Ha ha. Ah, that is totally something Mcsweeny would say.

Actually, I'm really Rashad Evans

@ytrebil - Ok dude the fight isn't set at an exact weight, but the maximum weight sure as hell is exact. We can agree that missing weight is bad, correct? Then should it not also follow that there should be a penalty for this? And should it not follow that the other fighter should be rewarded? I think so. Your charity suggestion is admirable, but I think most of the time giving it to the other fighter is charity. You are right it does not look good for one guy to drop the fight because the other guy came in 1lb over, and Dana surely would have his ass if he did.

@James "Organ Donor" Mcsweeny - If you are at jackson's then give that gremlin a hearty nip tweak for me next time you are double dating with him. I love the guy.

i think i need to get a life

i do not hate rashad, but rashad does not behave like a champ so i have no love him either. he never showed rampage the respect he deserved as the former champ; instead he acts like rampage ain't shit! i personally think this is all because rashad is scared of rampage.

in fact, i do think rashad showed hmself to be good people when dealing with his team and most of the time he was even good people with rampage's team. it was his punk bitch act that i was thoroughly unimpressed with.

there were several times on TUF that rashad just could not help being a punk bitch. rampage wants to fight rashad, but he would never have actually thrown the first punch on the show. clearly rampage likes playing with his opponents minds and talking shit. however, instead of playing along with the shit talking to help make some good tv, rashad decided that alternately acting hard like he was ready to throw down, eventually followed by walking away with nothing to else say was better tv.

i also do not give a shit about rampage either, but everyone knows he defended his belt and that is enough to earn my respect for him as a champ! rashad putting on a punk bitch act at least once every other show, lost my respect for him. yes, i want rashad to get his ass kicked and yes, i would love to see rampage do this, but this is just what i think rashad deserves, nothing more. if he beats rampage, which is something i do not think he is capable of doing, i will shut up about rashad.

@Get Off Me: Tito is a special case (as in special olympics) in that he hasn't really done anything likeable that I've noticed, so I would think you should be all-clear to keep strongly disliking. But if Tito turns into an alter boy and starts giving head to priests, why not give him a second chance?

@Organ Donor
I get your point about Rashad haters......What if I "strongly dislike" Tito, am I still covered if he keeps losing and looking like a jackarse in the process?

I see that it's already been duly noted, but I also want to applaud exes.for.iballs for his astute observation vis a vis Chuck "the skeletor" Liddell. But as "skeletor" is so well-spoken I can only assume that he has an assistant, not Tito, helping with his posts.

So that at least explains why "skeletor" doesn't like Keith and Rashad. But the persistent hatred for them both is quite interesting. I think some of the anti-Keith venom can be explained, as I've commented earlier, via his association with Rashad, who is truly the hated one. While both train at Jackson's, that's obviously not the source of the ire, as many popular fighters train there too - including myself, on rare occasion, although I'm not popular and I quite suck. I did double-date with my girl, Keith, and his (hot) girlfriend - a promising fighter who also trains at Jacksons - and both she and Keith are very nice.

That said, I have to say I was a bit put off by Keith's nipple tweak before his fight with Silva, and it obviously didn't serve him well. Rashad is well-known for his finger-licking double nipple tweak, which seems like a more effective technique in the cage, but may not have earned him fans.

Could it be that the nipple tweaking is causing all of the hate? Perhaps the haters were not breast-fed enough as children.

The Rashad hate is especially interesting because the more the haters dig in to their position it seems to only further piss them off when Rashad actually looks like a nice guy. Fury was inspired in the hearts of the true haters when Rashad out-classed Rampage on TUF. And against Thiago, Rashad not only ceased his arguably obnoxious showboating while his opponent picked up the slack in spades, while the haters, predictably, doubled down on their hatred, and began dealing with their frustration by looking forward to Rashad getting smashed by Rampage.

