On the heels of a cyber-attack on UFC.com, Dana White is making the rounds, puffing out his chest and telling reporters that he's "not afraid of the Internet."  In an interview with Maruo Ranallo, Dana compares hackers to the terrorists who brought down New York's World Trade Center on September 11.   This analogy is insulting to victims, survivors and families who suffered through America's worst terrorist attack in history.  To compare the maniacs who killed 3000 American citizens to the people who redirected UFC.com's URL is ridiculous, and does nothing to help Dana make his case against illegal streamers.

As usual, Dana is histrionic and hysterical.  The hacking issue is just another subject that he can claim ownership of, since all the big decisions in the company now fall almost exclusively to Lorenzo Ferttitta.  Issues like Miguel Torres' poor sense of humor and the SOPA hackers are all that's left for Dana, and he goes after those issues with the tenacity of a miniature pit bull, leaving the big issues, such as the deal with Fox, for Lorenzo.

In two separate interviews I've seen, including the one above, Dana tells the reporter that Internet journalists are afraid of the Internet--like it's some sort of major revelation.  When Ariel Helwani heard that, he reacted the same way that Mauro did--by giving Dana a perplexed look as they tied to make sense of his twisted logic.  And speaking of not being afraid of the Net, it sure seemed like Dana was peeing his own pants after his mother released a tell all book about him.  He acted like a distraught, hysterical child upon the book's release, and banned people from his Twitter account if they dared to mention that book that cannot be mentioned.   Where was his bravado then?

For all his tough talk, Dana is only making things worse.  Anonymous, the collection of hackers from around the world, is known to not only knock down websites, but to order vast amounts of pizza to the homes of people who piss them off.  But judging by Dana's bloated countenance and sagging chicken neck lately, maybe those pizzas is exactly what he's angling for.

Go get em, Dana!

Well, now we know why it's called the "Extreme" Fight Challenge.  Hani Darwish's Extreme Fight Club's Extreme Fight Challenge certainly lived up to its billing at last night's show in Paterson, New Jersey.  Each and every fight was extraordinary and...extreme.  The sell out crowd was wild in its enthusiasm, and I had a blast doing the ring announcing.

In addition to the fantastic action in the cage, the venue was filled with MMA VIPs.  Four-time UFC Fight of the Night winner Kurt Pellegrino was on hand cornering fighters.  Andy "The Main Event" Main from the UFC TUF house was there as well.  We also had the only Brazilian fighter to ever beat Anderson Silva, Luiz Azeredo, there with the Gold Team fighters.  In addition there were many local fighters who fight professionally at Bellator, M-1 Global, Lou Neglia's Ring of Combat and other top promotions.  We even had legendary no-holds-barred fighter Carmine Zocchi in the house. And of course the event was presided over by the Man himself, Mr. Nick Lembo.

The Darwish brothers, Hani and Wally, put on a great show and I am already looking forward to their next outing in May.  Come on down!

Here are the official results of last night's action:

The Miller brothers, Jim and Dan, have the best chins in MMA.  Neither one of these two New Jersey fighters has ever been knocked out, and neither has been submitted in a fight.  That's quite impressive considering they have a combined total of 43 fights between them, many of those against the top fighters in the world.  Last night, Jim's "hard head," as he calls it, was on full display as he absorbed some big shots from Melvin Guillard before taking him down and finishing him with a rear naked choke late in the first round.  It was a great performance by Miller, and he earned a fat check for winning not only the fight, but Submission of the Night honors as well.

In my analysis before the fight, I predicted that Jim would hang with Melvin on the feet, take him down and submit him, and that's exactly what happened. Miller is a beast, and this win puts him right back into title contention.  Yes, he lost to Ben Henderson, but at the time he was unaware of a kidney infection that he had, and you could tell there was something wrong that night.  He made amends last night, and will likely face a top contender next time out.

Jim trains out of the AMA Fight Club in Whippany, New Jersey.  He's trained by Mike Constantino, who runs a great camp.  In addition to Jim, there were two other AMA fighters on the card last night, Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman, who beat Daniel Roberts by unanimous decision, and Khabib "The Eagle" Nurmagomedov, who submitted Kamal Shalorus with a rear naked choke. A fine showing by one of the sport's top fight camps.

After the fight Miller gave a shout out to his nephew, Dan Miller's son, who is battling kidney disease.  He thanked the fans for all their support of Danny Jr., and was emotional as I'd ever seen.  It was really a special moment for Jim and his family, and he made New Jersey very proud last night.

