After a thrilling UFC on Fox 4 card last weekend, Dana White and Co. are wasting no time in bringing another slate of exciting fights to the Octagon.
UFC 150 is set to take place in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday night, and it’s headlined by one of the most anticipated rematches of the year in Benson Henderson’s first lightweight title defense against former champion Frankie Edgar.
“Smooth” won the belt off of Edgar with a close decision win over “The Answer” in Japan during February’s UFC 144 main event.
Now looking to earn his belt back, Edgar will face just his third opponent in his last six fights and look to extend his winning streak in immediate rematches to three.
In the co-main event, former teammates Donald Cerrone and Melvin Guillard will look to claw their way back into the lightweight title picture after recent setbacks.
Cerrone was riding a six-fight winning streak over a high quality group of opponents heading into his UFC 141 fight against Nate Diaz, but unfortunately for “Cowboy”, he had no answer for Diaz’s potent boxing. He’s since gotten back on track with a win in May, but he’s still a big name away from entering the title picture again.
That big name that Cerrone is looking for could very well be Melvin Guillard.
Guillard was also on a long winning streak heading into the second half of 2011, but consecutive submission losses to Joe Lauzon and Jim Miller sent “The Young Assassin” out of the title scene as well.
With two bouts that are pivotal to the UFC’s near future and a card full of tough matchups, UFC 150 has the potential to deliver some of the most entertaining action of the year so far.