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MMA Fix brings you our exclusive gallery from the UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem weigh-ins. Photos by Silton Buendia.
MMA Fix brings you our exclusive gallery from the UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem weigh-ins. Photos by Silton Buendia.
While it isn’t one of the most anticipated fights on the UFC 141 card, there are bound to be some very strong ramifications in the welterweight division should Johny Hendricks manage to pull off the upset against Jon Fitch.For Johny Hendricks, he would…
While it isn’t one of the most anticipated fights on the UFC 141 card, there are bound to be some very strong ramifications in the welterweight division should Johny Hendricks manage to pull off the upset against Jon Fitch.
For Johny Hendricks, he would take a big leap in notoriety and make a substantial gain in the welterweight rankings.
When you take a look at the division, there are easily 15 fighters who are better than Hendricks at this point. A convincing win would push him into the top ten and add yet another up-and-coming contender to this stacked division.
With regard to Jon Fitch, a loss to Hendricks would be devastating.
Fitch is already known as a fighter who will do just enough to win without any regard for how he does it. If he can win by getting an opponent down, and then barely improving his position throughout each round to avoid the stand up, that is what he’ll do.
Fitch does not care about those who say he is a boring fighter, he just cares about winning. Should Fitch lose to Hendricks, it would remove him from any kind of serious title-shot talk for quite some time.
Will a Hendricks win dramatically shake up the welterweight division as a whole? No, but it will thrust him into another PPV card and give him the chance to progress his UFC career.
There is too much talent ahead of him to begin speaking about a possible title run should he beat Fitch.
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Some might say former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar’s career in MMA will be over if he is to come up short against Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem tonight at UFC 141.If he loses and still decides to fight in the leading MMA pr…
Some might say former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar‘s career in MMA will be over if he is to come up short against Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem tonight at UFC 141.
If he loses and still decides to fight in the leading MMA promotion, nobody can deny his record and success, but where exactly would he stand in the heavyweight rankings?
Outside of the top-five heavyweights in the UFC, there aren’t too many challengers that would pose a big enough threat to the former WWE superstar.
Even with seven fights under his belt, Lesnar has won, defended and lost the UFC heavyweight championship. His victories include those over Frank Mir, Randy Couture, Heath Herring and Shane Carwin.
The only fighters that can really be ranked above him, even if he is to lose against Overeem, are Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez. He would still remain a top-five fighter in the division with Overeem pulling ahead to top three before challenging UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos.
Overeem will bring a wealthy amount of experience to the cage for his UFC debut, and a 35-11 record is enough to prove it. Fights in the light-heavyweight and heavyweight division have made him one of the more exciting fighters, and his 33 finishes in 35 victories make him one of the more dangerous fighters in the sport.
Nobody will be surprised if Lesnar falls early against the former K1 heavyweight kickboxing champion, and many are expecting a knockout to be the end-result of tonight’s bout.
UFC 141 will be available on pay-per-view, starting at 10 p.m. ET. Other main-card bouts include Nate Diaz vs. Donald Cerrone, Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alexander Gustafsson, Nam Phan vs. Jim Hettes and Jon Fitch vs. Johny Hendricks.
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While Brock Lesnar has enjoyed his tenure in UFC thus far, it hasn’t come without its fair share of criticism.Lesnar attracts audiences wherever he goes, primarily due to the fact he had already built a name for himself while performing for World Wrest…
While Brock Lesnar has enjoyed his tenure in UFC thus far, it hasn’t come without its fair share of criticism.
Lesnar attracts audiences wherever he goes, primarily due to the fact he had already built a name for himself while performing for World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002. Therefore, when he signed with the UFC in 2007, the media was bound to anticipate his arrival.
However, perhaps what they didn’t expect was for the 265-pound heavyweight to capture the UFC heavyweight title in only his fourth professional bout or for him to remain among the best heavyweights in the sport.
That being said, the former UFC heavyweight champion has endured a lot over the last year. Personal life and health issues have forced him to miss 14 months of action.