The entire card was excellent, and it was a great debut show by the UFC on FX.  Here are the complete results:

Press Release:

Extreme Fight Challenge to hold its third event — EFC III: Unleashed Fury — on January 21 in Paterson, NJ.

EFC is back with a vengeance!!! If you were at the first two Extreme Fight Challenge shows, you were treated to non-stop MMA action, from bell to bell. And EFC’s third event, Unleashed Fury, promises the same and more. Watch a full card of local fighters, trained at the area’s top schools, battle it out inside the cage on Jan. 21 at St. Gerard’s Parish.

With two sold-out shows in 2011, EFC quickly established itself as the ultimate proving ground for young fighters whose drive to become the best meant they need to face the best. And now, with its third event, EFC promoter Hani Darwish promises to deliver once again a show with “100 percent action-packed fights,” he said.

“We put on wars in the cage, for sure,” Darwish said. “You’re definitely going to get what you pay for.” Just like in his first two events, Darwish plans to match up fighters evenly, so that every fight is a battle. “Are they really rising stars? Are they really talents from the area? Let’s see,” he said.

Move over Jon Jones.  There's a new crime fighting UFC veteran in town and his name is Guy Mezger.  Guy, who is the president of HDNet fights, and a former world champion kickboxer and UFC and Pride veteran (and the only man to submit Tito Ortiz), saved a woman from her deranged, knife-wielding boyfriend recently.

Guy explained the story on the Carson's Corner radio show yesterday.  He was out shopping for a bike for his daughter when he came upon a guy beating up his girlfriend.  Guy got in between the two and was attacked by the man.  Mezger threw the guy, who landed on his head and was knocked out briefly. When he came to, he attacked Guy again, this time with a knife, and cut Guy on the hand.  Guy then knocked him out again, but once again the guy came to and attacked.  So Guy did what Guy does best and put a Jason Fairn style beatdown on his ass.  In the midst of all this, the cops showed up and almost tasered Mezger, but soon realized that he was the hero.  They then hauled the beaten and bloodied attacker off the big house, where hopefully he will be dropping his soap and biting his pillow for years to come.

Great job, Guy Mezger!

After the jump, check out this excellent highlight reel of Guy in action.

Imagine walking around with a shark chomped down on your elbow.  That must be how Mark Munoz felt with those giant bone spurs ripping at his right elbow, the spurs that caused him to pull out of tonight's fight with Chael Sonnen.  Take a look at this pic and try to imagine the pain that Munoz must have gutted through in previous fights.  The surgery to remove the spurs was successful and now Mark is looking at a recovery period of a month or two.  It also appears that he's keeping the spurs as a souvenir.  Hopefully he won't have a Jaws sequel thing going on in the future.  The last thing we want to here is: Just when you thought it was safe to back in the Octagon.

We wish Mark a speedy recovery and return to action.

Rich Franklin says it would take him less than a minute to beat any "average guy on the street" but he only needed 10 seconds to neck crank the guy in this video.  Rich follows that up with a 4 second achilles lock, which just shows how nice of a guy Rich is.  He could have turned that into a Palhares-style heel hook and crippled this guy for life.  Funny video, check it out.

Michael Bisping, expecting to fight Brazilian jiu-jitsu master Demian Maia, was training with Jake Shields recently, brushing up on his own BJJ game.  But now his opponent is Chael Sonnen, who comes from a wrestling background.  Still, training with Shields could be a big plus in the Sonnen fight, because Bisping says he plans on submitting Chael if taken down.  Speaking with Fighters Only Magazing, Bisping said:

"Chael Sonnen can take me down if he likes, because I know I can submit him off my back. I know I can. That’s his big weakness."

He went on to say that he actually hopes Sonnen will take him down:

“Working with these guys recently, these top level jiu-jitsu guys, has really brought on my game and I am so comfortable on my back right now. In the past I have stood fights up a lot but the way I am training right now, I will be delighted if Chael takes me down. If he does, then it will be a short night for him.”

While it's true that Sonnen has been subbed before, it will be in Bisping's best interest to avoid the takedown and pick him apart on the feet.  I just don't see his BJJ skills being at a high enough level to pull off a sub against Sonnen.  If he winds up on his back, it could be a long night for the cocky Brit.  Time will tell.