UFC 125 Post Post

First and foremost in the news from UFC 125, Dana White has changed his mind and is making Edgar vs Maynard III before the Anthony Pettis fight and doesn't know yet if "Showtime" will have a fight in between or sit and wait a la Rashad Evans. I'm fine with that and with scoring the fight a Draw, and unfortunately life isn't fair and Pettis will just have to wait until business gets settled.

FightMetric scored Main Event 10-8 Maynard, 10-9 Edgar, 10-9 Maynard, 10-9 Edgar, 10-9 Edgar for a 47-47 draw. Despite how you scored the fight it was so damn close that we need a rematch to the rematch and if this angers you consider this. Neither man went for the kill in the final round and that was the round that would have established a winner. Despite the 20 prior minutes of war, both men played cautious for the final most important round.

• In the 1st round, Maynard threw 128 strikes, landing 47. Maynard went 46 for 201 in rounds 2-4.
• Edgar threw 86-297 (29.0%) from distance.
• Maynard threw 56-242 (23.1%).
• Edgar and Maynard both completed 3 takedowns. Maynard attempted 20, 7 more than Edgar.

Brian Stann called out Wanderlei Silva for his next fight as almost everyone at Middleweight does these days. He did look very impressive shutting Chris Leben down much like Anderson Silva did years ago but the "Crippler's" coach revealed his fighter was sick immediately before the contest and refused to pull out.

"First, great job by Brian Stann. He never looked better. Many have commented that Chris was very slow and looked off last night. The truth is that Chris was sick. He had a fever and chills when he stepped into the cage. He was vomiting in the lockeroom before the fight, and after a hard warm up he didn't have a drop of sweat. Big heart to fight like that, but he was moving slow motion. He was very sharp in training. He will be back."

Jon Jones reacted to the perceived disrespect Thiago Silva displayed in his bout with Brandon Vera and voiced it on Twitter. "Wow that slapping was so disrespectful.. id love to give him a slap in the face." Well I'd love to see Thiago Silva versus Jon Jones so this is a sweet setup.

I'm actually surprised at how many people scored the fight for Nate Diaz against Dong Hyun Kim. I did not but the case can definitely be made and hearing a over confident "Donger" call out Georges St. Pierre is just funny.

• FightMetric scored Nate Diaz vs. Dong Hyun Kim, 29-28 for Diaz.
• Diaz narrowly edged Kim in round 2.
• Diaz out landed Kim 81 to 34 and had a 36 to 19 advantage in significant strikes.
• Diaz landed as many strikes in round three (34) as Kim did during the entire fight!!

Jacob Volkman became my hero when he defeated the loud mouthed and uber-boring Antonio McKee only to immediately fall out of my good graces by calling President Barack Obama and "idiot" and saying he wants to fight him next because “someone has to knock some sense into that idiot.” Oh "X-Mas," please keep to staying so unimpressive that nobody knows or cares who you are before the UFC gets their wish and someone beats you so they can cut your C-Level ass.

UFC Paychecks
Frankie Edgar: $102,000 ($51,000 win) def. vs. Gray Maynard: $52,000 ($26,000 win)*
Brian Stann: $42,000 ($21,000 win) def. Chris Leben: $46,000
Thiago Silva: $110,000 ($55,000 win)def. Brandon Vera: $60,000
Dong Hyun Kim: $70,000 ($35,000 win) def. Nate Diaz: $33,000
Clay Guida: $62,000 ($31,000 win) def. Takanori Gomi: $50,000

Jeremy Stephens: $36,000 ($18,000 win) def. Marcus Davis: $31,000
Dustin Poirier: $8,000 ($4,000 win) def. Josh Grispi: $15,000
Brad Tavares: $16,000 ($8,000 win) def. Phil Baroni: $25,000
Diego Nunes: $20,000 ($10,000 win) def. Mike Brown: $23,000
Daniel Roberts: $24,000 ($12,000) def. Greg Soto: $8000
Jacob Volkmann: $24,000 ($12,000 win) def. Antonio McKee: $15,000

* - Although not reflected in the NSAC paperwork, both headliners received their win bonuses despite the draw

UFC Bonuses
$60,000 fight-night bonuses:
- Fight of the Night: Frankie Edgar s. Gray Maynard
- Submission of the Night: Clay Guida
- Knockout of the Night: Jeremy Stephens