The highly anticipated match between Mirko Cro Cop and Overeem ended as anticlimaticly as you can put it as Overeem’s knee to Mirko’s groin pretty much knocked him out for good. The fight was called a no-contest for the illegal blow but Overeem should be disappointed as he was winning the fight very easily. But this guy will be a monster in the years to come. Hopefully we will see him in the UFC down the road with Fedor.

It didn’t take too long for Frank Mir to talk about his disapproval of Lesnar getting a title shot against Randy Couture. When asked about what he thought about Brock Lesnar getting a title shot, he was blunt about it:

I think that Lesnar’s name is the only reason he’s getting a title match

I personally like Frank. I think he is a great MMA fighter. But sometimes he gives this impression that he think he is bigger than he really is to the UFC. Now I understand guys like Werdum or the Nog talking badly about Lesnar, but Mir used Lesnar as a stepping stone to get a title shot he doesn’t serve in my opinion. Not only that, he got his Ultimate Fighter gig because of his fight with Lesnar, so for a guy who has benefited the most from Lesnar, he is certainly disrespectful. And he should’ve been stopped if the referee didn’t have that bogus call against Lesnar, but that’s another story. You be the judge.

I didn’t want to believe this, but now it all makes sense as Affliction announced their partnership with the Golden Boy promotions. It just goes on to show that Affliction is so desperate that they are willing to sleep with the devil and make a sideshow out of MMA by partnering up with a boxing promotion company. I know the Golden Boy Promotion partnership may give affliction some muscle but promoting MMA fights and boxing fights together? That’s just disturbing. The truth is the boxing community looks at mixed martial art as a street fight and not a real sport. Now you put the two together and it’s evident which one will be the sideshow.

There is a lot of buzz around Tito Ortiz and his future on the net. He has simply not been able to get anything done with the UFC and Affliction so far, and I doubt these guys will go out of their ways to sign this guy. Tito may still be a draw but he is no top fighter anymore. He really hasn’t beaten anyone who matters in his past fights, and his most impressive feat must be his draw against Rashad Evans.

If you haven’t heard the news by now, Evan Tanner is not among us anymore. The former middleweight champion took a cleansing trip to a dessert and was found dead by an Imperial County Sheriff’s Department Deputy on Monday.

Evan had done these trips before, but this time when he didn’t answer his text messages by Friday, people knew something was wrong. Unfortunately, they could not find him on time. Tanner will be remembered for his tenacity and his warrior-like attitude. He was a UFC champion, and he was willing to defy odds and his age to get back there. He will be sorely missed.