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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held its final event on Spike TV last Saturday night (Nov. 5, 2011) with UFC 138: "Leben vs. Munoz," featuring Mark Munoz staking his claim as the next potential challenger to Anderson Silva's middleweight title with a stoppage victory over Chris Leben.
But that's not all.
Renan Barao put himself on the 135-pound map by destroying Brad Pickett with a tiger knee and a first round rear-naked choke submission win.
And what else is there to say about the performance of "The Pitbull," Thiago Alves?
In cased you missed any or all of it -- or just want to keep the discussion alive -- below are links to all the major storylines borne from Saturday night's event in Birmingham, England.
In we go.
UFC 138: "Leben vs. Munoz "
Results and live fight coverage
Post-fight press conference video
Chris Leben vs. Mark Munoz fight video highlights
Facebook "Prelims" results and recap
Fight recap: Terry Etim chokes out Edward Faaloloto
Fight recap: Anthony Perosh submits Cyrille Diabate
Fight recap: Thiago Alves surprises us all with submission of Papy Abedi
Fight recap: Renan Barao taps Brad Pickett in the first round
Fight recap: Mark Munoz defeats Chris Leben thanks to "crippling" cut
Fight review and analysis: Terry Etim vs. Edward Faaloloto
Fight review and analysis: Cyrille Diabate vs. Anthony Perosh
Fight review and analysis: Thiago Alves vs. Papy Abedi
Fight review and analysis: Brad Pickett vs. Renan Barao
Fight review and analysis: Chris Leben vs. Mark Munoz
UFC 138 post-fight fallout
Joe Silva is the greatest matchmaker in MMA
A fun night of fights should have been a fun afternoon of fights
Chris Leben cut 21 pounds in 24 hours to fight Mark Munoz ... seriously
Mark Munoz calls out Anderson Silva
A picture of the cut that caused the Chris Leben vs. Mark Munoz fight stoppage
Not so fast on that title shot, Mark Munoz
Chris Leben refuses to address his weaknesses
Thiago Alves has been through it all ... and he's ready for more
ProElite 2: "Big Guns"
Results and live fight coverage
Andrei Arlovski kicks Travis Fulton's head off (Video)
Tim Sylvia wants back in the UFC and he's got some big match-ups in mind
That my friends, should be enough to keep you talking -- at least for the time being. What gets your vote for the biggest story coming out of UFC 138?
Sound off, Maniacs.
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