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July should become new Mega-Event date for the UFC

The growth of the UFC has been a wondrous phenomenon. Even more interesting is the organization's burgeoning establishment of a normalized schedule. For the first time certain dates and locations are ...

When Less Is More...And More Is Less..

With all the controversy surrounding the main event of UFC 86...I hate to beat a dead horse. However, I haven't really ran across an article that talks about the quantity of strikes compared to the...

UFC 86 preliminary Previews: Jorge Gurgel vs. Cole Miller

Jorge Gurgel (12-3, 3-2 UFC) vs. Cole Miller (13-3, 2-1 UFC) Two TUF alums and two Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters, Joe Silva is not being very subtle in this match up. Gurgel’s UFC career has been one...

UFC 86 preliminary Previews: Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver

Melvin Guillard (21-7-2, 3-3 UFC) vs. Dennis Siver (11-5, 1-2 UFC)Vegas doesn’t have odds on this fight and its understandable why. Melvin Guillard is unpredictable and is a borderline head case, Mi...

UFC 86 preliminary Previews: Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Justin McCully

Gabriel Gonzaga (8-3, 4-2 UFC) vs. Justin McCully (8-3-2, 1-0 UFC)Gabriel Gonzaga’s career is a perfect fit to the old adage ‘the bigger they are the harder they fall.’ Gonzaga was launched to t...

UFC 86 Preview: Joe Stevenson vs. Gleison Tibau

Joe Stevenson (28-8, 5-2 UFC) vs. Gleison Tibau (15-5, 3-2 UFC)The last time we saw Joe ‘Daddy’ Stevenson his forehead was split in two from B.J. Penn’s elbows and blood was squirting everywhere...

UFC 86 Preview: Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Lytle

Josh Koscheck (10-2, 8-2 UFC) vs. Chris Lytle (25-15-5, 4-7 UFC)Poor Chris Lytle. He seems to be the guy the UFC throws all their top welterweight talent at. Lytle is a journeyman fighter who appeared...

UFC 86 Preview: Marcus Aurelio vs. Tyson Griffin

Marcus Aurelio (16-5, 2-1 UFC) vs. Tyson Griffin (11-1, 4-1 UFC)Vegas has this fight fairly one sided with Tyson Griffin at -350 vs. Marcus Aurelio at +250. This fight should go to Griffin but I don't...

UFC 86 Preview: Ricardo Almeida vs. Patrick Cote

Ricardo Almeida (9-2, 1-0 UFC) vs. Patrick Cote (12-4, 3-4 UFC)Patrick Cote had rough go of it when he entered the UFC losing his first four fights to Tito Ortiz, Joe Doerksen, Chris Leben and the TUF...

UFC 86 Main Event Preview: Champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin

Champion Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson (28-6, 3-0 UFC) vs. Forrest Griffin (15-4, 6-2 UFC)Bandwagons are hard to resist, the same goes for trendy picks. Several years ago the Arizona Cardinals were a tren...