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MMA Referees: Where’s the Consistency?: While UFC 142 may ultimately be remembered mostly for Edson Barboza’s scintillating knockout or Jose Aldo’s electrifying finish and celebration, the event also underscored the need of greater consistency from MMA referees. Two notable things stand out [+] UFC 142 RIO: Vitor Belfort Post-Fight Interview (Video): Vitor Belfort talks about his round 1 rear-neaked submission win over Anthony Johnson at UFC RIO. [+] UFC 142 Parting Shots: If I had to describe UFC 142 in one word, it would be “memorable”. With what will undoubtedly be 2012′s Knockout of the Year, an early contender for the best submission, a very controversial stoppage and a [+] UFC 142 Preview: The UFC’s second trip to Brazil within a year has garnered much less enthusiasm than the previous “Rio” event, as many mainstream MMA fans have not yet hopped onto the Aldo Train. Then there’s the matter of [+] Fightmania August Rankings: Bookended by UFC pay-per-views that featured eight combined finishes out of ten main card fights, August gave MMA fans plenty to be excited about. We also got to see Pat Curran shock Marlon Sandro in Bellator, [+] UFC 133 Parting Shots: The magic may have run out for Tito Ortiz, but Rashad Evans, Vitor Belfort, Rory MacDonald and others were definitely working the mojo last Saturday night at UFC 133. Vicious finishes were the norm rather than [+] UFC 133 Preview: Tito Ortiz is rushing back to the cage tonight hoping that his good fortune is still intact as he takes on Rashad Evans in the UFC 133 main event in a rematch of a fight from 2007. [+] MMA Roundup: Jones-Evans, Nick Diaz boxing, UFC Rio: Three types of people must love MMA trash talking above all others: promoters, MMA website owners and writers. The promoters sell tons of tickets for supposed grudge matches, MMA forums overflow with visitors and well…let’s just [+] MMA Roundup: Rampage, Florian, Fedor, Sonnen: We can all be thankful that February has already brought us plenty to talk about after a fairly uneventful January. Not only did we get a great night of fights from UFC 126 last weekend (my [+] Steven Seagal on Teaching Anderson Silva’s Front Kick to the Face (Videos): Steven Seagal talks about how he taught Anderson Silva the front kick to the face that dropped Vitor Belfort at UFC 126. [+]