Tim Sylvia's career is over

I've never been a Tim Sylvia fan. The guy never struck me as particularly talented. He was a freak of nature who manged to befuddle his opponents - that's about the best you can say.

The only time he showed any MMA skill was in his highlight-reel stoppage of a freak of a different sort - Tra Telligman. His other wins have come by straight-up knockouts.

Other than that, he has been submitted like a bitch by Frank Mir, Antonio Nogueira, and Andrei Arlovski, bullied by Randy Couture, been involved in boring matches (Arlovski 3, Brandon Vera) and been suspended for taking steroids.

He lost to Mir in 50 seconds, Arlovski in 47 seconds and Fedor Emelianeko in 36 seconds. He's lost 3 of his last 4.

Oh, but wait - as if the Fedor match weren't humiliating enough (sure, it's Fedor, but 36 seconds?! Who is he - Jonathan Goulet?) the cherry on the top of Sylvia's sundae of suckitude came on Saturday night when he lost an MMA fight to former boxing champ Ray Mercer...

...in 9 seconds!

Dude. You suck.

There's no way he's ever going back to the UFC (I don't think Dana White was a fan anyways) and even the lesser organizations would have a hard time hyping a fight with this giant turd.

Sylvia's story is one of a guy who achieved success far beyond his abilities thanks to his freakish size; but now it seems the rest of the world has discovered Sylvia is all bark and little bite.