Some thoughts while I recover from my Evans vs. Machida hangover...

- "Ladies and Gentleman welcome to the Machida era" ~ Joe Rogan. Guess what everybody, Joe Rogan is totally right. No one in the light heavyweight division can beat Machida right now. No one.

- I was totally vindicated in my game plan to lower expectations to an all time low. If I hadn't done so then I wouldn't have jumping out my seat screaming like  Christian Bale as Evans got knocked out. 

- I am still in shock that fans started chanting Machida. When did Machida get fans?

- Did anyone else notice Rashad Evans channeling his inner Brian Dawkins? The Wolverine is here!

- After the first round you could almost hear Greg Jackson say, "Alright we gave away the first round so everything is going according to plan."

- Drink every time someone says elusive. Greatest drinking game of all time or worst? 

- The first round was so boring that Goldie actually made a Cobra Kai reference. Bill Simmons would be proud.

- How many people made urine jokes after Machida won? Too many.

- There were so many code words being thrown around to describe Machida so fans wouldn't think "oh my god what a coward!" Elusive is the one everyone knows but try these on for size; unorthodox, unique, varied, unconventional, rare, distinct, only one of its kind, evasive, baffling, cagey, deceptive, puzzling, shifty and sly. 

- "Iron sharpens iron" ~ Joe Rogan. What the hell does that mean?

- Hughes looked really old in his victory over Serra.

- "I haven't had pasta for three months, I am dying Joe" ~ Matt Serra describing the difficulty in dropping down to 155lbs. and reaffirming every stereotype about Jersey. 

- Serra getting a break with an early head butt. But Hughes countered with some 'country boy' lay-n-pray. What a grudge match! I knew it was a grudge match because Serra entered to Rocky.

- Still kind of confused why anyone would ever stand in front of Drew McFedries. It's the equivalent of standing in front of a cannon.

- Chael Sonnen needs to stop playing hooky during Jiu-Jitsu class. How many times can the guy get into really bad submission positions and still win? The correct answer is seventeen.

- Sean Sherk must read fightlinker because he absolutely refuses to wrestler. What gives Sean?

- Yves Lavigne kept getting booed all night due to a controversial stoppage. Poor Yves the guy just seems to be in a rut. At UFC 96 he was let the carnage go too long, at UFC 98 not long enough. But don't worry, the next fight card the carnage will be just right.

- Dave Kaplan had another solid entrance. Too bad he can't win a fight.