Ultimate Fighter 10 Notebook: Will Kimbo Slice Change Weight Divisions?

With a devastating right hand, Roy Nelson knocked out Brandon Schaub to claim the Ultimate Fighter season 10 championship.

However, Nelson was not the only person to make news at the event.

Following the show, several of the participants had some interesting things to say about the future in the UFC.

Heavyweight or light heavyweight?

After winning the unanimous decision over Houston Alexander, Kimbo Slice was pleased with his performance—even if it did not end how he wanted it to.

“I hope I did impress the UFC, but I would have preferred to have knocked him out,” Slice said at the post-fight press conference.

The bout with Alexander took place at a catch weight of 215 lbs. With the light-heavyweight limit at 205 lbs., Slice has to decide which direction to go for his next fight.

“I’m going to leave that up to my people,” Slice said. “I have a good team.”

Even though the former street brawler seemed irritable days before the event, Slice said that he felt comfortable at 215 lbs.

“I don’t think it (weight cut) affected me at all,” Slice said. “I put some of it back on last night. I ordered up room service. Twice.”

No Competition

Coming up at UFC 107, Frank Mir is set to take on fellow heavyweight Cheick Kongo, but Mir is not taking the challenge all that seriously.

“Kongo is one of the least dangerous heavyweights,” Mir said.

The match up with Kongo will be Mir’s first fight since losing to Brock Lesnar at UFC 100. Mir was hoping that he would be in a bout that was a little more important.

“Cheick Kongo is not on that top level,” Mir said. “Beating (Shane) Carwin or (Cain) Velasquez would mean a lot more.”

Never one to edit what he says, Mir isn’t concerned that some of his comments may be used as “bulletin board” material for Kongo.

"What's he going to do? Beat me up? We're going to fight anyway."

Time to explain the rulebook

Jon Jones had an impressive performance against Matt Hamill, albeit in a losing effort. Jones completely dominated the fight until he was disqualified for an illegal elbow.

“I’m not positive what the rules are (with the elbow motion),” Jones said when asked if the result surprised him. “I didn’t know that I lost until the decision was read.”

Jones was disqualified for using an elbow in the 12 to six motion. Basically, that means delivering an elbow in a straight down movement. It is legal to use your elbow in a side-to-side motion.

Jones, however, did not think the fight should have even lasted that long.

“After 15 unanswered hits, the fight should be stopped,” Jones said.

Jones was shocked to receive his first loss.

“I thought I won. When they said I lost, I said ‘no, this can’t be happening’.”

As to whether or not Jones agreed with the verdict, he was non-committal.

“Mazzagatti made his call,” said Jones. “He’s the ref. They pay him to do what he does. He made his call.”

Hogan coming to TNA…and UFC?

Spike TV has been the home of the Ultimate Fighter reality show ever since its debut on Jan. 18, 2005.

Nine months after TUF , another entertainment franchise also started on the network—TNA Wrestling. To date, the promotion has not made major inroads into the mainstream.

TNA Wrestling believes that is all going to change with the recent signing of one of the biggest professional wrestling stars in history, Hulk Hogan. In order to help build awareness of the product, Hogan believes that the UFC and TNA should work together.

“It makes sense brother,” Hogan said. “The TNA wrestlers are a bunch of warriors too. With the UFC, you just can’t go wrong. These guys are just unbelievably awesome. It makes sense for both sides to do cross promotion.”

When asked if anyone from TNA’s current roster would be able to crossover to the UFC, Hogan answered, tongue-in-cheek,

“What about me? You’ve never seen me without those yellow boots on.”

Duffee's Return

The man with the shortest career in UFC history, Todd Duffee, has been out of action since his debut with the company. In his first and only UFC fight, the heavyweight prospect defeated Tim Hague in just seven seconds.

Duffee was scheduled to take on the returning Paul Buentello at UFC 107, but he pulled out with an undisclosed injury. (Buentello is now set to face Stefan Struve.)

When he returns, Duffee knows who he wants to fight.

“I want to get in there with Paul (Buentello),” Duffee said. “I don’t want anyone to think I backed down from Paul. That wasn’t the situation at all. I took an injury way too far”

Duffee is still not fully recovered.

“I’m not back training yet,” Duffee said. “It’s been a long, hard journey. I made some bad decisions with my health. That’s what happens when you don’t have the money to take care of your body."

As for when he will fight again, Duffee could only guess.

“I hope by March.”