Two men enter, one man leaves....

I already knew that Vladimir Putin was a black belt in Judo and practiced Sambo. It turns out, he's a grand master or something in Sambo.

What I didn't know, what this.

Are you kidding me? He's a 54-year old politician for crap's sake, not a mature male model! Staying in -presentable- shape is understandable. I'm a pretty unappealing wad of goo right now, so I get it. But Putin looks like he's getting ready to fight Randy Couture or maybe a small bear (BTW, for the uninitiated and the ladies, Randy is 44 years old). 44 years old and it looks like you could wash your sheets on his stomach. If this is starting to sound like I'm a little gay for Randy, I may remind my good readers of my love of boobies. But if I had to choose a guy...

My main point is this; I'm really glad global politics and international disputes are not determined by single combat. I'm relatively sure that Putin could whup Bush, Brown, Ahmadinejad and Calderon all while stepping on Sarkozy's neck.

Granted, Ahmadinejad would explode halfway into the match, killing them all but it would be impressive until then.