Heading into his scheduled welterweight bout with Jon Fitch at UFC 117 on Saturday night, Thiago Alves failed to make weight. He came in a half pound over the 171-pound limit for a welterweight fight and declined to cut any more weight. He instead fought Fitch at a catchweight and forfeited 20 percent of his fight purse. After dominating Alves for three rounds, Fitch was okay with Alves’ blunder. "It was only half a pound and the thing with California, like when I fought Diego (Sanchez) here I missed weight too my first try, the scales are digital and they round up to half a pound. He could have been a fraction of a quarter of ...

TNA wrestler Bobby Lashley continues his quest for credibility as an MMA fighter. So why does he still do both? It was Saturday, January 30, and Bobby Lashley was mercilessly punching a loose-fleshed, pointlessly tall man named Wes Sims in an MMA bout for the Strikeforce promotion. To avoid leaving Sims a bloodied mess, a referee stopped the onslaught after just over two minutes. The first-round stoppage didn’t sit well with Sims. The 6’8” MMA oddity accused Lashley of cheating, while dismissing him as just one of those wrestling guys. Yes, Bobby Lashley is one of those wrestling guys. A former WWE performer, the massively built Lashley currently performs for Total Nonstop Wrestling ...