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Bloody Elbow - Pound-for-Pound the Best in Mixed Martial Arts MMA Commentary News and Community Navigation: Jump to content areas: . Network Bar . Log In Screen Name Password Remember . OpenID Remember . - . More great SB Nation Blogs Team Bloody Elbow Founding Editor . Managing Editor . Staff . Graphics . Community Moderators . Editor Emeritus . Links . Bloody Elbow on Facebook . on Facebook Follow us on Twitter . Follow the BE Staff: >. >. >. >. >. >. >. >. >. > . > . > . <a rel="external nofollow" href="http://ad.sbnation.com/ck.phpn=ad736119&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE#zoosper" mce_ rel="external nofollow" href="http://ad.sbnation.com/ck.phpn=ad736119&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE#zoosper" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.sbnation.com/avw.phpzoneid=46010&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=ad736119" mce_src="http://ad.sbnation.com/avw.phpzoneid=46010&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=ad736119" border="0" alt="" /></a> Vox Media Hot Topics . by . on . in . forms the co-main event of Saturday's all-heavyweight . show. The bout is 1 of 5 heavyweight match ups on the pay-per-view card which is headlined by reigning monarch . taking on . for the UFC heavyweight championship. The sole defeat on the record of . 9-1 came in the biggest fight of his career. Then the heavyweight champion after he'd battered . into a human Tilt-A-Whirl Velasquez paired off with dos Santos on the UFC's heavily hyped debut on Fox. It was not just the featured attraction but the only fight on the card and after months of build up the belt changed hands by way of brutal knockout in a mere 64-seconds. Velasquez was long touted as a freak in the gym and yet to unveil his true dominance but a less than stellar performance against . and contentious stoppage over . relegated the overwhelming accolades to unproven mystique. The praise was eventually legitimized by a skull-cracking knockout of adored legend and former Pride/UFC champion . and Velasquez's merciless throttling of Lesnar to become the alpha-heavyweight. Pre-MMA Velasquez was a state champion wrestler in high school a Junior College Iowa Central Community College national champion and a 2x Division 1 All-American at Arizona State University. Other UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir Dissections . Back in 2006-2007 when Velasquez was just starting his career Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva 16-3 was a similarly acclaimed heavyweight. Standing 6'4" but barely meeting the 265-pound weight limit Silva's black belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Judo and Karate portended a bright future and hooking up with the renowned American Top Team and improving his boxing increased his potential even more. Extending his record to 11-1 Silva became EliteXC's inaugural heavyweight champion in 2008 with a 2nd-round TKO of the late Justin Eilers but a positive test for an anabolic steroid soured the accomplishment. Silva insisted that the hot test was on account of a testosterone booster he used to treat his . and when . and competed overseas.. He trounced 2 opponents in the 1st-round under the Sengoku banner and then returned to the states for his . run which concluded at 3-2. Silva debuted with a decision loss to . rattled off 3-straight which included the indelible TKO of . and went out on a rough TKO loss to . . Continued in the full entry. . Poll Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva Velasquez Silva 436 votes . Dear all K-1 fans K-1 production team found the internet speed at the venue is not fast enough to support live streaming in high quality.However they assume that internet speed is good enough to view the fight in standard quality. We want more fans to enjoy watching exciting new K-1 show so we decide to live stream for free of charge. We will provide the recorded show in high quality as soon as it is ready. We hope you all enjoy the exciting fight and feel the heat of new K-1. K-1 Global Holdings Limited So good news because now the stream is free. Bad news because it may be choppy. We shall see on Sunday... Source: . by . on . in . vs. . Brent Brookhouse: On the feet it's advantage JDS. On the ground it's Mir with the edge. But getting it from the feet to the ground isn't going to be easy for Mir. Mir does have a little pop in his punches but dos Santos should be more than able to not get caught and stopped. Junior dos Santos by TKO round 2. Anton Tabuena: I'm still ‘pissed' about Overeem's test... Frank Mir doesn't have good takedowns and Junior Dos Santos has excellent takedown defense. So unless he makes a silly mistake Mir is likely to get blasted here. I'd actually hope that Mir pulls guard just to make things more