I’m thinking Gray Maynard will win this and be the new UFC lightweight champ.

UFC 125 looks like it should be a great show with some good fights. My picks are:
Gray Maynard over Frankie Edgar
Chris Leben over Brian Stann
Brandon Vera over Thiago Silva
Nate Diaz over Dong Hyun Kim
Takanori Gomi over Clay Guida
Marcus Davis over Jeremy Stephens
Josh Grispi over Dustin Poirier
Phil Baroni over Brad Tavares
Mike Brown over Diego Nunes
Jacob Volkmann over Antonio McKee

I am picking…
Jason Dent over George Sotiropoulos
Caol Uno over Fabricio Camoes
Brock Larson over Brian Foster
Kendall Grove over Jake Rosholt
Ben Saunders over Marcus Davis
Amir Sadollah over Phil Baroni (this was a tough one for me, I really like Baroni, one of the greatest evah.)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira over Luiz Cane
Jacob Volkmann over Paulo Thiago in an unexpect upset.
Anthony Johnson over Josh Koscheck – should be great, and it’s a tough one for me to pick, I tend to think Koscheck is getting KO’d here, but I would actually like to see him win.

and… Tito Ortiz is going to ground and pound Forrest Griffin on his way to another UFC title.

Seriously, Coleman/Rua II was now one of my favorite fights of all the times.. I would pay to see a 3rd..

Joe Silva & Dana White, please keep allowing Coleman to fight whenever he wants to, he is also very entertaining. Dude seriously had the best post-fight interview ever probably since Paul Buentello said “don’t fear me; fear the consequences.” (coincidentally, if Buentello wins his upcoming fight at Affliction, he will hopefully unleash another on of the most terrific quotes of ever).

Back to Coleman, he and Kevin Randleman or Baroni should have their own reality television show.. I would never miss an episode.. it would be the best show since TV..

NYBA “New York Bad Ass” Phil Baroni dropped to Welterweight, and stepped up to win his first fight after 3 losses back-to-back. Baroni went right in for the takedown on his opponent, Scott Jansen, and controlled from side mount, even catching Jansen in a nearly nasty straight armbar from half-guard. Kudos to Jansen for surviving the submission attempt.

The referee stood the fighters up after it appeard like Baroni wasn’t going to finish the fight on the ground. Baroni went brawler with his right hand, landing to the body before going upstairs to Scott Jansen’s chin. Jansen hit the mat hard.

After the fight, Baroni went to check on Jansen and got attacked by one of Jansen’s cornermen, who tried some kind of flying headbutt on Baroni. Don’t forget we have a MMA forum here, sign up and post something! Props to Sherdog forum members “xad” and “Gunt” for the .GIF clips below:

MAY 19th FIGHTER AUTOGRAPH SIGNING @ BEST BUY IN HOLLYWOOD

LOS ANGELES, California –
EliteXC in conjunction with Image Entertainment and Best Buy will be holding an autograph signing with EliteXC superstars on Monday, May 19th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the La Brea Best Buy store in West Hollywood, California.

Fighters scheduled to appear include:
Gina Carano
Frank Shamrock
“The New York Bad Ass” Phil Baroni
Nick Diaz
Jake Shields

DATE AND LOCATION
Monday, May 19th
6:00pm to 8:00pm
BEST BUY
1015 N. La Brea Ave.
West Hollywood, CA 90038

The autograph signing will feature the debut of the first two EliteXC DVD releases: “Destiny” (2-disc set) which showcases Frank Shamrock vs. Renzo Gracie & Gina Carano vs. Julie Kedzie and “Renegade” (2-disc set) which features a lightweight championship match of KJ Noons vs. Nick Diaz & the MMA debut of street-fighting legend, Kimbo Slice.

A free, limited edition EliteXC poster will be available with the purchase of any EliteXC DVD (limited stock on hand).

Fighter appearances are subject to change.