WGN Morning News Blog

Every 6 weeks or so, we get a notable sports guest to wake up at an un-Godly hour and join us live. This morning, we suckered 4 people into appearing, which means we probably wont have another live guest until November.

Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White was here with 2 of his fighters- Patrick "The Predator" Cote, and the pound-for-pound king of mixed martial arts, Anderson "The Spider" Silva. Anderson is a soft-spoken, mild-mannered, unassuming Brazilian man who could dismantle your body in less time than it'd take you to pour a bowl of cereal. Cote is the man who will fight him at UFC 90, which is October 25 at All State Arena.

Later on in the show, Cubs second baseman Mike Fontenot stopped by. He failed to make a quick getaway, though, and got roped in to coming back some time. Maybe the prospect of another free stack of pancakes (or the chance to sit down with me) was too much to resist. We commiserated about being short, talked about his pre-game ritual with Carlos Zambrano, and Mike gave us a prediction for the rest of the season.