I hope Jon Jones doesn't read my blog...
I figured I was safe posting one of my bi-weekly articles for MMASUCKA.com as I doubt Jon Jones reads my blog...
UFC 140 goes down today (Dec.10) at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
The main event features Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida for the light heavyweight championship. The Nogueira brothers are both in action, with Big Nog vs. Frank Mir and Lil Nog vs. Tito Ortiz. Round out the main card are two Canadian showdowns with Claude Patrick vs. Brian Ebersole and Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung.
It's another edition of Half-Cut picks where I make stupid choices. I never claimed to be able to read the future, but I will tell you that the fights tonight are going to be awesome. At UFC 139 I went a miserable (2-3). Maybe it was good that I had a few weeks to stew on it before UFC 140 in Toronto, Ontario. It was probably expected since I went (4-1) at UFC on FOX. Nonetheless we will rebound with a solid Half-Cut Picks for this upcoming card.
Last time Lyoto Machida was in Toronto, he wasn't exactly the crowd favourite. He had the misfortune of being matched against one of the sport's most beloved fighters ever, Randy "The Natural" Couture. What's more, he took a move straight out of "The Karate Kid" and crane kicked Couture directly into retirement.
Thanks to MMAFighting.com for capturing the awesomeness of Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida during their open workout sessions. The open workouts for UFC 140 were held at Xtreme Couture in Toronto.
To hear UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones speak at the open workouts prior to UFC 140, you would almost expect to hear him end every sentence with “aw shucks”. The ultra-talented champion seems to go out of his way to project a Clark Kent type of image during media events, before turning to Superman inside the cage.
Jon Jones steps into Toronto's Air Canada Centre Saturday night to defend his UFC Light Heavyweight title at UFC 140 against Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida. Jones is riding a tidal wave of momentum, one that is driving comparisons between Jones and the boxer known simply as "The Greatest", Muhammad Ali.
Yesterday via Dan Henderson's twitter account he shared his thoughts regarding the #1 contender status in the middleweight division of the UFC. Michael Bisping who won his main event fight against Jason "Mayhem" Miller last Saturday at the TUF 14 Finale, believed a win would put him in line for a title shot.
