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Here at MMANewsLeak.com we just finished up a contest asking the fans or “newsleakers” as we call them to send in their best submissions about Brock Lesnar’s beard.

We received hundreds of submission via email, Twitter, Facebook and comments now we are bringing you the top 5 comments and the winner: “When Lesnar’s beard swims with sharks, the sharks wear chain mail.” By Scott J of Las Vegas.

Rounding out the top five are:

2. The creators of Superman thought about giving him Brock’s beard but didn’t want to make him too powerful.

3. God created man….Brock’s beard created God

4. Brock Lesnar’s beard has a master’s degree in intercourse and a doctorate in kicking ass.

5. There once was a beard from Nantucket…

Thank you for all the submission and keep your eyes peeled for the next contest coming soon.

Here is our original list:
Brock Lesnar’s beard has been signed to fight in the WEC at 145.
After the signing of Lesnar’s beard Jose Aldo has made the move to fight at 155.
Sharks have a week dedicated to Lesnar’s beard.
Lesnar’s beard knocked out Kimbo Slice. Not out cold, but out of MMA!
Lesnar’s beard doesn’t sleep; it patrol’s the family farm looking for wolves.
Lesnar’s beard only eats endangered species.
Lesnar’s beard is made up of his opponents’ tears after their loss.
Alex Trabeck didn’t shave his mustache, it saw Lesnar’s beard and went into the witness protection program.
There is no theory of evolution just a list of animals Lesnar’s beard has not yet eaten.
Chuck Norris’s beard is in talks with M-1 so it will never be forced to fight Lesnar’s beard.
Lesnar’s beard killed all three Kennedy’s.
Lesnar’s beard wrote the King James Bible, the Vatican has been suppressing the fact for hundreds of years.
Lesnar’s beard sees you when you’re sleeping; it knows when you’re awake; it knows when you’ve been bad or good, then it knocks you out!
Lesnar’s beard thought “Platoon” was a comedy.
Lesnar’s beard caused Fraank Mir’s motorcycle crash.
Lesnar’s beard pulls planes to the terminals.
MC Hammer wrote “Can’t Touch This” about Lesnar’s beard.
Hematoma’s get Lesnar’s beard.
Lesnar’s beard hit an elephant so hard that he forgot, then Lesnar’s beard hit him again.
Lesnar’s beard can eat just one Lays potato chip.
Aliens exist, they’re just hiding from Lesnar’s beard.
Lesnar’s beard scared Clay Guida’s hair straight.
60 million years ago a dinosaur looked at Lesnar’s beard the wrong way and the beard ground and pounded dinosaurs into extinction.
Lesnar’s beard was cast in the hit show 24 before Keifer Sutherland, but it was replaced to stop the terrorists under 24 seconds.
The Soviet Union dissolved after it learned that Brock Lesnar grew his first beard.
Lesnar’s beard forced Chuck Liddell into retirement.
Lesnar’s beard is the main ingredient in Viagra.
The NFL is fining Brett Favre for sexting Lesnar’s beard.
Lesnar’s beard told James Toney not to sprawl.
Snooki is Lesnar’s beard’s illegitimate love child.
Lesnar’s beard gave Chael Sonnen his supplements.
Lesnar’s beard is the Lindburghbaby.
Lesnar’s beard gives Josh Koscheck all of his jokes.

Former UFC heavyweight champ Tim “the Maine-iac” Sylvia hinted yesterday via his Twitter account that a return to the UFC might be in the works as a fill-in for Roy Nelson after Shane Carwin announced he was pulling out due to a back injury.

During his time in the UFC Sylvia was best known for failing a post fight drug test, getting his forearm snapped by Frank Mir, and being chronically out of shape for his fights. He last fought for the UFC in Feb. 2008 losing to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira by submission.

Since being away from the UFC, Sylvia has added to his legacy by getting knocked out by former boxer Ray Mercer in :09 of round 1 and fighting “World’s Strongest Man” competitor Mariusz Pudzianowski in an event called “Moosin: God of Martial Arts”. We at MMANewsLeak.com are not making any of this up.

The heavyweight division is unique to other weight classes in its appeal and a former UFC heavyweight champion is almost always a guaranteed slam dunk in terms of fan interest but bringing back Tim Sylvia would be a peculiar move at best for the organization.

Yesterday, ESPN Emmy award winning daytime show “Pardon the Interruption” debated the long rumored possibility of a UFC channel and in the process might have stolen the thunder from Dana White and the UFC.

The hugely popular show featuring Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser brought up the topic to which Kornheiser said, “I’ve got 75,000 networks on my cable system, certainly there’s room for even that.”

Although the UFC has not released anything official yet, the idea of a UFC channel makes perfect sense considering White’s hyper aggressive marketing style and the UFC’s rapidly growing worldwide popularity.

