Hot Chicks, Cold Beer, Hardcore Fights

from the bruno movie. A local advertising campaign promised a night of hardcore Mixed Martial Arts cage fighting and one dollar beers. Instead, the rowdy crowd got two men stripped down to their underwear and kissing. "We had a contract for cage fighting. We were deceived," said Dwight Duncan, president of the Four States Fair Grounds which provided the venue. "Borat" has not taken credit for the hoax, as a spokesman for Sacha Baron Cohen declined to say whether he was behind the prank. Posters for Blue Collar Brawlin' promised: "Hot Chicks, Cold Beer, Hardcore Fights" and were accompanied by pictures of a scantily clad woman. Organizers of the event had invited police to attend and tipped them off that a character named "Straight Dave" would goad a planted audience member into the ring for a fight, only to end up in a "romantic embrace" similar to the one between Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell in the film Talladega Nights. "They said it was to essentially poke fun at wrestling - two guys rolling around on the floor, all sweaty," said Fort Smith police sergeant Adam Holland. The officers thought they were in on the joke, but were not prepared for what followed. The homosexual display "went right up to the line" of the city's morality laws, Sgt Holland said. "It set the crowd off lobbing beers. They had beers in plastic cups. Those things can get some distance on them actually." Sgt Holland said it took officers about 45 minutes to clear the venue, as the two actors sprinted away through a specially set-aside tunnel. Those in attendance were told by several signs on display that they would be filmed, and signed waivers before the event. via