Note just how much Sylvia really does look like a tree falling over. Timber!

If anyone rational wants to know my opinion of what this means in the great pretend war between MMA and boxing, it means absolutely nothing. Listen, I've never met Tim Sylvia. I genuinely assume he's a nice guy. But I have no idea what kind of mindset he has right now other than a guess that it's not very good. He came in over 300 pounds for this fight, which means he didn't train and didn't take this seriously, which is stupid. I know we all think the fight was a joke -- and it was, it should not have happened -- but he was going in there to do a job, a dangerous job, and he didn't prepare. His career is completely in shambles now.

I'm happy for Ray Mercer because I think he's a good dude, and I'm glad he got a payday and didn't get hurt or anything. I hope he doesn't think this means he's got a bright career left, because he's almost 50 years old. His career is over.

What we got was an old boxer knocking out a former UFC heavyweight champ that doesn't have a grip on his career anymore and is essentially left floating in space. I hope Tim Sylvia starts taking his career seriously now, and I hope Ray Mercer sees this as a nice final chapter and hangs up all sizes of gloves.

The ad for the big MMA-boxing showdown between Tim Sylvia and Ray Mercer:

Ah, yes. Tim Sylvia: Bringing respect to MMA by beating up a man three years from his AARP membership. In theory, anyway.

This is just awful. I do hope Ray and Tim make some decent money. It's not their fault.

You might have heard recently that the New Jersey State Athletic Commission denied sanctioning for a boxing match between 47-year old Ray Mercer and former UFC heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia. But don't worry. The fight will go on.

In a cage.

They're going to box in a cage.

They're going to box in a cage in Birmingham, Alabama.

Said shyster promoter Monte Cox:

"It just makes sense on so many levels, and it adds another twist to the main event," Cox stated in reference to the cage.

1. It makes sense only on the level that the rest of the show is MMA and thus held in the cage, and it would be dumb to tear down the cage and put up a ring for one lame fight. On NO OTHER LEVEL does this fight make sense.

2. It doesn't add a twist. This is the dumbest way possible to phrase it.

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Alabama does not have a regulatory commission to sanction the fight, but as MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) recently reported, Cox insisted the NJSAC's decision was not the reason for selecting the new locale. The longtime promoter instead said a "big sponsor" was the reason for the change.

Sylvia, meanwhile, wants to prove that his stand-up is just as good as any boxer's, and he's hopeful he could launch a second career with a strong showing over his veteran opponent.

Yeah, he's going with "big sponsor" for moving this fight from Atlantic City to Birmingham. It had nothing to do with New Jersey being like, "Please get the hell out of our offices and do not ever ask us for something this dumb again. Thanks." No. No, of course not. It's a "big sponsor."

Sylvia, meanwhile, is delusional. Fast forward to about 4:30 for some Sylvia stand-up:

I'm certainly not saying that any one MMA fight shows us what Tim will be like as a boxer, but it seems a BIT optimistic to think you're going to make a career out of boxing if that's what happens to you against Fedor, you know what I mean?

I'm not saying he's lying, either. I'm sure he does want to prove his stand-up is as good as anybody's. I want to prove I have abs like Usher. I can't, though.