So 2013 is nearly up, only 95 days left till Christmas BUT... there are some amazing cards and amazing fights coming up, most notably the UFC's 20th anniversary show UFC 167 headlined by GSP defending his welterweight title against the power house, the "Big Rig" Johnny Hendricks. How can we forget the rubber match between Valesquez and JDS! So here is the list-
Number 5- Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald (UFC 167)
This is a very interesting fight at Welterweight, very interesting. You have on one hand the clinical, technical psycho Rory "Ares" MacDonald and on the other hand you have the balls to wall, swinging for the fences beast Robbie Lawler who TKO'd Koscheck, and if you can not only beat Koscheck but to knock him out (well kind of) your a tough dude. GSP couldn't achieve that feat on two attempts.
Number 4- Gray Maynard vs Nate Diaz (UFC on Fox 9)
Surprisingly both of these guys are coming off losses, intrestingly both to Strikeforce guys may I also add cementing the fact that the Lightweight division is the most stacked division in the UFC. Bold statement? Not at all, just compare the top 10 in that division to the top ten of other divisions... Anyway Maynard is a beast, and after training at Nova Uniao with the likes of Jose Aldo and Renan Barao he must of picked up a few tricks to deal with the ground game of Diaz. Also this is the unofficial rubber match, both fighters fought in Season 5 of the Ultimate fighter where Diaz destroyed Maynard then going on to win that season however when they fought again Maynard walked away with the W, that combined with the great stylistic match up means this will be a crazy fight you shouldn't miss.
Number 3- Anthony Pettis vs Josh Thomson
This will be Anthony Pettis's first defence of his Lightweight title, and against a legit contender Josh Thomson. Thomson is just coming off a spectacular win against Nate Diaz, nobody expected A.K.A trained Thomson to pull of the upset and in such devastating fashion with a brutal high kick and the fact he has beaten guys like Gilbert Melendez, Pat Healy and Duane Ludwig proves that he is no joke. Thomson is probably the best striker that Pettis has fought in the UFC and i dont see Pettis submitting Thomson yes pettis tapped out Henderson who is a black belt but i think MMA wise Thomson has better Jiu Jitsu evidence being that out of 20 wins most have come by way of submission (9 to be precise). Another exciting fight i can't wait too see!
Number 2- Georges St-Pierre vs Johnny Hendricks (UFC 167)
Yes this is ranked as number 1 for multiple reasons, Hendricks is simply a better wrestler. He is most powerful and quickest wrestler that GSP has faced to date and i dont think GSP will be able to take him down. What does this mean? GSP will have to stand with Hendricks, in the stand up GSP has the advantage but (this is a big but) Hendricks had R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S power in his punches and GSP doesn't have the best chin in the world as demonstrated by Condits left high kick that made GSP kiss the canvas. I believe Johnny Hendricks has a legit chance at beating GSP, i can't wait.
Number 1- Cain Valesquez vs Junior Dos Santos (UFC 166)
The World Heavyweight Championship. The baddest man on the planet, the rubber match to decide who is truly the best, how can you not be excited? On the first occasion Valesquez had knee problems saying it bugged him throught his camp and meant he couldnt execute his game plan during the fight, many people (including myself) believed that was just an excuse, but boy did he prove us all wrong. After DESTROYING Bigfoot Silva and laying a 5 round beating on JDS which nobody expected. Seriously, it inspired me to train wrestling even harder! But at the same time i felt sorry for Junior more and more after each round. When Cain held that title we knew that his knee must of been in bad shape the first fight and he will probably be holding that belt for a while. Junior complained of an injury, well more of a condition i say where he had some calcium build up due to him overtraining for the fight amd now has some "high tech equipment" to prevent it happening again. Judging by how different the first and second fights were you cant predict whats going to happen in this fight which is what makes it the fight im most excited about.
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