Thiago Silva vs. Brandon Vera Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann Phil Baroni vs. Brad Tavares Antonio McKee vs.Jacob Volkmann Nate Diaz vs. Dong Hyun Kim Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar (c) vs. Gray Maynard Heavyweight bout: Shane Carwin vs. Roy Nelson Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Takanori Gomi Highlighted the exciting fights, the only disappointment to me is that Leben is getting such wank competition. I wish Wandy could fight him on this card.
No, the main event will be Edgar-Maynard II since it's a championship fight. This probably won't sell too well on PPV, but overall it looks to have some enticing and exciting fights on it. Guida vs. Gomi will be great, Carwin and Nelson will be interesting though I think Big Country will get smashed, Diaz-Kim and Silva-Vera will be entertaining and of course, the rematch will be interesting to see how it pans out. Hopefully it's not a straight wrestling match.
I'm thinkin Big Country will win a decison or by submission if it gets past the 1st. Maynard will win the belt, and Gomi will either win by stoppage or get outhustled. Strong card.. But too many PPVs in the UFC. I would like to see a 3:1 ratio of PPV and Spike tv cards.
I'm actually quite interested in that fight. Big Country can very well pull of a submission. Gomi might get a pounding on the ground. It'll depend on how well he stays on his feet.
nelson vs carwin intrests me. nelson can take a shot, so i think it might be hard for carwin to blow him away in a round. also with carwins cardio looking terrible if roy can get it to the ground in the first carwin could ****ed. i had hoped leben would have got a bigger name than stann, but if he gets rid of him quick time i want to see him vs wandy. hope gomi and beat guida but i can see gudia taking him down and getting a UD. but, best bit of news is baroni is back. i dont know why, but i always enjoy watching him fight and i hope he can pull this one off. diaz vs kim will be sick, i think that could be a fotn for me. diaz always brings it.
New Years day is a tough date to swallow.I doubt the bars will show this due to the hang over from the night before.
i like carwin, hes a high class striker with very heavy hands, but what will happend if carwin cant put him away. junior dos santos couldnt put him away , and dos santos hands are better then carwins.It will go to decision or nelson submission, unless carwin can finnish better that dos santos