re: GSP

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If Penn actually felt his legs slipping off because of vasoline he would have 1.) complained during the fight

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Kizer informed Penn's corner after the fight about the alleged greasing between rounds.

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Kizer and his team actually began dealing with the apparent application of Vaseline to St. Pierre's back and shoulders during the match.

"The first round, one of the inspectors that was on the outside of the cage came over to me and said it looked to him that when the cornerman, who I think in that case was Phil Nurse, put the Vaseline on Georges' face then rubbed his shoulders -- which you see the guys rubbing the other guy's shoulders to help him out -- he didn't wipe off his hands between doing that," Kizer said. "I said, 'Well, I'm going to watch very closely after this round.'

Kizer said he then witnessed one cornermen put Vaseline on Georges' face, which is allowed, but that he then illegally put his hands on the fighter's back "to do the breathing thing they always do," Kizer said.

At most, it was very small amount of the lubricant, but Kizer immediately sprung to action.

"Tony Liano and I immediately yelled at him, and I don't think he heard us because of the noise," Kizer said. "So I actually went into the octagon, and I said, 'Take your hand off of his back. What are you doing?' We wiped it down. We made sure it was wiped down after the third round as well. This was after the second when I was in there. I was very upset. I don't know if they were doing it intentionally or not. Either way, they shouldn't have done it."

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