Nothing makes your day quite like seeing a last-minute knockout. Check out John "Doomsday" Howard knock out Dennis Hallman in the last seconds of their bout at "The Ultimate Fighter" season 10 finale.

Howard will be back in action on the Aug. 1 UFC on Versus 2 card against Jake Ellenberger. He hasn't lost since joining the UFC, and his last two wins come by KO.

Technically, MMA doesn't have an offseason. The UFC, WEC, Bellator and Strikeforce run fight cards all year, and there isn't often a stretch with no major, domestic events.

That rare, fightless stretch is about to hit us. The UFC and WEC are off until Aug. 1, Bellator's next season starts Aug. 12, and Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal will defend his belt against Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante on a Strikeforce card on Aug. 21. Though Strikeforce has a Challengers event on July 23 and Dream will feature Shinya Aoki vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri on July 10, the next few weeks are uncharacteristically slow.

Cagewriter is here to help you get your MMA fix. Start with Pride Fighting Championships' Bushido 9, which showcased Hayato "Mach" Sakurai, Jens Pulver, Dan Henderson, Ikuhisa Minowa and Paulo Filho, before the crazy hit him. Next, go to the Pride Light Heavyweight Grand Prix from 2003, where you will see many of the decade's best fighters in early form.

If that's still not enough, buy the five-set DVD

Josh Barnett is fighting Brazilian heavyweight Geronimo dos Santos at the newly minted Impact Fighting Championships in Australia this weekend. Skip to the 1:20 mark of this interview to hear Barnett say that he is going to "anally rape" dos Santos if possible.

Josh Barnett is a smart guy. Though he has made some stupid mistakes, he generally carries himself as an intelligent man. He definitely seems way too intelligent to resort to making comments about sexual violence to make people want to see him fight. But with language like that used to describe a legal prizefight, is it any wonder that 67 percent of New Yorkers don't want our sport in their state?

NBA superstar LeBron James is in the midst of a big decision. He will soon let the world know where he is going to play basketball next season, but he did have something to take his mind off of free agency last weekend.

Gerald Harris' knockout slam at UFC 116.

The slam was featured on ESPN's "SportsCenter" Top 10, and King James liked what he saw so much that he rewatched the slam a few times. From MMAWeekly.com:

"My friend is a good friend of LeBron's. He said they were sitting on the couch watching ESPN and LeBron saw the clip, and he had to DVR it. He kept rewinding it," said Harris. "So LeBron saw me! That was one of my goals. I've got to check that off the list."

Harris' knockout made list after list during the weekend, including ESPN's top plays during Monday's broadcast of SportsCenter. His finish actually landed two spots ahead of Brock Lesnar's second-round submission of Shane Carwin on the show.

Harris wrestled at Cleveland St. University, so you can bet he wants James to

After defending his title against Shane Carwin, Brock Lesnar couldn't help himself. He had to climb atop the Octagon until his corner reminded him that he is a behemoth who weighs nearly three bills, not an 8-year-old boy climbing the jungle gym. Give us your caption in the comments, and read on for winners of our last C-a-C.

First place: "What the...Man, I just lost millions of dollars!" -- Jon R

Second place: Squirrel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- Nick

Third place: "Fedor lost? Have him call Brett Roger's agent for a title shot!"-- o p

Check out Cagewriter's exclusive pictures from UFC 116 from MMA photographer Tracy Lee. Don't miss Seth Petruzelli in a rear naked choke, Brock Lesnar's comeback, Leben's triangle choke and a triumphant Stephan Bonnar.

UFC 116 showed a ton of great performances, so picking out just three stars wasn't an easy task. Here are Cagewriter's picks for the best of 116.

No. 1 star — Brock Lesnar: The undisputed UFC heavyweight champ survived an onslaught from Shane Carwin that would have taken out most fighters and came back to win by submission. As Yahoo! Sports Blogger MJD noted, Lesnar is a special, once-in-a-generation athlete. No matter what you think of him, he showed why he is the champ.

No. 2 star — Chris Leben: In the past two weeks, Leben has two wins and two fight-night bonuses, earning him a total of $100,000 over his regular fight purse. Now he is asking for, and will likely get, a bout with Wanderlei Silva.

No. 3 star — Gerald Harris: There are few people who enjoy a good slam more than Gerald Harris, and he showed that off on Saturday. He knocked out Dave Branch with a slam and earned a Knockout of the Night bonus for his efforts.

Who were your three stars from UFC 116?

Two weeks after he TKO'd Aaron Simpson, Chris Leben beat Yoshihiro Akiyama with a third-round triangle choke.

Akiyama controlled the first round with fantastic grappling. He kept Leben pinned to the ground with several submission attempts, including an armbar and a triangle choke. As the round came close to an end, Leben got away from Akiyama and tried to land some punches, but Akiyama used his judo skills to throw Leben right back to the ground.

In the second round, Leben and Akiyama exchanged blows, wobbling both fighters. The two stood and swung at each other while swaying back and forth like drunks. Akiyama then took Leben down. The two looked exhausted with more than half of the round to go. When they returned to their feet, Leben tried a guillotine, but he couldn't finish. They finished the round with a flurry of punches.

Between rounds, Akiyama was so tired that he fell off his stool as his corner talked to him. Leben never sat down.

Akiyama went straight back to his strength