After a season of a coaching opposite teams on TUF, the rivalry between Georges "Rush" St-Pierre (GSP) and Josh Koscheck has reached its boiling point with Koscheck attacking medic Brad Tate and constant trash talking. Watch as these two square off on Saturday, Dec. 11th at 7pm PT/ 10pm ET on Pay-Per-View. How would you rate the show so far? How do you like Paul "Semtex" Daley's parody of Josh below? The funniest caption will get a shout out.
Who Wants A Modified GSP UFC Octagon or Cage For Their Work Space?
Are you waiting to hear from trash talking specialist Chael Sonnen at his upcoming appeal with the California Athletic Commission in December?
UFC contracts are usually made on a per fight basis and based on strict performance standards. All the clauses and how they affect a fighter's rights is another monumental story. Fighters with less experience have less negotiating power with an MMA juggernaut like Zuffa, LLC which owns the UFC and WEC. What do you think of Zuffa releasing Harris and the controversy surrounding the round improperly ending early when Falcao had Harris in a rear naked choke? Harris had a ten fight winning streak before UFC 123 and had not lost since 2007. He lost to Benji Radach by TKO (Punches) at the now defunct IFL - 2007 Semifinals on 8/2/2007.
On Monday night, middleweight contender Gerald Harris (17-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) told MMAjunkie.com Radio that he was happy to still have a job with the UFC.
On Tuesday, he found out he doesn't.
Sources close to Harris informed MMAjunkie.com
(www.mmajunkie.com) that the two-time "Knockout of the Night" winner and former cast member of "The Ultimate Fighter 7" has been released from the world's biggest mixed martial arts promotion.
When contacted by MMAjunkie.com, Harris also confirmed his release but declined to comment on the matter at this time.
Harris has been at the center of controversy after narrowly avoiding a first-round submission loss to Maiquel Falcao at this past weekend's UFC 123 event, which took place at The Palace of Auburn Hills in suburban Detroit and aired on pay-per-view.
The opening frame appears to have been cut short by approximately seven seconds due to a timekeeping error, and Harris appeared within a fraction of that of being rendered unconscious by a deep rear-naked choke. But Harris supporters also point to Falcao's refusal to immediately release the choke as a reason "Hurricane" wasn't able to compete effectively in the final two frames.
The pace slowed in the final 10 minutes of the fight, and the fighters were booed throughout the third round for their passivity.
UFC president Dana White was openly critical of both fighters at the evening's post-event press conference. The feedback enraged many Falcao supporters who believe their fighter was robbed of a first-round submission win. Today, White told MMAjunkie.com that the Brazilian contingent could take solace in the face that Falcao would eventually return to the octagon with another chance to prove himself deserving of the tag "UFC fighter."
"Their guy is going to stick around," White said in regards to the angered Falcao supporters. "Gerald Harris isn't."
Harris began his association with the UFC as a member of "The Ultimate Fighter 7." He defeated Mike Marrello to enter the "TUF" house but was then defeated by eventual season winner Amir Sadollah in the very next round.
Harris went on to win six fights outside of the UFC before receiving an official invitation to the promotion following a phone call to White while he was a guest on MMAjunkie.com Radio.
Harris debuted for the UFC in January 2010 with a "Knockout of the Night" win over John Salter. He would go on to notch a TKO win over Mario Miranda, as well as another "Knockout of the Night" win over Dave Branch at July's UFC 116 that received heavy play on ESPN as one of SportsCenter's "Top Plays."
The loss to Falcao snapped an official 10-fight win streak for Harris.
While Harris' release will likely prove unpopular with many MMA fans, White recently explained the promotion's sometimes aggressive roster moves are no different than any other professional sport.
"These are the big-leagues, man," White said. "It's no different than Major League Baseball, no different than the NFL. You perform, or you go away."
"I'd rather have two guys in a dog fight and have a guy lose and keep him around than have a guy who's in the Ultimate Staring Competition for five minutes. Nobody wants to see that [expletive]."
Roster spots in all division will continue to remain at a premium in coming months as the UFC absorbs its sister company, the WEC, and the new-look promotion looks to effectively balance its burgeoning list of athletes under contract.
