Andre, because of some of his recent appearance in “The Ultimate Fighter 9”, he is a fan favorite. In that program, he was a finalist but he hopes to move up in the world. To this point in his career, he has fought 14 fights and he has lost just three of them. In the UFC, he has spent 3 of those fights. He has had a fair amount of success in those fights, to this point. He lost one in his time in the UFC and he has won 2 fights.

To this point, Nik Lentz has had a fantastic career. Lentz has been tough to beat over the course of his career and he is known for his Midwest heritage. He has only lost three times in his 23 career fights. In his MMA career, he has compiled a record of 18-3-2. to this point, he has yet to lose a fight in the UFC.

He has managed two victories and another tie, out of his three career matches. In order to push his career towards main card portion of these UFC events, he would love to have a big victory here. In a non-televised portion of the UFC Fight Night 21 event was his last victory. Over Rob Emerson, he had an impressive decision victory.

At UFC 118, these two fighters will certainly try to prove their worth.

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Diaz was recently on a poor streak and couldn’t seem to snap out of his slump. He was the former winner of “The Ultimate Fighter 5” and had a lot of support and fanfare as he came along. Unfortunately amid the fan fare he went on a streak where he dropped 3 out of 4 fights. He recently decided to make a change and to move up to a new weight class. In his new 170 lb weight class he made a splash.

In his first fight in the 170 lb weight class he managed to get a first round TKO against Rory Markham. This will be his first fight since that victory and many people will be hoping to see him bring his game back up to the level that it was once at.

Marcus Davis had a similarly poor streak recently. He had lost back to back fights and it appeared that he was on his way down. Davis managed to turn away the doubt. In his last match he managed to get a 2nd round TKO over Jonathan Goulet. This victory snapped his streak and put him onto the right path heading into UFC 118.

Tune in as these fighters square off and try to keep along the right path and don’t forget to check out the latest UFC 118 odds.

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In their recent match, Edgar was able to take home the victory. This victory made him the champion of the UFC Lightweight division. The fight was an interesting fight. Normally there is a lot of excitement and great fighting taking place in a championship bout.

Unfortunately the fight wasn’t extremely exciting between these two fighters.

Penn was a little bit on the slow side compared to his usual self and really did not show forth his best effort. Edgar fought well, but certainly did not bring any earth shattering moves into the match. In the end the fight was extremely close. The closeness of the fight is probably the reason for the rematch in UFC 118.

The key and question in this fight will be Penn. Penn is clearly a talented fighter. Many people even know Penn as “The Prodigy.” Unfortunately Penn just did not show up in their last fight. If Penn comes with his best effort then you can expect a great match between Edgar and Penn when this match rolls around.

Edgar has all of the tools and he will need to bring them if he hopes to retain his belt. He has only lost once in his career to this point and it can be assured that he has no intention of losing this fight against Penn.

There is plenty of time so make sure you place your UFC bet on this fight

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Having fought in the past these two fighters have been looking for a rematch for a very long time. In their first bout Thiago Alves fell to Jon Fitch and since then there have been 3 different fights scheduled in attempts to get these two fighters together again but none of them materialized. Assuming nothing goes wrong this time the two fighters will finally take part in their rematch on the 4th attempt.

Alves once climbed near the top of the sport and was a top contender in the welterweight class, looking forward to a shot at the belt. As of late he has been injury prone and even needed to correct some brain issues. Will his health issues become a problem as the two fighters square off in August?

Putting up long stretches without losing fights Jon Fitch has all of the tools necessary to fight with anyone out there and when he is at his best he is one of the top fighters in the sport. However, just like Fitch, Alves has strung together long stretches of awesome fights in his career.

It is difficult to tell what will happen in this rematch as these fighters have each grown and evolved a lot in their time since their last matchup 3 years ago.

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Clay Guida had recently had a small losing streak of 2 fights before snapping that little losing streak in his last fight. At his last fight he put away his opponent with an impressive submission move. The move was so impressive that it earned him a “Submission of the Night” award and bonus. This sort of momentum will be a key for him as he takes off against Dos Anjos.

Rafael Dos Anjos has been very hot as of late. He has managed to win his last 3 matches and has looked impressive in each of them. One of the fights was particularly noteworthy. Dos Anjos, like Guida, recently won a “Submission of the Night” award. Dos Santos lost his first two matches in the UFC, but he has been great since overcoming his slow start and looks like he is feeling comfortable in the UFC now.