interesting. I doubt it would help though. Junior dos Santos by KO. KJ Gould: It starts on the feet and Mir almost always eats more shots than he lands against a superior striker. JDS is a more powerful boxer than Nogueira and I really can't see him making the same mistake as Noguiera and attempting a guillotine choke while pulling guard on a stunned Frank Mir. Mir gets dropped and if he's not out cold JDS will either let him back up or swing hard at his head if he's turtled. Junior dos Santos by KO T.P. Grant: I know I pointed out Junior dos Santos' defensive liabilities when he throws punches but I'm not crazy. Frank Mir is likely not the guy to take advantage of those openings. The most likely outcome of this fight is dos Santos smashing Mir with punches until he collapses to the ground. Even if Mir gets a takedown I doubt he will be able to keep dos Santos down but I do think if dos Santos engages in a grappling match Mir has a good chance of getting a submission. But that just isn't going to happen so Mir needs to rely on landing a big punch before dos Santos and that just plain isn't likely. Junior dos Santos by KO Tim Burke: Mir's standup is predictable. Cigano's isn't. As stated above Mir doesn't really have the takedowns to get it to the mat and JDS is smart enough not to engage him there willingly. Seems pretty easy to call for me - Mir gets caught with a big shot goes down gets pounded out. Junior dos Santos by KO round 1 Fraser Coffeen: I hate the way people are already jumping all over dos Santos and viewing him as unbeatable. Mir in fact has the tools to beat him on the mat. The trouble is Mir gets too enamored with his striking and while that striking has greatly improved over the years he still is slow to respond when he gets hit see the Carwin fight for a great example. Against a power puncher and finisher like JDS that's doom. Junior dos Santos by KO round 1 Ben Thapa: Have you ever seen that video of the sloth trying to cross the road and someone picks it up only to have R. Kelly's I Believe I Can Fly play Frank Mir has been the sloth trying to cross the road for quite a while now. He wins in impressive bone-breaking and brain-crunching fashion against the lower level guys. But then he like the sloth looks across that expanse of asphalt towards the Promised Land of More Trees/Holding The Title Belt Again. I fully respect Mir's skill package but still believe that it would take divine intervention for Mir-Sloth to cross the asphalt and beat Cigano here. That was one tortured metaphor but referencing I Believe I Can Fly on Bloody Elbow is worth it. Two Saints KO Round 1. Dallas Winston: To play devil's advocate I think most are assuming that JDS has sharpened up his grappling and submission defense since Joaquim "Mamute" Ferreira armbarred him in 2007. Other than the sparse takedown defense he showed against Gonzaga and Carwin who both got him down briefly assumptions are all that's available because he simply hasn't been locked in a ground battle with a talented submissionist. So that along with Mir's propensity to pull off the impossible give this match a certain appeal. Unfortunately Mir has struggled against lumbering power punchers and JDS is a lightning-fast KO machine. Mir's wrestling particularly with trips and throws in the clinch has improved but the speed and elite boxing of JDS should be surgical weapons against Mir. Junior dos Santos by TKO. Staff picking Dos Santos: KJ Anton Grant Tim Brookhouse Fraser Thapa DallasStaff picking Mir: . 1 recs . Bloody Elbow's UFC 146: Junior Dos Santos vs. Frank Mir Event Poster Remember the time . I think that's about to happen again this weekend. Related: . You can check out most of our older event posters . . . 1 recs . by . on . in . is certainly familiar with the art of the rematch. After having edged out a narrow decision win over . to win the UFC lightweight title Edgar granted Penn a rematch and earned a much more emphatic win. He then fought . to a draw in what was already a rematch resulting in them fighting yet again this time with Edgar earning the dramatic knockout victory. Now having lost an exciting competitive fight with . Edgar will be in the role of challenger receiving a second chance. Frankie getting that rematch doesn't seem to sit well with Penn who talked about the situation on MMA Uncensored Live transcribed by . : Honestly I don't think he should have received a rematch. He could make the case for it. He gave me a rematch. He had to give Gray Maynard the rematch because they had a draw. I'd like to see Benson Henderson fight Nate Diaz. Fight someone else. ... I got the rematch some people say it was a close fight or not. Frankie's fight I guess you could have made a case that he did well with Benson. But to me I look at fights -- I don't know who took the guy down more. I don't look at stuff