| SACRAMENTO, California — It was about an hour after the fight, deep in the halls of Arco Arena.
The makeshift Media Room had only a temporary partition on one side to separate it from the hallway. Thus, the busy sound of workers wafted through the halls. On the other side, there is an adjoining room. Every time someone entered that room, which was quite often, a buzzer, similar to the buzzer the NBA uses when a new player goes into a game, went off.
Despite those unavoidable distractions, the post-fight press conference for UFC 73 was quite lively. And no one, for sure, cared about the extraneous noise, especially when Tito Ortiz showed up.
Rashad Evans and Ortiz, who fought to a draw on July 7, continued their war of words … barely. Just as UFC prez Dana White was ready to call it a wrap, Ortiz, sporting shades, showed up. White moved back and allowed Ortiz to take the podium. After discussing his perspective of the fight, “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” and Evans went at it.
“Every time I got in on you, you grabbed the cage,” said Evans.
“How about the Vaseline on your arms?” Ortiz countered.
“Take off your glasses,” said Evans.
Ortiz lifted them up, showing a large contusion under his right eye.
“All right bro, we’ll do it again.”
White confirmed the two light heavyweights will battle again soon.
Following is an overview of the fights.
The Main Card
The Fighters: Heath Herring (27-13) vs. Antonio Minotauro Nogueira (30-4-1)
Division: Heavyweight
The Winner: Nogueira
How/When: Unanimous Decision
The Fighters: Hermes Franca (19-6) and Sean “The Muscle Shark” Sherk (36-2-1)
Division: Lightweight
The Winner: Sherk
How/When: Unanimous Decision
The Fighters: “Sugar” Rashad Evans (15-0-1) and Tito Ortiz (16-5-1)
Division: Light Heavyweight
The Winner: Unanimous Draw
Note: Ortiz had a point deducted for grabbing the fence, which was the difference between a victory and the draw.
The Fighters Anderson Silva (19-4) and Nate “The Great” Marquardt (28-7-1)
Division: Middleweight
The Winner: Silva
How/When: TKO at 4:50 of Round 1
The Fighters Kenny Florian (9-3) and Alvin Robinson (9-2)
Division: Lightweight
The Winner: Florian
How/When: TKO at 4:30 of Round 1
The Undercard
• Frankie Edgar defeated Mark Bocek
• Chris Lytle (33-14-4) defeated Jason Gilliam
• Jorge Gurgel (14-2) scored a unanimous decision victory over Diego “The Octopus” Saraiva (9-5-1).
NOTE: Rich Franklin, who trains with Gurgel, said his workout partner suffered a broken jaw during the fight and would fly home to have surgery.
• Stephan Bonnar (13-4) defeated Mike Nickels (5-2)
Top 10 Memorable Moments
10. Mark Bocek can take a punch. Frankie Edgar drilled him on several occasions.
9. Chris Lytle was working on two subs at once. The inverted armbar and the reverse triangle.
8. To see the rest of these, check out the next issue of Ultimate Grappling.
Quotes of the Night
“God bless Carlson Gracie. We’re never going to forget you.” — Stephan Bonnar, following his victory over Mike Nickels |   DIRECT CONTACT - Mark Bocek connects here, but Frankie Edgar got the win.
 Chris Lytle (right) and Jason Gilliam mix it up.
 IMPECCABLE - UFC photog Josh Hedges beautifully captures Jorge Gurgel's reaction to Diego Saraiva's punch.
 SUB WAY - Stephan Bonnar (right) didn't defeat Mike Nickels with this sub, but he cranked his arm halfway to Chicago. After his victory, Bonnar spoke poignantly of his deceased BJJ instructor, Carlson Gracie.
 GROUND AND POUND - Kenny Florian, looking lean and mean through the help of trainer Kevin Kearns, scores a convincing win over Alvin Robinson.
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