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Miguel Torres vs Demetrious Johnson will be the “can’t miss” fight from Saturday night .

While there will be plenty of eyes glued to the main card of UFC 130, there will be even more eyes watching the preliminary bouts on both Spike TV and Facebook. 

While all four of the preliminary bouts that will be aired look like compelling matches on paper, the one that people will be talking about on Monday will be Miguel Torres vs Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson.

Since he suffered his lone career loss to Brad Pickett at WEC 48, Mighty Mouse has reeled off three wins in a row, including a victory in his UFC debut against Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto.

His his bout against Yamamoto, Johnson’s striking looked very sharp, and his takedown defense was on point. In other words, it was the best Mighty Mouse we have seen to date.

Torres, the man with the greatest mullet in MMA, has been on a roller coaster lately. Since dropping his WEC bantamweight title to Brian Bowles, Torres has gone 2-1 while trying to climb his way back to the top of the division.

Both fighter’s stock are currently on the rise. Both are hungry to get a shot at the title.

At the end of the day, it will come down to the striking prowess of Torres vs the grappling prowess of Johnson.

If Torres clips your chin, you just may go to sleep.

If Johnson gets you to the mat, good luck getting him off of you.

Regardless of the outcome, everyone knows that the “pocket rockets” come out and fight at 100 mph. Expect to see these two fighters going 145 mph and put on a show sealing performance.

Should Quinton Jackson lose to Matt Hamill, don’t expect to see him back in the Octagon any time soon.

Throughout the build up to the event, “Rampage” Jackson has expressed a certain amount of disinterest about his fight against Matt Hamill. He has gone as far to say nothing gets him excited, and that he had other opponents in mind before Hamill.

Rampage has been very public as of late about how he is just hanging around the mixed martial arts scene until Hollywood comes knocking at his front door.

Can you really blame him for that? If you had the choice between getting punched in the face for a lot of money, or acting the fool in front of a camera for a whole lot of money, which one would you choose?

Jackson has been around the game for a long time. His bouts against Wanderlei Silva, Chuck Liddell, Shogun Rua, Sakuraba, and Ricardo Arona will be forever embedded in the minds of mixed martial arts fans.

After all the wars in the ring and Octagon, one could believe that Rampage may be getting a little “burned out” with the fight game. With the success of the A-Team, it must only be a matter of time before Jackson is offered another movie roll.

Should he leave Las Vegas Saturday night with an additional loss on his record, expect Rampage to wait for that call from Hollywood.

That call may take a little time to come, but Jackson has plenty of money. He can wait.

This Saturday night, UFC 130 will be going down live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in fabulous Las Vegas, NV.

While the card has lost a little of its sexiness due to the fact that Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard will not be fighting for the third time due to injuries suffered by each fighter, the card still has much to offer the fans.

Headlining the card, you have the experience of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs the hungriness of Matt Hamill. The co-feature will put two of the best jiu-jitsu practitioners in the heavyweight division against each other when Frank Mir takes on Roy Nelson.

Also on the pay-per-view portion of the card, up-and-coming Stefan Struve will be facing off against the undefeated Travis Browne in a heavyweight bout, Thiago Alves will be taking on Ricky Story in a welterweight bout, and Brian Stann will be facing the returning Jorge Santiago in a middleweight tilt.

On top of that, there will be four preliminary fights airing on Spike TV and Facebook.

While no titles are going to be on the line Saturday evening, there could be the emergence, or reemergence, of potential contenders moving forward.

Here are the latest predictions, analysis, and other random thoughts.

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