Affliction’s loss is the UFC’s gain as they signed Vitor Belfort to a contract. Belfort will face Rich Franklin in an outstanding matchup, the weight class was not announced, but hopefully it will be at 185, a weight at which both fighters are at their best. Belfort is an excellent striker, with Jujitsu skills as well, he has only been stopped twice, both times at 205 against Randy Couture. He has won 4 in a row since a decision loss to Dan Henderson in the Pride organization.

Former top Middleweight contenders Kendal l”Da Spyder” Grove and Ricardo Almeida face off on 8/8/09 on the UFC 101 fight card. Grove started his career strong when he won the Ultimate Fighter Title, defeating Ed Herman in an instant classic, he reeled off two wins in a row, including a submission win over tough Alan Belcher, he lost two in a row after that both first round TKO’s he rebounded nicely with a wins over Evan Tanner and Jason Day, and seems rededicated to the sport.

Ricardo “Big Dog” Almeida is a decorated Jujitsu player with good standup, he started his UFC career over 8 years ago at UFC31, he was offered a shot at Anderson Silva if he could get past Patrick Cote, he looked good in the fight, but could not keep Cote on the mat, and was peppered with leg kicks in the standup game, he eventually lost a split decision, he followed up with a nice 3 round win over Matt Horwich. A battle between a Spyder, and a Big Dog on the UFC101 fight card.

Lightweights Kurt Pellegrino and Josh Neer will face each other on the UFC 101 fight card. Both fighters are coming off of victories and need the win to continue their climb to the top of the division. Pellegrino has won 2 in a row and his last bout was an impressive submission win over Rob Emerson at UFC Fight Night, he is an excellent grappler with decent standup, his takedowns are excellent and he uses the ground and pound effectively.

Josh Neer is coming off an impressive win over Mac Danzig, he was aggressive in the standup, and eventually wore down the smaller Danzig, and caught him in a triangle choke during a scramble, he is big for a lightweight and has an underrated ground game.

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Heavyweight Co-Champions Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir will unify the UFC title on Saturday night 7/11/09 on the UFC100 fight card. Mir won his share of the belt with a dominating performance against Minatauro Noguiera at UFC92, he smashed the veteran with combinations before stopping him with strikes on the ground, it was the first time that Noguiera had been stopped.

Brock Lesnar gained his share of the title with a nice performance against 3 time Champion Randy Couture at UFC91, he showed a surprisingly effective clinch against the decorated Greco Roman wrestler, landing some powerful knees, and took Couture down several times, he broke open a pretty even fight in the second round with big punches, floored Couture and finished with hammer fists.
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Middleweights Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping square off on 7/11/09 with a possible title shot on the line, Bisping and Henderson are two of the top contenders in the division along with Nate Marquardt and Demian Maia who will face each other at UFC102. Neither fighter can afford to have an off night if they want a shot at Anderson Silva’s title. Bisping is very well rounded, with nice kick boxing and an excellent ground game, most of his wins have come via TKO, he has not shown KO power, tending to use nice combinations of punches and kicks to hurt his opponent, and has shown he can finish a fight nicely.

Dan Henderson is a decorated Greco Roman wrestler who has adapted his style to MMA, he is excellent in the clinch, and likes the ground and pound he has KO’d several opponents with his right hand, and KO’d Wanderlei Silva with the left hook, his standup has improved greatly, and he did very well in that area against Rich Franklin at UFC93. Freestyle MMA will have the live results from UFC100 on 7/11/09.

St Pierre will put his title on the line July 11 th on the UFC 100 fight card, this will be the second title defence for St Pierre, who defeated Jon Fitch in a 5 round bout in his first defense. Alves has tore through the UFC since his loss to Fitch, winning 7 in a row with 5 by TKO. He dominated wrestlers Matt Hughes and Josh Koscheck in his last two bouts. Read on …

Japanese Middleweight sensation Yoshihiro Akiyama makes his UFC debut on the UFC100 fight card. Akiyama is a decorated Judo player who has KO power and good submissions, he is short for the division, and could give up some weight to the bigger guys in the weight class.

Alan Belcher is coming off of his biggest UFC win to date, a submission victory over Denis Kang at UFC 93. Belcher is an excellent striker with good submission skills and decent takedown defense, he will need to watch out for the clinch and Judo throws of Akiyama, keep the fight standing, and avoid punishment or submissions if he gets taken down. Akiyama will want to get in close, land some big punches, and look for an opportunity to get the fight to the mat,where he will look to pound out Belcher or look for the sub.
An intriguing match up on the UFC 100 fight card

Freestyle MMA will have the live results from UFC100 on 7/11/09.