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Heavyweights: Andrei Arlovski (14-5) def. Jake O’Brien (10-1)
Finish: TKO, 4:17 of the second round
Key Moment/Turning point: Arlovski scored a trip in the clinch and opened up a ferocious ground and pound assault.
Analysis: The UFC did everything it could to bury the popular former UFC heavyweight champion in the final fight of his contract. They put Arlovski on the non-televised undercard, matched him against human blanket O’Brien, and even angled the pre-fight video to focus on O’Brien. O’Brien was the aggressor in the opening round and won the round, getting stuffed on his first three takedown attempts but finally hitting on the third and scoring with several punches and elbows. The second was more of the same until Arlovski scored the trip. Soon thereafter, he unleashed the fistic power that made him a fan favorite and the fight was called to a halt.

Welterweights: Luigi Fiorvanti (13-3) def. Luke Cummo (9-5)
Finish: Unanimous decision by straight scores of 30-27
Y! Sports score: 30-27, Fiorvanti
Key moment/turning point: Not any specific moment, but the story of the fight was Cummo’s inability to stop Fiorvanti’s takedowns.
Analysis: Cummo had little chance to show his stand-up in what ended up as a wrestling match with light ground and pound. Cummo never got started and at best was successful in not taking any serious damage while being overpowered.
Welterweights: Josh Koscheck (10-2) def. Dustin Hazelett (10-4)
FInish: TKO, 1:24 of the second round
Key Moment/Turning point: Koscheck nailed Hazelett with a bull’s-eye of a high left kick that connected behind the ear, then finished the fight seconds later.
Analysis: In the final fight of his UFC contract, the former Ultimate Fighter 1 standout scored a big win in a tremendous match. Hazelett won an action-packed first round, opening things with a high kick which rocked Koscheck back to the fence and following up with a knee. The two stood and traded for much of the round. Hazelett cinched a standing guillotine and scissored Koscheck around the waist, but Koscheck managed to pop out. In the second the two were standing and trading again when Koscheck drilled Hazelett with the kick. Hazelett tried to get back to his feet, but Koscheck pounced and landed five punches before Herb Dean stopped the fight. Though Hazelett got caught, his performance against a fighter of Koscheck’s caliber should up his stock in the pecking order.
Mark Coleman became the fifth inductee into the UFC Hall of Fame in a ceremony held between matches. Coleman, an NCAA champion and All-American wrestler at Ohio State, also competed on the 1992 U.S. Olympic team. Coleman won the UFC 11 and UFC 12 tournaments before defeating Dan Severn to win the UFC heavyweight title. He then went on to PRIDE and became the first Grand Prix tournament champion.
Dubbed the “Godfather of Ground and Pound” by Joe Rogan, Coleman joins Royce Gracie, Randy Couture, Dan Severn and Ken Shamrock in the Hall.

“I’m overwhelmed, this is unbelievable,” said Coleman, who was visibily emotional after a montage of his career highlights aired on the big screen.

Welterweights: Diego Sanchez (20-2) def. David Bielkheden (12-6)
Finish: Sanchez won via punches from the mount at 4:43 of the first round.
Turning point/analyis: Sanchez took Bielkheden down at the ouset and dominated.
Analysis: Sanchez exploded out of the blocks with a takedown and dominated from start to finish, working for a Kimura at one point, before using it to get full mount. From there he pounded Bielkheden out.
Lightweights: Jorge Gurgel (12-3) def. John Halverson (16-6), unanimous decision
Judges’ scores: 29-28, 29-28, 30-27
Y! Sports score: 30-27, Gurgel
Key Moment/Turning point: Halverson got hit with an accidental kick to the groin at the start of the second round and then lost the round in a one-sided manner.
Analysis: A much-needed win for the popular Gurgel coming off a terrible loss to Alvin Robinson at UFC 77. Not much doing in round 1, in which Gurgel kept Halverson at bay with sharp leg kicks. Gurgel drilled Halverson in the groin early in the second round. The fight hit the ground and Gurgel unleashed a ground-and-pound onslaught which most referees would have stopped. But Halverson stuck with it. Halverson came out swinging in the third round, but Gurgel took the fight to the ground again and dominated the bulk of the rest of the round in Halverson’s guard. Halverson dropped to 0-2 in the UFC, having lost to Roger Huerta in 19 seconds at UFC 67.

I thought this video was too hilarious to pass up. Looks like this adult has no core stability. They better try a regression and start from scratch!

Carbohydrates are a varied combination of both very small and very large molecules that comprise about 40 to 45 percent of the energy supply for your body. In addition, certain types of carbohydrates, such as fiber and resistant starches don’t get taken into your body for energy, but play important health-promoting roles in your gastrointestinal tract, supporting digestion and absorption, and helping you eliminate toxins and waste products.

Carbohydrates are are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, which are arranged into small units called sugars, or monosaccharides. Small carbohydrates, like glucose or sucrose (table sugar) are composed of one or two sugar units, respectively, and are the molecules that give food a sweet taste. These molecules are sometimes called “simple sugars” because they are small (only one or two units), and are quickly digested, providing immediate energy to the body.