For more on UFC 123, check out the UFC events section of MMAjunkie.com.
While the biggest stories coming from this past weekend's "UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida" event initially appeared to be a razor-thin decision in the main event and a stunning 21-second victory by B.J. Penn, the center of attention since has shifted dramatically.
Seemingly unnoticed during the main-card matchup between Maiquel Falcao (26-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Gerald Harris (17-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC), the night's official timekeeper may have put a halt to the bout's first round nearly seven seconds early.
With Harris narrowly surviving that first frame while trapped in a deep rear-naked choke, MMA fans and pundits alike since have cried foul. Today, UFC officials said they're on the case, but the culprit is likely simple human error.
"I'm currently talking with the Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission," UFC vice president of regulatory affairs Marc Ratner told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "They were in charge of the regulation for the event."
While the UFC acts a the regulatory body for shows that take place overseas, the Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission was in charge of overseeing UFC 123, which took place Nov. 20 at The Palace of Auburn Hills in suburban Detroit.
There was little doubt that the choke that Falcao locked in place in the closing seconds of the frame had the potential to be a fight-ending submission. Inexplicably, the horn to end the round appeared to sound nearly seven seconds earlier than scheduled, or approximately four minutes and 53 seconds after referee Dan Miragliotta first gave the command to fight.
Conspiracy theorists have since noted the on-screen time clock was removed moments prior to the round-ending signal.
Of course, the UFC's pay-per-view production team traditionally removes the clock with approximately eight seconds left in order to minimize the focus on any minor discrepancy between the broadcast clock and the fight's official clock, which is kept by the commission-appointed timekeeper and is not tied to the timer shown on screen.
Ratner insists the UFC had nothing to do with the ill-timed signal. As a former Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director, Ratner also said he's seen similar errors on a few rare occasions.
"There's no conspiracy," Ratner said. "In my days as the director of the Nevada commission, there were rare instances of timekeeper errors."
MMAjunkie.com contacted the Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission for comment, but a representative for the agency said the commission is currently meeting with its media relation department and is not yet ready to discuss the issue with the public.
UFC president Dana White, who like much of the media was not aware of the timing error until after the fight, said the error indeed was unfortunate.
"It's crazy that the round ended early while Gerald was in that nasty choke," White told MMAjunkie.com. "And Gerald Harris at the end of that first round was out if the timekeeper [expletive] it up by seven seconds. Another half of a second and that dude was asleep.
"But am I shocked that someone screwed up? No. Every event, there's something. The only thing you can do is just bum out and say, 'It happened again.' It's unbelievable."
White long has been openly critical of judging and officiating performances he deems poor, and while the fiery UFC boss believes this appears to be another one of those mistakes, he's not entirely critical of the Michigan commission's performance. While there has been some concern that Quinton "Rampage" Jackson incorrectly was awarded a decision win over Lyoto Machida in the evening's main event, White believes the proper verdict was rendered.
"Rampage won that fight," White said. "Rampage went in with a perfect gameplan, stuck to the gameplan and executed it. Just because Rampage acted like a nutball afterward doesn't mean he didn't win.
"Rampage was the guy engaging the whole fight. Every time Machida would throw leg kicks, Rampage was going after him. I haven't watched the fight again, but that night, I gave that first round to Rampage. I definitely gave the second to Rampage, and I gave the third to Machida."
Of course, the early ending to the first round of the Falcao-Harris fight wasn't the only bit of controversy that emerged. After the ill-timed signal, Falcao, who has shown questionable behavior in previous MMA contests, physically was removed from Harris' back by referee Miragliotta.
White, who noted it's often difficult to hear the official signal, said he doesn't fault Falcao for waiting for Miragliotta's intervention.
"There were a couple of times there where Gerald looked like he was tapping," White said. "When guys get in those chokes and they do that half-tap thing, you hold that choke until the ref pulls you off or until the guy is out.
"I don't think he held the choke too long. We've seen cases in the past where the choke is definitely being held too long. This kid was in a nasty scrap, and Gerald Harris was doing these weird grabbing-the-hand motions. We were sitting there cageside going, 'Did he just tap?' Then you have to wait for the replay to see if they tap."
