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UFC 141: What a Loss to Alistair Overem Would Mean for Brock Lesnar’s Career

When former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar steps into the octagon against former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem on December 30, in the Main Event of UFC 141. It will have been 433 days since Lesnar’s last fight. A T…

A TKO loss to Cain Velasquez at UFC 121 back in October of 2010, where Lesnar lost the UFC Heavyweight title.

Much has happened in the heavyweight division since Lesnar’s last fight.

Junior Dos Santos has won the UFC Heavyweight title, with a TKO against Cain Velasquez at UFC on Fox 1 to win the championship.

Frank Mir has won two fights in a row, giving him three in a row overall. He put himself right back in position for another title shot.

Cheick Kongo has won two fights in a row and has entered a short list of top contenders.

Mark Hunt, Stefan Struve, Brendan Schaub, and Dave Herman have all picked up impressive wins inside the octagon.

So where does all of this leave Lesnar?

A win against Overeem puts Lesnar in a title fight with Dos Santos some time in the Summer of 2012, when Dos Santos returns from his meniscus injury.

But a loss would mean a big setback for his career.

After two bouts with diverticulitis, Lesnar’s career has turned into somewhat of a race against the clock. That may be the case for his life as well.

Against someone like Overeem, who has 15 KO/TKO wins in his career, he will be looking to attack Lesnar’s mid-section, the location of his diverticulitis.

Lesnar has two things going for him right now:

1. After Dos Santos, Mir, Velasquez, and Overeem, there are no heavyweights worthy of being included in a “Tier 1” category. There is a horrible lack of top contenders in that division right now.

A fight between Kongo and Browne would be interesting to see who truly belongs in the elite class, but that fight is a long way from even being proposed. Let alone happening.

2. Lesnar is one of the biggest draws, if not the biggest draw in the UFC today or ever. Joe Silva will always be looking to put him in big fights to rack in big Pay-Per-View numbers.

Lesnar has appeared in the Main Event in four of the top six PPV’s in UFC history, including the top two.

A loss in a week and a half would, for the time being, knock Lesnar out of the top tier. It would make him an attractive opponent for Shane Carwin when he returns from surgery in mid-2012. It would be a rematch of their heavyweight title match from July of 2010.

For Lesnar, 25 minutes on Saturday may very well decide the rest of his life.

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UFC: One Memorable Moment from Every 2011 Fight Card

For the UFC, 2011 has seen some of the biggest moments in the history of the octagon: the addition of two exciting weight classes, some of the craziest knockouts and submissions ever, the retirement of a Hall of Famer and new champions. That’s just to …

This list will go back through every fight card so far and take a look at the most memorable moment from each.

And here we go.

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UFC 136 Results: PPV Fight by Fight Analysis

UFC 136 last night lived up to the pre-fight hype that it would be one of the best, if not the best card of the year. With even more stacked cards like UFC 139, 140, and the UFC on Fox debut all now less than two months away, last night was as deliciou…

Here is one more look back at the pay-per-view fights, and what’s next for the fighters.

And, here we go.

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10 Intriguing Strikeforce vs. UFC Matchups

Muhammed Lawal, for now, is still employed with Strikeforce, but he, like every mixed martial artist in the world, is looking toward the big leagues. “I want to go where everybody’s going to and it seems everybody is going to the UFC,” King Mo sa…

Muhammed Lawal, for now, is still employed with Strikeforce, but he, like every mixed martial artist in the world, is looking toward the big leagues.

“I want to go where everybody’s going to and it seems everybody is going to the UFC,” King Mo said after knocking out previously-undefeated Roger Gracie at Strikeforce World Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov.

Normally, a win over an opponent of Gracie’s caliber at the level Lawal is already at would put him in line for a Light Heavyweight title fight with current champion Dan Henderson, but Lawal has his sights set on the UFC.

Maybe, hopefully, they’d have a UFC vs.Strikeforce event,” he said, “…and then make it all just be UFC, how about that?”

While a whole event may be tough to fill out, here are some matchups that could make for very exciting fights if such an event ever takes place.

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UFC: Why Urijah Faber vs. Brian Bowles Is a Main Event with One Change Made

Ever since the clash between heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and No. 1 contender Junior Dos Santos was moved to take place on the first ever event the UFC will have on the Fox network, many people have been speculating what will replace the fight on November 19th and many fans attending the event are complaining about the lack of a pay-per-view-worthy main event now with the title fight being moved.

Currently, the high profile fights on the card include Martin Kampmann vs. Rick Story, Ryan Bader vs. Jason Brilz and Urijah Faber vs. Brian Bowles. Those fights mixed in with the other fights currently on the card would make for a great “Fight Night” card, but it’s hard to hope for north of 500,000 PPV buys with that, let alone 250.

Right now, the UFC is focused on the promotion’s debut on Fox, Brock Lesnar‘s return, Alistair Overeem’s UFC debut and returning to Japan next February. Because of this, several cards, like this one, are suffering.

That is why one change to this card will make it at least a little more pay-per-view-worthy:

Make the Urijah Faber-Brian Bowles match for the interim bantamweight championship the main event.

It might seem like an odd move, seeing as how there is a bantamweight championship match happening not two months earlier between champion Dominick Cruz and Demetrious Johnson, but the move does make a decent amount of sense:

1. The Bowles-Faber fight is already a No. 1 contender’s fight, so this being added to the mix would just be the icing on the cake.

2. The winners can be billed as fighting for the “undisputed bantamweight championship” sometime in 2012, possibly the Super Bowl weekend card.

3. Both of these guys have won championships before, so it wouldn’t be new territory for them.

It would be a long shot for the UFC to make the change, but if it were to be done, it would make UFC 139 a little more marketable

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UFC Title Fights: The 10 Worst Ever

The UFC has the best MMA fighters and the best matches in the world. Nobody else even comes close, and those who have, like Pride and Strikeforce, the UFC has just bought out.That doesn’t mean that they’re perfect. Nobody is, especially when there are …

The UFC has the best MMA fighters and the best matches in the world. Nobody else even comes close, and those who have, like Pride and Strikeforce, the UFC has just bought out.

That doesn’t mean that they’re perfect. Nobody is, especially when there are some dozen-and-a-half events each year, with almost 200 fights going on over those 12 months. Several of those fights are expected to be stinkers.

Though the fans hope that those that suck are the ones never shown on free TV during a live event attended by some 6,500 people, every once in a while, the stinkers will come from the Main Event $50 PPV championship fights between two fighters considered to be the best in the world in their division.

This list will look back and (dis)honor these men.

And, here we go…

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