Title Fight and Rematch Slated to Draw Huge Numbers

While both of the championship main events could be considered headliners, the showdown between current champion Brock Lesner and Frank Mir is likely to be the biggest draw of the night.  This is a title match and a rematch that will see grudges from February 2008′s UFC 81 come to light.  Mir came out on top in that fight, winning with his trademark submission moves after he took Lesner out after just a minute and a half into round one.  Lesner left his leg open to Mir, who is a submission specialist – and it cost him the bout.  Lesner’s back for UFC 100 and ready to draw blood; he’s now more experienced and unlikely to make such a beginner’s mistake again.  For that reason, Lesner is considered to be a -240 preferred favorite by UFC odds makers for the fight while Mir’s odds are tabled at +190.

St. Pierre vs. Alves: UFC Welterweight Title Bout

Georges St. Pierre is the reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship Welterweight champion, but not if Thiago Alves has his way in the octagon.  UFC 100 will mark the first time that St. Pierre has had to defend his title since UFC 94 a few months back when he shamed challenger B.J. Penn with a TKO in a match that had to be stopped by the referee in round four.  Penn later went on to allege that St. Pierre covered himself in a slippery Vaseline-like substance before the fight – giving rise to what is known in mixed martial arts sports history as the Vaseline Controversy.  Will Alves “slip away” with the Welterweight title this time? Adoring fans will be fascinated to find out.  Alves is entering the UFC 100 title bout after winning an incredible seven fights consecutively – with five of them by knockout.  (Could be that St. Pierre will get a taste of his own medicine with a TKO by Alves this time around).  Alves’ last fight was at UFC 90 when he took on Josh Koscheck.  Regardless of the momentum that Alves has built up by winning his last seven fights, he is certainly set to square off with a different kind of beast when it comes to St. Pierre, is considered to be among the top three in the pound for pound class in other rankings across the Internet.  Although St. Pierre is the favorite with -300 odds, you cannot completely count Alves down and out – he’s a hefty underdog and will no doubt be throwing out all the stops to take home the title.

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