Thiago Alves is a beast. He just dominated Josh Koscheck, and now is poised to take on GSP for the welterweight title. But I wish he had the guts to fight Anderson Silva at his natural weight (185). Cote showed today that Anderson is not really on his game and can be challenged.

Speaking of Cote, he did put up a good fight. He didn’t land much but he didn’t go down by Silva’s devastatingly accurate punches. He blew his knee out in the third round (almost seemed he jinxed himself right before the third round by holding up 3 fingers to brag about lasting for three rounds). I am sure he will be back, but will Anderson Silva? Anderson has 5 more fights left, 3 of them see to be at light heavyweight. And if he faces Bisping or the winner of Henderson/Franklin, I am not sure Cote can actually get another shot without having to fight another opponent first. The good news for Cote is that he is close to another shot, but I am just not sure how long Anderson will stick around in this division.

UFC 90 was a great night though. The main event was boring, but other than that we saw some very good fights. And boy I am glad Werdum got his behind handed to him. He talked a lot of smack about the 4-way tournament, and he still couldn’t back it up.

To be honest, I am not sure it will be. Brock and Randy are great for UFC. They are big names, and they will draw a huge crowd. But at the end of the deal, this fight is more about the business of it all and not really about the quality of fight. Brock and Randy are both wrestlers and history has shown that we often get boring fights when two people with similar styles clash.

Brock does have size and age to his advantage but I am still not sure on his submission defense. Not that Randy is a submission expert but he has a lot more years on Brock, and somethings take time to learn and submission defense is one of them.

I’d like this fight to be the biggest fight in the UFC history. Maybe it will live up to the expectations, but I won’t be banking on that. Something tells me we are in for a short fight…

UFC 91: Lesnar vs. Couture is one of the most anticipating UFCs that I can remember. Even though on paper, you have a legend fighting a rookie, the way things have worked out has left a lot of room for drama. Brock is a big draw because of his WWE past, and Randy Couture is well Randy. The tickets will go on sale tomorrow, but if I were you, I’d reserve my UFC 91 tickets now through online ticket reservation services. Stubhub is the one I usually use (see the map below):