Falcao's Chute Boxe team also believes there is no reason to question their fighter's intentions with the choke.
"This so-called controversy is being a little bit too overrated, in our opinion," Chute Boxe head Augusto Oliveira told MMAjunkie.com. "Maiquel is very happy for the result and he's looking forward to new challenges.
"As for holding the choke a little too long, as some people are saying, one thing we can say is he's definitely not a dirty fighter. What many people are forgetting is that it was Maiquel's first fight abroad ever, his UFC debut, and also the fact that our team had had two bad results in the UFC in the past month. If you add it all up, Maiquel could have been under a huge pressure for this fight. He overcame it all and we think Maiquel did a pretty good job over a very dangerous opponent."
After the highly entertaining, albeit controversial, first round between Falcao and Harris, the action slowed in the second round and ground to an absolute halt in the third.
At the evening's post-event press conference, White said he'd give Falcao a pass considering he was fighting in the octagon for the first time, but in future appearances he expects the Brazilian to look for the finish for the duration of the contest.
Now armed with knowledge of a potential timing error, White said he still stands behind his initial claims: Falcao could have and should have finished the fight.
"I don't regret those statements at all," White said. "Look at what a good first round it was. Then you're going to have a third round like that? Come on."
He also believes the eventual conclusion of the contest, a fairly lackluster decision in Falcao's favor, should be enough evidence the UFC had nothing to do with the apparent timing mistake.
"Maiquel won, and he's going to stick around," White said. "Anyone who's dumb enough to think that I wouldn't have loved for that fight to end in a nasty rear-naked choke is out of their mind."
As for Falcao, his camp says the middleweight would have loved to earn a submission win, but he's content simply to have tasted victory in his first trip to the octagon.
"We are extremely happy for having another of our fighters in the UFC," Oliveira said. "It's always an honor for us to be among the best. We thank the UFC for the opportunity.
"Maiquel learned a lot from this fight and he has a lot to improve yet. The mistakes he made are not going to be repeated. That's what we are focused on. Everybody can expect a better performance from Maiquel in his next fight."
For more on UFC 123, check out the UFC events section of MMAjunkie.com.
Proof that stupid fans (of any sport) with a propensity for violence will be a menace to society.
Help refute NY Assemblyman Bob Reilly who claims MMA promotes violence. Reilly's nonsensical argument slides down the slippery slope and could result in a ban on football, boxing, WWE. Would this include professional basketball and hockey because of the violence during and after games? Remember the fans in Los Angeles who destroyed the city and ignited a taxi cab on fire after the Lakers won in 2010? Did that sports event directly induce violence or were those people just looking for any excuse to be violent (merely a correlation)?
Reilly should be approving money for kids to learn martial arts. Especially in these times of epidemic childhood obesity in New York State. We are selling our Samurai Shirt to help raise money for kids to learn martial arts. Donate what you can (and we will try to accomodate you).
For more cogent reasons see http://mmafightingwords.blogspot.com/2010/06/legalizing-mma-in-canada-every-great.html
Cleveland Browns Fan Tackled 8-Year Old NY Jets Fan
By Rich Cimini
ESPNNewYork.com
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The New York Jets, disheartened to hear about an 8-year-old Jets fan in Cleveland who was reportedly tackled by a drunken Browns fan after Sunday's game, reached out to the boy's family Wednesday and offered VIP treatment at a Jets home game.
Matt Higgins, the Jets' executive vice president of business operations, contacted the family after reading of its plight at 6 a.m. on Twitter. The Jets offered to fly the family to New Jersey to watch a game in a luxury suite at the New Meadowlands Stadium and receive autographed memorabilia from coach Rex Ryan and players.
The family politely declined, according to the Jets.
"It's terrible, what happened to that little boy," Higgins told ESPNNewYork.com. "As a father myself, I can say it tugs at you. We reached out to them, hoping we could raise their spirits. But, in talking to the family, they'd like to maintain their privacy. They have no plans to take us up on the offer at this time, but it's an open-ended invitation."
