Sunday, February 14th, 2010...11:25 pm
Barkley & Fogle set for Taco Bell-Subway UFC cage match
LOS ANGELES – It’s Fat versus Fit. Fried versus Fresh. And Large versus Once Large.
Charles Barkley and Jared Fogle are facing off.
Barkley is intent on making Fogle eat his words.
The NBA Hall of Famer and Taco Bell pitchman has signed on to face the Subway spokesman July 4 at the Staples Center in an Ultimate Fighting Championship cage match.
Barkley, an NBA on TNT studio analyst, has watched his weight balloon to well over 300 pounds. Fogle, who once weighed 425 pounds, now stands at a svelte 190.
Fogle offering Barkley his old jeans - "if they fit."
After watching Barkley’s Taco Bell commercial air during the Super Bowl, Fogle joked that he’d send Barkley his old jeans and “hopes Sir Charles can fit into them.”
When word got back to Barkley at The Great Alaskan Bush Company, a Phoenix area strip club, he allegedly stormed out of the venue after receiving his sixth lap dance in the VIP lounge and ordered his manager to set up a fight.
“Jared Fogle used to be my dawg, but now imma tear him up,” said Barkley, as he chowed down on four Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunches, three Grilled Stuffed Burritos, and eight crunchy tacos. “Ain’t nobody talk smack about me except Michael Jordan. Not even Tiger Woods can do that anymore.”
Barkley has no shame in being what he eats.
Fogle didn’t appear scared about fighting Barkley.
“He may have once been known as the Round Mound of Rebound, but now he’s just a round mound,” said Fogle, as he chewed extra slowly on a footlong Veggie Delite. “He’ll fall down just trying to chase me around the ring, and once that happens, I’m gonna lay a BMT special on his fat ass.”
Fogle last month celebrated his 10-year anniversary as “The Subway Guy” at an elaborate party at the sandwich chain’s Milford, Conn. headquarters. While Fogle is engaged to marry for the second time, it didn’t stop female celebrities from swooning over him at the festivities.
Can Jared keep up with Kim?
“Jared is sexy,” reality television and sex tape star Kim Kardashian said. “There’s something hot about a guy who knows how to sell a footlong.”
Asked if Fogle measured up to his product, Kardashian grinned.
“It’s not the size of the sub, but what kind of meat you have inside it,” she said, laughing.
Fogle, who wouldn’t deny being “close” with Kardashian, refused to comment any further on their relationship. He remained focused on his upcoming contest with Barkley.
“If I had to compare Charles to one of Subway’s delicious six-inch sandwiches, it would have to be the turkey,” Fogle said.
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