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so excited for UFC 126: Belfort vs Silva, Franklin vs Griffin, Bones Jones vs Bader !!!!

TUF 13 Coaches Announced

UFC President Dana White announced today that former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and number one contender Junior dos Santos will match wits as the coaches of season 13 of the hit Spike TV reality series.

Following the season, which begins filming later this month and begins airing on March 30, Lesnar and dos Santos will then match fists in the Octagon at a date and location to be announced in June. The winner will face current heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, who is currently sidelined with a torn rotator cuff.

“It’s gonna be a very interesting six weeks of filming,” said White during a media teleconference Tuesday. “These two will coach, then they’ll fight, and the winner of the fight will fight Cain Velasquez when he’s healthy.”

http://www.ufc.com/news/tuf-13-coaching-announcement

I like the coaches being named, but I don't like what will result from the finale; more controversy of who deserves the #1 contender spot for the Heavyweight title.

Dos Santos definitely deserves a shot at Cain before Brock gets a rematch.

I usually end up watching the fights but I have a hard time following it in between - thanks for the updates!

I'm so glad my friend got me into MMA a few years ago when I was in college, because MMA doesn't have an offseason, something I can follow all year long when the NBA season is over.

http://mmafans.net/topic/8381716/

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

* Champ Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort (for middleweight title)
* Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin
* Jake Ellenberger vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha
* Ryan Bader vs. Jon Jones
* Antonio Banuelos vs. Miguel Torres

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

* Paul Kelly vs. Donald Cerrone
* Chad Mendes vs. Michihiro Omigawa

PRELIMINARY CARD (Untelevised)

* Gabe Ruediger vs. Paul Taylor
* Demetrious Johnson vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto
* Kyle Kingsbury vs. Ricardo Romero
* Mike Pierce vs. Kenny Robertson

such a great card

Well one of my favorite fighters Jon "Bones" Jones became the youngest UFC Champion (Age: 23) this past Saturday at UFC 128, dominating Shogun.

There are some great cards coming up:

UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami
Date: Aug 27, 2011
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venue: HSBC Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view and Spike TV

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

Champ Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami (for middleweight title)
Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov

UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage
Date: Sep 24, 2011
Location: Denver, Colorado
Venue: Pepsi Center
Broadcast: Pay-per-view

Champ Jon Jones vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (for light-heavyweight title)
Matt Hughes vs. Diego Sanchez
Damacio Page vs. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto
Nate Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi
Aaron Riley vs. Tony Ferguson
Mark Hunt vs. Ben Rothwell
Rob Broughton vs. Travis Browne

UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard III
Date: Oct 08, 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Venue: Toyota Center
Broadcast: Pay-per-view

Champ Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard (for lightweight title)
Champ Jose Aldo vs. Kenny Florian (for featherweight title)
Chael Sonnen vs. Brian Stann
Demian Maia vs. Jorge Santiago
Melvin Guillard vs. Joe Lauzon
Dave Herman vs. Mike Russow
Josh Grispi vs. Matt Grice

UFC 137: St-Pierre vs. Diaz
Date: Oct 29, 2011
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
Broadcast: Pay-per-view

Champ Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz (for UFC welterweight title)
Carlos Condit vs. B.J. Penn*
Cheick Kongo vs. Matt Mitrione
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Roy Nelson
Hatsu Hioki vs. George Roop

Fedor vs Hendo is this weekend; here are my predictions

MAIN CARD (Showtime)

Champ Dan Henderson vs. Fedor Emelianenko (heavyweight non-title fight)
Champ Marloes Coenen vs. Miesha Tate (for women's welterweight title)
Tim Kennedy vs. Robbie Lawler
Paul Daley vs. Tyron Woodley
Tarec Saffiedine vs. Scott Smith

Any of the Spurs fans from Brazil planning on going to UFC 134 in Rio? Great card!!!

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

Champ Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami (for middleweight title)
Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
Edson Barboza vs. Ross Pearson
Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares
Dan Miller vs. Rousimar Palhares

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

David Mitchell vs. Paulo Thiago
Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos*
Felipe Arantes vs. Yuri Alcantara
Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
Raphael Assuncao vs. Johnny Eduard

Big news today, Overeem signed with the UFC and will face Brock Lesnar December 30 !!!!

I am really looking forward to the Jones-Rampage fight.

Also, in my opinion Silva should jump up a class and fight Jones, he seems to not have any more competition at middleweight. Either that, or maybe St. Pierre can jump up to middleweight to fight Silva.

txstr1986 wrote:I am really looking forward to the Jones-Rampage fight.

Also, in my opinion Silva should jump up a class and fight Jones, he seems to not have any more competition at middleweight. Either that, or maybe St. Pierre can jump up to middleweight to fight Silva.

Have to agree: for me there are only 3 fights I want to see involving Anderson Silva

1. GSP vs Silva
2. Sonnen vs Silva
3. Bones vs Silva

anything else just isn't worth watching

I can't wait for UFC 144 this weekend - the card is stacked! Edgar will probably win but I'm rooting for Henderson. I usually root for the underdog if I don't have a strong liking for the champ (such as GSP). That Bader-Jackson fight should be really entertaining as well.

I've got 2 TVs in my living room - so I think I'll have the fight on one and the All-Star Saturday night on the other. My wife is going to hate me tomorrow night...