1. Randy Couture Fights for the Title

While there was no formal announcement came from Dana White, one line of thinking going into last night's main event was that a stellar performance would catapult Couture into a title fight against the winner of May's Lyoto Machida - Mauricio Rua rematch.

Mission: Accomplished on the Couture front, as the ageless wonder put a serious beating on the exceedingly aged Mark Coleman. In the process, Couture continued to show why he is such an incredible figure, not only in MMA, but sports in general. Who does these kinds of things at his age? He really does look like a fighter who is still learning new skills and adding new wrinkles to his game, even as the wrinkles add up on his nearly fifty-year-old face.

Yes, it was a dominant performance against a fighter who has very little left to offer, but it was a dominant performance nonetheless. He might not be able to offer the same kind of fight against Machida, Rua or the big boys of the 205-pound division, but he offered it last night and that is what counts right now.

2. Mark Coleman Has One Fight Left

As soon as the fight ended, I think most people assumed we had seen the last UFC battle of Mark Coleman's career. He looked every bit his 45 years and had next-to-nothing to offer against Randy Couture.

Then Tito Ortiz opened his exceptionally large mouth, Coleman repsonded with choice words on a live broadcast, and a fight was instantly made. For those that either (a) don't know the backstory or (b) didn't catch the comments from Coleman, it goes like this:

• Tito called Coleman a sissy for pulling out of their UFC 106 contest. Apparently, having a torn MCL makes you a sissy in Tito Ortiz's world.
• Coleman's manager fired back at Tito's missus, Jenna Jameson, basically saying Coleman was only afraid of catching some serious illnesses from Ortiz thanks to Ms. Jameson's previous professional endeavors.
• Fast forward to last night, and Tito shouting, "Payback is a bitch!" to Coleman, as if Randy Couture laying an ass-whoopin' on Mark Coleman gave Tito some form of karmic justice

One F-bomb / D-bag combo later, Coleman vs. Ortiz is just about a certainty so long as Ortiz doesn't beat the bejesus out of Chuck Liddell in Vancouver this summer. The extreme ill-will between the two will make it an interesting fight.

3. Chael Sonnen Walked the Walk

For the weeks leading up to his bout with Nate Marquardt, it was widely assumed that Chael Sonnen was talking out of his ass. There was no way this generally one-dimensional wrestler who was riding a two-fight upset streak was going to beat the multi-dimensional title threat Nate Marquardt.

Then he took the fight to "Nate the Great" and back up all his big talk with a big time performance at UFC 109. If the world is fair and just, a shot at the Middleweight title should be in Sonnen's future, preferrably against Anderson Silva.

And before everyone writes off Sonnen's chances against Silva, think back less than 24 hours to Sonnen's performance against Marquardt. The Greg Jackson / Trevor Wittman student is as big and strong as they come at '85 and Sonnen stiffled him for nearly 15 minutes. His wrestling and control from top position is vastly underrated.