UFC 93: Greatest Fight Card Ever?

UFC 91 was spurned by the meddling of Affliction and we now have the historic match up of Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar. Although many would rather see Couture fight Fedor, how can one complain about the mini-tournament we have in front of us.?

For some reason I feel the need to point out that Tim Sylvia lost to three of the four heavyweights in the current tournament. Take it for what its worth.

Also on UFC 91 we have a Silva vs. Jackson III, the first two taking fights place in Pirde and being dominated by Silva. This fight could shape up as a classic and the winner will probably fight the winner of Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans, who will fight at UFC 92.

The other half of the heavyweight tournament will take place at UFC 92 as Frank Mir takes on one of the greats in Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira. You must be great with that many names!

Also at UFC 91 will be Kenny Florian vs. Joe Stevenson which will be a great lightweight war. Look for UFC to appropriately round out the fight card for UFC 92 with a good middleweight through light heavyweight battle (Lyoto Machida vs. Shogun Rua?)

So that leaves the question, “What fights will they come up with for UFC 93 to make it the greatest fight card ever?"

UFC is peaking at the right time and during Super Bowl weekend they have the opportunity to put their product on full display to the attention of not only the sports fan, but EVERYONE.

They have gotten off to a superb start with the “super fight” between Penn and St. Pierre. But they will need much more to make it a fight card for the ages.

It doesn’t look like there will be a big heavyweight war as round one of the mini tournament will be finished up and the “winner vs. winner” fight to unify the division probably wont take place until at least May or June. Also, the next lightweight title fight won't happen until around that time as the winner of Silva/Jackson vs. Griffin/Evans will need time to heal up.

Perhaps their will be a huge lightweight fight between the winner of Florian/Stevenson and Sherk/Griffin although it will probably be too soon to pit the winners against each other (2 ½ months removed from UFC 91). I like the idea of Roger Huerta fighting Nate Diaz or Frankie Edgar, but that won’t solidify epic fight card.

So the UFC will have to rely on their light heavyweight through welterweight division and some of their other superstars.

Some potential fights in the middleweight are:

1. Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami (If his injury is healed. A rematch with Dan Henderson would be a bigger draw but Hendo probably needs another fight).

2. Dan Henderson vs. Nate Marquardt (This may be exciting to couple these fights as we will know after that night who will be fighting next for the Middleweight title).

* Don’t be surprised if they fit Michael Bisping into the card if possible.

Some potential fights in the welterweight are:

1. Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra (Hopefully these two wounded warriors can heal in time to be on this card. Everyone is familiar with their grudge match and it will be a furious fight).

Other then that *Diego Sanchez vs. Thiago Alves is the biggest welterweight fight (behind Penn/Pierre) and that is happening at UFC 90. The winners of those two will likely meet. Josh Koscheck looks to be fighting Dec. 10 for the troops so will probably be out. And John Fitch is still injured but could be ready to fight against a mysteriously injured Karo Parisyan.

Some potential fights in the light heavyweight are:

Since a lot of the fireworks at light heavyweight  diivision will be taking place at UFC 91 and 92 UFC may have to rely on Chuck Liddell. Some potential fights for him are:

Liddell vs. Rick Franklin (A super fight of former champions and a stand up war! They both need a credible opponent so it could make sense).

Liddell vs. Shogun Rua (Depends on when he heals up. Rua could be fighting Lyoto Machida at UFC 92 or 93 if it makes more sense).

Can anyone think of any other fights that would make UFC 93 the greatest fight card ever? After looking at it I am not sure it’s possible…perhaps if all injuries are cleared up. Maybe instead of worrying about loading up UFC 93 with bloated fights they will focus on showcasing exciting fights with young up-and-comers they want to introduce to the world. Especially since people will pay to see Penn vs St. Pierre II by itself.