UFC 109 (Grumpy Old Men): Don’t Call it a Preview
__________________________________________________________________________Last year’s UFC Superbowl Eve card featured a bank-breaking bout between George Silva and a greased up (if you ask B.J. Penn) GSP, in UFC’s version of Grease. 
UFC has (somewhat) delivered once again for a Superbowl weekend card that will feature (somewhat of) a dream match between two UFC hall of famers, for the first time in the sports history, in what will be UFC’s version of Grumpy Old Men.
YOUR MAIN CARD PREDICTIONS
Randy Couture (-575) over Mark Coleman. Randy Couture’s business decision to come down one weight class and fight light heavyweight, coupled with his grappling style that has kept him out of brawls in the octagon, has allowed the former Heavyweight champion to extend his career. Coleman has a style similar to Couture as he relies on his wrestling background to get him through fights. As a matter of fact, these two competed in an amateur wrestling contest back in the 80′s, with Coleman claiming the victory.
This fight will be like two drunk uncles fighting over the last Natural Light at a barbecue. As much of a draw these two names are expected to bring to this card, expect a sloppy, wrestling brawl to end in a Couture decision victory and perhaps an ensuing retirement from both combatants. Where else would they go from here?
Nate Marquardt (-525) over Chael Sonnen. Marquardt made a believer out of us after his 21 second knockout victory over, Big Nasty Fighter to Watch, Demian Maia. With his last four victories coming via decision, Chael Sonnen’s struggles to close fights will likely be his downfall against the more experienced Marquardt who has closed the deal before the final bell in his last four victories.
Paulo Thiago (+160) over Mike Swick. Mike Swick will be in for the biggest Jui-Jitsu challenge of his career, and frankly, we don’t think he will be up to it. After a tough loss to the vastly underrated Jon Fitch, Paulo Thiago looked fine in his rebound fight against Jacob Volkmann at UFC 106. Thiago’s upcoming fight against Swick (who will be overmatched, trust us) should fully propel him back onto the proverbial horse while catching the attention of one George St. Pierre.
Demian Maia (-500) over Dan Miller. There was once a time that Demian Maia’s exciting, orangutan style of Jui-Jitsu lead us to believe that he was a legit darkhorse to unseat The UFC’s Mariano Rivera in Anderson Silva. While we don’t want to admit being wrong about that bold claim just yet, we will begin to run out of patience, with the notion that Maia could be the next great middleweight, should he lose to fellow Brazilian Jui-Jitsu black belt Dan Miller.
Dan Miller is no slouch with an impressive 11-2 record (with one no contest) as he will look to put his stamp, not yet validated by The Big Nasty Athletic Dept., on the middleweight division and compete for the right to go to The Anderson Silva Slaughterhouse.
Is it just me, or have fights between two Jui-Jitsu black belts stunk up the joint lately? There needs to be a handicap rule or something in these fights, pertaining to the number of seconds one has until they have to start doing something exciting.
Matt Serra (-160) over Frank Trigg. We don’t know how Frank Trigg convinced Dana What that he still has something left in that tank of his, but he did, and we will see if he does. Matt Serra is actually a capable fighter (with one fluke win over GSP contributing to his 2 fight legacy, the other fight being the culmination of his rivalry with Matt Hughes where Serra lost) when he’s not running his mouth in true Jersey Shore fashion. Although Trigg could have easily contributed his last lopsided loss, against Josh Koscheck, to ringrust, we’ve got a more blunt and plausible excuse: Dude just lost a step. Matt Serra’s sub-.500 career travels (via submarine) slightly north with a win Saturday Night.
YOUR PROJECTED BUYRATE
Last year’s above mentioned Superbowl Weekend tilt actually posted a disappointing, albeit stellar, 800,000 buys. The welterweight contest between B.J. Penn and GSP was one that The UFC put a lot of steam behind, by airing the inaugural UFC Primetime series that documented both fighter’s preparing for their big showdown, as they hoped to clear one million buys.
UFC 109′s main event, while doing its part in the ‘special attraction’ category, hasn’t received the same backing as UFC 94, and has actually been considerably underhyped given the names involved in the main event. The main event fight designed to move the needle for this card is like seeing your father do the runningman, to perfection, in public. Even though he’s good at it, it’s an outdated dance move that kind of makes you cringe when witnessing it done in front of so many people from a different generation.
350,000 Buys.
{Thank you Bodog}
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