 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Having made a complete mockery out of the UFC’s middleweight division, Anderson Silva is negotiating to next defend his title against a pit full of alligators as well as 30 stealthy, bloodthirsty ninjas, sources close to the champion said this week.
Silva’s second round submission of top contender and former Pride champion Dan Henderson at UFC 82 on Saturday -- coupled with the UFC’s refusal to sign other top middleweights like Matt Lindland and Dennis Kang -- leave the champ without human peer. With the 185-pound division devoid of a mortal challenger, Silva said he would turn to fighting representatives of the animal kingdom and to classic marital arts movie archetypes like ninjas, drunken shaolin monks or perhaps a giant.
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This is pretty typical. Just when we starting whining and moaning about the UFC and its business practices, about how it fails to put on solid shows even with a near monopoly on fighter contracts, what does the company do? It comes through with a pretty good card for UFC 82 in Ohio.
We could spend our time hemming and hawing around an apology, but that’s not our style. Also, we're a little short on time today, so we're only picking the main card.
(Though, for the record, this is one of the few times we like basically all the favorites to win the prelims.)
Okay, let’s get straight to the picks.
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 You had to know it was going to happen eventually.
Word spread this week that EliteXC is expected to announce a broadcasting deal with CBS on Thursday, putting live MMA on network television for the first time, according to unusually non-UFC centric reports over at Yahoo.com.
As far as we’re concerned this landmark agreement, if true, is a testament to the hard work of all of those in the MMA community who toiled to keep the sport alive during the “dark ages” of the late 1990s and early 21st century. Tito Ortiz, this means you. Thanks for busting your ass headlining six-out-of-10 UFCs in 2000-01 so that … uh … Kimbo Slice and Gary Shaw could ultimately reap the benefits.
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Saturday night's EliteXC card wasn't just fun, it was educational.
Here's five things we learned during the main event ...
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DUSSELDORF, Germany -- Even brief exposure to the discussion forums at the popular mixed martial arts Web site Sherdog.com can permanently devastate brain function and lead to rapidly decreasing intelligence, according to a report published this week by a leading psychological research organization.
"Our results are astounding," said Dr. Hans Lange, associate director of the Human Neurology Institute during a press conference. "Data indicates that people of average and even above average intelligence can be rendered complete, blathering idiots after just a few months of visiting this Web site."
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