Rarely in reality television has a guy had a more mysterious introduction than Jean Charles Skarbowsky. The French muay thai legend appeared on TUF only recently but has left watchers of the show wondering if he’s a legitimate athlete or just a product of reality editing.

Safe to say after doing some research to find out the answer, JC Skarbowsky has proven to be the real deal and not some gimmick. A Skarbowsky scene made it on TUF again and brought with it more intrigue. Oh yeah, the TUF fighters had some moments as well.

Josh Koscheck continues to cement his position as the ulcer of the season and most likely the ulcer of any following seasons he’s involved with. On this show he decided to badger a medic by calling him a male nurse over and over and over while his flunkies snickered in the background.

This season’s Coaches Challenge is a Home Run Derby of sorts as three sets of fences are set up and points are awarded for clearing each fence. After watching the two welterweight rivals swing a baseball bat, Dana might have to circle his wagons around Brock Lesnar to keep WWE suitors at bay but I doubt he will have to do the same with Major League Baseball. Neither of these guys will be trying out for the Dodgers anytime soon. Koscheck got an early lead in the Challenge, cruised to victory, then made a couple high school dropout level analogies to baseball and his upcoming fight with St. Pierre.

In the fight on the episode, Sako Chivitchyan finally got his chance against the last pick on the show Dane Sayers. Sayers is widely regarded as the least skilled fighter of the season but if there’s one thing we’ve learned from watching prior seasons is that heart and athletic ability can mask deficiencies in other areas and Sayers has both in spades. The fight ends in a much closer than anticipated decision win for Chivitchyan but Sayers has earned the respect of his coaches and the others in the house.

Dana White and the coaches pow-wow on the wildcard selection and come up with promises to be an entertaining matchup of Englishman Aaron Wilkinson, who lost to season favorite Michael Johnson in a barnburner and Marc Stevens. Stevens as you may remember was Koscheck’s first pick but got guillotined to sleep in under 20 seconds.

The teaser for next week’s show has Josh Koscheck rape choking the aforementioned medic named Brad Tate for some super justifiable reason I’m sure. Sigh. Couldn’t Dana have used Koscheck’s head in place of baseballs for the challenge on the episode?

for more on this episode tune into the The Aftermath Show on Spike !

In the big non- surprise of the day the UFC cut Heavyweight Gabriel Gonzaga. This follows his loss to Brendan Schaub at UFC 121. Gonzaga has gone 1-3 in his last four fights.

Gonzaga made the announcement on his twitter “Official now – Out of UFC – Thanks for all your support – back to normal life and BJJ forever.”

Today UFC President Dana White announced the expansion of the UFC into two smaller weight classes. White said “As the UFC continues to evolve and grow globally, we want to be able to give fans title fights in every weight division. “This is a big day for the sport and the athletes who will have the opportunity to fight on the biggest stage in the world.”

The two new divisions will be Featherweight (145) and Bantamweight (135) which features former WEC champions Jose Aldo and Dominick Cruz respectively. Jose Aldo is regarded as one the best pound for pound fighters in the world.

Since the UFC is now adding the featherweight and bantamweight divisions to the promotions, weight classes that the UFC did not previously have, it is likely that they will take the majority of the fighters into their ranks; but where does this leave the WEC’s lightweight division?

The Champion of the lightweight division, Ben Henderson, is defending his title at WEC 53 in December against top contender Anthony Pettis on Versus. The UFC plans to do a unification bout later in the year between the winner of this fight and the winner of title fight between UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard on January 1 at UFC 125.

Where does this leave the other WEC lightweight fighters not name Henderson and Pettis? The UFC cannot simply take everyone, which would create the biggest division. Guys like Dan Downes, newly signed Edward Faaloloto, Mariej Jewtuszko, Jason Reinheardt, Dustin Porier, and Anthony Njokuani – where will these guys end up?

In looking at the UFC roster of lightweight fighters, we are confident that the UFC will take Donald Cerrone, Jaime Varner, Chan Sung Jung, George Roop, and Chris Horodecki. Why? Because Cerrone is coming off a dominate victory, Jaime Varner is popular, George Roop just knocked out the Korean Zombie, Jung is the Korean Zombie, and Chris Horodecki is a young star with a lot of upside.

Where do this leave everyone else? I’m not exactly sure, but a couple of things I do know – any lightweight who is fighting between now and January needs to win and look dominating; and, it’s anybody’s guess what the UFC will do, we’ll find out in the coming weeks.

In this video Ariel Helwani discusses with Dana white his plans for the merger with the UFC. The UFC/WEC merger is happening in January with Jose Aldo defending his title at UFC 125.

The two planned WEC events for the remainder of the yer will still go on as planned. Including the November return of “The California Kid” Urijah Faber and the Ben Henderson’s lightweight title defense in December.