Larger carbohydrate molecules, which include fibers and starches, are composed of at least 10 monosaccharides linked together. These large carbohydrates, called polysaccharides (poly=many) may contain up to several hundred monosaccharides linked together in different ways. Another term commonly used to describe carbohydrates is oligosaccharides, a type of carbohydrate molecule that is in-between polysaccharides and monosaccharides in size, and features two to ten monosaccharides bonded together.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Marion Jones was sentenced Friday to six months in prison for lying about using steroids and a check-fraud scam, despite beseeching the judge that she not be separated from her two young children “even for a short period of time.”

“I ask you to be as merciful as a human being can be,” said Jones, who cried on her husband’s shoulder after she was sentenced.

The disgraced former Olympic champion was ordered to surrender March 11 to begin her term.

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas said he gave her the maximum under the plea deal to send a message to athletes who have abused drugs and overlooked the values of “hard work, dedication, teamwork and sportsmanship.”

“Athletes in society have an elevated status, they entertain, they inspire, and perhaps, most important, they serve as role models,” Karas said.

Later Friday, the judge sentenced Jones’ former coach, Olympic champion Steve Riddick, to 5 years and 3 months in prison for his role in the check-fraud scam, less than what the sentencing guidelines recommended. Riddick also was given three years’ probation and must pay back $375,000.

The 31-year-old Jones also was given two years’ probation and supervised release, during which she will be required to perform 800 hours of community service.

“As everyone can imagine, I’m very disappointed today,” Jones told reporters outside court. “But as I stood in front of all of you for years in victory, I stand in front of you today. I stand for what is right.”

After her guilty pleas last October, Jones made an apologetic and teary-eyed statement outside court, saying, “It’s with a great amount of shame that I stand before you and tell you that I have betrayed your trust.”

“I have been dishonest, and you have the right to be angry with me,” she added. “I have let (my family) down. I have let my country down, and I have let myself down. … I want to ask for your forgiveness for my actions, and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.”

Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative founder Victor Conte, who served four months in prison after pleading guilty to operating a steroids distribution ring, said Friday he felt sad for Jones and her family.

“Marion did make some very poor choices, and she does deserve serious consequences. I certainly don’t condone her repeated lies,” Conte said in a statement. “There is no doubt in my mind that she has learned gigantic lessons. Hopefully, she will be able to serve as an example and help others to make good decisions.”

Jones returned her Olympic medals — golds in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 1,600-meter relay and bronzes in the long jump and 400-meter relay — even before the International Olympic Committee ordered her to do so and wiped her results from the books.

She was among the many athletes who testified in 2003 before a grand jury investigating BALCO. And on the day she pleaded guilty, prosecutors said a 2003 search warrant at BALCO uncovered ledgers, purchases, doping calendars, and various blood-test results connected to Jones and former coach Trevor Graham.

She took EPO, human growth hormone and THG using drops and injections, according to the court documents that show use in 2000 and 2001.

“Today’s sentencing is illustrative of just how far-reaching and serious the consequences of cheating can be,” U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Jim Scherr said in a statement. “The fact that an athlete with so much talent and promise, who so many people looked up to, made the decision to cheat is a terrible disappointment.”

Times are changing just enough to know that high profile athletes are getting treated like normal people. That the court systems are no longer afraid to sentence an athlete to prison.

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NEW YORK (Ticker) – Roger Clemens appeared angry and defiant as he defended himself against allegations of steroid use in a CBS “60 Minutes” interview broadcast Sunday night.

Clemens, speaking in a one-on-one interview with veteran anchor Mike Wallace, denied ever using performance-enhancing substances during a Hall of Fame-caliber career.

“Never,” Clemens said when asked if he’d used steroids. “I’ve trained hard my entire career. It didn’t happen.”

Wallace challenged Clemens to explain how he’d been able to remain among the most dominant pitchers in the history of the game into his mid-40s, suggesting it was “impossible” to do without artificial help.

“It’s not impossible,” Clemens said. “You do it with hard work. Ask any of my teammates. Ask anyone who has come here and done the work with me.”

Clemens name appeared multiple times in former Senator George Mitchell’s report on performance-enhancing substance in baseball. In that report, his former trainer Brian McNamee – a key witness in Mitchell’s investigation – claimed to have injected Clemens with steroids multiple times between 1998 and 2001.

Wallace read excerpts of the Mitchell report relating to Clemens, beginning with the section where McNamee claims Clemens first approached him with an interest in steroids. McNamee claimed that Clemens provided the needles and steroids, but wanted McNamee’s help to inject them.

“It never happened,” Clemens said. “If I have these needles and steroids and drugs, where did I get them? Where’s the person that I got them from? Please come forward.”

Since the claimed period of time was between 1998 and 2001, the effects of any type of anabolic steroids will have clearly left the body. The only remains of a potential user would be the physique of the human body altered by more testosterone and muscle.

Which due to science and the claim period was 7-10 years ago, Roger Clemens can profess to genetics. All Roger Clemens has to do now, is just keep denying the rumors and a lie-detector test to keep his name eligible for the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

I’m a huge fan of Roger Clemens, but it is time to call a spade a spade!

Here is the video of Roger Clemens denying the fact he ever took steroids, human growth hormone, or any other type of juice. You can be the judge.