Where does it end? What can Rashad do to redeem himself? Probably nothing. But don't hate the haters, pity them. Because it really must be frustrating when the one they hate behaves in such a way that leaves them babbling like Chuck and Tito trying to read Shakespeare out loud while drunk.

Perhaps the haters weren't potty-trained as kids, so the shit that's inside of them keeps spilling out of their mouths.

Rashad comes across as a great guy IMO. I don't know where the Rashad hate comes from.

No I'm not Chuck Liddell sorry, I can't drink that much. I just hate Jardine because he looks like the six flags dancing guy. And being friends with Rashad doesn't help.

It’s not an exact weight if you want to be pedantic… as I’ve said, no fighter should be overweight for a fight. I don’t think there’s any excuse to be honest with you. I think the charity option is a good call (I’m not modest…) and easily feasible. Yes, the fighter can walk away from the fight because of the contract violation on the other fighter’s behalf, but are you trying to say that without the 10% going into his pocket he wouldn’t take the fight? I don’t think so! Firstly it wouldn’t be in the ‘spirit’ of being a fighter and secondly, the UFC wouldn’t look upon it in a good light and could and probably would affect the fighter’s career with the UFC.

It would be a good move for the UFC supporting a charity with the rudimentary Goldberg ‘promotions’ a la…”Haaaarleeeeey Davidson…the only motorcycle worthy of being in the UFC Octagon”.

@ytrebil - It makes perfect sense. If you are contracted to fight at an exact weight, you make the weight or you are in violation of the contract, and you can lose your entire fight purse. If one fighter does not make weight then the he has violated the fight contract and the fight is off. The other fighter can walk away and not be in violation of his contract, but has the option to agree to fight under new terms. Since he fulfilled his obligation thus far he gets to make the new terms.

I think the Iceman, aka skeletor, should get the CP tee. He knows his mmath.

P.S. Skeletor - please slaughter Tito on TUF!

Congrats for making weight, here’s 10% of your opponents purse? I don’t think that makes much sense to be honest although I do believe that is usually how it goes. I know fighters are ‘underpaid’ but I think it would be good image for the UFC and the sport if the 10% went to charity. Maybe the opponent can choose the charity or just an affiliate charity of the UFC.

@ytrebil - WTF 10% to charity, no it should go to the fighter who made weight, as I believe it does.

@exes.for.iballs - ha ha ha skeletor is chuck liddell! Dude skeletor, aka chuck, no worries mate everyone had your game figured out long before Keith beat you! Got predictable, got beat. It happens. Don't hate Keith.

Considering the amount of pullouts and doom and gloom over this card it turned out pretty good in comparison to the cards of the year just gone!!! We had good KO’s, decent ‘end to end’ fights and a couple of great submissions.

With regards to Daley, he does still look very 1-dimensional and even the couple of leg kicks he dropped looked very unnatural and uncomfortable for him to throw, but my god his power is pretty impressive and accurately used. He throws and knows how and where to connect. Anyone who stands in front of him is in trouble, but I can’t see him even being top 5 in the welter division as smarter fighters should ‘easily’ beat him. Also, poor form to not make weight. I don’t think there is an excuse to not make weight.

Where does the 10% of a fighter’s purse go when he doesn’t make weight? The UFC should give it to a plausible charity.

P.S. Hardy will beat GSP via KO. Mark my words. Hardy has nothing to lose but everything to gain fighting GSP and he won’t be intimidated by him! He’ll go out throwing for the fences and catch him on the chin. GSP goes down like a sack of spuds! :)

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Speaking of arms..

One was broken recently, and mocked publicly..
Very entertaining show.

Hint: It was during an MMA event that was broadcast to 80+ countries.

Sorry, was thinking globally again.

This was an awesome card considering all the issues preceding it. There were some very excting fights or at least all but the headliner anyway.

I thought Stout was done for when he had his arm all locked up like that but, he proved how tough he is. Totally deserving of FOTN.

