Can the UFC get any weirder than the events of the past week?

It doesn't make any sense. None of it. But things in this sport -- often connected to Sonnen -- have made no sense before and have plodded forward, oblivious

Jeff Wagenheim | May 30, 2014

Can the UFC get any weirder than the events of the past week? /

Chael Sonnen, right, has lost three of his past four fights, but could be in line for a title shot. — Chael Sonnen, right, has lost three of his past four fights, but could be in line for a title shot :: Donald Miralle/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images/SI

It doesn't make any sense. None of it. But things in this sport -- often connected to Sonnen -- have made no sense before and have plodded forward, oblivious to the incongruity. So stay tuned. Or don't.

Published May 30, 2014

JEFF WAGENHEIM

Paradoxically, Jeff Wagenheim considers himself a pacifist (except when driving in traffic) but nonetheless writes about mixed martial arts, the world's most combative sport (other than driving in traffic). As a veteran of three decades in magazines and newspapers, he's a bit grayer than most who attend UFC fights, even along press row. (A fan watching an MMA media panel show recently referred to him as "that crazy hippie uncle," to which Jeff responds, "Groovy, man!") Wagenheim also has tackled pro football for SI.com, and writes about sports and the arts for The Boston Globe. When he's not on the road chasing the UFC, Jeff spends Sunday afternoons spinning Sleepy LaBeef and Boozoo Chavis records for a popular (but not pop) radio show in western Massachusetts.