Post UFC 113: Things Are Starting To Make Sense Again

I slept peacefully on Saturday night. I felt like a two-year-old must feel when he realizes that the circular piece goes in the circular hole and the square piece goes in the square hole. Things were making sense.

In September of 2007, at UFC 76, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua made his UFC debut as, at least, a four to one favorite against Forrest Griffin. Not only did nobody think Forrest Griffin had a chance in the fight, but most feared for his health.

Shogun was one of the hottest commodities of Pride Fighting Championships. In 2005, he won the Pride Middleweight Grand Prix by beating Quinton Jackson, Rogerio Nogueira, Alistair Overeem, and Ricardo Arona in that order.

As we all know, Forrest Griffin finished an exhausted Shogun in the third round by rear-naked choke, and one of the biggest UFC upsets went into the history books.

I was left confused. The game didn't make sense anymore. Food tasted different, the air didn't seem quite as fresh, Seinfeld reruns weren't as funny.

How could the best 205 pounder in the world be finished by a reality TV show winner?

On Saturday night, Shogun claimed the UFC light heavyweight championship from Lyoto Machida via first round knockout. He became the sixth man to hold the title in less than three years. However, Shogun is likely the best fighter to ever hold the title in its existence.

After subsequent knockout losses to Rashad Evans and Anderson Silva, Forrest Griffin has resumed his role as tough guy at the bottom of the contender totem pole. Most recently he won a close fight with Tito Ortiz.

Yes, things are starting to fall into place. Forrest Griffin is fighting Tito Ortiz to debatable decisions, and Shogun is the best light heavyweight in the world.

Now all we need is Randy Couture getting knocked out by the light heavyweight champion, and things will really start feeling like old.