An in-depth preview of this weekend's regional mixed martial arts action including Impact Fighting Championships' first card featuring UFC and PRIDE veteran Josh Barnett and former UFC fighter Karo Parisyan.
Both KSW XIII and MFC 25 will feature a little bit of something for everyone. If you're interested in what many of the UFC veterans are up to nowadays, MFC 25 will feature former UFC middleweight contender Thales Leites, TUF alums Jesse Taylor and Richie Hightower, and UFC veterans Wilson Gouveia, Luigi Fioravanti, and Pete Spratt.
For many fans, the UFC's debut on Versus went as expected. The ferocious and powerful Jon Jones, a fighter who once shared a wrestling room turned proving ground at Iowa Central Community College with another familiar name in Cain Velasquez, took down the fading Brandon Vera in the early moments of their epic tilt on Sunday night and put the pressure solely on Vera to prove his words had meaning.
Analysis of the UFC on Versus 1: Jones vs Vera fight card.
Complete results for every fight on the UFC on Versus undercard.
The BloodyElbow.com staff offer their predictions for the very first UFC show on Versus with Brandon Vera vs. Jon Jones as the main event.
The card will be headlined by a light heavyweight battle between rising prospect Jon Jones and long-time UFC veteran Brandon Vera, but it'll also spotlight a potentially crucial heavyweight showdown between the surging Junior Dos Santos and the formidable Gabriel Gonzaga.
Two matchups have been added to the card for the UFC's Versus debut on March 21st in Broomfield, Colorado. Lightweights Duane Ludwig and Spencer Fisher will do battle, along with light heavyweights Elliot Marshall and Vladimir Matyushenko.
