Historical Precedent

I was trying to think of examples that reflected the current case before MMA fans. Two examples came to mind immediately.

The first example is the suspicious use of some topical product by Kenny Rogers in the 2006 World Series. The St. Louis Cardinals correctly identified that Rogers had some substance on his hand that was affecting his pitching ability. The impact was not as great to change the outcome of the World Series, St. Louis won, but the Cardinals were in the right to point out a violation and demand an investigation, the latter of which they didn't do. 

The second analgous example comes from the world of boxing when Alexis Arguello fought Aaron Pryor. Pryor won the first bout with a techincal knockout in the 14th round. However the fight was tainted when Pryor's trainer called for a special water bottle right before the TKO, referring to it as "the bottle I mixed", leading to speculation it was tainted. The two met again and that time it only took 1o rounds for Pryor to defeat Arguello.

There are several parallels in these two events as well as UFC 94. All involve suspicious substances that could be construed as cheating. Yet, in the two examples I citied, the subtances did not affect the result. Most objective observers feel that the vaseline did not alter the outcome of the fight, and that any remtach would result in a victory for St. Pierre. Thus St. Pierre - Penn II, fits nicely into the tradtion of suspicious dominating victories.