large group of new fans. In the end, you can always be sure that Liddell's priority is with his fans and the sport that helped to make him what he is today.