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Big Nog is Back!!

Just days after a career-saving performance against a slightly slower and obviously out-gunned Randy Couture, Big Nog talks about wanting a title shot against the UFC Heavyweight Champion, the Vanilla Gorilla, Brock Lesnar. Big Nog had almost been given up for dead, after a lackluster performance against Frank Mir in December of 2008 before bouncing back and smashing Couture. Nog later revealed he was suffering from a knee injury and staph infection.

Nog states his obvious advantages over Lesnar such as experience, jiu-jitsu, cardio and maybe even boxing technique…but Frank Mir had that over Lesnar as well, and Lesnar was able to bull his way through all of that with relative ease. I say let Nog have the winner of the Cain Velasquez vs Ben Rothwell fight before he takes on Lesnar, and believe me when I say this that Cain will be the winner of that fight. Carwin will go on to lose to Lesnar at UFC 106, and if Nog gets past Cain, then we have a match up.

Lesnar’s brute strength is the great equalizer, and then some. The dude is an absolute freak who drinks Coors Light and regularly gets on top of his wife. Not a dude to be messed with!!

Don’t say Sherk isn’t a company man again.

After flunking a California State Athletic Comission (CSAC) doping test in 2007, Sherk was stripped of his 155lb title. He had won the vacant title in a bloody, 5 round fight against Kenny Florian, and had just defended it against the number one contender, Hermes Franca. Sherk vehemently denied any and all doping allegations, but the CSAC didn’t see things the same way, although they did reduce his year long suspension to 6 months upon hearing Sherk out.

Shortly after that point, Sherk vowed never to fight in the state of California again. However, the head of the CSAC at the time, Executive Officer Armando Garcia, apparently had some sort of issue personal with Sherk. Garcia has since stepped down, and Bill Douglas is the new man in charge.

In any event, this bolsters the UFC 104 card, which takes place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and is headlined by newly minted 205lb Champion Lyoto Machida taking on fellow countryman Mauricio Shogun Rua.