We are now nearly 3 weeks into 2010, and I can not possibly think of a better time to take a look at some of the major upcoming MMA events and highlight the key fights at each one.
January 30th: Strikeforce
Best fight: Nick Diaz vs. Marius Zaromskis
Worth watching: Robbie Lawler vs. Melvin Manhoef; the MMA debut of Herschel Walker vs. Greg Nagy; Bobby Lashley vs. Yohan Banks; Jay Hieron vs. Joe Riggs
February 6th: UFC 109
Best fight: Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen
Worth watching: Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman; Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg... what year is it? Couture/ Coleman and Serra/ Trigg could have happened 10 years ago... Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller; Paulo Thiago vs. Mike Swick
February 21st: UFC 110
Best fight: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria vs. Cain Velasquez
Worth watching: Wanderlei Silva vs. Michael Bisping; Keith Jardine vs. Ryan Bader; Mirko Cro Cop vs. Ben Rothwell; Stephen Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
March 6th: WEC 47
Some good little guys on this card including Brian Bowles vs. Dominick Cruz for the Bantamweight title; Miguel Torres, Leonard Garcia, and Jens Pulver also expected to be in the cage.
March 21st: UFC on Versus 1 (if you don't have VS you'll be steamin when you see this card)
Best fight: Jon Jones vs. Brandon Vera
Worth watching: Junior Dos Santos vs. Gabriel Gonzaga; Anthony Johnson vs. John "Doomsday" Howard; Cheick Kongo vs. Paul Buentello; James Irvin vs. Alessio Sakara; Eliot Marshall vs. Vladmir "The Janitor" Matyushenko; Brendan Schaub vs. Chase Gormley
March 27th: UFC 111
Best fight: Georges St. Pierre vs. Dan Hardy & Frank Mir vs. Shane Carwin
Worth watching: Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves; Martin Kampmann vs. Ben Saunders; Nate Diaz vs. Rory Markham; Jim Miller vs. Mark Bocek
Some good fights coming up, look for an updated MMA Rankings from The Sports Brief in the near future.
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