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Well now that UFC 89 is out of the way we can concentrate on a championship match and a card that might actually be worth the 50 bucks.  The main event looks to be much more of the same stuff we have grown to love from Anderson Silva. Expect to see another dominating performance mixed with superior technical skills dished out by the spider. Although the main event maybe interesting to some the real meat and potatoes of the card look to be coming from the supporting cast.

In an interesting twist of events Diego Sanchez has been sidelined by a rib injury that seems to have come from training. Stepping into fill his place will be Josh Koscheck. Who will be facing Thiago Alves. There has been alot said about the early days of Koscheck. But I have to give credit when its due. Kos has managed to step up his game and drastically improve his striking skills since training with AKA. He seems more willing and comfortable to exchange strikes with his opponents. This plays perfectly into a match up against up and comer Thiago Alves. It would not be surprising if this match up was to take fight of the night with Thiago coming out on top with the TKO victory. In order for Kos to be successful he is going to have to push the pace and force the takedown. Smother his opponent with superior wrestling and a top game mixed with devistating ground and pound.

Another matchup that should be far from borring is Sean Sherk Vs. Tyson Griffin. Sherk is a serious vet in this mma game and has only lost to 3 people in over 36 fights since 1999, Georges St. Pierre, Matt Hughes and Bj Penn. All of which could easily be ranked anywhere in the top 5 best welterweights of all time.  Both men have superior wrestling backgrounds. Sherk does take the advantage in the striking department having quicker hands and looks like he hits much harder. Unforetunately for Tyson Griffin I just cant see him getting past Sherk. There is no one right now in the light weight division that trains as hard as the muscle shark. Looks like Griffin got handed more than he can chew.

Other notable fights are:

Rich Clementi Vs. Gray Maynard

Thales Leites Vs. Drew McFedries

Hermes Franca Vs. Marcus Aurelio

Josh Burkman Vs. Pete Sell

Pay per view cost $50, pizza cost $30, Beer cost $40, watching Silva slaughter another victim….PRICELESS!

Although the exact date has not been released the grudge match between these two welter weights has been confirmed. This should be an interesting matchup since both fighters are recovering from injuries. Hughes from the knee injury and Serra from the herniated disc.  Styles make fights but so does hatred and this fight lacks neither one.

Hughes is a wrestler with tremendous top game and good ground and pound mixed with some submissions. Serra is no slouch off his back and has excellent submissions being a Renzo Gracie bjj black belt. Both men seem to have improved striking skills. With all the talent they posses the injuries both have incurred lead me to believe we are in store for a slug fest. Mobility in the knee of Hughes will have some effect in how well he shoots for a takedown and Serra must still be suffering from some loss of flexibility.

The Terror has been quoted as saying he wants to spend more time wrestling in the training room. I do not know if this is a mistake but I feel he should stick to what he is good at. Takedown defense and a brawl and sprawl seems to work well against Hughes. Proven by guys like Georges (rush) St Pierre  and Thiago (the pitbull) Alves. Serra definitely has along way to come if his striking skills are ever going to compare to any of those fighters, but he does have some heavy hands.

I hate to give predicitions since mma has this funny way of always proving me wrong. But I can say this with confidence, the UFC marketing machine will hype this fight and as long as the fighter show up we should be in store for some fireworks.