That Ain't Right

I can live with BJ Penn making $100,000 to Jens Pulver's $30,000, but I almost made pudding in my pants when I just read that popular UFC lightweight Leonard Garcia made $4,000 for his TUF 5 Finale win on Saturday over Alan "Monstah" Berube -- who made $8,000!

So let me see how this works: the first guy to get destroyed on the reality show and the instigator of the backyard brawl (who was later thrown out of the house) earns twice as much as a fighter who choked him out in the very first round of his very first UFC appearance? I was an English major, so I apologize for my remedial understanding of finances.

As a matter of fact, all of the TUF 5 guys (except Brandon Melendez, who didn't make weight) made at least twice as much as Garcia.

Morning Droppings

- Congratulations to Frank Shamrock, Ninja Rua, Cung Le, Paul Buentello, and the rest of last night's Strikeforce/EliteXC winners. For complete details, click here.

- Lightweight Brandon Melendez did not make weight for last night's TUF 5 Finale weigh-ins, and NSAC doctors would not permit Melendez to try and lose the extra pound. Instead, they decided to let the match go on with 5% of Melendez's purse going to the NSAC and another 5% to opponent Joe Lauzon.

- Middleweight free agent Denis Kang says that he is in negotiations with the UFC, BodogFIGHT and EliteXC, just to name a few, and expects to make a decision this week. "It just depends on who is going to make the right offer,” Kand told FightNetwork.

- Renato "Babalu" Sobral defeated former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir in a special grappling rules only Tuff-N-Uff exhibition match.

The Kodiak's TUF 5 Finale Picks

- Jens Pulver vs B.J. Penn
- Manny Gamburyan vs Nate Diaz
- Roger Huerta vs Doug Evans
- Floyd Sword vs Thales Leites
- Brandon Melendez vs Joe Lauzon
- Andy Wang vs Cole Miller
- Rob Emerson vs Gray Maynard
- Allen Berube vs Leonard Garcia
- Brian Geraghty vs Matt Wiman

TUF 5 Finale Card Finalized

Main Card:

B.J. Penn vs. Jens Pulver
Nate Diaz vs. Manny Gamburyan
Roger Huerta vs. Doug Evans
Thales Leites vs. Doug Sword

Undercard:

Joe Lauzon vs. Brandon Melendez
Cole Miller vs. Andy "Wah Wah" Wang
Rob Emerson vs. Gray Maynard
Allen Berube vs. Leonard Garcia
Brian Geraghty vs. Matt Wiman

Does anyone else think that Dana White is punishing Berube for insitgating the backyard brawl by feeding him to Garcia?

Conspicuously missing from this card is Corey Hill, who has been kept off the card due to an injury.

The action goes down on Saturday, June 23 on Spike.