This is a great card. Usually the UFC saves their best cards for the end of the year, but UFC 100 certainly warranted a major stacked lineup of fights and they have one with their 3 main bouts. Some of the undercard fights look pretty swell too as Mark Coleman takes on Stephan Bonnar and Jon Fitch squares off against Paulo Thiago, who is fresh off a big win over Josh Koscheck. Fitch will be looking to avenge his teammate’s defeat, as the fellow American Kickboxing Academy student tangles with Thiago.
The main event pits Brock Lesnar up against Frank Mir. This is a very intriguing battle. Even though Lesnar is the champ, he’s a highly inexperienced fighter. He only has 4 bouts under his belt, and his striking and BJJ is still at a rudimentary level compared to seasoned competitors such as Frank Mir. All that being said when you have such power and athleticism, a gigantic beast of a human like Lesnar is very hard to deal with. Mir could once again catch Lesnar on the ground, or perhaps on the feet, but Lesnar’s excellent wrestling and tenacious ground and pound and aggressive style mixed with amazing power should guide him to victory in this tough to call battle.
When it comes to Georges St. Pierre against Thiago Alves, this is a very interesting fight. I feel Alves has the best style to beat Pierre–a great striker with a solid takedown defense. It’s a 25 minute fight and Alves will be very dangerous for every minute that is spent on the feet. We’ll have to go with Pierre in this fight because he can take down even the best at avoiding wrestling attacks, but Alves is a very dangerous threat.
Michael Bisping against Dan Henderson is a highly anticipated fight too. Both love to strike and are unafraid to go toe to toe with anyone. Henderson was willing to trade with the dangerous Anderson Silva, and is always excited to throwdown with the best of them. The advantage he has, as in most of his fights, is his wrestling. He can dictate where this fight goes. If he wants to strike he can strike, if he wants to take the fight to the mat he can do that too. If he’s in trouble on the feet he can go to plan B and secure a close round by taking to the mat and using ground and pound. That wrestling advantage allowed Hendo to secure a win over Rich Franklin as he was able to accumulate more points with the judges on route to a victory of Franklin.
