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(After a dramatic victory, the Jets returned to the locker room to find nothing but energy drinks and DVD's of "The Secret.")

If you watched the New York Jets beat the New England Patriots in overtime last night, you may have thought to yourself, 'Damn, the Jets look good, almost as though they've been motivated by watching an MMA bout.' You have no idea how right you were.

The NY Daily News reports that Jets coach Eric Mangini was looking to send a motivational message to his team the night before the game, and he turned to some UFC footage to do it:

ULTIMATE MOTIVATION: On Wedneday night at the team hotel, Mangini showed a tape of the 2007 Ultimate Fighting light-heavyweight title bout between Quinton (Rampage) Jackson and defending champ Chuck Liddell. The upstart Jackson stunned Liddell with a first-round TKO.

Mangini's message to the team: Young and hungry defeats the established champ.

"A lot of his motivational stuff ends up coming true," LB David Bowens said.

Will I point out that Jackson was not so much of an upstart, but rather an established fighter who had already beaten Liddell in their previous meeting? I will not. Because that would be nitpicking. Just like it would be nitpicking to point out that the Daily News misspelled Wednesday. So instead I'll just say, Good work, Mangini. That motivational meeting must have been not only effective, but also brief.

(Rashad Evans looks very happy about clocking Steve Cofield one.)

- Rashad Evans can't even escape Chuck Liddell at the movies. (Yahoo! Sports)

- Talking Shamrock, Kimbo, Noons and more on the radio. (MMA Rated)

- "The Secret" explained, in a manner of speaking. (Fightlinker)

- Ryan Schultz to get another shot at Sengoku 5. (MMA Mania)

- Thiago Alves has a lesson he wants to teach Diego Sanchez. (Tatame)

- Dana White promises UFC will be bigger than NFL and World Cup, then discusses a near-death experience. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

- "Day of Reckoning" official website. (Affliction)

- UFC in talks with CBS to supplant Elite XC? (Fightline)

- Sammy Hagar rocks great moments in history. (Holy Taco)

- Tough beer choices this Labor Day weekend. (Wall Street Fighter)

- Eight awesome movie prisoners. (Screen Junkies)

(Clearly, this man has much to teach us all.)

Let's not kid ourselves, the San Francisco 49ers suck. No disrespect, Niners fans, but you know it's true. They haven't had a winning season since 2002 and they won just five games last year. They are, in a word, shitty. So what do you do to right the ship if you're head coach Mike Nolan? Simple, you call on "El Guapo" to help you out.

According to the San Jose Mercury News, Bas Rutten dropped by 49ers training camp to give a motivational speech about how not to be a total pussy:

Rutten, 43, was born in the Netherlands and joked that he doesn't understand a thing about football unless his friends are there to explain the rules.

"Fighting is easy to understand,'' Rutten said. "You just hit the guy as hard as you can."

But at the invitation of Coach Mike Nolan, the fighter said he planned to teach the 49ers a philosophy he considers universal to all sports.

"My message to them is about how to mentally deal with things,'' Rutten said. "Some of what I talk about will be conditioning of the body, but my belief is that everything starts with the mind. You win a fight not with your strength but with your mind."

Apparently Rutten isn't the only non-traditional motivational speaker to visit the Niners lately. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer gave a talk to the team about how to screw with the press. We don't know exactly what Bas had to say to the them, but I think it's safe to assume that we'll see way more liver shots from the 49ers this year. You can't argue with what works.

(Props: Steve Cofield)