The boy went to the game at Cleveland Browns Stadium in a Jets jersey with his father, who was born in New York. Much to the chagrin of the local crowd, the Jets rallied for a 26-20 overtime victory. The boy's mother, identified only as Danielle by ABC affiliate WEWS because she didn't want to reveal her last name, said the fans in the stadium were great, but things got out of control outside after the game.
"Calling him a bad word, to my husband and to my son, throwing food at them," she said, according to WEWS.
When the family reached the parking lot, the situation got uglier. "As [my husband] was walking, holding my son's hand, a guy from behind tackled him. A drunken Browns fan tackled him and pulled him out of his dad's hand. He was on the ground crying," Danielle said, according to the station.
The boy was left with a scraped and bruised ankle. The mother said her husband didn't call police, opting instead to quickly get in the car and leave. But the mother wrote a letter to The Plain Dealer in Cleveland detailing what happened.
A team spokesman said the Browns contacted the boy's family on Wednesday and offered "anything we can do" after hearing about the "unfortunate" incident. Browns coach Eric Mangini was dismayed by the matter.
"If it's true, it's ridiculous and the guy should be arrested," Mangini said. "I would be sick if someone tackled my kid. I think it's just wrong on so many levels and I would be angry as a parent, beyond angry. It shouldn't happen anywhere, ever."
The boy's mother had been nervous about her son attending the game, but believed "kids are off-limits. Clevelanders are such great people. I knew that they would never hurt an 8-year-old kid, never."
She apparently was wrong.
"My husband asked him, 'Did you have a good time?' He said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Would you want to go back sometime?' And he said, 'No, I don't like Browns Stadium.' Who could blame him?" the boy's mother said.
The Browns have successfully cracked down on fan misconduct inside their stadium this season.
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Lyoto Machida Held This Seminar Last July in LasVegas:
"Meet and learn from former UFC® Light Heavyweight Champion, Lyoto Machida! Put on your game face as Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida together with his father and personal hero, Shotokan karate master Yoshizo Machida, lead a training session entitled “Karate is Back!” Machida is known for incorporating his unique style of traditional Shotokan, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Sumo in The Octagon®. He will teach and demonstrate moves that earned him the title of UFC® Light Heavyweight Champion in May 2009!"
We would gladly attend for a reasonable amount unless anyone was wearing a Sumo thong. We want to gauge your views on the subject after his performance against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson last Saturday, at UFC 123 in Michigan. Factor in that the Dragon trains predominately in Brazil. No profane fighter bashing (fighting words) will be allowed to be posted.
UFC President Dana White discussed how Zuffa, LLC plans to have 30-31 UFC (including the newly merged WEC) fights in 2011 and plans to expand into over a billion homes worldwide from the current 500 million homes in 175 countries.
UFC 123's big winners spoke to the media after the fights. Dana White awarded $80,000 bonuses to George Sotiropoulos and Joe Lauzon for Fight of the Night; BJ Penn scored Knockout of the Night bonus; and Phil Davis received the Submission of the Night for his modified kimura dubbed the "Mr. Wonderful" by Joe Rogan. Our jiu-jitsu instructor back in the day called it the "chicken wing."
Rampage's coach Lance Gibson advised Rampage during the fight to "knee his wheels" and "stomp his wheels" referring to Machida's legs. Rampage used foot stomps while in the clinch with Machida but this did not slow down Machida.
Not quite the same Rampage as in the Pride Fighting Championship but hopefully a full-time return to MMA for fans instead of movies and/or WWE. Rampage had an nice attempted slam of Machida who had Rampage in an arm bar attempt. However, Machida just let go when Rampage started to raise him for the slam unlike Ricardo Arona in 2004 at Pride FC's Critical Countdown (see far right picture).
UFC 123 - Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Lyoto Machida
http://blog.fightmetric.com/2010/11/rampage-vs-machida-fightmetric-report.html#more
How about Machida's dominant mount position and side control (which he should have used to ground and pound rather than attempt an arm bar and kimura submission)? What do you think? We think two Refs should stay in Ref School for MMA and Don't Be a Fool just like Rampage's shirt states. Congratulations to Rampage! We hope this will induce him to keep fighting for now and not acting in the WWE or Hollywood.