If Lesnar is unable to earn the win against Overeem, it is hard to tell how the 34-year-old will react to a two-fight losing streak.
More importantly, it’s hard to not see Lesnar possibly walk away from the spotlight if he is not standing in it, considering his competitive nature has always made him strive to be the best.
Considering his age and health, his longevity in the sport is likely limited, but a loss won’t necessarily mean his retirement from MMA. He’ll probably stay in the heavyweight division, as he remains one of the top draws for the company. However, his chances at holding the heavyweight strap will become slim.
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Alistair Overeem has always been regarded as one of the very best in the heavyweight division and he has the opportunity to prove it at UFC 141.Overeem meets Brock Lesnar in the main event, with the winner earning a UFC heavyweight title shot next year…
Alistair Overeem has always been regarded as one of the very best in the heavyweight division and he has the opportunity to prove it at UFC 141.
Overeem meets Brock Lesnar in the main event, with the winner earning a UFC heavyweight title shot next year. The title implications couldn’t get any bigger.
If Overeem is able to successfully defeat Lesnar in impressive fashion, not only will he be in title contention, but it will also open up more competition. The idea of adding more competition to the rest of the division would make it much more stabilized and enjoyable to watch for the casual fans.
Also, Overeem’s presence should add more intrigue to potential matchups with some of the division’s top fighters in Cain Velasquez, Frank Mir and Junior dos Santos. A potential bout with dos Santos is a better matchup, stylistically, and it would only help build the Dutchman’s name and image while promoting him as a pay-per-view draw.
Ideally, the UFC would have an easier time promoting a title bout between Lesnar and dos Santos and they would earn a lot more profit. However, Overeem’s world-class kickboxing would provide more intrigue when his skills are matched up with the Brazilian’s boxing.
Realistically, Lesnar is the better draw, but Overeem is the more interesting fighter out of the two heavyweights.
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In the co-main event at UFC 141, lightweight contenders Nate Diaz (14-7) and Donald Cerrone (17-3) will battle in a grudge match that fans are anticipating to be one of the best fights of the year.Win or lose, Diaz is always in an exciting fight. All o…
In the co-main event at UFC 141, lightweight contenders Nate Diaz (14-7) and Donald Cerrone (17-3) will battle in a grudge match that fans are anticipating to be one of the best fights of the year.
Win or lose, Diaz is always in an exciting fight. All of his UFC victories have come by submission or knockout, including those over Takanori Gomi, Marcus Davis, Kurt Pellegrino and Rory Markham. Seven of his fights have earned him post-fight bonuses.
Cerrone brings an impressive record to the Octagon, and his six-fight win streak includes four of those coming in 2011, all of which were in the UFC. 14 of his 17 wins have ended by submission or knockout.
The “Cowboy” enters the bout as the favorite, and the consensus pick is for him to win a competitive and closely-contested decision, which Diaz is no stranger to.
With 28 finishes between them, it wouldn’t be surprising to see it end early, but both fighters’ toughness and durability makes it hard to predict a finish outside of one of them making a mistake and getting caught.
Both fighters like to stand and trade, but that will only last so long if Cerrone finds himself getting hit more often than not. Greg Jackson will have assimilated a game-plan that keeps Cerrone fighting smart, and if the 28-year-old finds himself in trouble on the feet, he will look for the takedown.
Cerrone has been submitted before, and that’s something Diaz will be looking for if this fight is to hit the mat. Diaz has been a victim of being on bottom for the majority of his bouts, and that’s a place where he will most likely end up for most of the fight. He has never had a problem letting his opponent take him to the ground, but that’s unfavorable when it comes to how the judges score the bout.
Even if Diaz outworks Cerrone on his back, judges will favor the one on top, and Cerrone should stay busy enough to win the decision over three rounds while defending most of Diaz’s submission attempts.
It could end up being another one of those split-decision fights where the loser walks away feeling as if they really didn’t lose the fight.
Prediction: Donald Cerrone defeats Nate Diaz by Split-Decision in the Fight of the Night.
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