These fighters have both shown that they can put their opponents away via submission so it will be a battle of positioning throughout this match as they resist the attempts of their opponent to bend them around in a favorable position.

The styles of these two fighters will be interesting as they square off. Look for a solid fight as these fighters both try to prove that they are on their way up in the UFC betting.

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Winning his last three fights Chael Sonnen is fighting at the highest level of his career. Touting his abilities Sonnen insists that he will be more than a challenge for Silva and this is a big factor in getting him ready for this match. I think we all know how Silva will react to this trash talk in the cage.

His 26-4 career mixed martial arts record proves Anderson Silva is a great champion. Even though he has lost 4 fights over the course of his career, it has been around 4 years since Silva has lost a fight. For most of his matches Silva has proven himself to be one of those fighters that can find a way to win his fights one way or another.

The winner of this fight will be the new UFC Heavyweight champion and you know that this fight will be in all of the conversations surrounding UFC 117 and has the makings of being one that will be talked about long after wards.

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With only fought 5 career mixed martial arts fights in his career to this point Lesnar has won 4 out of his 5 matches including a 3-1 record to date in the UFC. Known for his powerful attack Lesnar is the type of guy that will come hard and heavy at his opponent with huge swings looking for an early knockout. With such powerful fists his strikes are known for shattering his opponents.

Of the two Carwin is by far the more experienced fighter. He has fought 12 fights in his mixed martial arts career and he has not lost a single fight to this point, including his four victories in the UFC – amazing. In spite of his impressive experience, which should give him the advantage, he will be in for a tough match against Lesnar.

Nobody wants to underestimate the power of Lesnar but Carwin is probably the favourite. This fight is probably one for the ages as these two fighters will more than likely go toe to toe like only really big fighters can.

The key for victory for either fighter will be to stay upright. As can be expected whichever fighter gets knocked down will get trounced on with Thor like hammer blows as soon as he is down on the mat.

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These two fighters have an opportunity to show everyone what they are about and should display the different paths that brought them here. Silva is an extremely experienced mixed martial arts fighter and he has won 33 matches in his career while losing just 10. While these numbers are impressive it is important to note that he has only managed a record of 3-5 in his UFC career. While this success suggests that this level might be a bit overwhelming for him but to his credit, many of his losses have been to solid fighters. Still it is difficult to overlook a 3-5 record.

Akiyama has not lost a fight since March of 2005 and sports a 13-1 career record in mixed martial arts fights and has not fought in a year but will return to the sport well rested and healthy. His last fight earned him a “Fight of the Night” award and his return to the UFC has been much anticipated especially after his decision win over Avan Belcher last July.

It is difficult to gauge where Akiyama is at with just one fight in the UFC but he has an impressive career record. This fight should prove be a good measure of what we can expect from him in the future.

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George Sotiropoulos career record includes 12 wins out of his 14 total fights making him pretty successful though out his career. George’s star potential is on the rise as he has really been able to dominate his opponents in recent fights.

With the exception of his most recent win by decision he had not allowed a fight to go to decision in a long time. You never know what will happen if you let your opponent stick around until the end so look to him to continue fighting this way.

Kurt Pellegrino is not as much of a big name fighter as his opponent is but he has really been great on the mat as of late and has a unique opportunity in this fight to improve his stock. Kurt has the ability to set up his play and if he is able to dictate the pace of the match than he will definitely have a shot of upsetting his opponent.

An upset for Pellegrino would be huge as Sotiropoulos is considered to be a title contender. Pellegrino has the opportunity to kick Sotiropoulos out of contention with a victory here and if his victory is impressive even he could even find himself in talks surrounding an outside shot at the title.

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This rematch has the potential to be one of the most exciting fights in recent history as these two fighters have gone in different directions recently. It will be interesting to see if recent history plays a part in the outcome of this matchup.

Krzysztof Soszynski has been finding a way to win matches in whatever way he can and has been on a great streak for the past little while. Of his last 8 matches he has managed to win 7 of them and this kind of momentum can help a fighter like him maintain the attitude that it is his fight to lose.

Stephan Bonnar, we have seen what he is capable of, even in his fight at UFC 110. He battled through that one, but was not able to finish the fight. Even though he lost partly due to a cheap head butt it is difficult to excuse him for all of his past struggles as he has been on a bit of a slide lately. Having lost his last three matches Bonnar needs to win this one if he hopes to turn around his current trend.

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