UFC 143 will be airing live on PPV this Saturday night from Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Events Center at 10pm EST (7pm for Hindes
).
The full fight card will be....
PPV (starting at 10pm EST):Main EventNick Diaz vs. Carlos "The Natural Born Killer" Condit for the interim welterweight title
Roy "Big Country" Nelson vs. Fabricio Werdum
Josh Koscheck vs. Mike Pierce
Renan Barao vs. Scott "Young Guns" Jourgensen
Ed "Short Fuse" Herman vs. Clifford Starks
Fights airing on FX (starting at 8pm EST):Dustin Poirier vs. Max Holloway
Alex "Bruce Leeroy" Caceres vs. Edwin Figueroa
Matt Brown vs. Chris Cope
Matthew Riddle vs. Henry Martinez
Fights airing on Facebook (starting at 7pm EST):Rafael Natal vs. Michael Kuiper
Dan Stittgen vs. Stephen Thompson
I'm hoping Condit can take Diaz out. The Diaz brothers have always struck me as trailer trash punks with big mouths and I'd love to see Condit shut Nick's. I'm not sure if he'll have enough, though, because as much as I hate Diaz, he is one of the top welterweights in the world. He can back up his talk.
I'm rooting for Roy Nelson to beat Werdum because I'm a fat guy too and I like "Big Country". Werdum is no joke as he has a submission victory over Fedor Emelianenko, widely considered the greatest heavyweight of all-time.
Josh Koscheck is an arrogant ass, but he will probably wax Pierce. That won't stop me from pulling for Pierce, though.
You know I'm taking the guy with the "Young Guns" nickname, Scott Jourgensen... he can make you famous! He's a great fighter and will have an excellent bout with Barao. I call fight of the night right here.
I'll round out my PPV picks by taking Herman over the undefeated Starks who I haven't seen yet.