American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) and former NCAA Wrestler, Justin Wilcox defeated Vitor Ribeiro via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). An unlikely harbinger of wrestler Matt Hughes' striking ability against BJ Penn at UFC 123? We will find out tonight after Hughes' punch dazed Ricardo Almeida before choking him out in the first round at UFC 117 - Anderson Silva vs. Sonnen. This ended Almeida's attempt that night to get retribution for his coach Renzo Gracie. Hughes defeated by TKO (punches) both Renzo at UFC 112 on April 10, 2010 in the third round and Royce Gracie at UFC 60 - Hughes vs. Gracie on May 27, 2006 in the first round.
JACKSON, MISS. (Nov 19, 2010) – A ferocious Justin Wilcox power punched his way to a unanimous decision victory over Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro in the lightweight (155 pounds) STRIKEFORCE Challengers main event, Friday night on SHOWTIME. Former University of Tenn., linebacker turned MMA rising star Ovince St. Preux (8-4) also notched a unanimous decision win over Antwain Britt (11-5) in featured light heavyweight (205 pounds) action from Jackson Convention Complex in Jackson, Miss.
The 31-year-old Wilcox (10-3), a former NCAA wrestling standout for Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, opted to keep the fight standing, punishing Ribeiro with straight right hands throughout their three-round bout. Ribeiro repeatedly tried to take the fight to the ground, but Wilcox fended his opponent off with a well-timed sprawl.
“We came out wanting to exploit his stand up. At AKA, we’ve got the best stand up,” said Wilcox, who was awarded all three rounds by the three judges scoring the fight. Wilcox’s win was his fifth straight.
Asked about a potential matchup with another star in STRIKEFORCE’s lightweight division, undefeated Lyle “Fancy Pants” Beerbohm, after the win over Ribeiro, Wilcox acknowledged his interest in facing Beerbohm.
“He keeps calling out the big dogs,” said Wilcox of Beerbohm, “but, if he wants to fight, I’m your Huckleberry.”
A much anticipated bout between go-for-broke strikers Marius Zaromskis (13-5, 1 NC) and Waachiim Spirit Wolf (8-7-1, 1 NC) took a quick, anti-climactic turn after Zaromskis attempted a flying knee out of the gate in the first round, but accidentally stuck a finger in Spirit Wolf’s eye on the way down.
Unable to see properly, a frustrated Spirit Wolf was allotted a five minute period to regain his vision, but could not do so. After he was examined by the ringside physician for the second time during his recovery period, it was determined that the laceration to Spirit Wolf’s eye was too severe for him to continue, prompting a stoppage to the bout and a no contest being declared.
“In the case of an accidental foul, the referee has the discretion to give the fighter up to five minutes regardless of what kind of foul occurs,” said Cory Schafer, STRIKEFORCE Rules Director and ISKA President. “If the foul occurs in the first or second round of a three round fight and the fighter can’t continue as a result of the accidental foul, the bout is declared a no contest.”
One fight later, lightning inexplicably struck for the second time when St. Preux accidentally poked Britt in the eye in the opening seconds of the first round. Fortunately, Britt regained enough of his vision to continue after a brief break and examination from the ringside physician.
After the action resumed, Britt went on the offensive, scoring a hard right hand to St. Preux’s chin. St. Preux returned the favor, though, landing a left round kick to the liver and, then a right round kick to Britt’s ribs.
Britt caught his opponent’s right leg off the kick and took St. Preux down, but St. Preux scrambled to take Britt’s back and began firing away with punches to the body and side of Britt’s head. As the round winded down, St. Preux suddenly attempted a calf slicer to submit Britt, but Britt survived the round.
Britt made a strong stand in the second round, taking St. Preux down and blasting him with repeated punches, including a series of short hammer fists while St. Preux remained relatively inactive in guard.
