In all the talk of judging and controversy at UFC 106 WKR would be remiss if we didn't mention the Josh Koscheck Anthony Johnson bout.

In the first round Koscheck was the victim of an illegal blow to the head, courtesy of Anthony Johnson's knee. Immediately after the knee landed, time was called and Josh Koscheck proceeded to clutch his left eye in pain (pictured above). The broadcast featured replay after replay showing the knee striking Koscheck's forearm, which in turn hit the right side of his face. The replay, and Joe Rogan's commentary, seemed to indicate that Koscheck was exaggerating the injury, much to the disgust of Logan Stanton and Natasha Wicks.

WKR was prepared to write a defense of Koscheck's actions but then we were provided with this visual evidence of the validity of Josh's response.

The freeze frame provided by Bloodyelbow shows Anthony Johnson's thumb poking Koscheck's left eye.

Quick side note: Joe Rogan tweeted this about the above picture,

"For all the folks that said @JoshKoscheck faked his eye poke, here's the evidence that you're wrong: http://bit.ly/5GiP4i."

Uh, Joe, weren't you the one implying that Koscheck wasn't injured during UFC 106?

Anyway, after Koscheck recovered from the illegal knee/eye poke the fight resumed but took a potentially nasty turn in the second round as Josh Koscheck proceeded to poke Anthony Johnson in the eye, twice!

For WKR, this is the equivalent of a pitcher throwing at an opponent's head after his teammate has been struck by a pitch. It is very hard not to conclude that there was some form of reciprocity involved with Koscheck's open handed jabs.

Furthermore, it is strange that there isn't an outcry for a rematch in the MMA community considering that the bout was marred by illegal actions by both fighters.

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