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Ultimate Fighter season one runner up, Stephan ‘The American Psycho’ Bonnar (14-7) picked up his third straight victory at last nights (Nov. 19, 2011) UFC 139 event in San Jose, California.
Bonnar turned in a solid performance against opponent Kyle Kingsbury on the pay-per-view opener of the event, showcasing his ground game and erasing a previous three fight losing skid which looked as if it might be the end of his time in the Octagon.
It wasn’t the dominant win that was most interesting, it was Bonnar’s confession after the victory to color commentator Joe Rogan that peaked everyone’s interest.
“I have a little confession to make. I had this big plan to get this win, and then call out Koscheck. But you know what? Something about fighting makes you be honest with yourself. The truth is, he asked me not to make those shirts, and I did it anyway. So Koscheck, I apologize. You taught me a valuable lesson. From now on, fighters gotta approve of those shirts, and they’ll get paid for every one of them.”
Bonnar had an ongoing legal feud with former welterweight contender Josh Koscheck after ‘The American Pyscho’ produced t-shirts depicting Koscheck (shown), along with other UFC fighters, in a cartoon fashion emulating the 1980′s trading cards “Garbage Pail Kids” collectibles.
Through legal action, Koshcheck had the sale of the shirts parodying himself stopped, incensing Bonnar to the point that he responded by challenging the smaller fighter.
Now it appears that is all in the past with Bonnar’s apology Saturday night, well at least for ‘The American Psycho’. I guess we’ll have to wait for Koshcheck’s response in his next interview.