In the third stanza, St. Preux turned the tides again, taking Britt to the ground and mounting him. Britt fought his way back to guard and the referee stood the fighters up after neither was advancing his position. After stopping a Britt takedown attempt, the final round came to a close with St. Preux working from half guard.
All three judges scored the fight two rounds to one in favor of St. Preux, whose win was his fourth straight and second under the STRIKEFORCE banner.
“I feel like I’m ready for anything,” said the 27-year-old St. Preux, a resident of Knoxville, Tenn., after the fight. “I’ll put everybody in check in alphabetical order.”
In other SHOWTIME televised STRIKEFORCE Challengers action, Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (6-0) continued her unbeaten run by stopping brawler Jan Finney (8-9) with a ground and pound offensive in the third round of their welterweight (135 pounds) matchup.
Carmouche, the winner of the STRIKEFORCE women’s 135 pound tournament “reserve” matchup in Phoenix, Ariz. on Aug. 13, was quick on her feet, pelting Finney with round kicks and working aggressively on the ground.
After dominating the first two rounds, Carmouche, who hails from San Diego, Calif., scored her third takedown of the fight in the third and final scheduled round and quickly mounted Finney.
A short flurry of punches from CarmoucheFinney to turtle up, giving Carmouche the opportunity to inflict more damage with an onslaught of punches to the side of Finney’s face. The referee soon after stepped in and halted the fight, giving Carmouche a TKO win at the 1:30 mark of round three.
Twenty-six year old, Caros “The Future” Fodoros “The Future” Fodor (4-0, 1 NC) earned his second victory in STRIKEFORCE Challengers competition using a slick ground game against STRIKEFORCE newcomer Derek “The Pretzel” Getzel (2-2), who secured a spot on the Challengers card by winning an eight-man qualifying tournament in Minnesota earlier this year.
Fodor, a member of Matt Hume’s AMC Pankration in Kirkland, Wash., secured a takedownnd, Wash., secured a takedown in the first stanza and landed in side control. Getzel escaped a Fodor keylock attempt, but Fodor quickly initiated a d’arce choke while inside Getzel’s guard and sunk in the choke while simultaneously passing guard. Getzel tapped out from the hold at the 4:39 mark of the first round.
Complete STRIKEFORCE Challengers Results:
Main Card:
Justin Wilcox def. Vitor Ribeiro via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Ovince St. Preux def. Antwain Britt via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Marius Zaromskis vs. Waachiim Spirit Wolf – No Contest due to laceration of Spirit Wolf’s eye as a result of an accidental eyepoke in Round 1
Liz Carmouche def. Jan Finney via TKO (punches) - Round 3, 1:30
Caros Fodor def. Derek Getzel via submission (d’arce choke) – Round 1, 4:39
Preliminary Card:
Wes Shivers def. Goldman Butler via KO (punch) – Round 1, 2:15
Jacob Noe def. Wesley Little via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jeremiah Riggs def. James Sharp via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Anthony Mitchell def. Jeffery Hedgepeth via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 2:02
Thomas Vazquez def. Brian Hall via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 2:11
Joel Cooper def. Brian Burse via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 1:27
Ken Duboise def. Travis Robertson via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
About STRIKEFORCE
STRIKEFORCE (www.strikeforce.com) is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which, on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with its "Shamrock vs. Gracie" event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in California state history. The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion Frank Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San Jose's HP Pavilion, played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265. Since 1995, STRIKEFORCE, sanctioned by ISKA, has been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming for ESPN and, after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship kickboxing promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts (MMA) series with "Shamrock vs. Gracie." In May 2008, West Coast Productions, the parent company of STRIKEFORCE, partnered with Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E), an entity created in 2000 to oversee all business operation aspects of the San Jose Sharks and HP Pavilion at San Jose. In March 2009, STRIKEFORCE signed a multi-year agreement with SHOWTIME® to stage live events on the premium cable television network. The promotion has since also produced two live, primetime events on the CBS Television Network.
While the biggest stories coming from this past weekend's "UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida" event initially appeared to be a razor-thin decision in the main event and a stunning 21-second victory by B.J. Penn, the center of attention since has shifted dramatically.
"Meet and learn from former UFC
