It's Sunday Morning. Time to put on our Sunday best, climb into the Oldsmobile and give thanks to Black Jebus. But first, I must give my confessions. Dub K handled the results (go here), so I can get right into confessing.

• Going into this card, I was NOT looking forward to it at all. There wasn't much compelling me to make the purchase. Now, we did end up with a good night of fights, but cognitive dissonance still doesn't rationalize the hesitation to buy a "one-fight card". You can't predict how a night will turn out. The UFC is going to need to do a better job of putting better fights on cards. I'm not saying "stack" cards, but when the drop-off goes from GSP/Koscheck to Struve/McCorkle, that's ridiculous. 
• Might as well get this out of the way. I thought Joe Rogan was BAD tonight. Blatant favoritism in the Riddle fight. Breaking "kayfabe" TWICE (which I will touch more on later). The whole thing with the doctor that rubbed me the wrong way. Rogan usually does a pretty good job (outside of his unnecessary pushing on 10th Planet JJ terms), but tonight seemed like an off-night. Can't put my finger on it .
• Doomsday. Sup with his tooth. Walks out with a Muay Thai Mongkol. I was rooting for you brotherman, but you were outclassed here. Roberts showed a lot of heart here, but there's a reason why Alves is a top five welterweight. 

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Not links. Lanks. The good stuff. The weekend is kind of a chill time in terms of MMA writing unless there's a major event going on and your work week is hectic. So there might have been quite a few good-n-hearty stories you might have missed. I figure, "Why not serve up some sausage lanks for the readers to eat up?"

Mike Fagan (heh) at BloodyElbow talk about an unfocused Rampage

MMAPayout.com talks about how the UFC uses Social Media like Twitter

UnIntelligentDefense puts up a "Missing" poster for their lost "Barncat" Tamden McCrory

MMAFighting has Screaming PRIDE Lady~~! and Jorge Rivera interviewed

CagePotato talks to Phillipe "Male Nurse" Nover

Alistair Overeem picks up more Asian women than a White guy with a popped Polo collar

LowKick talks about how growing up in bad situations can make you a better fighter

5ozofPain has Lyoto Machida drinking his piss one day at a time

Stefan Struve on the UG has Sean McCorkle being Photoshopped into Bolivia

 
(Pat Barry knows how to have fun at a happy hour)

No one likes that last hour of work on Friday. It's easily the longest hour in the week as we all collectively count down the minutes until we can go to our local watering hole for a couple pints of beer.

Thankfully WKR has the perfect remedy for this "dead zone" hour -- a link dump. Check out the following articles from around the web and that hour will fly by in no time at all

• So it looks like we may see Shinya Aoki vs. Paul Daley in a welterweight tournament - MiddleEasy
  This sounds awesome on so many levels
• Todd Duffee, Jon Madsen Agree To UFC 121 Bout - Heavy.com
  Sorry Jon but you get to be the sacrificial lamb for Todd Duffee's rebound.
• Brendan Schaub vs. Gabriel Gonzaga on tap for UFC 121 - Five Ounces of Pain
  Remember when Gonzaga was fighting for the heavyweight title? Now he's fighting a TUF noob.
• Hendo-Babalu & Mayhem-Diaz Potential Strikeforce Match-Ups In October - MMA Convert
  Strikeforce matchmaking insanity!
• FIGHT! Life: Dan Hardy talks time in China (VIDEO) - FIGHT! Magazine
  Haryd went to traih with Shaolin Monks near the Mongolian Desert. I wonder if USA would pick this pilot up...
• Betting Agencies Fear Fix Because of This Boxing Bout - MMA Scraps
  Cue the, "this is why boxing is dying argument".
• Exclusive Video: Forrest Griffin Talks Writing, Fighting, Fans and Fecal Matter - Cagepotato
  Ah, fecal matter. The talking point for gentlemen.
• Chad Griggs: Lashley Is Strikeforce's Golden Child, But Very Beatable - MMA Fighting
  Now, if Lashley was Strikeforce's lead child he would make you sick.
• James Toney vs Randy Couture IS NOT a Freakshow - LowKick.com
  I'm sorry but Dana White said it was and he does not lie! EVER!
• Vladimir Matyushenko Considers Himself Most Underrated Fighter in UFC - Versus
  He knows what the word 'underrated' means, right?

(Subliminal messaging... mmm... milk with coffee...)

