What UFC 100 means to the world of MMA
After July 11th, 2009 the world of MMA will never be the same. You will have the largest purchased PPV in UFC history…sorry UFC 92.
Beyond that though the largest audience in MMA history is going to be able to see the future of the sport in nearly every division! Let’s start from the bottom and work our way up in terms of who is involved and who to pay attention to.
155 pounds Lightweight
Jim Miller - Jim will be bringing into UFC 100 a 13 and 2 record with his only recent lost to Gray Maynard. Gray is an absolute beast in the weight division and has disposed of not only Jim Miller, but also Frankie Edgar who recently beat Sean Sherk at UFC 98. Jim has all the tools to be a top guy at 155 and at UFC 100 everyone will get a chance to see him against Mac Danzig who will be given his walking papers after he loses.
170 pounds Middleweight
At UFC 100 we are going to be lucky enough to see two of the top 170 pound contenders in the world in Jon Fitch and Dong Hyun Kim. Jon Fitch’s only lost in the last 9 fights has come at the hands of Georges St. Pierre and he’s easily a top 5 Middleweight in the world. Dong just recently lost until the commission rulled it a NC after Karo tested positive for some illegal medication. Both are heavy favorites to dispose of their opponents and both should be ranked in probably the top 5.
In the co-main event we are going to be seeing Georges St-Pierre defend his belt against Thiago Alves in a fight where the combine record is a staggering 40 wins with 6 losses. The last time either of them lost was 12 fights ago. This fight to me is the breakthrough fight for Georges St-Pierre because it is going to bring him truly to the mainstream. He’s nearly cleaned out the division, signed a huge deal with CAA, been in a Gatorade commercial, but will finally have the massive audience to bring him to that next level.
Thiago presents a wealth of problems for George, but my prediction is here is we are going to get to see George physically finish his first opponent since recapturing the belt. BJ Penn quit after the 4th round, but did not officially have the referee stop it and I think we will see that here. Georges is going to really impress fans with his ability to not discouraged when struggling for a takedown early and will leverage all of talent he has for a late stoppage win. I think a win like that really gets the fans behind someone like Georges.
185 pounds Middleweight
Yoshihiro Akiyama makes his debut at this UFC event. As we wrote about previously Akiyama is a guy who finishes fights and has yet to go to a decision. The fight is going to be on the PPV for sure so the public is going to get to see this fine specimen. Just how fine is he? Well people often refer to him as Sexyama. Poor Alan Belcher won’t know what hit him when Sexyama kills him much to the shagrin of every person watching on PPV.
Here is where this Pay Per View gets really interesting. In this event you have what I am dubbing as the Yin and Yang match and potentially the launch of another bonefied superstar in the division. Let’s start with Yin and Yang.
Michael Bisping versus Dan Henderson. Michael has been on quite a run since dropping to 185 pounds winning 3 in a row and really getting the crowds behind him. He’s young, a former reality show winner and demonstrates excellent standup. His opponent is on the down slope of his career recently dropping back to 185 pounds for another shot at Anderson Silva. He’s nearly 40, has fake teeth and is really uncharismatic. His fight style is of the old school, he violently swings at you until he can leverage a take down and hump you for 3 rounds. It reminds me of Matt Hughes and needs to go.
205 pounds Light Heavyweight
Also we have another match with Jon “Bones” Jones. Who has rattled off wins over Andre Gusmao and Stephan Bonner in dominant fashion. He’s a Grecko Roman wrestler who makes up moves on the fly. Between his crazy takedowns and spinning back elbows to the head he is the most exciting guy at 205. Yes more exciting than Machida. He’ll be taking on the punching bag Jake O’Brien who they fed to Arlovski and Cain Velasquez. I don’t see anything different happening here except Jake being outclassed in every position.
Mark Coleman is also fighting at this pay per view, but on the undercard. I’m not even sure its worth discussing, but he has little left in the tank. Against Shogun he laid turtled up in a ball trying to protect himself.
We will discuss Heavyweight tomorrow.
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