UFC 112 - April 10th 2010 - top of the card

[tao.jonez]

Two Championship bouts and a grudge match of sorts will get me to make the buy.

Here's the full card:

• Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Demian Maia
• Lightweight Championship bout: B.J. Penn (c) vs. Frankie Edgar
• Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Renzo Gracie
• Lightweight bout: Terry Etim vs. Rafael dos Anjos
• Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Mark Munoz

Light Heavyweight bout: Alexander Gustafsson vs. Phil Davis

• Lightweight bout: Paul Taylor vs. John Gunderson
• Welterweight bout: Nick Osipczak vs. Rick Story
• Lightweight bout: Paul Kelly vs. Matt Veach

Demian Maia vs Anderson Silva for the MW belt. Maia is my absolute favorite fighter in the UFC. He's not the best, I know, but I would take a face-punch from Nate Marquardt to be as good as Maia is on the ground. I'm sad to think of his chances at beating Silva.

Frankie Edgar vs BJ Penn - poor poor Frankie Edgar. I really hope this is more competitive than I think it will be.

Matt Hughes vs Renzo Gracie - This could be really really good. I'm not particularly a fan of either guy, but to welcome Renzo to the UFC I think Hughes is a great choice. I'm guessing Renzo by ruthless submission.

The rest of the card is ho-hum for me, but I'm sure there will be some surprises and excellent fights on this card.

Opinions? Insights? Picks?

[Conde Koma]

I'm really really hoping Maia doesn't take the Leites route and get disheartened early on. I'd rather see him get KO'd in the 3rd round than watch another butt-flop marathon.

LW title fight looks like it'll be good for sure. I'm still betting Penn to win, but Edgar brings the noise.