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The latest chapter in the Kim Couture-Lisa Marie Varon feud took a bizarre turn on Sunday night when the two got into an impromptu shoving match at a TNA Wrestling pay-per-view.

Yes, both are insisting that their mini melee was not part of any kind of script.

"She turned around and came at me. I'm not just going to stand there and look dumb. I didn't know what she was going to do. So I kind of grabbed a hold of her, and it seems like as soon as we put our hands on each other security broke us up," Couture told FanHouse on Monday.

In 2008, Tim Sylvia had two fights: One against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira for the UFC heavyweight belt, and one against Fedor Emelianenko for the WAMMA heavyweight belt. He lost both, but no one could dispute that Sylvia was one of the major players in the heavyweight division in MMA.

Fast forward to tonight, when Sylvia will have his second fight of 2009. He lost the first in embarrassing fashion to Ray Mercer, a 48-year-old boxer making his MMA debut, and if he loses the second, he'll be banished to permanent irrelevancy.

Here it is: incontrovertible proof that Kimo Leopoldo is in fact alive and well.

On Tuesday, as you probably know by now, it was reported by numerous news outlets that Leopoldo had died of a heart attack, but after a few hours of the story exploding in cyberspace, it was eventually debunked by Yahoo writer Kevin Iole, who was able to confirm through Leopoldo's attorney that he was indeed was alive and well. Leopoldo appeared later that night at the Orange County Sheriff's Department to address the rumors.

The video after the jump comes from The Orange County Register, which notes in the accompanying article, "Many MMA Web sites and news organizations, including USA Today, the New York Daily News and TMZ.com, jumped in the ring, spreading news of Leopoldo's supposed death in Orange County."

With recent speculation swirling around a possible return to the octagon for Chuck Liddell, "the Iceman" has stepped out to diffuse the rumors, telling SI.com that he would take off the rest of 2009 before deciding on whether or not to hang the gloves up for good.

A former UFC light-heavyweight champion and one of the most popular fighters in MMA history, the 39-year-old Liddell has suffered knockout losses in three of his last five fights and has lost four of his last five overall.

In his most recent bout, Liddell suffered a first-round TKO at the hands of Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.

Behold another exciting edition of FightHouse Radio. This week, MDS and I welcomed two great guests to the show. First, UFC welterweight contender Jon Fitch talked about preparing for his fight against Paulo Thiago at UFC 100 and evolving as a mixed martial artist. Later, we were joined by veteran Ricco Rodriguez to discuss his busy fight schedule and training with Michael Bisping for his bout against Dan Henderson at UFC 100. Enjoy!

Ultimate Chaos: Bobby Lashley vs. Bob Sapp was quite possibly the worst MMA show I've ever seen. The production quality of the pay-per-view broadcast was lousy, the undercard fighters weren't ready for prime time, Sapp laid an egg in the main event and Lashley didn't do anything impressive. But I do want to say some nice things about one fighter on Saturday night's card: Gilbert Yvel.

Welcome to the FanHouse live blog for Saturday night's Ultimate Chaos MMA event, where we'll have live round-by-round updates for the whole pay-per-view show, headlined by a main event of Bobby Lashley vs. Bob Sapp.

Undercard fights will include Pedro Rizzo taking on Gilbert Yvel, and Affliction boss Tom Atencio taking some time off from promoting to step into the cage himself, taking on Randy Hedderick.

I'll be tweeting the results for those who follow me on Twitter.

The Ultimate Chaos show begins at 9 PM ET, and the live blog begins below.

Lee Murray, the onetime UFC fighter who allegedly masterminded the largest non-wartime cash heist in history, has been released from the Moroccan prison that has been holding him since his 2006 arrest, according to a report from ESPN The Magazine investigative writer Shaun Assael.

Fedor Emelianenko is the best fighter in mixed martial arts, a fighter so dominant that he looks almost unbeatable. But one person thinks he can beat him: Jeff Monson.

Yes, Monson -- who is generally considered somewhere between the 10th and 20th best heavyweight in the world -- says he's just the man to end Fedor's reign atop the heavyweight division in MMA.