Tough fight for Nog with Cain’s aggressiveness and superior wrestling…however how many times has that been said and Nog walks away with the win? One thing for sure though is that if Cain can win this fight he’s certainly done enough to be awarded a title shot.

I’d say, “Wow! What a stacked card!” But I know 75-100% of these guys will suffer some sort of injury and they’ll get postponed.

What a great match up! We’ll see a blueprint for how Nog would handle Lesnar.

This sets an interesting picture in the HW division…

I mean, it’s going to be awesome, but going from Ben Rothwell to Nogeira is a damn steep climb, and it eliminates a contender at the thin as hell HW division either way.

Nog By Miracle Sub

This will be a tough fight for Cain “Pillow Hands” Velasquez.

Looks like the Velasquez hype train has made it’s final stop.

Man with Cain’s limp wristed kid sister punching power it looks like we will get Lesnar v. Nog for the title next summer!

just as a side note, all of the talk about cain having weak hands, no power, etc… is getting ridiculous at this point.

i could make the same argument about brock lesnar because of how his heath herring fight went.

i wouldn’t want to get punched in the face by cain velasquez any more or less than i would want to get hit by any other guy.

Since Lesnar vs Carwin may not happen on this card, I wondered if they booked this fight as the main event replacement.

Cant wait for cain to upset nogueira!

Really good fight! It’s a toss up to me. Nog could submit him or Cain might blast him.

This sets up a real contendor for the title. Great work Joe Silva!

Seems like a good fight for Nog on paper, in that he’ll probably have the edge standing and Cain might be reluctant to take the fight to the ground.

Cain is a young, strong guy though, and he may be able to nullify Nog’s guard enough to take two rounds out of three. You never know, especially with MMA judging being what it is.

When are they going to stop babying Cain and give him someone tough?

Come on!

Great fight! Can Cain GNP the hell outta Nog? Can he stop him? Will he try to box Nog to put away his “pillow hands” stigma? Will Nog take Cain’s arm home with him?

So many questions, not many answers. GREAT FIGHT!

but I tend to think that Cain will win by laying a Fedor-esque beating on Nog. It’ll be interesting to see if he can stay out of Nog’s subs, but to be honest Fedor wrote the book on how to beat Nog from his guard, and Cain has just the right mix of dominant wrestling and hyperactive GnP to be able to implement Fedor’s gameplan. Whether or not he has the submission defense to not get choked has yet to be seen, but I think Velasquez will come out the winner.

It’ll also be interesting to see who wins the standup; Nogueira has very solid boxing and improved muay thai skills, but then again Cain has displayed pretty good standup in every fight but the Kongo fight. Both guys with good chins but not much power in their hands, so the standup is really any man’s game.

Not that I wouldn’t be stoked to see Nog pull out a hail mary armbar/ triangle/ guillotine though :)

A lot more people are going to hate Cain after he lays a whoopin on our beloved Nog.

As a ginormous Nog fanboy, I don’t like this fight.

Cain only has to do his ‘top-control’ thing for three rounds. Which is highly probable, since I don’t think Nog will be able to stuff Cain’s takedown attempts. If Cain is able to employ a Fedor-esque GnP, and avoid subs, it could be a rather one-sided decision (even if Pillow Hands fails to do any serious damage).

Still, I’ll be as irrational as ever when it comes to Nog and predict the 2nd round sub.

Nogueira a Nogueira / Dos Santos tag team comes into the Octagon and smashes BROCKLESNAR with a steel chair to lay down the challenge for the strap at Survivor Series UFC 113.

Assuming the current champion can get over his cold/flu/mono/whatever, we will get to see Lesnar vs Carwin, Nogueira vs Velasquez, and Dos Santos vs Gonzaga on the same card.

I see a Cain takedown – A Nog sweep – A nog sub.

Five rounds, please.

I go back and forth on the 5 round non-title fight discussion. My problem is that there needs to be a standard, but how can do make it judicial? I would love to see this 5 rounds, but then why not make Swick v. Hardy 5 rounds since it’s supposedly a contender fight? Arbitrarily granted certain fights as 5 rounders creates a slippery slope and probably more problems than the UFC needs.

Sources close to Brock Lesnar’s camp informed Heavy.com tonight that Lesnar will not be able to participate in the postponed main event of UFC 108 against Shane Carwin.

Lesnar has battled an undisclosed illness for the past month that forced him to withdraw from a scheduled title defense against Carwin at UFC 106. The bout was rescheduled for UFC 108, but Heavy.com learned earlier this week that Lesnar has not recovered from the illness and cannot train at even a moderate page without quickly becoming exhausted.

A UFC source confirmed the story while pointing out that Lesnar was never officially part of the UFC 108 card.

http://www.heavy.com/post/lesnar-out-of-ufc-108-main-event-1342

I got man-horse.

I think it was Aikyaiama or someone posted on a blog at the recent UFC “Fighters Summit” they were told to no longer tip reporters off about bout agreements that they have either signed or been presented with until the UFC officially announces the fight.

That’s probably why Cain’s ppl are being so hesitant and labeling this “pure speculation.”

Yea finally!! Just lay in his gaurd and wait for the bell it will totally work out for ya cain!!!!

ya feel me?