Author: Alex Ballentine

3 UFC Titles That Will Change Hands in 2012

The UFC Heavyweight Championship once again changed hands as the world watched Junior dos Santos need only slightly over a minute to dethrone former champion Cain Velasquez with one of his patented thunderous right hands. While there are still plenty o…

The UFC Heavyweight Championship once again changed hands as the world watched Junior dos Santos need only slightly over a minute to dethrone former champion Cain Velasquez with one of his patented thunderous right hands. While there are still plenty of great fights to be seen in 2011, the UFC’s seven different championships appear to be at rest for the duration of the year.

Junior dos Santos became the fourth man to claim a UFC belt in the year of 2011 along with Jon Jones and the champions of the UFC’s two newest divisions, Jose Aldo and Dominick Cruz. With the nature of MMA scheduling, when a belt changes hands it is big deal.

With many title pictures looking clear and some very deserving challengers lined up for the current champions, there is sure to be some change among the sport’s elite. 2012 could very well see many title changes, but three divisions stand out as ones that will see a shakeup at the top.

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Mark Munoz and 5 Fights We Don’t Want to See Anderson Silva in

Whether you’ve been watching MMA your entire life or you’ve just started watching the sport, you know that Anderson Silva is a legend. A very easy case could be made that he is the greatest fighter of all time.When Silva’s manager, Ed Soares, proclaime…

Whether you’ve been watching MMA your entire life or you’ve just started watching the sport, you know that Anderson Silva is a legend. A very easy case could be made that he is the greatest fighter of all time.

When Silva’s manager, Ed Soares, proclaimed that the reigning middleweight champion only had four fights left, everyone had an immediate opinion as to who those four fights should be against.

Since Soares’ proclamation, Silva has separated himself from his manager and stated he plans on fighting for at least seven more years. Either way, it is pretty clear that Silva isn’t going to fight forever.

Given all that he has achieved, Silva could retire today and be called one of the top three fighters of all time and the undisputed greatest middleweight to ever live. That’s why it is very important for each of his next fights to have significance—to remove all doubt that he is the best ever.

If Silva wants to cement this legacy, a move to light heavyweight appears imminent. That means that many of the fights that we don’t want to see would occur at his current weight class, where his dominance has been proven over and over again.

Here are the fights that we would rather not take up Silva’s remaining fights in his career.

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UFC 138: Why Anthony Perosh vs. Cyrille Diabate Will Be the Fight of the Night

This weekend’s UFC 138 may be short on name power, but it certainly has what matters most—firepower. When Anthony Perosh and Cyrille Diabate open the night’s main card, there may not be too much on the line, but the fight has “Fight of the Night”…

This weekend’s UFC 138 may be short on name power, but it certainly has what matters most—firepower. When Anthony Perosh and Cyrille Diabate open the night’s main card, there may not be too much on the line, but the fight has “Fight of the Night” written all over it.

All too often, a card stacked with some of MMA’s biggest names fails to deliver the exciting night of fights that we expect. As the stakes rise, fighters become more likely to take the safe road—not a very entertaining one.

UFC 138 should deliver a truly exciting night of fights. While there aren’t many well-known fighters on the card, they just may become well-known after November 5th.

This fight could offer a little bit of everything—stand up, the clinch and ground work—and could really end in any fashion. Sounds like a recipe for Fight of the Night to me.

Here’s why.

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