UFC 118 press conference photos gallery for 'Edgar vs Penn 2'

Size isn’t everything and they will both have a huge speed and striking advantage over Brock as well as good cardio (moreso Cain) so they won’t gas after the first 3 minutes a la Carwin. They’re both very real threats to Brock’s belt and I honestly believe that both guys should have received shots before the likes of Carwin and Mir (who seemingly got fastracked to the interim belt because they bashed Brock not because they’re the best).

As for Brock’s early title shot I don’t have a problem with that because Mir and Nog were already set to fight for the interim belt and were filming TUF when Randy returned, so someone else had to fight for the title. It was either Brock or Werdum and whilst Fabricio was unlucky to miss out and certainly did because of marketablity factors rather than record and talent, there is still a good case for Brock to have gotten the shot as well (destroying Herring who Nog squeaked by to earn an interim shot, giving Mir a beating before losing after a dodgy ref call which earnt Frank an interim shot) so I don’t see the problem with making those fights.

Yes Cain and Junior have had to wait too long for their crack at the belt and certainly they should have faced each other for the next shot to determine one undisputed contender but at least they are both set to get their shots now. The HW division is a lot more stable and fair than it is in any other promotion in MMA (especially SF) or even boxing (just look at the crappy title fights being booked for proof of that e.g. Vitali-Briggs, Haye-Harrison).

It’s an international sport and is played in many different places including countries where social problems like racism and rioting are common. This is not caused by football, the sport simply reflects the social attitudes and climate of the area it is played. You can’t label a sport for having problems just because some areas in which it was played has these problems.

you see the problem with they’re way of going about things in America is to promote the company over the sport, like (NFL, NHL, MLS, MLB) and if you look a little closer into it, you’ll see a couple of things, but the main thing is that it’s so much about business and the company making money and growing that it chokes out the whole sport. Where in other sports and other countries you promote the athletes and the best clubs/athletes makes the most money by performing the best, and they also get to play in the big league. In america you have all the cities with big money joining, just because they happen to have money.