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In the near 17 years that the UFC has been gracing our homes, the sport of MMA has come a long ways. Let’s take a look at where the UFC started and where the UFC is today.

The Beginning: On November 12th, 1993, UFC 1 was hosted in Denver, Colorado which featured an 8 man tournament. Such names as Art “One Glove” Jimmerson, Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie fought in this tournament with Gracie ultimately winning.

Revenge of the Warriors: On December 16th, 1994 at UFC 4, Royce Gracie won his third UFC tournament by defeating Dan Severn via triangle choke. Royce then cemented his place in the UFC history books.

For the first time ever, the UFC has made its way in to the land of kangaroos and wallabees in Australia. The UFC isn’t messing around either with the fight card they have brought to the Australian fans. Check out the quick picks.

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs “Big” Ben Rothwell

Pick: Mirko Cro Cop defeats Ben Rothwell via TKO in the 2nd.

“The Dean of Mean” Keith Jardine vs Ryan “Darth” Bader

Pick: Keith Jardine defeats Ryan Bader via Decision.

Joe “Daddy” Stevenson vs George “The Souvlaki” Sotiropoulos

Pick: Joe Stevenson defeasts George Sotiropoulos via Decision.

UFC 109 marks the first and only event to feature 2 UFC hall of famers taking each other on. A long time coming, Randy Couture and Mark Coleman will finally square off in the octagon to prove to us fans that these old dogs still have what it takes. Here are the quick picks for UFC 109.

Preliminary Card (Spike TV):

Melvin “The Young Assasin” Guillard vs Ronnys Torres.

Prediction: Ronnys Torres defeats Melvin Guillard via Submission

Mac Danzing vs Justin Buchholz

Prediction: Justin Buchholz defeats Mac Danzing via Decision

Main Card:

On Saturday January 30th, Strikeforce is bringing a great card to your television. This card will feature  Nick Diaz, Cris Cyborg and the Strikeforce debuts of TNA star Bobby Lashley and old man Herschel Walker. Here are our picks.

Main Event: Nick Diaz vs Marius “The Whitemare” Zaromskis

Quick Pick: Nick Diaz defeats Marius Zaromskis via TKO

Co-Main Event: Cris “Cyborg” Santos vs Marloes “Rumina” Coenen

Quick Pick: Cris Cyborg defeats Marloes Coenen via TKO

3rd Televised Fight: Melvin “No Mercy” Manhoef vs “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler

Quick Pick: Melvin Manhoef defeats Robbie Lawler via KO

On February 22^nd 2006 between the hours of 1:00 am and 2:15am UTC (London, England), seven masked and heavily armed men and another tied up man entered the doors of the Securitas Depot. The tied up man turned out to be Colin Dixon who was the Securitas Depot manager. All fourteen Securitas Depot employees who were there at the time of the robbery were shocked to see their boss tied up as Dixon yelled “Do whatever they want!” “They have my family”. Sure enough the employees complied and it took the seven masked men 40 minutes to escape with the 53,116,760 Euros as they left everyone unharmed and locked up in cages. The 53,116,760 Euros then turned out to be the largest cash robbery in British history. The alleged mastermind behind this robbery is said to be none other than British Mixed Martial Arts badass “Lightning” Lee Murray.

With the recent news that the UFC has sold 10% of Zuffa to the UAE (United Arab Emirates), the UFC is on its way to help make MMA  the biggest sport in the world. The reasoning that the UAE is going to be a big help in the “10 year plan” is simply because the UAE can open some doors in to other larger markets faster than the UFC can do on their own. This making MMA (and of course the UFC) bigger in a shorter amount of time just like Dana Whites “10 year plan” intends. Knowing that the UFC will be branching into bigger international markets, it makes a person think about what a long way the UFC has come.

This card is exciting. The fighters on this card are definitely going to go to war. On this card, we have a bunch of guys trying to get there name out there and that usually means that they will do so by any means necessary. Lets get to my predictions.

Main Event: Nate Diaz vs Gray “The Bully” Maynard – These two brawlers have fought before on the 5th season of The Ultimate Fighter which lead to Diaz winning in the second round via guillotine choke. However, since The Ultimate Fighter, Maynard has gone undefeated as he has become more of an experienced fighter. Nate easily has the submission experience but I believe Maynard will be able to defend the submissions that Nate will throw at him as he did with Jim Miller. In the end, I think The Bully will pick up the decision by take downs.