The MMA Quickie (My Place or Yours?)

No Coddling for Anderson Silva

Anderson “The Spider” Silva will be taking on Dan “Hollywood” Henderson at UFC 82. No one can say that they’re are protecting Silva now. This will be his stiffest competition to date. Henderson has never been knocked out, he’s as tough as they come, and has proved he can fight a five round war.

Rampage is Riding the Pine

Dana White was asked about Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s status at the UFC 78 post fight press conference. White said that he would be “sitting out for awhile.” He also added that the UFC has plans for him that they can’t yet reveal. White did make one thing clear however; Rashad Evans will not get a shot at the title in the near future.

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Hopefully that only means he’s taking care of his hand injury, and not “we’re going through more bullshit disputes about money.”

BJ Penn Gets Cheeky

“Sean Sherk can say it’s a fake interim title, but his belt is no more real that Marion Jones’ gold medals,” Penn said at the UFC 78 weigh-ins.

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Quite the burn, and totally using a pop culture reference. I have to wonder if he paid one of Jay Leno’s striking writers to crack out that gem.

Dana Needs to Fire his Secretary

Randy Couture is at the show tonight and has been civil with Dana White. Dana had claimed that he was meeting with Couture this Tuesday, and sources close to Couture said there was no meeting scheduled. Apparently, they were actually supposed to meet this past Tuesday and Dana thought it was this coming Tuesday, so he wasn’t there and Randy thought Dana blew him off. Dana joked that clearly his communication skills still hadn’t improved much. He said they would now be meeting after Thanksgiving.

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Way to go Dana. You are trying to rekindle your relationship with this guy, and you left him sitting at a restaurant all alone, stirring his drink, and thinking about all the other hot MMA Presidents he could be dating.