Here is the fight between Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring at UFC 87. Early in round one Lesnar landed a straight right sending Herring to the mat. Pretty much the whole rest of the fight was Lesnar on top of Herring taking home his first UFC win via unanimous decision.

Here is the fight between Georges St-Pierre vs. BJ Penn at UFC 94. The long awaited and anticipated rematch turned out to be an ass whooping on Penn. St-Pierre was too big too strong and BJ had no answers. St-Pierre wins via fourth round TKO.

Jon Fitch

• Born-                                Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
• Age-                                  32
• Height-                             6’1″ (183 cm)
• Weight-                            170 (77 kg)
• MMA Record-                  23-3-1
• Fighting out of-                San Jose, California
• Strengths-                        Wrestling, kickboxing
• Team/Association-         American Kickboxing Academy

Last 6 fights

• Win against Thiago Alves via unanimous decision at UFC 117
• Win against Ben Saunders via unanimous decision at UFC 111
• Win against Mike Pierce unanimous decision at UFC 107
• Win against Paulo Thiago via unanimous decision at UFC 100
• Win against Akihiro Gono via unanimous decision at UFC 94
• Loss against Georges St-Pierre via unanimous decision at UFC 87

Yoshihiro Akiyama

• Nickname-                     “Sexyama”
• Born-                                Osaka, Japan
• Age-                                  35
• Height-                             5’10″ (178 cm)
• Weight-                            185 (84 kg)
• MMA Record-                  13-2-2
• Fighting out of-                Osaka, Japan
• Strengths-                        Judo
• Team/Association-         Team Cloud

Last 5 fights

• Loss against Chris Leben via triangle choke at UFC 116
• Win against Alan Belcher via split decision at UFC 100
• Win against Masanori Tonooka via armbar at Dream 6
• Win against Katsuyori Shibata via Gi Choke at Dream 5
• No Contest against Kazuo Misaki at Yarrenoka!

Paulo Thiago                    

• Born-                                Brazil
• Age-                                  28
• Height-                             5’11″ (180 cm)
• Weight-                            170 (77 kg)
• MMA Record-                  13-1
• Fighting out of-                Brasilia, Brazil
• Strengths-                        Jiu jitsu, muay thai
• Team/Association-         Constrictor Team

Last 5 fights

• Win against Mike Swick via brabo choke at UFC 109
• Win against Jacob Volkmann via unanimous decision at UFC 106
• Loss against Jon Fitch via unanimous decision at UFC 100
• Win against Josh Koscheck via TKO at UFC 95
• Win against Luiz Dutra Jr. via TKO at Jungle Fight 11

UPDATE:  AFFILICTION HAS SHUT DOWN THEIR MMA FIGHTS AS OF JULY 24, 2009 

Live on Saturday August 1, 2009 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.  Affliction will be hosting their third event “Trilogy”.  For the Main Event we have the Pound for Pound king Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (30-1) will do battle against former UFC HW Champ and number 1 contender Josh “The Babyface Assassin” Barnett (24-5). This will be the third time Fedor has been in the spotlight for Affliction and his second WAMMA title defense.  Barnett will be the sixth former UFC Champ to try and dethrone the mighty Fedor if you count Nog as the interim HW UFC champ . Hopefully Barnett will give a better fight than the last two and make it out if the first round.

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Josh Barnett

Sportsbook.com Odds

• Fedor     (-500)
• Barnett  (+300)

Betus.com Odds

• Fedor     (-500)
• Barnett  (+350)

Visit our Emelianenko vs. Barnett Prediction Page

Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. Gegard Mousasi

Sportsbook.com Odds

• Sobral      (+125)
• Mousasi  (-155)

Betus.com Odds

• Sobral     (+130)
• Mousasi  (-160)

Visit our Sobral vs. Mousasi Prediction Page

Vitor Belfort vs. Jorge Santiago

Sportsbook.com Odds

• Belfort      (-210)
• Santiago   (+170)

Takanori Gomi vs. Rafaello Oliveira

• Gomi       (-600)
• Oliveira  (+400)