• Impact FC Aftermath: Yes, It Was Just as Bad as You Assumed It Would Be
  Bring us your rejects, your steroid users, your has-beens and I will make a fight card for the ages.
• Paulo Filho flashes crowd during “Impact FC 2″ weigh-ins from Australia : Five Ounces of Pain
  Oh god! I feel... *vomit* I feel... *VOMIT* My eyes... they buuuuurn!!!!
• Strikeforce Needs to Answer, 'What's Next?' - MMA Fighting
  Come on MDS... We all know that Scott Coker decides everything with a coin toss.
• UFC on Versus 2 to Air on Japanese PPV - Versus
  Akiyama is providing the color commentary. If I spoke Japanese it might actually be worth buying.
• Erin Toughill: I'm Hardly Scared of You, Cyborg (VIDEO) - FIGHT! Magazine
  In the words of Yoda: "You will be. You will be"
• The Knockouts of 2010 Vol. 1 - MMA Scraps
  VIOLENCE! GIMME, GIMME, GIMME!
• The Korean Zombie calls out Omigawa - MiddleEasy
  Never insult a Zombie.
• Ring Girls Round-Up: Canadian Fighting Championship 5 - Low Kick
  Greatest idea -- EVER!!!
• Bobby Lashley is totally going to fight this time - Heavy

(I want a visa to that country)

No one likes that last hour of work on Friday. It's easily the longest hour in the week as we all collectively count down the minutes until we can go to our local watering hole for a couple pints of beer.

Thankfully WKR has the perfect remedy for this "dead zone" hour -- a link dump. Check out the following articles from around the web and that hour will fly by in no time at all

• Fujii vs. Magana, Alvarez vs. Aguilar set for Bellator 24 in Florida - Five Ounces of Pain
• 'How Are MMA Fighters Spending Their Summer Vacations?' - Cagepotato
  Liddell at the shuffle board course seems appropriate
• Jon Jones Eying Eventual Move to Heavyweight? - Versus
  Jones vs. Anderson Silva at Heavyweight. Book it now!
• Backstage With Joe Rogan - MMA Fighting
  For those looking to see Ariel hit the bong with Rogan don't get your hopes up
• Behind the Lens: Jade Bryce - FIGHT! Magazine
• Brazilian church adopts MMA as their official sport - MiddleEasy
  I wonder what the Vatican will have to say about this...
• 10 Locks For The UFC Hall of Fame | Heavy.com
  Dick Lebeau deserves to be in as a player not just a coach! Whoops! Wrong sport...
• "A Clockwork Overeem" - MMA Scraps
  MMA needs more Stanley Kubrick. Paulo Filho is Private "Gomer" Pyle, right?
• A Game of their Own: M-1 Global to present an Eastern European alternative for The Ultimate Fighter - Low Kick
  There's going to be ring girls, right?

Hey, it seemed that a lot of things happened while I was gone.

• Shogun is recovering faster than normal, Wolverine style - MiddleEasy.com
  Pretty sure Rua's knee is not made of adamantium....
• Rashad Evans Happy to Wait for UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Mauricio "Shogun" Rua to Recover - Bloody Elbow
  So, no fake interim title fight then?
• Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez Confirmed for UFC 121 - MMA News
  That was a quick turnaround...
• Urijah Faber’s 135 lb debut postponed as injury sidelines "California Kid" from WEC 50 - Five Ounces of Pain
  Apparently medical science is still figuring out how to regrow a leg after it's been torn off by Aldoraptor
• Faber talks about injury - Heavy.com
• Bellator Source Refutes Reports Paul Daley Has Signed With Promotion - MMA Fighting
  Not sure why Paul would've signed in the first place. Why would he want to have Ben Askren lay wrassle with him for thirty minutes?
• Report: Michael Bisping vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama to Headline UFC 120 - Cagepotato
  It feels like Bisping, Akiyama and Wanderlei Silva have been stuck in a bad romance novel (LOVE TRIANGLE!). Seriously, this is the third(?) time this match has been rumored.
• Bob Reilly is at it Again - MMA Scraps
  Not surprising that Reilly points to latest MMA death as reason NOT to legalize the sport in New York.
• Big John McCarthy Rumored to Return at UFC Live: Jones vs Matyushenko - Bloody Elbow
  I wonder if Zuffa will give him a 'Welcome Back!' card...
• Chael Sonnen Sounds Off in Open Letter to Fans - FIGHT! Magazine
  Could this possibly be better than Dan Gilbert?
• No WAMMA regalia for Fabricio Werdum? - Fightlinker
  :-(
• Freddie Roach praises George St. Pierre's learning ability - LowKick
  Why am I so terrified of Roach commenting on MMA???

