It’s been a good holiday season but now it’s time to go back to work. Christmas was good, those of you who follow me on twitter know that my parents hit a homerun and bought me Madden ’10 and a second controller for my PS3. It’s wonderful to be a 25-year-old kid. The Cowboys clinched a playoff spot and will win the division and a home game next weekend. I’m anticipating a solid run for the superbowl, that’s the only playoff win that actually matters.

Now on to MMA, this is a very slow news week so I really nothing to repeat.

Big Baby quit MMA that’s probably best for him and the sport he was too old to develop an effective striking game. This is why you should start with a strong standing base before you develop a sophisticated ground game. The fight starts standing.

Gilbert Yvel makes his UFC debut this Saturday against Junior Dos Santos. Unfortunately this is worse news for the heavyweight division than you think. If Dos Santos beats Yvel impressively it’s going to crowd the title picture even more so than it is right now. Somebody please call a doctor and get the heavyweight division healthy so we can restore order.

I hate to defend Frank Mir (even though I secretly love him) but the media needs to stop hyping his comment. He didn’t say Brock should be stripped, he only brought into question how long the UFC should wait before they strip him. Everyone needs to relax.

Ok there’s really nothing else to report here but you know what? I’ll preview UFC 108, I’ll give an in depth breakdown of a couple of the fights, and I’ll give quick picks for the entire card look for that later on this week.

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