Upcoming Noteworthy MMA Fights

By: Clay

April 9th
Strikeforce: Diaz vs Daley
Nick Diaz (24-7) vs. Paul Daley (27-9-2)
Gilbert Melendez (18-2) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (27-6-2)

April 30th
UFC 129
Georges St-Pierre (21-2) vs. Jake Shields (26-4-1)
Jose Aldo (18-1)vs. Mark Hominick (20-8)
Lyoto Machida (16-2)vs. Randy Couture (19-10)
Ben Henderson (12-2) vs. Mark Bocek (9-3)

May 28th
UFC 130
Frankie Edgar (13-1-1) vs. Gray Maynard (10-0-1)
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (31-8) vs. Matt Hamill (10-2)
Frank Mir (14-5) vs. Roy Nelson (15-5)

June 4th
UFC UF 13 Finale
Anthony Pettis (13-1)vs. Clay Guida (28-11)
Jonathan Brookins (12-3) vs. Jeremy Stephens (19-6)

June 11th
UFC 131
Brock Lesnar (5-2) vs. Junior Dos Santos (12-1)
Shane Carwin (12-1) vs. Jon Oliv Einemo (6-1)
Mark Munoz (10-2) vs. Demian Maia (14-2)

June 18th
Strikeforce Heayvweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals
Alistair Overeem (34-11) vs. Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1)
Josh Barnett (29-5) vs. Brett Rogers (11-2)

Do Santos/Lesnar UFC 131 June 11th

By: Clay

The official date has been set for Lesnar and Dos Santos. Keep the evening open and probably the morning after. UFC 131: Retribution will be LIVE on Saturday, June 11th from the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Brock Lesnar has the size, strength and speed to be something the UFC has never had; a dominant heavyweight champ. However, Lesnar's heart, dedication and willingness to get hit in training raise makes one question if Lesnar is just in it for the ungodly amount of cash the UFC pays him.

But, if Lesnar can make Dos Santos work off the mat, then Brock should work his way to a ref stoppage or unanimous decision. the whole MMA community knows that Brock isn't much of a stand and trade guy and can't take a well placed punch. Lesnar needs to out-wrestle and outlast his opponents. The three "S's" would be enough to make any fighter dominate a division for years. the only thing Lesnar is missing is octagon intelligence. He COULD be the complete package. He just needs to get his head straight and dedicate himself to being a mixed-martial artist. Because unlike the WWE, MMA is very real.

Sports Jerks Unofficial MMA Rankings

By: Clay

Heavyweight
1. Cain Velasquez
2. Brock Lesnar
3. Alistair Overeem
4. Junior Dos Santos
5. Shane Carwin
6. Big Foot Silva
7. Sergei Kharitonov
8. Fabricio Werdum
9. Frank Mir
10. Matt Mitrione

Light Heavyweight
1. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
2. Rashad Evans
3. Rampage Jackson
4. Lyoto Machida
5. Forrest Griffen
6. Jon Jones
7. Randy Couture
8. Ryan Bader
9. Thiago Silva
10. Rich Franklin

Middleweight
1. Anderson Silva
2. Yushin Okami
3. Chael Sonnen
4. Nate Marquardt
5. Demian Maia
6. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza
7. Jorge Santiago
8. Michael Bisping
9. Vitor Belfort
10. Robbie Lawler

Welterweight
1.Georges St-Pierre
2. Jon Fitch
3. Jake Shields
4. Nick Diaz
5. Josh Koscheck
6. Carlos Condit
7. Paul Daley
8. Martin Kampmann
9. Thiago Alves
10. B.J. Penn

Lightweight
1. Frankie Edgar
2. Gilbert Melendez
3. Gray Maynard
4. Shinya Aoki
5. Eddie Alvarez
6. Tatsuya Kawajiri
7. Jim Miller
8. Clay Guida
9. Anthony Pettis
10. Melvin Guillard

9-3 Bears and more

By: Clay

The Bears have a rough schedule ahead of them. Today's game against New England is very winnable. This has nothing to do with weather and everything to do with the Bears defense. While the Pats d is second in the league in INT's, the Bears are fifth. Tom Brady hasn't been picked in 8 straight while Cutler has a 2 game streak. Brady is due for a pick. My guess is 2 picks for Brady. One by Urlacher on a tipped pass by Peppers and then one late in the game by Tillman. Bears 17 Pats 13.

GSP totally dominated Josh Koscheck at UFC 124. Jake Shields is likely due next for GSP and may happen at a UFC show in April in Toronto. I predict GSP to pick Shields apart. There really aren't any logical match-ups for GSP at this time. The winner of Fitch/Penn as well as Jim Miller may be in line for a shot late in 2011.

No word on Brock Lesner's next fight. I think that Lesnar should either fight Frank Mir or Roy Nelson. Mir/Lesnar III would be the biggest Lesnar money fight for the UFC. Of course, Shane Carwin could make an interesting rematch for Brock Lesnar, but Carwin needs to get his back in order first. Junior Dos Santos will get the next title shot when he faces champ Cain Velazquez.

Clay Guida next faces Takinori Gomi at UFC 125 on New Years day. That show is headlined by Brian Stann vs Chris Leben and Frankie Edgar putting the lightweight title on the line against Gray Maynard. Anderson Silva defends his middleweight title and top pound-for-pound title against Vitor Belfort in February. Rashad Evans will get a light heavyweight title shot against Shogun but time and place is TBD.

UFC 116 Thoughts

By: Guido

What an awesome card UFC 116 turned out to be. It lived up to its potential. Lesnar survived the first round against Carwin and then managed to choke Carwin out. That was unexpected. I'm glad Lesnar won. I think Carwin was actually starting to believe his own hype a little too much. He need that loss. Leben worked and worked to get his submission of Akiyama. That was an unbelievable fight. I wanted Leben to win but I expected Yama to take it. For all the hype that Akiyama has brought with him to the UFC, he hasn't proven anything to me. I do think the Alan Belcher deserves a rematch vs Akiyama. All in all, every fight was entertaining. Next month's card looks to be just as good. Well, as long as the Real Anderson Silva shows up.

Anderson Silva vs. Brock Lesnar

Dana White,

You DO NOT owe UFC fans an apology for Anderson Silva's performance. Nor do you have to make it up to us. Anderson owes the fans an apology. And not through that shit head interpreter/manager/ass kisser of his, Ed Soares. The last thing we need is some second hand apology. In my opinion, Silva doesn't care about the UFC or it's fans. And he probably doesn't give two shits about his own fans. I have never been a Silva fan but I do appreciate what he can do in the Octagon, I just wonder if we will ever see it.

Maybe Silva needs a challenge. I don't mean that in a light heavyweight way or even a match with GSP. I'm talking about Brock Lesnar. Why not? Hell, Anderson thinks he's so damn great and wonderful... Oh but I'm only dreaming. That piece of shit Ed Soares would shoot that down in a hot second because he knows Anderson would get is ass handed to him. But it would be vindication for all of us who had to sit through that fight last night. I think this would be the only time I would ever root for Lesnar, unless he was fighting Fedor.

This was the first Silva headlined PPV I've purchased. I'm not too happy about it the way it ended either. Neither were any of my friends. But we aren't mad at the UFC. We are mad at Anderson Silva. He's a piece of trash... And we want to see Brock Lesnar take out the trash.

Sincerely,

Guido and the Sports Jerks Staff