It’d finally here; the first installment of the MMA Media Roundtable has arrived and the panel will take on UFC 146 & TUF Live in this the inaugural edition. The panel of three will each answer one question regarding last weekend’s historic UFC 146 and one on this seasons TUF Live, which wrapped up at Fridays Finale.
If you like heavyweights then UFC 146 is the main card you do not want to miss. All five main card bouts will be in the heavyweight division, headlined with the UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos making his first title defense against the former champion, Frank Mir.
Coming up this Saturday, May 26, UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir comes to you live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. When this card was first announced, people were going crazy over the original main event between Junior Dos Santos and Alistair Overeem. Unfortunately, Overeem was pulled from the card after a failed drug test and the MMA world was up in arms trying to figure out who would take his place. Two weeks later, Dana White announced via Twitter that former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir, would be filling in against Junior Dos Santos.
An all heavyweight main card, now that’s just insane, right? Well contrary to those beliefs, the UFC has put together a main card featuring 10 heavyweights, including a title fight in the main event. The card has seen major changes up and down, including every single main card bout, but through all the changes UFC 146 is still a top-notch card.
With the Overeem fiasco finally brought to a head, UFC 146 doesn’t have the title fight fans wanted, but it’s a title fight none-the-less. Coming in on short notice, former Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir will step up and take on the seemingly unstoppable Junior Dos Santos as the main event of this all heavyweight PPV. Heavyweight’s equal big cash for us more often than not and this card will be no exception.
The heavyweight division got a bit of a jolt Wednesday night as Stipe Miocic and Stefan Struve walked away with impressive victories at UFC on Fuel TV: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger. As part of the night’s main card the two fighters walked away with early knockouts, Miocic earning Knockout of the night honors.
The UFC made its main card debut on Fuel TV tonight with a main event between Diego Sanchez vs. Jake Ellenberger. The UFC on Fuel TV main card featured six bouts and got started out with a bang as Ivan Menjivar and John Albert put on an exciting 3:45 of action. The rest of the card, including the welterweight main event didn’t disappoint either.
We’re less than two hours away from the start of tonight’s UFC on Fuel TV card which will open up with the preliminary card streaming live on Facebook. The main card will start at 5pm PT / 8pm ET and features several interesting matchups. If you missed yesterday weigh-ins or you just want to see what we mean by interesting, check out the stare downs between the main card fighters.
