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UFC on FX 6 Weigh-In Results for Ross Pearson vs. George Sotiropoulos Fight Card

George Sotiropoulos and Ross Pearson will highlight Friday night’s UFC on FX 6 event from the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Center in Australia. The two lightweight competitors have coached opposite each other in a U.K. vs. Australia seaso…

George Sotiropoulos and Ross Pearson will highlight Friday night’s UFC on FX 6 event from the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Center in Australia. The two lightweight competitors have coached opposite each other in a U.K. vs. Australia season of The Ultimate Fighter and will now meet inside the Octagon to decide which coach walks away with bragging rights for the their team and country.

Not only will the coaches meet on the FX portion of the card, but four fighters representing two weight divisions will also mix it up to decide who earns a UFC contract. In the welterweight final, New Zealand’s Robert Whittaker will face Brad Scott from England, while in the lightweight final, English fighter Colin Fletcher will face Ireland’s “Stormin'” Norman Parke.

Before we get to those bouts, a middleweight contest of some interest will take place as Hector Lombard faces Rousimar Palhares to open the FX card.

UFC on FX 6: Full Weigh-In Results:

Ross Pearson (155) vs. George Sotiropoulos (155)

Brad Scott (171) vs. Robert Whittaker (170)

Colin Fletcher (155) vs. Norman Parke (155)

Hector Lombard (186) vs. Rousimar Palhares (186)

Chad Mendes (146)  vs. Yaotzin Meza (145)

 Joey Beltran (204) vs. Igor Pokrajac (205)

 Seth Baczynski (170) vs. Mike Pierce (171)

 Ben Alloway (171) vs. Manuel Rodriguez (171)

 Brendan Loughnane (155) vs. Mike Wilkinson (155)

 Cody Donovan (204) vs. Nick Penner (205)

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UFC on FX 6: 5 Reasons You Can’t Miss This Event

UFC on FX serves as the finale for The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes, a version of the long-running reality show featuring teams from the United Kingdom and Australia. Headlining are the coaches from the season, Ross Pearson and George Sotiropoulo…

UFC on FX serves as the finale for The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes, a version of the long-running reality show featuring teams from the United Kingdom and Australia. 

Headlining are the coaches from the season, Ross Pearson and George Sotiropoulos. They have built quite the personal animosity over the taping of the show.

Here are five reasons you can’t miss Friday night’s event.

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UFC on FX 6: Bleacher Report MMA Main Card Staff Predictions

This Friday, the UFC heads to the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre with The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes finale. Coaches Ross Pearson and George Sotiropoulos face off in the main event of the evening in a lightweight contest. Pear…

This Friday, the UFC heads to the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre with The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes finale. 

Coaches Ross Pearson and George Sotiropoulos face off in the main event of the evening in a lightweight contest. Pearson is making his return to 155 after a brief, yet unsuccessful run at featherweight. 

In The Smashes welterweight finals, Aussie Robert Whittaker faces the UK’s Brad Scott. Whittaker was the most impressive contestant all season and now is just one fight away from that six-figure UFC contract.

The Smashes lightweight finals has Fight of the Night written all over it as Colin Fletcher takes on Norman Parke in an all-UK bout. Fletcher was a bit of an oddball all season yet backed up his behavior in the cage. 

Rounding out the broadcast, Rousimar Palhares looks to rebound against Hector Lombard, who is looking to pick up his first UFC win. 

It’s a solid international card that could have some real impact in several of the UFC’s key divisions.

Bleacher Report MMA Featured Columnists Matthew Roth, McKinley Noble, Sean Smith, Scott Harris, Kyle Symes, and John Heinis are back with official main-card predictions for UFC on FX 6.

Take a look to see whom we picked to win it all this weekend.

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UFC on FX 6: Why Rousimar Palhares Will Score the Upset over Hector Lombard

Rousimar Palhares steps in to the Octagon for the third time in 2012 when he squares off against Hector Lombard at UFC on FX 6. The two powerful middleweights will try to pick up an important win in the division. He enters as a moderate underdog agains…

Rousimar Palhares steps in to the Octagon for the third time in 2012 when he squares off against Hector Lombard at UFC on FX 6. The two powerful middleweights will try to pick up an important win in the division.

He enters as a moderate underdog against the ferocious middleweight. If Palhares can pick up the win against Lombard, it will go a long way to erasing the humiliation he received in his last outing versus Alan Belcher.

And he will.

Palhares is 6-2 in his last eight fights. The two losses are first-round TKOs to top-of-the-line competition. That has to be an area of concern against the heavy-handed Lombard. Getting the fight to the ground will be a point of emphasis for Palhares.

Lombard is also coming off a loss. He had a lackluster performance in his UFC debut against Tim Boetsch. The loss snapped a 25-fight unbeaten streak and all the hype he had entering the UFC.

Leglocks are scary. Palhares leglocks are downright terrifying.

Getting the fight to the mat will not be easy. Lombard has world-class Judo that will give him the grappling advantage. However, Palhares‘ brute strength is an asset anytime he is able to be close enough to grab an appendage.

This fight could end up being up similar to Lombard’s debut. A slow, methodical fight that may not live up to the billing. Expect each fighter to be tentative early on. Lombard will be weary of Palhares‘ takedown attempts, and Palhares will want to avoid a deadly strike from Lombard.

The fight will pick up after a couple of minutes. Each fighter will want to erase the last loss of their record and want to do so in impressive fashion. That will open the fight up and leave one fighter making a mistake that will cost them the fight.

Lombard’s overaggressive nature will be the cause for him losing this fight.

The power of Lombard will make Palhares cautious, but Palhares will close the distance and get inside at some point. Once Palhares is able to get a hold on Lombard, he will find a way to get him to the ground. Submitting him will not be easy, but it only takes one chance, and he will do it in the first round.

Watch for another leglock finish by Palhares.

Palhares will submit the fiery Lombard and try to make another run up the middleweight ladder.

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UFC on FX 6: Predicting the Fight Night Bonus Winners

UFC on FX 6: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson comes to you later this week from Gold Coast, Australia.Though the event actually takes place on Dec. 15, it will air in the U.S. on Friday because of time zone differences.The card’s main draws are the coaches’ an…

UFC on FX 6: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson comes to you later this week from Gold Coast, Australia.

Though the event actually takes place on Dec. 15, it will air in the U.S. on Friday because of time zone differences.

The card’s main draws are the coaches’ and finalists’ battles from The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes, which pitted Aussie and British fighters against one another. But because this is more than just a TUF event, the event is a little more stacked than your garden-variety season finale. 

Here are some predictions for Knockout, Submission and Fight of the Night bonus winners from this fun-filled lineup.

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UFC on FX 6: Questions We Have About Colin Fletcher

UFC on FX 6 in Gold Coast, Australia will double as the finale of The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes, a special season of TUF pitting British and Australian fighters against one another.In the main card, which airs in the U.S. on Friday night, two new T…

UFC on FX 6 in Gold Coast, Australia will double as the finale of The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes, a special season of TUF pitting British and Australian fighters against one another.

In the main card, which airs in the U.S. on Friday night, two new TUF champions will emerge. At 155 pounds, Northern Ireland’s Norman Parke will tangle with Britain’s Colin “Freakshow” Fletcher.

If you haven’t watched The Smashes, chances are you may not have heard of Fletcher. And if you have heard about him, it’s probably been in the form of his many scary walkouts and masks.

We’ll cover that, but there’s a fighter under all that, too. Here are the questions we have about Fletcher the fighter and Fletcher the person. 

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