UFC 103 postfight: It was a big week for Griffin and Maynard

Most MMA gyms take pride in the number of high level fighters they house, but inside the fighting community people take notice of how much fighters improve.That's why when Kit Cope took a shot at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas calling it Xtreme Fashion, insinuating that fighters don’t improve when they go there, the gym kind of banded together to fire back at the Muay Thai fighter/MTV star. This was a good week to debunk the myth that Xtreme Couture is just a collection of big names. It started off with Gray Maynard looking better than ever on his feet in running circles around Roger Huerta at Ultimate Fight Night 19. Then at UFC 103, Tyson Griffin’s versatility helped him break down and destroy Hermes Franca in less than nine minutes. Griffin set up his second round finish by firing an inside leg kick on Franca’s lead leg and then immediately followed it with the straight right to the Brazilian’s grill that dropped him to his back. Griffin said that comes f...