UFC 97 has some exciting fights coming up. With Anderson Silva on the card it’s always going to be a good fight. You have Chuck Liddell, but some are wondering what he has left in him. Then there is UFC newcomer Krzystoc Soszynski pitted against Brian Stann.
So here are my simple win/lose predictions for those three fights.

Here are the final confirmed cards for UFC 97: Redemption and WEC Torres Vs. Mizugaki.

Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites For the Middleweight Cahmpionship
Chuck Liddell vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
Krzystof Soszynski vs. Brian Stann
Cheick Kongo vs. Antoni Hardonk
Steve Cantwell vs. Luiz Cane
Eliot Marshall vs. Mike Ciesnolevicz
Denis Kang vs. Xavier Foupa-Pokam
Nate Quarry vs. Jason Macdonald
David Loiseau vs. Ed Herman
Mark Bocek vs. David Bielkheden
Ryo Chonan vs. TJ Grant
Sam Stout vs. Matt Wiman

UFC 97 will take place live from the Bell Centre, Saturday April 18, 2009 on Montreal, Canada.

Spike TV has announced that there will be open tryouts for season 10 of The Ultimate Fighter. Think you have what it takes to get in the octagon and possible win a 6 figure contract from the UFC? I haven’t received the official press release, but it appears that MMA Junkie has.
For the current information on The Ultimate Fighter 10 Tryouts visit MMA Junkie.

It’s a sad day in the MMA world. “Mask“, the founder of Tapout MMA Clothing and apparel was killed in a car accident early this morning in Newport Beach California.
‘Mask’ who’s real name is Charles Lewis Jr. started the Tapout company out of the trunk of his car in the late 90’s and with support of his partners built Tapout in to a multimillion dollar, Goliath of a company that it is today. Tapout and the Tapout crew have become a household name in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts and can often be seen at UFC and …read more

UFC Undisputed 2009 will be released on June 2nd for the Playstation3 and XBox 360. Here is a little more info and some screen-shots from the game.
The screen-shots look nice but I think they will smooth things out a bit more, plus it’s always a little different in screen-shots. You can view a video of the game in action here (Look how shiny they are!). Like any other game, it’s a bit exaggerated than real life. Still looks like it will be fun to play and I’ll definitely be adding it to my XBox 360 library.

Here is a video of Brock Lesnar’s first professional MMA fight vs. Min Soo Kim at Dynamite 2007 where he completely dominated his opponent. Yes, I know this is an old video, but it’s always fun to see an MMA fighter in his first fight. I’m not sure what Kim’s weight is, but he looks to be outweighed by at least 50 pounds. Lesnar’s rematch with Mir should be interesting…whenever that happens. He still has a lot of training and learning to do.
 

Here are the results for Saturdays UFC 96 PPV event which drew over 17,000 spectators at Columbus Ohio’s Nationwide Arena.

Shane Nelson defeated Aaron Riley by strikes TKO at :44 of round 1, earning $8k for the fight and another $8k for a win bonus. Riley earned $6k for the fight.
Brandon Vera defeated Michael Pratt via a TKO at 1:27 of round 2 from leg kicks. Vera earned $60k ($30k for fighting/ $30k for winning). Pratt earned $5k.
Jason Brilz defeated Tim Boetsch by unanimous decision after 3 rounds. He earned $10k ($5k for fighting/ $5k for winning). Boetsch earned $12k for …read more

UFC 96 will happen in less than 36 hours. The main even between Keith Jardine and Rampage Jackson is sure to be an interesting fight whether it lasts more than one round or not. If you’ve been watching the countdown then you’ve seen both fighters training hard. Neither fighter wants to lose and both are quite hungry. Now check this out:

Jackson beat Wanderlei Silva at UFC 92
Silva beat Jardine at UFC 84
Jardine beat Lidell at UFC 76
Jackson Beat Lidell at UFC 71
Jardine Beat Forest Griffin at UFC 66
Griffin beat Jackson at UFC 86

Looking at these statistics, this fight could go …read more

Coming a year a a few months since his first and last loss in UFC, heavyweight Brock Lesnar will face the man that made his first fight in the UFC a loss. Frank Mir is the number 1 contender after beating Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

Some people think the refs stoppage in UFC 95’s match between Josh Koscheck and Paulo Thiago was a bit premature, where others think it was legit. It seemed there were a couple of times that night that the refs stopped the fights a little too quickly. What do you think? (Video from from www.myvideofight.com)