Big John McCarthy has said so long to the Fight Network … and it doesn’t sound like it was on the best of terms. His farewell post is a heartfelt goodbye to the coworkers he’ll miss (including original President/CEO Mike Garrow, color commentator Mauro Ranallo and radio host/producer John Pollock), as well as...

Longtime mixed martial arts referee John McCarthy has resigned from his post as a commentator and analyst with The Fight Network amongst whisperings that the company is getting ready to collapse and many employees are leaving because of wrongdoings involving the current ownership.

McCarthy announced his departure from the network in a blog post on The Fight Network’s official website this morning. His closing comments to those working above him only emulate the current rumors floated around about the organization, which has seen the likes of Brian Knapp and Loretta Hunt leave their duties on the website in order to join the ranks of Sherdog.com.

“Well this is my farewell from the Fight Network,” McCarthy said in his post. “While I will not miss what has happened or transpired at the company, I am really going to miss some very special people that I have come to know and respect in my short time with them. To all of the higher ups that have taken over The Fight Network over the last year I only have this to say....shame on you.”

Now that the smoke has cleared, the dust has settled and the fallout from EliteXC “Heat” this past Saturday has almost subsided (with the exception of the Petruzelli “bribe” situation) I wanted to take a look back at the hate that has been spewed at one Kimbo Slice. Ever since Saturday night, numerous outlets have taken huge shots at Kimbo Slice, going so far as to call him “the ultimate fraud” to saying that he he simply “sucks” and that he has “no place in MMA.”

The controversy from EliteXC “Heat” has continued to spread as F4WOnline is reporting that Ken Shamrock was also being paid by EliteXC to stand up with Kimbo Slice:For what it’s worth, we heard in the days leading up to the fight that Ken Shamrock was being paid to stand with him as well. It’s a pretty shady way of doing business, and while it’s not outright working the fight it is attempting to give one man an advantage — or a perceived advantage, as did didn’t help Kimbo one goddamn ...

UFC Middleweight champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva told the Brazilian cable channel SporTV: “I’ll retire next year, I already gave my all. I don’t need to prove anything for anyone and within one year I’ll put my gloves aside.” 

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic is getting ready for his upcoming fight with Alistair Overeem. This video interview is in Croatian but it shows how hard Cro Cop has been training for this fight.