Live without Avery

My latest Rangers blog on what it's like to have Sean Avery as an enemy. It's not fun, but the Rangers won't see him again until February 6 in Dallas. They have their own camp to tend to.

And an addendum to my previous post: I want to see Strikeforce and Affliction succeed. You cannot have the UFC as MMA's sole entity. In the late 1990s and earlier this decade, professional wrestling reached its peak thanks to the "Monday Night Wars" between WWE (nee the WWF) and WCW. The competition was healthy with each company going overboard to out-do the other to win that night's ratings race. It was a lot of fun before WCW's tunnel vision and stupidity sunk its ship. Once Vince McMahon bought the remains and spit on the grave, the industry has since tanked.

The UFC needs sustained competition, and Strikeforce and Affliction needs to remember the old marathon and not a sprint expression. An industry insider sees Robbie Lawler and Jake Shields going to Affliction, and Gina Carano-Cris Cyborg happening somewhere, someday. You have to give reasons for Dana White to no longer brush you off as no-clue posers and treat you as a legit threat.