Don’t pull the thread on the UFC Fight Night 60 card. You might unspool something you really didn’t want to unspool.
The event, which goes down Saturday from Broomfield, Colorado, ended up looking kind of OK on paper, but not until it reached the end of a long and winding road of misfortune.
At first, a slugfest between Matt Brown and Tarec Saffiedine sat atop this particular mountain. Then that fell by the wayside. Then, it was a promising, if low-profile, affair between high-octane welterweight prospects Brandon Thatch and Stephen Thompson.
Of course, Thompson got injured. Stepping in to replace him? Only former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson.
And that, in a nutshell, is how we got here. It would be hard to reproduce the same way twice, for better or worse.
In any case, here are the staff predictions for the six main card fights. You know the drill. Riley “Kobra” Kontek. Sean “The Researcher” Smith. Craig “Live Blog” Amos. James “The Reminder” MacDonald. And yours truly, Scott Harris. Let’s get it on.