MMA: UFC 100 Fight Card

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UFC 100 takes place on Saturday, July 11, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev.

Main Event: Championship Bouts
HWY: Brock Lesnar (3-1) vs. Frank Mir (12-3)
170#: Georges St. Pierre (18-2) vs. Thiago Alves (22-4)

* Brock Lesnar is the current champ and Frank Mir is the Interim Champ. GSP is the current Welterweight champion.

Main Card
185#: Dan Henderson (24-7) vs. Michael Bisping (18-1)
170#: Jon Fitch (22-3) vs. Paulo Thiago (11-0)
185#: Yoshihiro Akiyama (12-1) vs. Alan Belcher (13-4)

Preliminary Bouts
205#: Stephan Bonnar (14-5) vs. Mark Coleman (15-9)
155#: Mac Danzig (19-6-1) vs. Jim Miller (13-2)
205#: Jon Jones (8-0) vs. Jake O’Brien (11-2)
170#: Dong Hyun Kim (11-0-1) vs. TJ Grant (14-2)
185#: C.B. Dollaway (9-2) vs. Tom Lawlor (5-1)
155#: Matt Grice (10-2) vs. Shannon Gugerty (11-3)


My picks:

Brock Lesnar - Thinking his training under Erik Paulson (or was it Greg Nelson?) will do him good. Don't think Mir will get an easy sub this time and Mir won't escape Brock's g&p.

GSP - Until he loses, think GSP is on the top of his game. Hard to beat now. Although apparently he has a swollen elbow or something which may or may not affect his performance.

Dan Henderson - I want and think Hendo wins, but part of me remembers how he eeked out a win against Rich 'Ace' Franklin and lost to who was it? Rousimar Palhares (sp?) ... his better fights may be behind him.

Jon Fitch - Don't really know Fitch or Paulo Thiago well, but looked up Fitch's record... think he wins by decision.

Stephan Bonnar - Think Bonnar will pull off a sub after Coleman gasses... I like Coleman from back in da day, but feel he should probably retire.

Tomorrow night will be a special night... the 100th UFC event... 16 years! I remember when I watched the first UFC, I couldn't sleep that night, I was so hyped up on the sheer adrenaline of watching martial artists test their disciplines against other disciplines.

Enjoy!