UFC 92 is the best card of the year
Mark - How can you not be fired up about this card? Nogueira-Mir is intriguing and isn’t enough to sell a PPV. I wouldn’t buy that show if it was the main event. But, the UFC has given us two more main-event caliber fights in this and it’s impossible not to be looking forward to it. Rampage Jackson has his first fight since going crazy and it’s against a guy that has always been a thorn in his side. It will be a very entertaining bout. And the Forrest Griffin v. Rashad Evans title fight may be the most entertaining fight of the year. The UFC is working hard to make Griffin a star and this is the first time in awhile he’s going to be the favorite coming into a fight. I’m ambivalent on C.B. Dollaway and Cheick Kongo but hopefully we’ll get to see Yushin Okami and Matt Hamill’s fights. Hard to beat this card with the star power at the top.

Kelly - You wouldn’t buy Nog-Mir as a main event? Okay Ebenezer Scrooge, I sure would. I think Big Nog is the best heavyweight on the planet next to Fedor and Mir has a tendency to start a submission in Florida and finish it in Wisconsin. I’m fired up for that match, but you are correct-the rest of UFC 92 makes this the best card of the year. I’m going out on a limb here and say Rashad Evans will beat Forrest Griffin mainly because of his trainer, Greg Jackson. Jackson coached Keith Jardine to beat Forrest handily and he’ll do the same for Evans. I admit I’m a little biased since I’m co-writing a book on Jackson’s fighting style with him, but you can’t deny history-Jackson knows how to beat Griffin and will do so again so start cueing up the Evans’ haters who will undoubtedly say he’s not championship material.

Liddell v. Jardine II in March in Columbus makes sense
Mark - This has been a rumor flying around today, ever since Liddell basically called out Jardine and said he wanted him in Columbus. This fight is a home-run for a Columbus show. With Rich Franklin fighting in January, the UFC loses a major mid-western draw. Chuck Liddell is the type of fighter that will bring them all back. He’s fought outside of Vegas only twice since 2003, losses to Jardine and Rashad Evans. Liddell is enough of a name to sell out an arena, but not a show, so he needs a hook. He’s not getting back into the title picture anytime soon so avenging a loss to Jardine is a great call. It’s a fight Liddell will win in a part of the country that will worship him as MMA’s greatest fighter of all-time.