Two heavyweight fights? The two biggest fights on the card are the big guys? The guys who have been boring the UFC crowds as of late? Is this a good idea, Mr. UFC Matchmaker 2000; Joe Silva? Sorry for the game of 20 (or four) questions, but I’m a little worried that the UFC isn’t properly planning for positive crowd reaction during the next big event in the states. For the first time since UFC 75, there won’t even be a planned televised lightweight bout unless a main card fight is cut short. This may not be such a bad thing, however.
I realize that a heavyweight fight will need to headline at some point in time with the Couture walk off, but throwing a potential disaster of Frank Mir vs. Brock Lesnar under the headlining fight between Antonio Nogueira and Tim Sylvia could spell disaster. Or, in the case of UFC fans, B-O-O. After Big Nog’s near disastrous bout with Heath Herring, he’ll be up for a challenge against a 6′8″ Sylvia. I realize that Sylvia will most likely push to keep the fight up against the fence and try throw the punches and he pushes Nogueira away, hopefully the Brazilian will attempt to keep Sylvia engaged in some real fighting action, unlike the boring Brandon Vera fight.
Ex-WWE star Brock Lesnar looks to make his debut at fighting a real MMA fighter up against the skilled Frank Mir. This seems like an easy grab for Mir except for the fact that he hasn’t even started training yet. I know that said that Mir should have the upper hand in this fight in the past, but it looks like I might be eating my words on February 2nd.
Hopefully both fights can live up the little hype we have heard so far. On a side note, what is up with the UFC not hyping these events as much anymore? I’m not the only one asking as it has even affecting my desire to write about the events these days. Luckily, there is still some time for the UFC to fix this and think hard about the UFC 81 event itself.
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