Thiago deserved to lose that fight! He had Rashad rocked and spent almost a full minute showboating and acting all big and bad when the energy he spent doing all that crap could have been used to finish the fight. I lost a LOT of respect for him as a fighter for that bullshit. I hope he gets his face kicked in next time he tries that crap in the ring.

Skeletor knows his shit.

I see Dana was a little put off by the ppv numbers, It's clear when you see him mention it.

Unfortunately, the MMA fans have been glued to Dream, K-1, etc. recently.

Elders and purists know why.

Maybe skeletor is chuck liddell.

dammit bens

What whitey says!

i called stout/lauzon as fotn.

@cp organ donor should get one of those tshirts that you guys don't send!

got a link to him refusing to cut more weight?

Your reasoning is ridiculous.

They both missed weight, one was handsomely rewarded for it, and one was not.

If I were to guess, I'd say Skeletor hates Keith by way of his association to Rashad.

Skeletor why do you hate Keith so very much?

Yeah I wouldn't mind seeing Jardine in Strikeforce. I'd love to see Mousasi or King Mo knock him the fuck out.

It seems like Jardine has become the new Elvis Sinosec (probably mispelled that). He's the gate keeper for anyone who should even be considered a top contender at 205. The problem is beating Jardine these days isn't saying much. Yeah he's got heart and he's mean and nasty and comes out of Jackson's camp and blah blah blah but how many times have we seen him with that sad puppy dog where the hell am I look? Jardine might want to talk to Scott Coker pretty soon since he seems content to secure fighters the UFC can't sign or doesn't want anymore.

Forrest, Chuck, Thiago and .... this does not bode well for rampage.

I hope to see Dos santos vs Velasquez. Dos Santos is looking pretty good.

Why is everyone so obsessed with Kos Fitch and Swick fighting each other? They train at the same gym. How the hell are you gonna train to fight a guy at the same gym as you with the same trainers and coaches? It would be a colossal pain and I tend to agree that it should only have to happen if a title is on the line. I think Kos and Fitch would be a boring fight anyway. I still want to see Condit fight Daley. I think Condit could be trouble for mr. can't make weight but still get my bonus.

@Dangadadang - Johnson did miss weight twice, and the second time was by more than 5 lbs, but I am pretty sure it was doc's orders that he stop.

Jardine is the scaraficial lamb, Gregg Jackson's canary if you will.

I can't wait to see what they give my boy Dos Santos next, any thoughts? I would love to see winner of Carwin v. Mir.
Getting stronger......

Everyone Jardine has scouted, Rashad has scalped.

MMA math never works, Wanderlei all but raped Jardine in the ass in under a minute and Page did the same to him. Jardine also worked over Forrest pretty good he later beat Rampage, who then beat Jardine. By this logic Kimbo should be the next LHW champion since he just beat Houston who also raped jardine.

Point of this rant, fuck Jardine and Rashad! And while were at it Van Arsdale since he's on Rashad's nuts so hard these days.

Let's don't forget Jardine fought a close fight with Rampage that may have been decided by a 3rd period knockdown. Thiago Silva only needed 72 seconds to put away Jardine. In terms of MMAth, that makes Silva look much tougher than Rampage. Factor in the fact that Jardine had three rounds to scout Rashad's future opponent in the case of Rampage, and only 72 seconds to scout Silva, and all you Rashad haters might well be queefing sand big time in May.

@baldmidget

Anthony Johnson refused to cut any more weight after missing it, where Paul Daley was told by doctors not to cut any more weight. Also, Johnson had missed weight before i believe.

I wouldn't mind seeing Rumble fight Semtex that would be exciting and leave room for Kos to fight Fitch.

@baldmidget - good point! What the F Dana? Keep it consistent at least! I thought missing weight was a violation of the fight contract and therefore renders the combatant ineligible for bonus cash? Either cancel the check to Semtex or cough one up for Rumble!

now we are really offtopic, but let's see what happens with rashad and keith when the only big name fighters who will fight either of them is chuck, tito or randy(whichever loses next).

the only reason Jackson keeps Jardine around anyways is as a face punching scout for his golden boy Rashad.

who cares about Rash and Jardine? Jardine sucks and really shouldn't even be in the UFC anymore. But Daley Hardy would be an interesting scrap, but it will never be for the title.

