The last 3 months of 2010 holds some promise for potential fights of the year. Which are you looking most forward to? Don't limit it to just the selections here. List anything you want. 1. Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck -- UFC 124, Dec. 11 2. Nick Diaz vs. K.J. Noons -- Strikeforce, Oct. 9 3. Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez -- UFC 121, Oct. 23 4. Dan Hardy vs. Carlos Condit -- UFC 120, Oct. 16 5. Jake Shields vs. Martin Kampmann-- UFC 121, Oct. 23 6. Lyoto Machida vs. Quinton Jackson -- UFC 123, Nov. 20 7. Eddie Alvarez vs. Roger Huerta -- Bellator 33, Oct. 21 8. Ben Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis -- WEC 53, Dec. 16 9. Sarah Kaufman vs. Marloes Coenen -- Strikeforce, Oct. 9 10. Tito Ortiz vs. Matt Hamill -- UFC 121, Oct. 23 11. Scott Smith vs. Paul Daley-- Strikeforce, Dec. 4 12. Ben Askren vs. Lyman Good-- Bellator 33 Oct 21 13. Matt Hughes vs. BJ Penn -- UFC 123 Nov. 20
I'm really looking forward to Shields-Kampmann. They haven't given Jake an easy ride with his first fight at all. Kampmann holds a significant advantage on the feet, and he's got a capable ground game too. Not the easiest style match up at all. Excitement wise, i think Hardy-Condit could be a good one. Both very proud guys, and again a very good styles match-up. I'm a big Maia fan, i look forward to his fights everytime...Kendall Grove is next up....Grove will be best advised to try and make his length count for this fight.
I am probably most hyped about Noons-Diaz, Cain-Brock and Shields-Kampmann. That being said, all of them are good matchups and it should be a great final 3 months for MMA fans.
OK, 2 of my 13 upcoming fights happened on Saturday night. The Kaufman-Coenen fight was a bit of a let down as Coenen is just a far better fighter than Kaufman. On the other hand, the Diaz-Noons fight was as advertised. Both guys throwing bombs as the fight was kept standing for all but a minute in the first round. Both guys bloodied and battered. Great fight.
I think as far as entertainment value, you have to be jacked for Daley/Smith as well as Hardy/Condit. Bellator 33 is a must watch for me.
