UFC To Stymie Strikeforce By Recycling All Their Own Discarded Trash

In the latest round of the imagined (or is it?) UFC/Strikeforce conflict, Dana White and company have decided to stymie Scott Coker's recruitment efforts by recycling all of their own old, discarded trash. First up on the recycle list are "New York Badass" Phil Baroni and Dennis Hallman - two fighters who, before Strikeforce signed Fedor and became a major player in the MMA promotion business, couldn't even get UFC matchmaker Joe Silva to take their phone calls. Now Baroni and Hallman are the recipients of a pair of juicy UFC contracts. Expect more Octagon detritus and debris to be scooped up by Zuffa in months to come.

Observations From My Couch: "March Badness"

• As a competent play-by-play commentator who knows the ins and outs of both boxing and MMA, Colonel Bob Sheridan will be worth his weight in gold if this boxing/MMA hybrid stuff takes off. If he plays his cards right, he might even get promoted to brigadier general.
• Seth Petruzelli. The man. The myth. The legend.
• Cowboy Karate? Dennis Hallman is in trouble when he runs into a practitioner of Native American Judo.
• Did Din Thomas hit on Rihanna?
• Bobby Lashley is so not quite Brock Lesnar.
• Roy Nelson needs to file a police report as soon as possible, 'cause that man was robbed.