--Todd Martin has a story on Shane Carwin at www.sportsline.com/mmaboxing/story/10808310 and on memorable UFC debuts at www.sportsline.com/mmaboxing/story/10808316

--Talk about a season that's dying, check this Ultimate Fighter poll result
Excellent 15.7%
Good 46.1%
Average 13.5%
Fair 11.2%
Poor 13.5%
61.6% of those responding didn't see the show. Last two weeks have been record levels of people not watching

--UFC has scheduled a heavy lobbying effort in Albany, NY this week trying to push through legalization of the sport. Marc Ratner and Matt Serra are among those working in that effort. (thanks to Andrew Smith)

--UFC Wired for this weekend has Roger Huerta vs. Leonard Garcia (the same suspect in the major Southwest cocaine ring) and Josh Burkman vs. Karo Parisyan (thanks to Devin Cutting

--World Championship Fighting on 6/20 in Wilmington, MA at the Aleppo Shriners Auditorium. The last show, which included an appearance by Dana White, drew a sellout of 3,700 fans. Guests from UFC at the next show include Marcus Davis (who was Samoa Joe's trainer on TNA), Kenny Florian, Jorge Rivera and Sean Gannon

--An announcement regarding announcers for the Elite XC show on CBS is expected early next week

Credit: A1 Wrestling Newsletter