I've spoken to both Rashad and Keith about it here in Albuquerque and it's really not going to happen. Daley has said recently in an interview I saw that he would fight Hardy, but only for the title.

i wanted to see rashad go full stinky leg, but i suppose this was better so rampage will get the chance to knock him out. had rashad gone out to the middle of the cage, silva would have had enough time(and power in the first round) to knock him out. i guess someone(yoda) convinced rashad to be smart and turn into randy couture for the night. boring!!

before daley gets a shot at the belt, he should fight at least 2 more times because he needs to beat at least 1 legit contender and his second fight should be against dan hardy(after gsp makes hardy look like a fool). EDIT: I DID NOT KNOW THEY ARE CAMPMATES. I DO NOT CARE IF THEY ARE CAMPMATES.

no single fight was excellent, or deserving of $50-60 ppv main event status, but i suppose the card was way too good for spike. would have been a great network tv card, but that reminds me... should gunsamerica.com be added to the banned sponsors too?

i agree with ghostboner. that lady is funny looking. she is more masculine than edith! whoever hired her to replace the other 2 hot chicks, should be fired.

i did not know that hardy and daley are in the same camp, but don't try to convince me that daley would not fight hardy for the belt... why not fight for the cash after hardy becomes irrelevant to the division? makes sense to me.

a year ago jardine and rashad said they would never fight eachother, but i think jardine would reconsider a fight with rashad (and the payday) now. rashad has no reason to fight jardine, unless jardine asks him for it.

Damn Rashad!!!! He's like herpes just when you think he's gone he comes back and iritates you! I agree the only consolation is getting to see Rampage destroy him in May (providing he doesn't waste more time making movies). As far as Daley deserving a title shot, I'll say he deserves it when he learns how to be a professional and make weight. I know personally how hard cutting weight is but he's in the biggest MMA organization in the world right now. Let him show he can make weight and continue to perform well then yeah I'd give the guy my endorsement for a title shot. Till then put down the fish and chips bro

Paul Daley - KO of the night after missing weight.

Anthony Johnson - Sorry rumble I would have give you the KO of th enight but you're not eligible, since you missed weight.

How taste another British peepee.

^^^The absence of a question mark at the end of Half Amazing technically sound sentence leads me to believe it was not a question. I'll go on a limb and suggest it may have been a response to budellers' suggestion, directly above Half Amazing's statement, that Daley fight Hardy after Hardy recovers from getting pummeled by GSP.

Is that a comment or a question?

If it is in fact a comment then let me just say thank you captain fucking obvious.

If it's a question then yes, yes they are.

Paul Daley and Dan Hardy are in the same camp.

Yeah for all the dirt I fling at the new ring girl she did ok. It just freaks me out when I think I'm watching a fighter walk out and then I see that he is carrying a big cardboard octagon and wearing a bikini top. I'm sure I'll get over it though.

Don't think thiago threw it. He def should have won, but I think he was just wary of a little rope a dope from Rashad. Stupid move though with 2 min left in the 3rd and you're down 2 rounds.

It looked to me like lauzon tapped more from the arm bar attempt that was happening and less from the triangle. Anyone else have a perspective on that? What I mean is, a more sober perspective? 1 replay was not quite enough for me last night.

Yeah, for what the new octagon girl lacks in the facial department she made up for in the sexy walk/shake department.

I also heard him say WOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another thing I learned last night is Daley and Dos Santos are for real! I haven't heard Rogan say that since Houston Alexander.

@ Smitty: that just shows how difficult a job "Condi" had, what a fine and nuanced line she had to walk. She deserves props for not even trying for the upset with some flashy maneuver like trying to share Arianny's blanket, even though she was probably quite cold and might have even had some goosebumps. Like Rashad, she came in with a conservative and calculated game plan, and she stuck to it.

