So let’s say you’re an aspiring MMA fighter looking to test your skills–where do you go? The local gym? The next “Ultimate Fighter” tryout? Lorenzo Fertitta’s house? Apparently, you head down to your local Wal Mart store. And how do you let the multitudes at America’s favorite discount store know that you’re down for some MMA action? By doing what any MMA fighter would do to signify his readiness for battle–stripping bare ass naked. From the MMA hotbed of Covington County, Georgia we get this news report. We’ve highlighted the best line in the account:

Officers with the Covington Police Department arrested a nude man looking for a fight Sunday at the Wal-Mart on Industrial Boulevard.

According to the incident report, Jeffrey Pickett said he wanted to be a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and was looking for someone to battle. MMA fighters utilize martial arts techniques from several disciplines during combat.

Pickett said he wanted to practice his tap outs, which is used by a fighter to signal he no longer wishes to continue fighting. The move is usually done once an opponent had been forced into submission.

Pickett, who undressed in parking lot, said he knew he could find someone to fight with if he were nude.

Witnesses in the parking lot said they saw him standing outside his vehicle in the nude and that he jumped in the car when officers arrived. Officers saw him putting his shorts on when they arrived.

Pickett was arrested and transported to the Newton County Jail, where he was charged with indecent exposure.

We’re not even a week into the new year, but when we recount the ‘best MMA news story of 2009′ this is going to be a hard one to top….

Naked man looking for MMA fight arrested at Wal-Mart @ CovingtonNews.com