What a night of fights in San Jose, California. UFC 139 was one for the ages with Dan Henderson winning a very close decision over Mauricio Rua, Wanderlei Silva KO's Cung Le in a battle for the ages and Urijah Faber put on an amazing performance, submitting Brian Bowles. Most of the nights main card winners will be in attendance at the post fight press conference.
Before we move to my Half-Cut: UFC 139 picks, my beer choice for this event is Pilsner Urquell. The name literally means "pilsner from the original source," making it the only true Pilsner in the world. Experts and judges have given Pilsner Urquell a score of 93 points, which is the highest rating ever given to a pilsner style lager.
Fighters participating in UFC 139: Henderson vs. Rua will take to the scale at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, as part of the official weigh-in's for this Saturday's fight card. The event is set to be headlined by legends of the sport Dan Henderson and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Co-main event status goes to Wanderlei Silva and Cung Le.
Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz when she says, "There's no place like home", that is what Dan Henderson is doing on November 19th.
MMAWeekly.com reported that Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson (28-8 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has re-signed with the UFC and will be returning to face former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (20-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC) at UFC 139.
Anderson Silva on Saturday further established his claim as pound for pound the best fighter in the world today quite arguably the best ever with his win over Yushin Okami at UFC 134. It was Silva's 15th overall and 14th in the UFC. When a guy is that dominant in his weight class and disposing of all challengers in his path, the next path would be for a guy to move up in weight and fight guys at that weight class to further cement his legacy in the sport.
oday is the 41st birthday of one of greatest MMA fighters on the planet. He just defeated Fedor Emelianenko and is possibly fighting Anderson Silva at the first ever UFC on Fox. The man we speak of is Dan Henderson.
n a recent interview with TATAME.com UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta spoke about the UFC's upcoming debut on Fox Sports.
"We don't have a main event set yet, we'll find out probably after this Saturday, these fights in Rio, then we'll set a main event. But it'll be something big. It'll be a big fight. I would love to do (Silva vs. Henderson). Anderson just needs a win."
Who would like to see a unification bout between the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion, Dan Henderson and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Jon Jones (Well that's if Jones beats Rampage)? Dan Henderson would and he spoke about that with MMAWeekly Radio this past Wednesday.
