We didn’t hear it live in the arena, but according to the hardest working man in sports journalism, Michael David Smith at AOL Fanhouse, Bas Rutten called M-1 Global honcho Jerry Millen an “a**hole” on TV:

During the HDNet broadcast of today’s Affliction: Day of Reckoning weigh-in, the retired MMA star turned announcer Bas Rutten had some choice words for M-1 Global executive Jerry Millen.

After Millen introduced Fedor Emelianenko, the camera lingered on him, and Rutten (who may or may not have known that his microphone was on) could be heard saying, “That’s the a**hole. Oh, did I just say this on TV?”

Rutten and Millen worked together in Pride and have a long history of animosity, with Rutten claiming, among other things, that Millen knows nothing about MMA. If there’s any down time during Saturday night’s show, I’d love to see Rutten and Millen step into the ring together.

Bas Rutten calls Jerry Millan “a**hole” @ AOL Fanhouse

Here’s Bas Rutten with SAVSCI writer Grady Roy, who is most decidedly not an a**hole: