UFC 100: Big Night Ahead - Big Questions Remain!

July 8th, 2009 · No Comments

I am out in the 110 degree Las Vegas heat to take in the festivities and hit the local gyms for interviews. The billboards are up, UFC Fan Expo will be huge, and the local hype is in full force. As with every UFC event, some questions get answered while new ones are generated. As the big night approaches, here are a few of the larger pre-fight questions buzzing through the media and MMA fans at large.

*Can Lesnar impose his massive size on the more well rounded tool kit of Frank Mir?

*Can Thiago Alves find an opening in GSP’s defense?

*Will Bisbing have enough power to hang with Henderson?

*Will Henderson have enough stamina for Bisbing?

*Is Mac Danzig in need of a win to save his UFC job?

The Fox Fight Game panel recently talked about the two biggest fights on the card. Take a look.

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Off The Cuff... Edgar VS. Alvarez!

In early May, I was down at Almeida BJJ to shoot and produce a feature on Frankie Edgar tied to his photo shoot for FIGHT! magazine. That video will be on Fightmagazine.com soon. While working, I was lucky to witness one of the great sparring sessions in my day. Edgar was going toe-to-toe with Eddie Alvarez who was one week out from his fight V. Josh Neer. Now, I have known Frankie for some time, so I might be biased but he did seem to control the action. Standing, his fast hands and feet allowed him to get off first much like we saw against BJ and Sherk. Each man got a couple takedowns but the overall pace and forward movement seemed slightly in favor of Edgar. Now, in Eddie's defense, he may have been only seeking to work on one element of his game V. Edgar and only trying to react or setup something only he knew of, specific to the Josh Neer fight ... so in that respect, it was not a true test of each fighting the other under the same context. That said, there was not really anything off limits - it was vicious jab/right combos from Frankie followed, at one point, by a head over heel body-throw take-down from Eddie on Frankie ... neither giving an inch. It felt like the real thing minus the the bright lights and octagon. It seemed to get harsh a couple of times but that may have just been my read. In the end, hard core sparring at play. Two of the top-5 lightweights on the planet going after each other at 110% on a lazy Thursday morning in Hamilton, NJ. After the session, what did Edgar do... relax-no, he went to use a chainsaw and chop down small trees in a friend's backyard for three hours.