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No, sorry, this isn’t the post that finally clears up when Brock Lesnar will get back in the cage, but it should lay to rest any speculation that Lesnar’s leaky intestine was caused by any suspected steroid usage. MMA Junkie’s Dr. Johnny Benjamin has the word.

Dana White talks about the insane string of injuries that have hit the UFC lately, Keith Kizer and his criticism of Steve Mazzagatti.

Lyoto Machida’s victory over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was easily one of the most, if not the most, controversial decision of the year. Seemingly everyone who watched it live thought Shogun slayed the Dragon at UFC 104 except for the three people whose opinions actually counted for the official record. Well, make that two people because Nelson “Doc” Hamilton now realizes he made a mistake giving Machida round four.

No luck for Jon Jones with the NSAC.

Jones filed a formal appeal with the NSAC over his disqualification from the Matt Hamill fight at the TUF 10 Finale. Jones’ argument was Hamill couldn’t continue because he injured his shoulder, not because of the illegal elbow strikes. Considering that news originated from Hamill’s camp, it seemed like he actually had a pretty good case.

It didn’t matter though. According to this Heavy.com report, they wouldn’t even issue an official ruling on the appeal.

Jon Jones’ appeal to the Nevada State Athletic Commission to overturn referee Steve Mazagatti’s decision in his bout against Matt Hamill earlier this month has been denied. The NSAC stated that they don’t overturn decisions and decided against ruling on the appeal.

Heavy.com confirmed the news with Jason Genet, the manager of Jones, Shane Carwin and other fighters.

I know, shocking right?

Image via Sherdog

Remember how there were questions over whether Matt Hamill couldn’t continue in the Jon Jones fight because of the illegal elbows or the shoulder injury, and what that meant for the official ruling? Well, Matt Hamill’s trainer said it was due to the shoulder injury, and now Jon Jones’ camp is going to appeal the decision.

The NSAC has released the fighter payouts for the TUF 10 Finale. Keep in mind, these figures represent the base contracted pay the fighter receives from the promotion. These figures do not include any additional “locker room” bonuses, pay-per-view revenue sharing, or sponsorship money, which in many cases exceeds a fighter’s base pay. These numbers also do not account for taxes, insurance, and license fees.

Kimbo Slice didn’t bring home the biggest paycheck (at least not disclosed), but he earned more than his fellow TUF 10 cast members taking home $25,000 for his decision victory over Houston Alexander. It’s a far cry from the $500,000 he earned in his last fight in EliteXC, but you can bet he’ll be making a lot more than $25k per fight from here on out. It was definitely a sweet deal for Spike and the UFC who got monster ratings on the cheap, but it wasn’t totally one-sided in their favor. The show gave Kimbo an opportunity to significantly extend his drawing power, and I suspect it will pay off for him in the long-run.

Payouts

Courtesy of MMA Junkie:

• Roy Nelson: $16,000 ($8k + $8k win bonus)
  Brendan Schaub: $8,000
• Matt Hamill: $46,000 ($23k + $23k)
  Jon Jones: $20,000
• Kimbo Slice: $25,000 (no win bonus)
  Houston Alexander: $13,000
• Frankie Edgar: $46,000 ($23k + $23k)
  Matt Veach: $5,000
• Matt Mitrione: $16,000 ($8k + $8k)
  Marcus Jones: $8,000
• James McSweeney: $16,000 ($8k + $8k)
  Darrill Schoonover: $8,000
• Jon Madsen: $16,000 ($8k + $8k)
  Justin Wren: $8,000
• John Howard: $14,000 ($7k + $7k)
  Dennis Hallman: $15,000
• Brian Stann: $30,000 ($15k + $15k)
  Rodney Wallace: $6,000
• Mark Bocek: $30,000 ($15k + $15k)
  Joe Brammer: $5,000

Bonuses $25,000

• Knockout of the Night – Roy Nelson
• Submission of the Night – Mark Bocek
• Fight of the Night – Frankie Edgar & Matt Veach

Total Payout

A disclosed total of $451,000, including all bonuses, was paid out to the fighters.

The NSAC has released the fighter payouts for WEC 44 “Brown vs Aldo.” Keep in mind, these figures represent the base contracted pay the fighter receives from the promotion. These figures do not include any additional undisclosed bonuses or sponsorship money, which in many cases exceeds a fighter’s base pay. These numbers also do not account for taxes, insurance, and license fees.

In a perfect world, all “Big” John McCarthy had to do to become a licensed referee once again in the State of Nevada was apply. And he did. Being widely regarded as by far the best referee in mixed martial arts, his approval by the NSAC should merely be a formality, right?

The ability for a referee to see exactly what you see above was approved today by the NSAC.

That’s right, MMA is getting instant replay, but only in situations where the referee suspects that a fight ending blow was an illegal one like seen above in the Cro Cop-Al Turk fight and in the first Johnson-Burns bout.

The final wording as passed: “A referee at the conclusion of a contest or exhibition stopped immediately due to an injury to an unarmed combatant pursuant to NAC 467.718 and after making a decision, may view a replay if available in order to determine whether the injury in question was caused a legal blow or a foul.”

A referee may now use instant replay to determine whether the action that caused the injury was legal or a foul and make a decision on the fight’s result. Only a referee can decide whether to order a replay.

The new rule could go into effect as early as the next thirty days, although the next Zuffa event isn’t currently scheduled for Las Vegas until November.

This should be a step in the right direction. At this point, it doesn’t look like a fight that’s determined to be stopped on a foul could be restarted, but at least the next guy who gets his eye poked out won’t get an undeserved loss on his record. Hopefully other commissions around the country will adopt the rule as well.

MMA Weekly also tweeted that the NSAC passed new regulation regarding “greasing,” but I haven’t found any details on this yet. I’ll update when I do.

Update: Ok, it turns out the new regulation on “greasing” is really just a clarification on an existing rule. The NSAC had a rule that prohibits “excessive greasing” in boxing, but not in MMA, however they added that today. Keith Kizer explains:

“Boxing rules state that you can’t have excessive greasing. But we clarified that today and made it specific to MMA, that you cannot have any type of foreign substance on your body, hair, gloves or clothing that could result in an unfair advantage,” he said.

“But again it is up to the referee as the sole arbiter to judge whether or not any such foul took place and if it did, how it should be handled.”

They’re calling this “the BJ Penn rule” by the way.

Update 2: The NSAC also approved five round non-title fights for “championship-level athletes.”