I’m so glad this season of TUF is over, and this will be the last time Spike has me this hyped about The Ultimate Fighter ever again. There was absolutely zero, and I repeat ZERO payoff for sticking with this season. Rampage didn’t fight Rashad, Kimbo didn’t knock anyone out and Roy Nelson was the least exciting winner we’ve ever seen. Then they decide to follow it up by saying next season’s coaches are older and slower than we’ve ever seen before in Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz.

This would give me motivation to quit the UFC and start watching Strikeforce except that Strikeforce is only signing old legends for a lot more than they’re worth. In about a year a lot of people are going to see that Dana White was correct in not giving Hendo what he wanted. First of all Dan Henderson is old, and not the kind of old that makes you a legend like Randy Couture. (who incidentally is 1-2 since his return to MMA for those who are keeping track) Henderson is Chuck Liddell old, he’s the type of old that says just because I haven’t been knocked out a lot recently doesn’t mean that I can’t start. Now I admit Henderson is looking a lot better than Chuck in his recent fights in his old age however I think his days of walking through top competition are behind him. I’m kind of disappointed that his contract is taking so long to get squared away as now he hasn’t fought since July. I would’ve liked to have seen how he fared against Nate Marquardt to get a true barometer of where his skill is but perhaps this means Strikeforce will give him an immediate title shot against Mousasi, or Shields. He says he wants to fight Fedor but I hope for his sake that this doesn’t happen. Please remember this is the guy that barely defeated Rich Franklin. This is quite a jump in competition.

So this weekend we have battle of the craziest sound bites between Diego Sanchez and BJ Penn. I’ve come to the conclusion that the things Sanchez says makes Penn actually sound sane when he interviews. Anyways I’ll break down selected fights from that card later this week.