Miragliotta Defends Stoppage Of Hendricks Vs. Sadollah Fight

"When you get to see the fight in slow motion, you can see that [Amir Sadollah (1-1)] was out and then, after a couple of strikes, wakes back up and starts trying to stand back up," UFC referee Dan Miragliotta told Fighters.com Sunday night in response to the outrage here and across the MMA media after John Hendricks (6-0) TKO’d the charasmatic The Ultimate Fighter 7 champ Sadollah in 29 seconds in Hendricks’s Octagon debut at UFC 101 in Philadelphia Saturday. Miragliotta emphasized, "You know me and have spoken with me about other fights, my job is to protect the fighters and I try and do my best to do that." A proud professional, Miragliotta verified his call immediately after the stoppage: "When I stopped the fight and got between Sadollah and Hendricks, Sadollah still looked glassy eyed and asked me what happened. I feel that he was still a little out of it while standing there talking to me." And, when Fighters.com spoke to Miragliotta, he had just finished watching the fight again to examine his work.

Ricardo Almeida Could Face Jon Fitch At UFC 106

Fresh off his unanimous decision victory over Kendall Grove at UFC 101, MMAmania.com has learned that Ricardo Almeida (11-3) will finally get to make his welterweight debut when he tangles with 170-pound stalwart Jon Fitch (19-3) at UFC 106 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Nov. 21. Since returning to the sport of mixed martial arts after a self-imposed three-year layoff to open the Ricardo Almeida Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Hamilton, N.J., “Cachorrao” has posted a 3-1 record, which includes wins over Grove, as well as the previously unbeaten Rob Yundt at UFC 81 and Matt Horwich at UFC Fight Night 18.

Anderson Silva Says He Will Not Fight Lyoto Machida

“I consider Forrest (Griffin) to be a great fighter, a tough guy and there’s nothing bad I can say about him. Thank God I was better, I trained a lot and everything went my way. Of course I would never face Lyoto (Machida). There’s no point in even asking. We have a code of honor and, besides being friends, we’re like brothers. It will never happen. I seek to work hard and seriously. I’m far from being the best in the world. I carry on working hard and serious to keep up the good results. That comes from lots of work and I intend to keep it up, to keep on winning."

Tito Ortiz On Chuck Liddell: Too Bad He Reitred

Tito Ortiz talks to SportsRadioInterviews.com about his desire to take on Chuck Liddell again in a possible third match up: I have no more pain, no more soreness, no more numbness going down my legs; I’m back in to fighting shape again. I just started working with Freddie Roach out of Los Angeles, the ‘Wild Card,’ and I’m excited. For once I’m gonna be 100 percent, and hopefully the fans get to the see the champion I was before, ’cause the last time I was 100 percent, when I was the world champion, and I defended my world title five consecutive times … I gotta give the respect to Chuck Liddell, he was a great champion. Too bad he retired, a rematch with him would be nice, and I think the fans would love to see that.” If you don't remember, Liddell holds two wins over Ortiz in their previous two fights. Both ways came by way of TKO at UFC 47 and again at UFC 66. Ortiz will likely return to action, in the UFC, this fall against Mark Coleman. He has been out of action since May of 2008. Ortiz vs. Liddell has been a big money maker for the UFC in the past and would likely be big in the future. Ortiz is saying he is back to 100% and looking to make a title run against the man he last faced in the octagon, Lyoto Machida, whom he lost to via a unanimous decision and is now the top fighter in the 205lb division. If the former champ can pick up a win over Liddell on his path, it could help get "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" over that slippery path the "Iceman" has previously put in his way on the road to the championship.

Strikeforce Results

Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos def. Gina Carano via TKO - Round 1, 4:59 Gegard Mousasi def. Renato "Babalu" Sobral via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 1:00 Gilbert Melendez def. Mistsuhiro Ishida via TKO (strikes) - Round 3, 3:56 Fabricio Werdum def. Mike Kyle via submission (guillotine choke) - Round 1, 1:24 Jay Hieron def. Jesse Taylor via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Scott Lighty def. Mike Cook via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 2:05 Justin Wilcox def. David Douglas via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 3, 3:16 James Terry def. Zak Bucia via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 1:23. Alex Trevino def. Isiah Hill via submission (side choke) - Round 1, 3:56.