No, he didn’t compete…and his belt was won tonight.

Seriously, the best MMA was back in the day when Royce Gracie would beat a fellow 306 pounds heavier. So why don’t we do the catch weight shit more often? I’ll tell you why, because now network execs and other media peeps are involved. It’s a whole red tape thing. Excuse me, I need to go throw up now. That’s just the alcohol talking, of course.

Anyway, if you were wondering about the Strikeforce event tonight on CBS, here are the results via MMAJunkies:

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Fedor Emelianenko def. Brett Rogers via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:48
• Jake Shields def. Jason “Mayhem” Miller via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46)
• Gegard Mousasi def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 3:43
• Fabricio Werdum def. Antonio Silva via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Marlos Coenen def. Roxanne Modafferi via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 1:03
• Jeff Curran def. Dustin Neace via submission (injury) – Round 1, 1:39
• Shamar Bailey def. John Kolosci via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27).
• Nate Moore def. Louis Taylor via submission (strikes) – Round 2, 3:24)
• Christian Uflacker def. Jonatas Novaes via unanimous decision (29-26, 30-25, 30-25)

Loved the fights. Great battle between Mayhem and Shields, but the Fedor and Rogers fight was also pretty damn good. I’ve been on the Jake Shields bandwagon for awhile now, so when can we start getting this guy in the ring with Anderson Silva, Dana? I’m just saying. And I thought Fedor would win by submission, so that shows how much I know. Bitches.

Anderson Silva

Or…

Digital soccer dude.

Baseball may have had the World Series in action last night, but “The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights” held up for Spike TV. According to MMAWeekly, the seventh episode of the season clocked 2.5 million viewers. While this is a slight drop from recent weeks, the show still grabbed some dudes in key demographics. You know, for advertisers.

According to Spike TV officials, Episode 7 clocked in once again as the number one rated show with Men 18-34 and Men 18-49 for cable television, and was also the number two rated show in those demographics in the 10:00-11:00 p.m. timeslot in all of television, behind the World Series.

I’m not a baseball guy, but I recognize the significance this has for MMA. And the fact that Game 1 of the series was strong in the overall ratings is even better news that Spike was able to keep this large of an audience. Or maybe MMA fans just don’t like baseball. Yeah, maybe that’s it.

Note: It’s been awhile since you’ve gotten reports, musings, meaningless ramblings from this site. Not apologizing for it, but look for more very soon. My hand transplants are healing nicely.

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Herschel Walker is following in the footsteps of many other retired/suspended/disgraced athletes in pro sports by jumping into the octagon. Here’s the dish from FOX Sports:

The 47-year-old former NFL running back said Monday that he has signed a multi-fight contract with promoter Strikeforce. Walker will begin a 12-week training camp next month in San Jose, Calif., with the American Kickboxing Academy. The 1982 Heisman Trophy winner already holds a fifth-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

“I’ve been training for several years,” Walker said in a statement. “I would play college football games on Saturday and then compete in martial arts tournaments on Sunday after church I’m now looking forward to opening up another chapter in my life and to competing in MMA.”

In 12 NFL seasons — playing for the Cowboys, Vikings, Eagles and Giants — he made the Pro Bowl twice.

Walker has already had athletic success outside of football, making the two-man bobsled team at 1992 Winter Olympics. He finished seventh.

Although Walker is no stranger to martial arts, let’s just hope he pulls a young Herschel Walker:

Instead of a post-NFL Johnnie Morton: