Dominick Cruz told Vinc Pichel in the sudden death round that he should just go street fighter on John Cofer. Cofer was upset because he thought he made a mistake that caused him to lose.

Cruz brought Ronda Rousey to train with his team. She was throwing guys all over the place. Faber came in while Cruz and Rousey were leaving and they started trash talking. Cruz told Faber to teach his team overhand rights and guillotines. Faber said he was going to teach one-armed guillotines which Cruz knew so well.

Rousey came to the house to watch Jones vs. Evans. None of the guys were spitting game to her except for Tickle. Faber said they blew it.

Faber wants Saunders to stick and move because Sicilia throws haymakers. Cruz wants Sicilia to keep a fast pace.

Team Faber lubed themselves up and brought in some of the workout equipment into Team Cruz’s team room and trained and sweated in the room. That was interesting to say the least.

Sam Sicilia vs. Chris Saunders

Best shot of the round was Saunders kicking Sicilia right in the head and Sicilia going down and nearly out, but bounced back up. Faber was right. Sicilia is swinging for the fences. Sicilia had two guillotine attempts and is starting to use his strength to his advantage.

Damn good round. Sicilia was throwing bombs, but Saunders never quit. He was in good position on every exchange and wouldn’t quit. He was rocked a few times, but continued to come back. Hard round to score, but probably Sicilia’s round.

Winner: Chris Saunders by way of split decision

How is it a split decision? Maybe majority decision? It probably should’ve gone to a third round.

The final fight of the first round is Andy Ogle vs. Mike Rio.

I didn’t post about the UFC on Fox 3 show last night because I didn’t get to watch it until today. It was a fun show, but more of a hardcore MMA fan kind of show. All four fights were entertaining and hopefully, the show made Nate Diaz into a bigger star before a more casual audience. I’ve always enjoyed Nate more so than his brother Nick. I’ve been around both guys with other media before and Nate is simply more likable. Nick is really guarded and untrusting while Nate seems like he understands how to play the game better.

More thoughts from this weekend:

- I wrote about Floyd Mayweather and what might be next for him after his jail stint for Popblerd. After writing about that last night, I think Canelo Alvarez might be next because of Oscar De La Hoya’s comments that he thinks he’s ready. But I’m not so sure about Mayweather fighting above 147. Duan agrees, but thinks it might’ve just been a good night for Cotto.

Duan said:

Floyd showed a great range of skills and an ability to adapt and fight in different styles. I don’t think that weight suits him still and I think he should steer clear of it in future. Although part of the reason he didn’t look as good at times was because Cotto was boxing so well.

- In fact, I’d love to see Miguel Cotto face Canelo next. That’d be a great fight.

- Kevin Iole thinks Mayweather’s next fight should be against Andre Ward. What? I like Kevin a lot, but man, I’d steer clear of Andre. He’s way too big.

- I was disappointed that Canelo didn’t put away Shane, but as one of the guys I follow on Twitter mentioned, he probably didn’t want to put someone away who once and may still have some stock in Golden Boy, or a future boss even. And Shane was all heart last night.

- Back to the UFC, I think it’s fine for Nate to wait to fight the winner of Ben Henderson and Frankie Edgar later in the year. Though, a fight between he and Anthony Pettis could be tremendous. Both guys deserve their shot.

- This UFC on Fox 3 show looks to have done a pretty bad rating. But that’s not unexpected based on the card.

- I really hope Josh Koscheck’s eye isn’t going to continue giving him problems. While I don’t think he beat Johny Hendricks, it was a competitive fight and I’d hate to see him have to retire because of his eye.

- I’m not really feeling the next UFC heavyweights show. The main event was once must-see, but with Frank Mir replacing Alistair Overeem, it’s now not so much.

Dominick Cruz was hot after Chris Tickle’s loss. He questioned his heart and said he didn’t listen, which is why he lost. Urijah Faber told Tickle that he’s a warrior and he fought well. Cruz told Faber that no one wanted to listen to him and he needed to go away and they started to trash talk. Cruz’s comment about Tickle having no heart hurt him and he apologized.

Andy Ogle is letting the cameras get to him and he’s mentally and physically breaking down.

Pichel wants to keep the fight standing. He says the judges will not decide the fight.

Sam Sicilia is frustrated and trying to over perform. He’s putting more pressure on himself because he was the second pick and doesn’t want to let Cruz down.

Ogle is getting frustrated at Mike Chiesa’s relationship with Sicilia because he knows they’re best friends and think Chiesa is leaking information.

Faber says Cofer is going to use his wrestling because Pichel doesn’t have good wrestling.

Chiesa talks to Ogle and clears up the situation. Ogle says he trusts him.

Dana White tells the guys that this is the longest anyone has ever been on The Ultimate Fighter. He tells them to suck it up and stick it out and they’ll be better fighters and better men after it’s all over.

Vinc Pichel vs. John Cofer

Pichel said that if they stood up, he’d own him. Well, not quite. It’s clear that Pichel hits harder but Cofer was doing a better job of being in and out and hitting him with shots. Pichel started to get him really late in the round, but Cofer may have taken that first round.

The second was Pichel’s round all the way. He dominated the standup and ended up on top of Cofer at the end of the round, mostly in the north-south position. This thing is probably going to a third round.

Pichel came out on fire in the third. He was caught in a guillotine, got out of it and finished Cofer with an arm triangle.

Winner: Vinc Pichel by way of 3rd round submission

Cruz picks Sicilia to face Chris Saunders for Friday.

Chuck Liddell tells Ariel Helwani that a title fight would what it’d take to get him back in the octagon. Please Chuck, you can’t take shots anymore. I know you’re competitive. But you were once great. We don’t want to remember you as anything but that.

But it’s not all bad news for Overeem. Even though the Nevada State Athletic Commission let it be known that he originally ran from the drug test he failed before being told that unless he took the test, they would count it as a failure, and even though the doctor in question who administered the anti-inflammatory shot which was mixed with testosterone admitted to giving Overeem the mixed cocktail shot, and even though the doctor said that the amount of testosterone wasn’t enough to trigger that large of a T/ET ratio, Overeem can reapply for his license 9 months to the day of his failed test, which would be December 26th.