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http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=MultiMedia.Detail&gid=2357 Watch Arlovski try to keep a straight face when talking about Tim Sylvia.

TNA could double their PPV revenue easily if they improved their television product and, as Dangerous A said, scheduled their PPV's on the same months as the weaker WWE PPVs, so cutting their PPV's in half should balance out.

I recall the prez of the fight network saying their signal can be carried to the US, it's just a matter of cable companies carrying them. They are looking to be shown in the US, but they are still trying to get all of Canada right now.

TNA is lucky because if they went to Prime Time their only excuse for their ratings not improving would have been "We need 2 hours!", now they can say "We need 2 hours!" AND "We need Prime Time!", both of which are far away from "We don't know what we're doing!", which is probably more accurate, but that actually puts the blame on TNA...

The music at the end there was HILARIOUS. Way too dramatic and intense for this show.

Monica has nice jugs.

Ok, I am starting to really enjoy Lake. "GAT DANG, I was hopin we didn't have to go to RUSSIA!"

The Hippies scaring the dudes was hilarious. The Hippies need their own show. MOO COW~!

Chris got a bit overrated by Simon. But he's probably the only guy Simon can see making a lot of money with, given the current music climate, so of course Simon is going to hype him. Chris is about as legitimate as porn star titty.

Top 3: Katharine Taylor Paris Who cares about everyone else. These three are so far above the competition right now based on their performances tonight. Elliot needs to be seeing this and needs to make some drastic improvements. Taylor was fantastic, maybe my favourite performance of the night. I may have underrated Paris. I probably did. I did. Her's was very good. However, it will be interesting to see her out of her comfort zone - we could get more congo and less what she did tonight. It's sorta unfair for Chris to get these smoke and mirrors.

Here are the salaries for UFC 58 courtesy of mmaweekly.com (via DVDVR) : "Georges St.Pierre not only won his fight against BJ Penn, but came home as the top dog in MMA Salaries according to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Here is the latest breakdown of UFC 58 USA vs Canada from Las Vegas, Nevada... Tom Murphy - $5,000 to show $5,000 to win. Total $10,000 Icho Laurenas - $3,000 Josh Lambert - $2,000 to show $2,000 to win. Total $4,000 Rob McDonald - $5,000 Sam Stout - $2,000 to show $2,000 to win. Total $4,000 Spencer Fisher - $8,000 Mark Hominick - $2,000 to show $2,000 to win. Total $4,000 Yves Edwards - $8,000 Nathan Marquart - $15,000 to show $15,000 to win. Total $30,000 Joe Doerkson - $5,000 George St Pierre - $24,000 to show $24,000 to win. $48,000 B.J. Penn - $25,000 Mike Swick - $5,000 to show $5,000 to win. $10,000 Seve Vigneault - $2,000 Rich Franklin - $16,000 to show $16,000 to win. $34,000 David Loiseau - $9,000 TOTAL PURSE $209,000 The UFC 57 card was three times the amount as this past UFC 58 card as UFC 57 paid out $666,000 for the total purse. Liddell and Couture combined for $500,000." http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templa...=1718&zoneid=13 It's incredible how little Loiseau made, given that he fought in the main event. Plus, Franklin's purse doesn't add up right, so he made either 32 or 34 grand. GSP now is making more than Franklin does and Marquardt, despite winning only his second recent fight in the UFC is making close to that of Franklin.

I am all about that dress. The make up? Not so much. That was probably one of the best performances thus far, in the competition. Period. She's going to be very dangerous throughout this whole thing. Taylor better hit it out of the park every night if McPhee keeps performing like this. This is final 2 stuff, right here.

I think Kevin is somewhat aware of his situation. Simon is cutting the chord.

Ok, Kevin isn't like, awful, but this is a joke right? Cause it's kinda mean, cause he's like actually trying hard.

Kevin is like, functually retarded, right?

"You really can sing" is Randys way of spinning. I thought it was pretty poor, I don't much like her anyways, but goddamn do the judges love her.

After coming close to losing last week, someone will have to fuck up badly for McGhee to make it through. I didn't like that at all. And I can't believe people are all up on Pickler for being a fake when Melissa "Look I'm wearing a DRESS! I'm such a tomboy" McGhee is just as fake, and much less entertaining in her fakery.

Yeah, I'm with the "better than I expected crowd". Simon, of course, says what we're all thinking about Buckys hair. Cept I thought it was more Scarlett Johansson than Jessica Simpson.

Mandisa does good on the big notes, which is certainly what she needs to do, but in between she suffers from being way off key. That will hurt her later-on in the competition, but for now she can get away with it. Seacrest is Mandisas best friend in this competition in the way he gets out her personality.

Elliot is a victim of bad body language and a lack of charisma and passion, which doesn't make for a good live, tv, performance - there's this feeling of restraint that only disappeared on the end note. He should have been blastin that throughout. Hopefully this sort of stage presence will develop in time, but against people like Chirs, Taylor, and Katharine - hell, even Mandisa - Elliot might be in trouble after the fat gets cut.

Ok, who is stylin this girl? I now disapprove. Of everything. And that song. Now she is trying to save it through the post-song interview, and I don't think anyone does the post-song better than Pickler. The judges are so right. Simon is hittin it tonight.

Katharine is weaing a low(er) cut top which is showin off her boobies nicely. Pickler is wearing a strapless number that almost looks like a bustier. I approve. Kevin got the biggest reaction of the night, it seemed, when they were all walking out. Ace Young is comin along a lil too late, stylistically. This is a bit pitchy (~! Bustin out the Judges Lingo))

This is not the same guy. These are two separate guys picked from the WWE tryouts. The WWE will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, get it. Ever. It's over. It's all over. There is no way this company will hit another boom.

That is certainly a possibility as well, however judging from their myspace friends and messageboard members, I don't think they have the voting power to really effect the majority of the voting results - there are millions of voters, so I can't see a small % pushing someone ahead on their own. However, 500 votes could mean the difference when it gets close, so it's not like they don't have an effect, I just don't think it's as big as some people are alluding to.

If they get hundreds of thousands of hits per day, they've been up for 12 days? They said they've been up since 2004, and if their counter says 12 million visitors, it's very possible that means 12 million visitors over a year + period of time, and those are not unique visitors, which means it could very well have a small, but loyal, following who access the site daily for over a year which inflates the number of visitors.