Rashad "Sugar" Evans became the new #1 contender to Forrest Griffin's UFC Light Heavyweight Title on Saturday night with his frightening 2nd round knockout of the legendary Chuck Liddell in the main event of the UFC 88 pay per view from Atlanta, Georgia.
 
The crushing punch to the perfect spot on Liddell's chin left the 39 year "Iceman" out cold on the canvas with officials, cornermen, and a doctor trying to wake him up. Liddell was attempting to throw a looping right of his own, when Evans nailed him perfectly. This is yet another defeat for Liddell, and one eerily reminiscent of his defeat at the hands of Rampage Jackson. 

Evans. the winner of Season 2 of the "The Ultimate Fighter" reality tv show on Spike TV, danced around in the first round, frustrating Liddell. As Liddell grew more and more impatient, Evans started swinging for the knockout. He connected. It was all over at 1:51 of the 2nd round. UFC wasted little time in announcing Evans challenging Griffin for the title in December.

But all eyes in UFC this week were on the returning UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture and former WWE World Champion Brock Lesnar, who will collide on November 15th in Las Vegas as the main event of UFC 91.

Lesnar's former on-air agent in World Wrestling Entertainment, Paul Heyman offered his insight on the business behind the brawling.

"This fight was put together as a multi-tier business move by UFC," Heyman wrote in the UK SUN over the weekend,  "Zuffa -- parent company of UFC -- settles its lawsuit with its most popular fighter, and at the same time deals a crushing blow to the Affliction Entertainment promotion.  Without the promise of Couture coming in to fight Fedor Emelianenko, Affliction has just lost a great deal of its lure. Great for UFC, terrible for the competition. That looks like a first round knockout to me."

You can read Heyman's entire blog on the controversial Lesnar vs Couture showdown here.