Gone are the days when a guy like Chuck Liddell stepped into the octagon and tried to knock his opponent's head off at all cost. We now have a combat sport that has spankings and fresh from the jock, cup celebrations.

UFC Fight Night in Houston was headlined by Sean Strickland, who finished Anthony Hernandez, thenhad his mic turned offat the end of another post-fight rant. Another sign this isn’t your father's UFC.

Still, a Sean Strickland rant that had the microphone cut, presumably by Paramount+, had nothing on a mid-fight spanking. It was Jordan Leavitt,known for twerkingin past fights, that pulled out the spanking.

Imagine "The Iceman" doing such a thing. It would never happen, but if you're going to spank your opponent, you had better win, and to Leavitt's credit, he did defeat Yadier Del Valle in aless than stellar contest.

Let's switch gears from a disrespectful move in the octagon during a fight to a much more respectful celebration. Melquizael Costa stopped Dan Ige for the first time with a spinning back kick and gave a fan a souvenir in the process.

After his victory, he jumped up on the cage, reached into his jock and removed his cup. He then made a fan's night by tossing it into the seats.

Costa then, like a true gentleman, autographed his cup for the lucky fan. This is how you grow the sport. You're not going to walk away with a souvenir of this caliber sitting at home on your couch.

I know people are starting to get into college basketball, but I'm not one of them. I don’t pretend to be interested until March. Sure, I'll watch a game or two here and there, but it's not appointment TV for me until next month.

But no worries, Spring Training has arrived and with it Saturday MLB naps. I watched Aaron Judge hit two homers on Saturday well before the UFC festivities got underway, then got a nice couple of innings worth of a nap in.

This is what it's all about. We were planning to do Smores later in the fire pit and a nap is how you prepare properly for that. The Yankees putting up 20 runs on the Tigers was a nice touch.

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