Quick programming note: A family member is very sick and I will be unable to write a lot this weekend and there will be a drop off in posts this coming week. Hopefully things will get better and this short hiatus will be just that.

Finally, we can stop talking about LeBron and his desire to be featured in a 21st century interpretative modern art piece dubbed the Prima Donna and get back to MMA talk. But before we do let's remember the good times; like having Nike cover up the fact that Jordan Crawford dunked on you (Go Xavier!)

• Shogun Eyeing January Return to Action; Says Talk of Interim Title is Premature - Cagepotato
  Woo!!! No more fake titles!
• Gegard Mousasi: I Didn't Know a Lot About Takedowns - MMA Fighting
  Really? That wasn't blatantly obvious...
• 52 Fight: Yves Edwards Knocks Out Josh Thomson at UFC 49 - Bloody Elbow
  Remember the good ole days of 80,000 pay-per view buys?
• MMAScraps Radio: UFC 116 Talk and Gerald Harris Talks About His Epic Slam
• Shane Carwin: I'm The Guy To Beat Brock Lesnar - Heavy.com
  I would write something snarky but I am afraid Shane Carwin will come and eat me and gas out after three and half minutes...
• Keiichi Sasahara explains Alistair Overeem's absence from this weekend's Dream 15 | LowKick.com
  Oh Japanese MMA, how silly you are. Next thing you know they will announce Hulk Hogan is fighting someone. Wait a second... that's not a bad idea..
• WEC 50 Takes Shape - MMA News
• The 'Double Complete Rainbow' guy is an MMA fighter! - MiddleEasy.com
  For some strange reason I don't think this story is going to get as much traction as the "MMA fighter rips out friends heart" thing.
• Randy Couture: As a Crossover Fight, Its Gonna Be Big - FIGHT! Magazine
• Nate Diaz signs four-fight extension with UFC - Five Ounces of Pain
  Thank you god for keeping a Diaz in the UFC

(Ah, taken refuge in a nice cup 'o' joe)

Prepare yourself for an extra large dose of Fedor caffeine this morning.

• Fabricio Werdum shocks Fedor Emelianenko, submits legend in first round - Five Ounces of Pain
  We need a new word because shocking doesn't suffice. How about "Fedocking!" or "Shodoring!"? Maybe we better stick with the simple "what the f@$& was that?!"
• Despite Loss, Fedor Emelianenko Still Greatest MMA Heavyweight Ever - MMA Fighting
  Hard to imagine anyone in the heavyweight division putting together a sustain run like Fedor did.
• Top Ten Rankings Updated Following Strikeforce - MMA News
  There's going to be a lot of MMA math to figure out what that division looks like.
• Fabricio Werdum Following Fedor Win: 'This Is the Best Day of My Life' - MMA Fighting
  It must be weird for Werdum to know that whatever he does n life from this point on it will never come close to surpassing the feeling he had on Saturday night. Kind of makes you sad in an unbelievably wonderful sort of way.
• Pep Talk: Werdum Victorious, Fedor Prophetic - FIGHT! Magazine
  Even in defeat we have to deify Fedor.
• Is Fedor Emelianenko, the Greatest Heavyweight Ever, Fighting in the Wrong Weight Class? - Bloody Elbow
• The Sunday Morning Rumor Mill - Middle Easy
  At least we still have Fedor rumors. That's a big relief.
• MMAScraps Radio: Fedor Talk, Gerald Harris, Chris Lytle and Matt Brown - MMA Scraps
• 'Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum' Aftermath: Well, Holy Shit
  Robbin: Holy unthinkable upset Batman!
• The Ripple Effect: Fedor Emelianenko - MMA Scraps
  So many waves... Brain hurting...
• 'Fedor vs. Werdum' Aftermath, Part Deux: Oh Yeah, Some Other Stuff Happened Too - Cagepotato
  Psh! Other stuff.
• All 3 Women in the Cage Did Their Jobs Well in Cyborg-Finney Fight -MMA Fighting
  But I thought Kim Winslow was the Marquis de Sade?
• The incredible growing Fedor post - Fightlinker
  This is something out of a 50's sci film: "Once the Fedor talk hits a critical mass there's no stopping it. *Dramatic close up* God help us all!"
• Fabricio Werdum Silences Doubters by Tapping Fedor Emelianenko and Proving Jiu Jitsu Still Matters - Bloody Elbow
  The ghost of Hélio Gracie lives!
• Post-fight Press Conference Highlights - Heavy

SBN coverage of Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Werdum