Paul Daley vs. Jay Hieron

Sportsbook.com Odds

• Daley     (+160)
• Hieron   (-200)

Paul Buentello vs. Bilbert Yvel

Sportsbook.com Odds

• Buentello  (+155)
• Yvel          (-185)

Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon

Sportsbook.com Odds

• Horodecki  (-205)
• Lauzon       (+165)

Ben Rothwell vs. Chase Gormley

Sportsbook.com Odds

• Rothwell  (-500)
• Gormley  (+300)

LC Davis vs. Javier Vazquez

• Davis       (-150)
• Vazquez  (+120)

Mark Hominick vs. Deividas Taurosevicius

Sportsbook.com Odds

• Hominick          (+185)
• Taurosevicius  (-225)

Also on the card is Sengoku Middleweight Champ Jorge Santiago (21-7) facing “The Phenom” Vitor Belfort who is looking to be a threat once again.  Just recently Dana White has talked about his interest in luring Vitor back to the UFC. Renato “Babalu” Sobral is back in action after choking out Sokoudjou at Affliction 2 taking on Gegard Mousasi (25-2-1) who gave up his Dream MW title to fight at HW defeating Mark Hunt.  Mousasi will no longer be competing at middleweight  due to cutting the weight and plans on fighting at LHW and HW.  All in all this will be a very exciting card all around, so sit back and enjoy the fights.

Check back closer to the fight date as I will have fight predictions and updated odds for Affliction “Trilogy”.  Sign up at one of our Sportsbooks to begin placing bets.  Visit our Affliction 3 Information page

Live on Sunday July 8, 2009 at the The Joint in the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada only a day after UFC 100.  We are treated to another great fight this time FREE on Versus, featuring the worlds best bantamweight fighter Miguel Angel Torres (36-1)  taking on the number 1 contender and undefeated Brian Bowles (7-0).  Torres will defend his belt for the fourth time against a very tough and hungry opponent.  The two were supposed to meet back at WEC 40 but Bowles was forced to pull out due to a back injury.  Bowles has only been to the third round once in his career and has finished all in seven fights via submission or TKO. Well Be sure to see fireworks when these two meet in the cage.  Also on the card is undefeated Joseph Benavidez (10-0) taking on Dominick Cruz (13-1).  The winner of this fight is rumored to get a title shot at WEC bantamweight title.

Miguel Angel Torres vs. Brian Bowles

Sportsbook.com Odds

• Torres   (-340)
• Bowles   (+260)

Betus.com Odds

• Torres  (-300)
• Bowles  (+220)

Visit our Torres vs. Bowles prediction page

Joseph Benavidez vs. Dominick Cruz

Sportsbook.com Odds

• Benavidez  (-275)
• Cruz            (+215)

Visit our Benavidez vs. Cruz prediction page

Takeya Mizugaki vs. Jeff Curran

Sportsbook.com Odds

• Mizugaki  (-200)
• Curran     (+160)

Visit our Mizugaki vs. curran prediction page

Leonard Garcia vs. Jameel Massouh

Sportsbook.com Odds

• Garcia       (-575)
• Massouh   (+375)

Fredson Paixao vs. Cole Province

Sportsbook.com Odds

• Paixao         (-165)
• Province     (+135)

Ricardo Lamas vs. Danny Castillo

• Lamas   (-210)
• Castillo  (+170)

Marcus Hicks vs. Shane Roller

• Hicks    (-115)
• Roller   (-115)

Ed Ratcliff vs. Phil Cardella

• Ratcliff   (-365)
• Cardella (+285)

Rani Yahya vs. John Hosman

• Yahya     (-850)
• Hosman  (+550)

Diego Nunes vs. Rafael Dias

• Nunes  (-500)
• Dias      (+300)

LC Davis vs. Javier Vasquez

• Davis       even
• Vasquez  (-130)

Check back closer to the fight date as I will predictions and current odds for WEC 42.  Sign up at one of our Sportsbooks to begin placing your bets.