The UFC just lost a lot of money. You could see it on the sad, sad faces of Dana White and Forrest Griffin.
The good news is that The Ultimate Fighter series is fully validated. Not only is the winner of Season 1 the Light-Heavyweight champion, but the new #1 contender is the winner of Season 2!
Expect Griffin's first defense of the 205 title to be against "Sugar" Shad Evans to come on December 27th.
Add this upset (a Liddell win and he would've definitely had the title shot) to Thiago Silva's back injury that cancelled his undefeated vs undefeated bout with counter-attack artist Lyoto Machida in October, and the rumored Rampage vs Wanderlei Silva bout for November 15th (on the Couture-schools-Lesnar undercard) will now determine the next #1 contender at 205. That's not bad news at ALL!
Perhaps they will match Lyoto Machida with Shogun Rua now... I'd enjoy that - provided we get the old, aggressive PRIDE Shogun back and not the fat one who let Forrest Griffin choke him out. Or maybe for the $ they put Chuck back in there with Shogun - his original opponent for his summer "comeback" tour.
Dr Hak's Updated LightHeavyweight UFC Rankings
- Champion - Forrest Griffin*
- Rampage Jackson
- Rashad Evans
- Lyoto Machida
- Anderson Silva
- Iceman Liddell
- Wanderlei Silva
- Rich Franklin
- Shogun Rua
- Thiago Silva
- Keith Jardine
- Brandon Vera
- Sokodjou
- Goran Reljic
- Matt Hamill
You should be a real sportswriter and get paid for this.
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