UFC 99 preview

Billy's supposed to be on top of this, but he's slacking, that slacker. So here we go

MAIN EVENT

"The Axe Murderer" Wanderlei Silva Vs Rich "Ace" Franklin

This is a weird fight, they are fighting at 195 cause Franklin has been sent to 205 due to Anderson Silva owning him at 185, and Wandi is moving to 185 cause he's been beaten repeatedly at 205. Both men have shown suspect chins in their last few fights, and it's anyone's guess if Wandi's fast paced whirling dervish style of attacking will prevail over Rich Franklin's more tactical gameplan.

MY PICK: I have no idea...I guess I back Franklin, mostly because my picks end up losing and I'd like to see Wandi win, but of course since I'm now making a pick like that on purpose, odds are Wandi gets killed...

Cheick Kongo Vs Cain Velasquez

Cain is seen as the next big star in the heavyweight division and a lot of people expect him to get the takedown and beat the crap out of Kongo. Kongo always confuses the hell out of me because he's so one dimentional and horrible, yet he wins anyhow, I think this fight will be closer then most people expect.

MY PICK: I'm taking Cain because he should be able to get it to the ground and Kongo is a horror show once put on his back.

Mirko Cro Cop Vs Mostapha Al Turk

This is Cro-Cop's make or break fight, does he have another run in him or not. Al Turk was recently turned into a blood pinata by Kongo and is likely being fed to Cro Cop to try to re-establish Cro Cop as a big deal. So this fight isn't so much if Cro Cop will win, but will he win convincingly. Of course we all said the same thing before he fought Gabe Gonzaga on his way to his assured title shot with Randy Couture and that turned out really well.

MY PICK: Cro Cop wins with a knock out, but in the 2nd round so Sherdoggers can get upset with him for not being super deluxe mega awesome.

Mike "Quick" Swick Vs "Killa B" Ben Saunders

Saunders scrubbed out of TUF but has since gone on a tear and now faces a gate-keeper at 170 in Swick, who needs to look good at this weight class since he's been middling at 170 ever since he was sent down from 185 by the omni-boring and never getting a title shot ever Yushin Okami. 170 is a weird weight class with the match at UFC 100 basically being the true test for GSP and there being nobody else in the pipeline for him to really get excited over after that.

MY PICK: I think Swick ends the dream for Saunders here, and with one more win can set himself up to be a highlight reel knockout victim for the winner of the Alves/GSP fight.

Spencer "The King" Fisher Vs Caol Uno

Uno makes his return to the Octogon after being away for pretty much forever. Fisher is a gate-keeper of sorts at 155, winning and losing off and on, his fights are hard to predict, since he'll dominate somebody and then go out and get lay and prayed to death the next time out. Who knows what we'll get out of Uno. 155 is so deep I don't know if either guy will make a good run at it, but this should be a good fight.

MY PICK: I blindly hate Spencer Fisher because he comes from the same camp as Matt Hughes and all those guys seem like cocky bastards. I spite pick Uno.

Marcus "The Irish Hand Grenade" Davis Vs Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy

These two have talked a ton of trash, and odds are they'll be out for blood. This could be fight of the night if it makes it past 2 minutes.

MY PICK: It won't, cause Davis will kill Hardy, it might be legit murder also.