Brock Lesnar Returns – Let the Comeback Begin
Whether they love him or hate him, it’s usually one or the other, everyone agrees that no one in the UFC stirs up the emotions or sells tickets quite the same way Brock Lesnar does.
After being incapacitated since October 2009 with diverticulitis that was originally diagnosed as mono, Lesnar has announced that he is officially back according to UFC.com.
Doctors had originally recommended that Lesnar get his colon removed, which could have been a huge setback for the current UFC Heavyweight Champion, but Lesnar went down his own path and let his body heal naturally along with rest and nutrition, and that turned out to be the right choice as his recent tests have come back clean.
Lesnar will now turn to the future, and several challenges await the massive 280-pound former WWE star and NFL hopeful.
Shane Carwin, the man who was supposed to face Lesnar on January 2nd, will square off with the only man to ever beat Lesnar, Frank Mir, at UFC 111 in March.
The winner of that seems likely to get Mr.
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UFC 108 Upset Alert – Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva
It’s not quite the big-name grudge match that the fans expected for the New Year, but the Thiago Silva-Rashad Evans main event at UFC 108 on Saturday in Las Vegas still has the potential for major fireworks and could be a chance for bettors to cash in on an upset pick.
It’s a matchup of a former Ultimate Fighter winner and coach in Evans and Silva, who’s not as well known but still respected as a major threat in the division.
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UFC 108 Upset Special – Junior dos Santos vs. Gilbert Yvel
The best thing about heavyweight UFC bouts is that they can end at any moment via knockout. The only question in the Junior dos Santos vs.
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UFC 108 Betting – Jim Miller vs. Duane Ludwig
UFC 108 Betting
Jim Miller (15-2-0) vs Duane Ludwig (19-9-0)
UFC Betting Line: Miller -500
Leading up to UFC 108
Jim Miller was set to take on Sean Sherk at UFC 108 but as has been the case for the UFC in the last month or so, another one of their fighters has suffered from an injury.
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UFC 108 Recap and a Look Ahead
It was billed as a night of knockouts, and UFC 108 delivered in that respect on Saturday night as the hits came hard and fast during the first MMA event of the New Year.
British sensation Paul Daley did the most damage on the night with a devastating knockout of welterweight up-and-comer Dustin Hazelett, landing his signature hook in the first round and knocking Hazelett to the mat before finishing with a few more big shots on the ground for good measure.
The BetUS Sportsbook prop bets listed a Daley knockout or a Hazelett submission as two of the most likely outcomes, and the former won out as Daley kept the fight standing and used his superior striking to take home a big win that should vault him up the ladder in the UFC’s welterweight division.
The main event of the evening wasn’t quite as explosive, but Thiago Silva almost scored a knockout win over former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans in the third round.
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UFC 108 Salaries Breakdown
UFC 108 wasn’t quite the end-of-the-year blowout that we saw last year, but it still managed to be an entertaining fight card with plenty of memorable fights and incredible finishes.
The salaries for UFC 108, a card that was ravaged by injuries, seemed to reflect the scaled-down feel as well, as only Rashad Evans seemed to take home big money on the night.
Combining his $200,000 purse to show with his $175,000 win bonus made for a pretty impressive night’s work for the former Ultimate Fighter winner, not counting extras like bonuses or percentages of outside revenues.
Evans ended up winning his main event fight in the light heavyweight division with Thiago Silva by a unanimous decision, but the fight was a bit closer than that and closer than the salaries would indicate.
Silva only took home $55,000 on the night despite his past successes in the division and his status as a co-headliner.
Further down the pay charts, we see that Paul Daley was second with a salary of $84,200 for the evening, including an $18,000 win bonus and $50,000 Knockout of the Night Bonus.
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UFC – Rampage vs. Rashad Fight is back on
The Rashad Evans vs. Rampage Jackson fight everyone wanted to see could be back on according to UFC President Dana White and Sherdog.com. It’s a classic good guy vs. bad guy matchup, at least in terms of the role each guy plays.
White wouldn’t give a set date for a light heavyweight fight between the two Ultimate Fighter 10 coaches, but he did say that the UFC is looking at a date sometime in May for a fight between the two popular ex-coaches.
A Rampage vs.
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UFC Fight Night Picks – Amir Sadollah vs. Brad Blackburn
Without the Ultimate Fighter TV show, the UFC likely wouldn’t be a fraction of what it is today.
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UFC Fight Night – Gray Maynard vs. Nate Diaz
UFC Fight Night
Gray Maynard (8-0-1) vs. Nate Diaz (11-4-0)
UFC Betting Line: Maynard -300
Leading up to UFC Fight Night:
Gray Maynard is a focused fighter right now and more importantly, he’s undefeated. He’s won six straight UFC fights but he hasn’t been completely dominant as five of those have been decisions.
This is going to be a rematch from The Ultimate Fighter 5 where the two fighters met up midseason.
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Strikeforce Main Event – Fedor Emelianenko (-500) vs. Brett Rogers (+350)
We all know that Brock Lesnar sells pay-per-views. But can the world’s top heavyweight, Fedor Emelianenko, bring TV ratings at a rate anywhere near what Lesnar and even Kimbo Slice are capable of?
The world will find out on Saturday as CBS Television brings what should be the best main event and fight card in the history of free MMA TV to the airwaves.
Emelianenko is the polar opposite of Lesnar: technique over brute force, quiet confidence over self-promotion, grappling over wrestling, a pudgy physique compared with a mostly rock-solid body, and on and on.
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