Following the UFC 82 main event, the post-fight press conference took place and featured the normal talk of bonuses and future plans by the UFC. Silva and Henderson received $60,000 "Fight of the Night" bonuses, and Silva added to his purse with a submission of the night bonus of $60,000. Chris Leben earned himself a knockout of the night bonus which was well deserved by the re-emerging brawler.

It wouldn't be a Dana White press conference without some shots at the epicenter of the MMA fanbase on the Internet, those pesky Internet websites. I'll quote Sam Caplan's summary from his blog:

"A big theme during the press conference was White's stumping for Silva to be recognized by pundits as the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world. He stated at one point that anyone who believes otherwise is "out of their mind." Later in the press conference he went after the Internet media in regards to Silva, referring to them as "knucklehead websites." Later on he said that he feels that the reason more sites don't recognize Silva as the pound-for-pound number and rank Fedor in that spot is out of their hatred for him. He said, "You're a clown if you rank Fedor number one." He did not name a website in particular."

While I could make a case for Anderson Silva being considered the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world, I think it's hypocritical of Dana White to tell us that Silva is the best now, but when BJ Penn, Georges St. Pierre, or another dominant champion hits the next event, they will be suddenly thrown into the spotlight as potentially the best p4p fighter in the world. It's a marketing strategy, but shoving it down our throats and then insulting the very base of the MMA community is absurd.

We're the "knucklehead websites" that seem to accurately depict the events going on in the MMA world. The MMA blogosphere alone has broke more news, broke more stories, and confirmed more facts than any mainstream site out there today. We didn't get the salary figures wrong, Dana, we sourced them from the NSAC or CSAC. Amazingly, Dana still blames the MMA's knucklehead websites over Couture's salary figure mishap. It wasn't us, knucklehead.

As for the Silva argument, Fedor is still #1 on my Heavyweight ranking, but as for pound for pound, you may have a valid argument. Being hateful toward media because of opinions is ridiculous, so maybe sticking to just informing the public is better suited for you. The world does not revolve around Dana White. I would tend to agree with Sam's assessment that Georges St. Pierre could be considered the best P4P fighter in the world, and I think a lot of sites may be split between both Silva and Pierre. Here's an idea, have them fight one another to figure it out.