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With clear evidence that the cut sustained by Stephan Bonnar in his fight against Krzystztof Soszynski at UFC 110 was caused by an accidental headbutt, it seemed like a no-brainer for the Combat Sports Authority of NSW to overturn the victory the ref awarded to K-Sos. Surprise, surprise, it wasn’t.

The Combat Sports Authority of New South Wales, which was tasked with regulating the February event in Sydeny, Australia, ruled this past Tuesday that the official result ruling the fight a TKO win in favor of Soszynski stands.

“A review was held … and the Combat Sports Authority of NSW did not seek to interfere with the referee’s decision,” wrote Craig Waller, Executive Director of the Combat Sports Authority of New South Wales, in an email sent to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) late Tuesday night.

It’s baffling how an athletic commission even with smoking gun evidence can refuse to make the right call in such a situation, but unfortunately it’s what we’ve come to expect with these regulatory bodies. It just sucks for Bonnar who now has an official L on his record he doesn’t deserve. He’s disappointed, but believes the UFC will at least give him an immediate rematch.

“It was obviously a battle between me and [the NSW commission], but as far as the fight, Dana White’s a fair guy, and I’m pretty confident we’ll have that rematch soon,” Bonnar told MMAjunkie.com.

Rumor has it the rematch will go down on June 19 at the TUF 11 Finale in Las Vegas. At least they have instant replay there in case lightening somehow strikes twice.

MMA For Real and WKR have engaged in a little friendly debate over who’s on the chopping block at UFC 110. Wanderlei Silva, Stephan Bonnar, Keith Jardine, Mirko Cro Cop and Ben Rothwell are all coming off losses so they’re at the center of attention. That doesn’t necessarily mean all five are in danger of losing their jobs, but at least two of those fighters are approaching their fights with “must-win” attitudes.

Mark Coleman, known to be a little emotional following fights, was fired up following his win over Stephan Bonnar at UFC 100. He basically tells all of us who thought he was too old to compete at this level where to stick it, and says he’s going to put in the time and “be a factor in this division.” By the way, he was never tired, he was just “playing possum.”

If you didn’t get a chance to watch the entire UFC 100 pre-fight press conference, you can check it out at Bloody Elbow.

More videos and interviews from Fox Fight Game and Cagewriter including Dana’s thoughts if Thiago Alves misses weight and his agitated response to all the UK fans who are bitching at him on Twitter for not getting UFC 100 on a bigger platform across the pond after the jump.

Shawn Tompkins says expect to see a completely different Mark Coleman at UFC 100. It’s his first real training camp in forever, and Xtreme Couture’s strength & conditioning coach has been pushing him hard. Tompkins also said that Vitor Belfort has been training with Lyoto Machida for the Jorge Santiago fight.

Stephan Bonnar also talks at length about his upcoming fight against Mark Coleman at UFC 100.

Image courtesy of CombatLifestyle.com

MMA legend Mark Coleman and Stephan Bonnar have been offered bout agreements to meet at UFC 100 in a light-heavyweight scrap. Fighters Only broke the story.