Stay tuned to MMANewsleak for more on this breaking story.

MMANEWSLEAK exclusive: Vinny Magalhaes shows us a technique for passing guard.

Thursday morning UFC President Dana White promises big news will take place. White’s big news reports have let fans down in the past but this time it might actually live up to the hype. Multiple sources are reporting that a television deal between the UFC and one of the major networks is imminent.

White has been pursuing a UFC event in a primetime network slot for some time but finally sounds like he’s close to fulfilling that promise to MMA fans. MMANewsLeak.com has learned that a deal between White and a network is ; “Just a matter of working out the details” according to a source close to the negotiations and could happen as soon as Thursday.

Follow updates as they happen on MMANewsLeak.com.

At the weigh ins for Bellator 34 all fighters made weight.

The official results of the weigh-in are as follows:

MAIN CARD:

Hector Lombard (183.25 lbs.) vs. Alexander Shlemenko (184.75 lbs.) @ 185 lbs.
Megumi Fujii (113.5 lbs.) vs. Zoila Frausto (114.5 lbs.) @ 115 lbs.
Mike Bernhard (185.75 lbs.) vs. Dragan Tesanovic (185.5 lbs.) @ 185 lbs.
Tony Lopez (204.5 lbs.) vs. Raphael Davis (205.25 lbs.) @ 205 lbs.

UNDERCARD:

William Kuhn (170 lbs.) vs. John Kelly ( 172.2 lbs.) @ 170 lbs.
Ralph Acosta (135 lbs.) vs. Tulio Quintanila (135.5 lbs.) @ 135 lbs.
Frank Carrillo (184.1 lbs.) vs. Moyses Gabin (184.25 lbs.) @ 185 lbs.
Igor Almeida (184.5 lbs.) vs. Dan Cramer (185.5 lbs.) @ 185 lbs.
Boumny Somchay (161 lbs.) vs. J.P. Reese (159.25 lbs.) @ 160 lbs.

The weigh-in and pre-fight press conference for Bellator Fighting Championships Thursday evening at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will take place today at 5:30 p.m. EST.

Included among the 18 competitors are Bellator middleweight champion Hector “Shango” Lombard, Alexander “Storm” Shlemenko, Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii, Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Frausto, Mike Bernhard, Dragan Tesanovic, Tony Lopez, and Raphael Davis.

Sharing duties behind the mic for the event are Bellator Cage announcer Michael Williams and color commentator Jimmy Smith. You can catch all the action LIVE at www.Bellator.com; the entire weigh-in/pre-fight press conference for Bellator 34 will be streaming LIVE at 5:30 p.m. EST.

Stay tuned to MMANewsLeak.com for more on this event.

The full fight card for Bellator 34 is below:

MAIN CARD:
Middleweight Finals Tournament Fight: Hector Lombard (26-2-1) vs. Alexander Shlemenko (29-3)
Women’s Finals Tournament Fight: Megumi Fujii (22-0) vs. Zoila Frausto (9-1)
Middleweight Special Feature Fight: Mike Bernhard (8-2) vs. Dragan Tesanovic (7-0)
Light Heavyweight Special Feature Fight: Tony Lopez (19-4) vs. Raphael Davis (9-1)

UNDERCARD:
Local Main Event: William Kuhn (5-4) vs. John Kelly (4-1)
Local Co-Main Event: Ralph Acosta (5-5) vs. Tulio Quintanila (4-1)
Local Feature Fight #3: Frank Carrillo (2-1) vs. Moyses Gabin (5-3)
Local Feature Fight #2: Igor Almeida (6-2) vs. Dan Cramer (5-2)
Local Feature Fight #1: John Queiroz (3-0) vs. J.P. Reese (1-0)

EA Sports MMA has made it onto your iphone and ipod touch, the experience is similar to the larger platform version and can be downloaded from the APP Store for $4.99.

The game features over 20 real fighters including Randy Couture, Fedor Emelianenko, Ken Shamrock, Jake Shields and others. It includes a career mode that features fighter customization.

Welcome to the first MMA game for your iphone.

MMANewsLeak.com learned via Twitter that the UFC has discontinued it’s professional relationship with Canadian middleweight Patrick “The Predator” Cote. Cote is coming off a lackluster decision loss at the hands of Tom Lawlor at UFC 121. Cote first was introduced to UFC as a replacement opponent for Tito Ortiz in a 205 lb bout in which showed well but eventually lost to Ortiz.

“I had a little hope but (I) finally got the release word from the UFC,” wrote Cote, who suffered a unanimous-decision loss at the Oct. 23 event in California. “It’s been [an] awesome experience. I’ll be back.”