Yeah, but did you see Arianny (or how ever you spell it) look all pissed off at one point when "the new chick" walked by her to her seat. Bitches are so freakin catty!

Organ Donor for comment of the week

^^^^agreed

You 'tards have been missing all of the important points about last night's card. Honestly I don't know what you were even watching.

Despite all of the moaning about the evening's supposed shortcomings leading up the event, I thought Chandella delivered some solid carrying of the sign around the ring. Clearly she's still green. Her kisses were flicked like a junior high-schooler rather than slowly blown with perfectly puckered lips like Arianny "Alpha Cat" Celeste's. Likewise, her camera waving seemed a bit rushed. But Octagon jitters are to be expected in one's first appearance in the show. Credit should be given to her make-up team, because the skin tone on her face perfectly matched that of her body's - which was a major concern leading up to the event. And she did a good job at keeping her distance from "Alpha Cat" so as not to upstage her, yet clearly wasn't intimidated either. Meanwhile, the way her ass hung below her high-cut shorts was quite promising.

It was a strong first showing by the new girl. She didn't win knockout of the night, but once she gets over the jitters and slows the pace a little bit I expect her to turn in some strong performances. Barring any sex scandal or Ben Fowlkes interviews, she might even make it to the end of her contract.

All in all, despite the doom and gloom leading up to Chandella's debut, her performance delivered far and above the miserable expectations for this card carrier.

@MediumRare

I think he was just gassed. It was no Kimbo/Houston fight for christs sake.

I dont think Thiago threw the fight i just think he was gassed out and trying to buy some time for another attack. I would almost bet my life that if Tony does fight in the UFC it will be a one fight deal and he would fight Kimbo Slice, that way if he actually wins it wont be on the scale of Tim sylvia losing to Mercer due to Kimbo being new to the MMA scene. It would still be a marketable event as well.

Kimbo vs Toney....

I bet Paul Daley would welcome a fight with Thiago Alves... cause Alves would stand and strike with him, while Jon Fitch would just wrestle the fuck out of him, and Koscheck might strike or might wrestle or both. Alves is surely his safest opponent among the top guys.

I think James Toney is just looking for a big payday. While we're on the subject of big things, he's got a big mouth (always has) and it looks like the rest of him is trying hard to catch up, at this rate he may not be able to make 265, lol. DW should give him the shot, maybe Toney getting his ass beat like he stole something would get a quality boxer who's IN HIS PRIME fired up enough to test the waters.
Thiago didn't throw the fight (imo), he looked pretty gassed well before he rocked Evans.
@skeletor, couldn't agree more (with your first post)

@MediumRare
you're an idiot, I think he was just to gassed to finish him off. I just hope Rampage remembers how to stop take downs and slam a motherfucker. I hate Rashad.

Everyone there is pretty deserving of those bonuses. I'd have to say for not having any expectations for the fights last night they were pretty entertaining.

Kos and Fitch would both beat Daley most likely due to lay and pray, but his first two opponents should have taken him down as well. Also both those mother fuckers need to fight each other or quit referring to themselves as #1 contenders.

Did anybody else think Thiago Silva threw that fight?

He had Rashad all but unconscious with about 1:30 to go in the third and proceeded to dance around like a fool.

Maybe Thiago was too gassed to finish Rashad.

Maybe his corner told him he won the first two rounds and didn't need to go for the kill (lol).

Or maybe someone paid him a lot of money (or threatened his family) to make sure he didn't win.

I sure hope I'm wrong but that looked very suspicious to me.

I don't think showing up at Dana Whites house would go to far in swaying him to let you into his company, but I would bet a large sum of money that it would get you called a mother fucker and probably shot.

Good morning, CP.

Good fights last night.

Hungover.

Here's an idea: A charity fight between James Toney against Anderson Silva: Proceeds of the card go towards the charity of choice, or James Toney's hospital bills.