UFC 100 PREVIEW

Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir

Saturday night marks the culmination of The Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir death match reunion world tour. The two men will square off for the second time in the octagon for the UFC Undisputed Heavyweight Championship at the Mandalay Bay events center in front of a packed house. This time around Lesnar's turning the dial up on his death ray fists from severely wound to full blown genocidal nuclear meltdown. With Brocks intentions of going completely Chernoble on Mir's face, Frank must focus strictly on his superior jiu-jitsu game if he hopes to survive the onslaught. Although Mir holds the advantage in experience and submissions, I think Brock's overall athletic superiority matched with his wrestling, size, and unbelievable knockout power will prove to be too much for Mir. From the beginning of round 1 Lesnar will set the pace and tone for the entire fight. I predict a Lesnar TKO victory in the 2nd or 3rd rounds.

GSP vs Thiago Alves

The second title fight of the evening pits UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre against what "everyone" is calling the biggest test of his career in Thiago "The Pitbull" Alves. To say GSP is on a roll is a drastic understatement. Georges has only two career losses which each have been avenged in brutal chainsaw massacre fashion. St. Pierre is arguably the most complete mixed martial arts fighter ever and he's certainly done nothing to make me argue. But if imitation is the greatest form of flattery than GSP should be tickled pink because Alves has been kicking the sh!t out of everyone with a pulse. Alves is athletic, huge, and is a Mike Tyson'esque muay thai striker with a great spawl. Thiago usually relies on his freaky power and aggressive striking to overwhelm his opponents and make them ponder alternative career paths. Unfortunately for the Brazillian he has never faced anyone with as lethal a resume as GSP. St. Pierre will show up Saturday with a gameplan ready to dismantle the Alves time bomb. His superior conditioning, gameplan, wrestling, and striking accuracy will prove to be too much for Thiago. Barring flash knockout I'm picking GSP by TKO or submission in the 2nd.

Stay in your seats Gents.

E.L. Healey