Cote came to the organization with a reputation as a big puncher with limited ground skills. While Cote showed flashes of his power he never had the career some insiders projected for him. In Cote’s UFC biggest fight, a middleweight title clash with Anderson Silva, Cote tore a knee ligament and was never the same fighter.

Since the last time we checked out the worldwide rankings we found out a couple of things: Brock isn’t unbeatable but Anderson Silva might be.  Lesnar forfeited the top ranking to Cain Velasquez while Silva finally got pushed in a fight but still found a way to win.  We also noticed that BJ Penn didn’t look like a prodigy in his rematch with Frankie Edgar getting handled easily and Jose Aldo is one mean motor scooter.  We welcome comments to applaud or ridicule our efforts here at MMANewsLeak.com.  Enjoy the breakdowns.

Heavyweight 206-265 lbs

In case you spent the last 6 weeks vacationing in Novosibirsk, Siberia you knew about the Lesnar vs Velasquez fight this past weekend. Needless to say it caused the rankings to shift a little. The jump to No. 1 for Velasquez might be a little premature but when you dismantle a guy like Lesnar that easily you gain respect. A lot.

1. Cain Velasquez
2. Fedor Emelianenko
3. Alistair Overeem
4. Brock Lesnar
5. Junior Dos Santos
6. Shane Carwin
7. Fabricio Werdum
8. Frank Mir
9. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
10. Antonio Silva

Light heavyweight 186-205 lbs

Light heavyweight is MMA’s most cliquish weight class. Seems you have to either be Brazilian or a wrestler to get onto this top 10 list.

1. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
2. Lyoto Machida
3. Rashad Evans
4. Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante
5. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson
6. Jon “Bones” Jones
7. Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal
8. Ryan Bader
9. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
10. Gegard Mousasi

Middleweight 171-185

You could just call this the “Anderson Silva and a bunch of guys not named Anderson Silva” weight class. Chael Sonnen was a great story until we all found out he was a cheater.

1. Anderson Silva
2. Vitor Belfort
3. Nate Marquardt
4. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza
5. Hector “Shango” Lombard
6. Chael Sonnen
7. Yushin Okami
8. Michael “The Count” Bisping
9. Demian Maia
10. Dan Henderson

Welterweight 156-170 lbs

Deepest and most treacherous division in MMA by far. So many fighters in so many organizations that warrant being watched. One thing though, where are the cool nicknames for the top guys? Not an angel of death or a wombat among them. Also, regards to the slugging Hoosier Chris Lytle for cracking the top 10 and becoming more than just a likes-to-fight guy.

1. Georges St. Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Josh Koscheck
4. Jake Shields
5. Nick Diaz
6. Ben “Funky”Askren
7. Carlos Condit
8. Tyron Woodley
9. Martin “Hitman” Kampmann
10. Chris “Lights Out” Lytle

Lightweight 146-155 lbs

Some might find issue as to where the UFC’s lightweight champ is ranked but using the eyeball test it would hard to justify putting Frankie Edgar above any of the three guys above him.

1. Gilbert Melendez
2. Eddie Alvarez
3. Ben Henderson
4. Frankie “The Answer” Edgar
5. Gray “The Bully” Maynard
6. Evan Dunham
7. BJ Penn
8. George Sotiropoulos
9. Shinya Aoki
10. Kenny Florian

Featherweight 136-145 lbs

The gap between one and two in this weight class is just as vast if not more so than the middleweight differential. Like Anderson Silva, Jose Aldo is a Brazilian muay thai buzzsaw who might need a division change to find a competitive fight.

1. Jose Aldo
2. Joe Warren
3. Mark Hominick
4. Uriah Faber
5. Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto
6. Josh Grispi
7. Manny Gamburyan
8. Tatsuya Kawajiri
9. Michihiro Omigawa
10. Wilson Reis

Bantamweight 126-135 lbs

Nice little weight class with guys who have cardio for days and days and days. Not as many knockouts as some fans would like but these guys never get tired and have provided some super entertaining fights. Keep your eye on Zach Makovsky.

1. Dominick Cruz
2. Brian Bowles
3. Miguel Torres
4. Scott Jorgensen
5. Joseph Benavides
6. Zack Makovsky
7. Antonio Banuelos
8. Takeya Mizugaki
9. Eddie Wineland
10. Damacio Page

Although T.J. O’Brien fell short on “The Ultimate Fighter 12,” he might another shot with the UFC. It’s rumored that O’Brien was asked to fill in for the injured Gabe Ruediger at UFC 123. This has not been officially announced by the UFC.

UFC 123:will take place at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, MI and features two former light heavyweight champions in Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs Lyoto Machida as the headliner.  Matt Hughes and BJ Penn will fight for the third time.  Also appearing on MMA’s biggest stage, rising prospects George Sotiropoulos and Phil Davis will try to continue their climb towards a title shot