Losing a dominant athlete in his or her prime is not a unique situation in sports.
One of the best to ever shoot hoops, Michael Jordan, skipped town at the height of his success to go play baseball with the Chicago White Sox. Ted Williams, who laid more heavy timber than those Ax-holes on History channel, missed nearly five seasons of bat-and-ball to serve in World War II.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones? He took a few months off to play Carmageddon.
Now that he's gone, the mixed martial arts (MMA) world is forced to move on without him, specifically this weekend (Sat.