UFC 132: Top 5 Most Exciting Bouts on the Card

From here on out, the UFC is going to have some huge pay-per-views.

Future fights fights include Rashad Evans battling Phil Davis, Anderson Silva fighting Yushin Okami for the second time, Jon Jones defending his belt against Rampage Jackson, the rubber match between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard, Georges St-Pierre against Nick Diaz and Junior dos Santos trying to dethrone Cain Velasquez.

With all those great pay-per-views lined up, UFC 132 could potentially be the best card of the year. Not from a huge PPV-buy standpoint, but these fights stylistically have the potential to make this a UFC event no fan will ever forget.

These are the top five most exciting fights of this stacked UFC 132 pay-per-view card on July 2.

5. Brian Bowles vs. Takeya Mizugaki

Takeya Mizugaki is known for bringing it in his fights, and the same can be said about Brian Bowles. These two are veteran WEC guys who know how to go out there and put on a great show for the fans.

Bowles is on a quest to get his bantamweight title back after losing it against Dominick Cruz because he broke his hand and couldn’t continue. To be fair to Cruz, though, he was dominating the fight before Bowles couldn’t continue.

Mizugaki flirted with getting another title shot last year but was stopped in his tracks by Urijah Faber. Expect this fight to be a war between two hungry guys trying to reassert themselves as a true contender.

4. Dennis Siver vs. Matt Wiman

If you like to watch two guys take the center of the octagon and slug it out, this is your fight.

Dennis Siver is coming off of a huge victory over UFC lightweight contender George Sotiropoulos, while Matt Wiman is coming off of an impressive performance against Cole Miller.

Both guys are known for putting on exciting fights, which means that this fight has potential to steal the spotlight at UFC 132.

Not to mention, Siver is in this fight, and who doesn’t love seeing those spinning back kicks?

3. Anthony Njokuani vs. Andre Winner

With many other MMA events, this would be first on my list, and that’s just a testament to how great this card really is.

The minute this fight was made, I fell in love with the matchup. Both guys are brilliant technical strikers who need a win in a bad, bad way.

At this point in MMA, no fighter can afford loss after loss and still expect to have a job with the UFC (except for Tito Ortiz). Both guys are exciting, so they have that going for them, but expect both guys to come out fighting as if they’re fighting for their jobs.

Both guys are hungry, and neither one of them want to take this fight to the ground, which is a good formula for fight of the night.

2. Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber

These are the first WEC guys to main event a UFC PPV, and you couldn’t ask for a more intriguing fight. Urijah Faber already has a victory over the bantamweight champ, and you better believe Dominick Cruz wants to erase that.

I expect this fight to go everywhere as both fighters are great at every phase of MMA. Cruz doesn’t get the respect he deserves, but he is one of the best fighters in the world. He gets criticized for “not trying to finish fights” and having “boring fights.”

Critics who say that are crazy, because Cruz’s stick-and-move fighting style is both intelligent and exciting to watch.

If that doesn’t sell this fight, all I have to say is this is a Faber fight. He rarely has a boring fight and is always willing to mix it up with the best in the world.

Check out this video Faber made making fun of Cruz.

1. Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben

Can you say fight of the year candidate?

Don’t expect a technical matchup between these two. Expect two guys going in there to brawl like the brutal savages they are.

I give UFC matchmaker Joe Silva mad props for putting this fight together. If there is one thing I’m sure of when it comes to UFC 132, it’s that the fight between Silva and Leben will become an instant classic.