like that. Who woke up in the morning and who was in more pain I think Frankie Edgar was hurt the next morning. Benson told me he Edgar had his 'stunner shades' on. I think he probably got hurt more. . by . on . in . Continuing onward through the bevy of heavyweight match ups on the . pay-per-view we arrive at an encounter between the incomparable twosome: . . Both heavyweights are unique and colorful individuals who do their own thing and make it work -- Nelson is the only oval-shaped top-tier heavyweight rocking a tightly wound mullet; Herman is the only to show up wearing a pink scarf and a brown jumpsuit crafted from human hair. Both heavyweights have been anomalies. Roy "Big Country" Nelson 16-7 couldn't make it through a single UFC fight without Joe Rogan speculating about how much he'd benefit from dropping a few pounds. And the criticism was legit -- in a sport overflowing with phenomenally conditioned athletes and in which every miniscule factor can make a major difference it was hard not to see room for improvement in Nelson's rotund physique. Perching atop the cage and cuddling with his own spare tire was Nelson's signature celebration after a victory but he's been denied that luxury in 3 of his last 4. However after traditionally sneaking in just under the 265-pound limit Nelson has gradually whittled down his frame weighing in at 252-pounds versus . and then 246-pounds against . . Though the unending digs about his appearance got a little exhausting the clamor was well intended as Nelson's heart toughness and talent are entirely indisputable. Other UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir Dissections . . Dave "Pee Wee" Herman 21-3 is an anomaly for his flippant mentality. Fight fans love reckless and exciting fighters who fearlessly take bold risks and Herman has embodied that list of traits to the fullest throughout his entire career. Watching him do battle is like seeing a human wind-up toy that's been cranked to the maximum and then unleashed to boomerang around the cage in a mesmerizing tornado of flying kicks heavy punches and nimble takedowns. While Herman's savage marauding is endearing to the audience and his inherent athleticism carried him through in smaller shows his Octagon debut against . revealed the hazards. Despite a rousing turnaround in the 2nd Herman who wore a wide grin throughout took several clean blows in the 1st and seemed to be surrendering the fight's momentum. The . that showed up against . in his last turn was shockingly composed and almost ... methodical which indicated that he might be experimenting with a more "grown up" strategy. Unfortunately that evolution brought him into new and unfamiliar territory and inevitably played a role in the 2nd-round TKO loss which was just the 3rd of Herman's career and really only his 2nd legit loss since his last defeat was a DQ against . . Continued in the full entry. Poll Big Country vs. Pee Wee Big Country Pee Wee 786 votes . 1 recs . by . on . in . Bloody Elbow will be providing live video and updates when all 24 fighters on the card step on the scaleat today's UFC 146weigh-ins live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas NV.You can catch alive Youtubestream of the weigh-ins belowthe jumpor ifthat doesn't work forsome reason you can view it . . The weigh-ins begin at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The main event is a showdown for the UFC heavyweight title between champion . and challenger . . Join us and share your thoughts as the weigh-ins unfold. Main Card: . vs. . vs. . vs. . vs. . vs. . Preliminary Card: . vs. . vs. . vs. . vs. . vs. . vs. . vs. . by . on . in . Way back on March 8th I wrote a piece asking if UFC 146 was . . Oh my how times have changed. In just two and a half months the card has been completely ravaged to the point that it . . . removal was the crown jewel of destruction but let's just take a look at the main card on March 15th compared to today's before we take a stroll down memory lane to see what got us here. Then: . vs. . Now: . Yes only three men were eliminated from the card Alistair Overeem Gabriel Gonzaga and . . But every single bout was changed because of those three dropping out. Remember the gigantic uproar over Mark Hunt stepping in for Overeem and getting the title shot The #Rally4MarkHunt was the bane of my existence for a few days until . . Can you just imagine if he did lose his mind for a second and gave him the title shot There would have been even more chaos. . More Posts from Bloody Elbow . May 25 2012- 342 comments . May 25 2012- 31 comments . May 25 2012- 39 comments . May 25 2012- 73 comments . May 25 2012- 18 comments . May 25 2012- 40 comments . May 24 2012- 11 comments . May 24 2012- 20 comments . FanPosts Community blog posts and discussion. 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