Fedor Emelianenko Loses to Fabricio Werdum

Fedor has finally lost a fight after 10 years of going undefeated and only ever losing once before in his career. He got caught by Fabricio Werdum and submitted via arm lock. He made a mistake but didn't necessarily look bad doing it. He dominated the striking but lost when the fight went to the ground. Lots if interesting fights left at heavyweight in Strikeforce. Still think Fedor is the best but for now Werdum will take the mantle of top heavyweight with Fedor dropping to number two. I think a Fedor rematch or a title shot against Overeem makes sense for Werdum. Probably a title shot against Overeem since the champ needs another fight in the US.

In other action, Cung Le looked great in taking out Scott Smith and righting the ship after he got caught late against Smith in their first match. Le basically continued his domination of Smith but finished the fight this time around making no mistakes. Interesting fights with Robbie Lawlor or others await Le if he decides to continue fighting.

In women's action, Cyborg won again against an outmatched lesser known opponent. The girl needs some competition as there isn't really much out there at the moment.

NBA or WWE?

I know this is a Boxing / MMA site but I had to comment on the recent NBA finals between the Boston Celtics and the LA Lakers. I watched most of the series and couldn't help but note how often the referees were wrong when they blew the whistle. Based on my rough count over 80% of the calls were actually wrong! This is quite remarkable given the level of popularity of the sport. It seems the problem is that the sport is so fast and difficult to officiate now that most of the made calls are gut feel reactionary versus a ref actually seeing something. It's going to be hard for fans to continue to watch a sport that has basically no accuracy in officiating. I really have to hand it to the NBA marketing machine - they've done a great job to keep the fan base strong. I really don't know if this is much of a sport anymore though. The athletes are still solid but the sport needs to be fairly officiated in order to be considered a sport versus a drama like the WWE. Many WWE wrestlers are great athletes too. Too bad officiating always gets in the way but if you're less than 80% or heck even 20% accurate on calls than you're not really a viable sport anymore, in my opinion. Given the NBA's recent issues with claims of rigging games from a former referee it's probably in the league's best interest to do something about the officiating before this gets out of hand. Hopefully, someone will let me know how it goes because I certainly won't be watching any more NBA drama err games until this thing is cleaned up.

Chuck Liddell KO'd By Rich Franklin

Chuck Liddell is finished in the octagon. He looked good but once again he got rocked and stretched out. Seemed to be in better shape but got the same result. Rich Franklin got the better of the exchanges with Chuck Liddell and knocked him out at UFC 115 a few minutes ago. In other action, Mirko Crocop had a great comeback by submitting Pat Berry in the third round after getting dropped twice in round one. He still doesn't look like he is ready to challenge the top heavyweights in the UFC but still got a decent win. Crocop showcased his striking and ground game although his striking was inconsistent and his ground game didn't look great. Berry just had no ground game to compete with Crocop. UFC 115 was a good event even though it showcased second class fighters that had little but name recognition left to carry them.

As for Liddell, it seems there is a new generation of fighter now and he hasn't kept up. His chin and defence have both let him down in all of his recent fights. He's just not at the level needed to contend in the UFC today.

Pacquiao Ready to Accept Mayweather's Terms

Manny Pacquiao has stated that he will accept Mayweather's terms for drug testing up to 14 days before the fight. It seems there shouldn't be any more obstacles unless Mayweather creates some more. This could potentially be the biggest fight in the history of boxing. Both Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are 1-2 on every pound for pound list I have seen so it naturally makes sense to have them fight to determine who is really the best. Mayweather just beat Shane Mosley and Pacquaio just beat Joshua Clottey (and destroyed Miguel Cotto before that). There's really no one else left for either one of them. The good thing about negotiations this time around is that they seem to be keeping them out of the press versus last time where all the issues came out into the media. Hopefully, they can resolve things and announce a fight date once ready without have to negotiate in the public eye this time around.