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We’re all tired of hearing about the GSP Vaseline controversy regarding his cornerman applying Vaseline to his back in between rounds.  We’ve heard the stories over and over again, “GSP had an advantage”, “BJ could have beat him”, “It’s ruining the integrity of the sport”.  Well, we finally have some closer to the deal.  The UFC spent some time analyzing their current cornermen rules and have decided to make some changes.  According to Sports Illustrated Magazine, the new rules stated:

“UFC has now instructed that cornermen associated with the fighters will no longer be allowed to handle the Vaseline used in between rounds to treat and prevent cuts. The UFC will now provide one cut man for each corner for the fight. Only two people are allowed to enter the Octagon between rounds so if a cut man is necessary to apply Vaseline or work on a cut, one of the other cornermen working with the fighter must exit the cage to allow the cut man to work.”

As well have all heard by now, a lame controversy regarding Georges St. Pierre’s win over BJ Penn is that he put excessive grease on his back.  Although these accusations are made, and not yet confirmed whether or not he did or didn’t, there’s no specific clause by the Nevada Athletic Commission that addresses “excessive grease” being applied to a fighter and therefore does not violate any written rules.  However, that’s not to say that it doesn’t violate unwritten law among combat fighters.  The bottom line, GSP whooped BJ Penn,  get over it!

There are a lot of theories out there trying to explain why BJ Penn lost yet again to Georges St. Pierre.  But the best theory I’ve heard of to date, the one that makes the most sense is the soon to be infamous “Kiss of Death”.  You never know who’s out there wishing bad luck upon you.  Watch your back, if it can happened to BJ Penn, it may sneak up on you too.

This weekend’s UFC 94 headliner is Georges St. Pierre vs BJ Penn.  To carry on the spirit of this event the guys over at THQ, the makers of the upcoming UFC 2009 Undisputed video game have released a match up video between GSP and Penn.  If you’re interested in seeing what this weekend’s fight could potentially look like, just watch the video.

I have no clue how they got BJ Penn to be apart of this “funny” How to be a UFC Fighter Video which included an overabundance of “fluffy bunny” comedy… But they did.  They managed to pull off one funny “lesson”, being Lesson 1: All fighters must have a hardcore entrance.  Check out Ryan’s entrance as he stares down the camera, that’s pretty good.  But other than that… Lesson 2: Good Stance – Use the Crane, Lesson 3: Stand Up, Lesson 4: Submissions… etc etc, didn’t do it for me.  But, maybe you’ll get a kick out of it.

The UFC 84 “Ill Will” Blockbuster fights have been exclusively announced to newsletter fans.  The main event will be BJ Penn versus Sean Sherk for the World Lightweight Championship title.  Also on the card is what could be one heck of a fight, Wanderlei Silva versus Keith Jardine.  Additionally announced, the Huntington Beach Bad Boy Tito Ortiz will take on 12-0 Lyoto Machida.

The event will take place Saturday, May 24th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Nevada.

UFC 80 Rapid Fire was yet another exciting UFC.  We’re been lucky, UFC 79 and 80 were very eventful.  UFC 80 was full of Knockout’s and exciting moments.  Here are the results of the night:

• Sam Stout defeated Per Eklund Decision (Unanimous)
• Alessio Sakara defeated James Lee TKO (Strikes) – this was a quick fight ending eary into the first round.  James Lee tried to take down Sakara, Sakara while escaping the take down threw a barrage of hammer fists and won!
• Paul Kelly beat Paul Taylor via Decision (Unanimous) – this was an exciting fight that went the distance.  Both Kelly and Taylor threw down rapidly as soon as they entered the first round.  There was a lot of ground and pound by Kelly, which ultimately gave him the decision.
• Antoni Hardonk won against Colin Robinson 17 second into the first.  This was a crazy win, Antoni throw a series of Muay Thai kicks to the calf / shin of Robinson.  Robinson fell down and couldn’t get up.
• Jorge Rivera shocked Kendall Grove with a quick TKO in the first.  Rivera overwhelmed Grove with a takedown and a barrage of punches as he attempted to escape.  Grove caught a shot on the button and was over.
• Wilson Gouveia knocked out Jason Lambert in the second.  After being dominated in the first, Gouveia threw a left hook dropping Lambert with a single punch.
• Marcus Davis caught Jess Liaudin on the button and KO’s Jess in the first round – 1:04
• Fabricio Werdum defeated Gabriel Gonzaga via aTKO (Strikes)  4:34 into the second
• B.J. Penn won against Joe Stevenson – After cutting Stevenson badly, Penn defeated Stevenson with a Rear-Naked Choke in the second round.  The entire fight Penn overwhelmed Stevenson – he didn’t have a chance.

Raw Vegas recently interviewed Joe Stevenson at the Cobra Kai gym in Vegas regarding his upcoming UFC 80 title fight against BJ Penn. Joe was asked how he feels about this title shot. He states that’s his dream since he started watching the sport at age 11. Raw Vegas show some training action with Coach Marc Laimon. Joe was working heavily on his ground game in the footage. Considering that Joe is fighting an exceptional ground fighter, this would make a lot of sense for his training regime.

You can see the Joe Stevenson training for UFC 80 BJ Penn fight video below.