Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir (UFC Heavyweight Title Bout)

Brock Lesnar is being billed as an unstoppable monster for this fight, even knocking a door off its hinges on Spike's UFC 100 Preview Show. With that being said, the conclusion of this fight really centers around who is able to impose their will, strategically. It will be a reach to say that Frank Mir can out muscle a 280-pound Lesnar come fight time and knock him out. It would also be damned near impossible to see Brock Lesnar win by a flying triangle, or any submission for that matter. What this fight will come down to is which fighter will be able to capitalize on the others mistakes. In their first meeting, it was Mir who withstood those "lunchboxes" of Lesnar until he was able to grab a hold of his foot and pull off the kneebar.

How I see this fight unfolding: Brock Lesnar will come out and try to push the pace on Mir, weakening his defenses in the process, in hopes of catching him with that powerful straight right hand of his. Mir, taking lessons from Brock's fight with Couture, will opt not to stand in front of Brock Lesnar, instead cutting at angles to pick off the ex-WWE wrestler. My opinion is that Lesnar has a habit of freezing up when caught with combinations from weird angles. He will then instinctively take Mir down. Mir won't fight the takedown but rather use it as an opportunity to attack quickly with multiple submissions from the guard.

Prediction: Frank Mir over Brock Lesnar by heelhook or rear-naked choke, 2nd round.

Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves (UFC Welterweight Title Bout)

Everything indicates that Thiago Alves will be the toughest fight yet for Georges St. Pierre. "The Pitbull" is a dominant striker with knockout power and excellent takedown defense. Not only that but sources close to ATT have been quotes as saying that they have watched Thiago roll around with the likes of Marcelo Garcia and even he couldn't hold Alves down. It spells to be a nightmare waiting to happen indeed for GSP. Except for one fact... We are talking about Georges St. Pierre.

In fights with Matt Hughes and Josh Koscheck, the two vaunted wrestlers had trouble trying to take Thiago Alves down. Alves has excellent takedown defense indeed. But so did BJ Penn, Sean Sherk, Frank Trigg, and Matt Serra, along with Hughes and Koscheck themselves. All were taken down by the French-Canadian. GSP is a freak athlete, one that trains with some ex-Russian national wrestlers and one of the best trainers in the sport in Greg Jackson. He's been in HUGE fights and is always at the top in discussions for best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport.