That being said I think Tim Sylvia is going to beat Fedor. And that makes me sad because I really wanted to see Couture fight him. I think Fedor hasn’t fought a top contender since he faced a very game Cro Cop and Fedor will have to battle a striker in Sylvia thats just as dangerous as Cro Cop but heavier and harder to out muscle. And seeing Timmah beat the #1 HW in the world is going to stir up the HW division like the LHW division has been, leaving all sorts of questions as to who really is the best.

Josh Barnett is the former UFC Champ and he beat the current UFC Champ, now I am not personally a big fan of his but if not for inactivity he would be in the top 5.

Tim Sylvia as we all know is a boring fighter but he wins and is it wasn’t for him choking under the pressure of fighting one of his idols Nogueira he would have won that fight, I say this and I am a Nog fan.

Then you have Ben Rothwell the IFL Heavyweight Champ, Fedor’s brother Alexander who is an excellent striker, Pedro Rizzo another striker who has gone down in form but is still winning fights for other organizations.

Not to mention the rumors about Ben Rothwell’s opponent which is tentatively rumored as Arlovski.

The only reason Couture is not on the card is because of the court wrangling which the other day took a huge jump forward with the announcement that there would be a summary decision on his contract June 2nd.. Affliction has stated that Randy would fight later on in the year if cleared to fight, and this is basically a Heavyweight tournament to crown a king, if that doesn’t excite you then I am not sure what will.

This is the cream of the crop of the heavies.. the only one that might not participate that should be the is Nog.

Finally we will get an answer to who are the best heavies out there since Rothwell won a decision with Big Country Nelson, and all of the others have been Champs of the UFC and of Pride.

The Heavy and Middleweight Divisions are the weakest in talent for the UFC. Look who they pitted Nog for the next title Mir who to his credit has rehabbed his injury but a win over a rookie should not catapult you to a title shot after you lost two fights to others already in the UFC that was definitely a Homer decision.

Except for this weekends card which is stacked with Light heavy goodness and excitement all the other UFC cards are weak.

Any card outside of Vegas is a hoax.. look at Montreal behind the headline fight there was little although to their credit many put on a great show..

look at the card in the UK.. it would have been Liddell vs Rua then what Matt Hughes pummeling Alves?

UFC puts out one or two good fights a card the others are all the guys fighting for scraps.. why because it is highly profitable that way..

Besides this UFC 84 the only other two good cards of the year except for possibly December UFC will be Affliction shows..

The money that they are forking out for this show Fedor, Sylvia, Barnett, Rothwell, Arlovski, Lindland they could hold 3 UFC cards.. Affliction I don’t think stands to make allot from this event but are hoping to sell the merchandise to take a strangle hold on the market..

Next time you are looking at a T-shirt rack remember that because they are giving you what the UFC wouldn’t a stacked card.. and you can count on a Fedor/Couture fight which the UFC refused to pay for.

Maybe some of you gentlemen don’t appreciate that part of this event..

You’ve got all these other organizations out there …Cage Rage – Elite Xc – Bodog …..etc etc and then you’ve got the private UFC company. Weird situation in MMA …I wonder how all this will evolve ????????????

hahahahaha…ok…maybe I could see Arod=Fedor since he is ranked #1 at Hvywght…but who would then be the kobe and the jordan? Sylvia and Barnett? PLEASE…You have the #1 HW…you have a name in Sylvia who is declining big time… you have Babalu who is a name, thats it…couldnt beat anyone in UFC anymore…until they get more fighters, this is an avg roster at best… but I could see them signing Couture..and Tito….THEN you can maybe through out that comment…but until then…sign some more fighters!!