This is a little late, but I was working on my BLOG and this hit me............

There is a huge amout of anti-wrestling talk going around at the moment. Fighters and fans are both voicing their feelings about what they think to be wrestlers holding down fighters on route to a boring victory.

I'm a fan of wrestling in MMA, but in the words of Dan Hardy,

"damn, this is awesome... he is holding the shit out of him!"

It's great to see the UFC reward a wrestler, Cheal Sonnen, who along with Anderson Silva gave everything he had and together they had one of the best fights so far this year get rewarded with an instant rematch.

What a great message that sends out to other fighters. Give 110% and have an exciting fight and we will reward you!

Top marks for the UFC!

Doing some work on my BLOG!

And I came up with this.........

At the moment we have.....

Lightweight - Frankie Edgar - WRESTLER

Welterweight - GSP - WRESTLER

Middleweight - Anderson Silva

Light Heavyweight - Mauricio Rua

Heavyweight - Brock Lesnar - WRESTLER

New lightweight champion, Frankie Edgar, will make his first defence against fellow wrestler Gray Maynard. Maynard is a monster at lightweight. He has the wrestling and strength to beat anyone in the lightweight division. Maynard already holds a win over Edgar. Both fighters are wrestlers and wrestling wins no matter who wins.

I'm not even going to waste my time talking about GSP and if the UFC middleweight title will be under the control of a wrestler.

Anderson Silva is a legend in MMA and has had a great run a middleweight champion. Which fighters have given him the hardest time? Dan Henderson was the first fighter in the UFC to take a round from Anderson. While Henderson was using his wrestling base he was winning the fight. Henderson comes out for 2nd and tries to strike with Anderson and ends up losing the fight. Could Dan Henderson had won the fight if he had stuck to using his wrestling?

We all saw what happen between Cheal Sonnen and Anderson. If Sonnen had fought a smarter 5th round he could be the middleweight champion today. He had given Anderson a beating for 4 rounds. Sonnen and Anderson are due for a re-match and as we have seen that Sonnen has the skill set to beat Anderson.

Mauricio Rua has beaten three wrestlers during his MMA career. Were they well trained MMA wrestlers? Coleman and Randleman are not known for their striking or subs. They came into MMA with just they high level wrestling and have not looked to improve their general MMA skills. Rampage just likes to stand and bang and might use a big slam now and again.

I would say that Coleman, Randleman and Rampage are not well trained MMA wrestlers that come in with a well thought out MMA game plan.

Rashad Evans is what I would consider as a well trained MMA fighter who would come in with a good game plan to beat Rua.

Is a stand up fighter going to beat Rua?

Is a BBJ fighter going to beat Rua?

Or is someone who can take Rua down and control him stands the best chance of beating him? Rashad Evans  is a MMA trained wrestler that has the skill set to be able to do that to Rua.

At Heavyweight, the top dog is also another wrestler. Brock Lesnar won the UFC heavyweight title within 4 fights and has defended his title twice. That's a fast track to UFC gold. How did he get there so fast? Is he a world class striker or sub fighter? Many experts have Lesnar ranked as their best heavyweight in the world and he got there based on his wrestling base. Just being big, strong and fast won't win you the belt. Just ask Bob Sapp.

The two fighters that stand the best chance of beating Brock are Cain Velasquez and Shane Carwin and both  are wrestlers.

If Roy Nelson could grab his leg, then Brock, Cain and Carwin would be able to take Junior dos Santos down. Frank Mir was useless on the ground against Brock in their 2nd fight. Would dos Santos be able to offer more of a fight if he went to the ground against Brock, Cain or Carwin?

I think you might have to look outside the UFC to find a HW that could win the belt and not have wrestling as his main skill.

How would Fedor do in the land of the giants? Like Rua, Fedor has beaten both Coleman and Randleman. Has Fedor beaten a wrestler yet then has come from a top MMA camp? Please don't say Lindland. Matt Lindland made his name as a middleweight. I think Brock, Cain and Carwin all have the talent to beat the GOAT heavyweight fighter. Brock would get the TD on Fedor and I can't see Fedor being able to sweep him.

Alistair Overeem is another heavyweight fighter that could take the belt away from the wrestlers at heavywight. My problem with Overeem is that he has failed in MMA every time he has come up against a top fighter. He never got to the top of the mountain at light heavyweight and is yet to test himself against the best at heavyweight.

And what does the future hold? Greg Jackson, DeathClutch/Brock Lesnar and AKA are all looking to bring in top NCAA talent and train them into top MMA fighters.

I'm watching the countdown show for this weekend's UFC and doing some work on my BLOG!

And a question hit me....

Why didn't James Toney go to an elite MMA gym to get himself ready for Randy?

From what I saw his main trainer for this fight has trained no big names in MMA. His main claim to fame is that he has worked with the FBI.

You would of thought that Toney would of tried to work with best to give himself the best chance of winning.

During the countdown show, Randy more or less said he is looking to TD Toney asap and from what I saw Toney has not worked on much to stop Randy from doing that

I'm watching some old PRIDE DVDs and doing some work on my BLOG!

And a question hit me, how would Kazushi Sakuraba have done in today's UFC middleweight division?

I was a huge fan of Kazushi Sakuraba when he was on top form during his run in PRIDE. He had heart, subs and a great single leg takedown.

He had some big wins over Vitor Belfort, 'Rampage' Jackson, Ken Shamrock, Kevin Randleman and Royce Gracie.

And he also showed great heart in his loses to Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic and Wanderlei Silva.

I think he would of done pretty well! Where would you rank him? Top 10 or even top 5? Could he give Anderson a fight?

I was watching some old UFCs and doing some work on my blog -  http://mmaandme.blogspot.com/  

And a question hit me......

How would Prime Ken Shamrock do against Tito Ortiz?

Post prime Ken Shamrock did not do very well against Tito Ortiz.

The Ken that Tito beat was well past his prime. His years in the WWE and PRIDE had really taken it's toll on Ken.

I would even argue that Ken was more well rounded before he went to the WWE. By the time UFC 40 came along he had lost his speed and power and could only box. He TD defence had gone and so had his sub game.

We will never know who would of won, but I do know that Prime Ken would of given Tito a much harder fight than past his prime Ken was able to give him. Anyone else have any thoughts?

I was doing some work on my blog - http://mmaandme.blogspot.com - and thinking about this weekends UFC and a question hit me.

Has Sonnen put to much pressure on himself? He has done a great job of building up the fight between himself and Anderson Silva, but now he has to live up to everything he has said during the last couple of months. Could this effect him when he finally steps up to fight Silva?

I was chilling with my baby boy yesterday and doing some stuff on my blog - MMA and ME! 

I just want to see Brock and Fedor fight and I would feel pretty cheated if this fight did not happen. I'm still gutted we never got to see Randy Vs Fedor. Mega fights don't come along that often, but when then do you have to do everything in your power to make them happen.

This is MMA's Ali Vs Foreman.

The build up would be magic and I'm pretty sure it would set PPV records for MMA.

Question - Will this fight happen?

I hope it does and I would just sit back and enjoy the fight.