UFC Fights to Look Forward to in 2010

After watching the UFC Best of 2009 last night it made me some of the good fights coming up in the early part of 2010. UFC doesn’t waste much time kicking off the new year. Their first fight is on January 2nd and the headliner is Light Heavyweight bout: Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva. Silva has been taking on some top competition as of late and looks to further his status by beating Rashad Evans. Then nine days later at UFC Fight Night it will be Gray Maynard vs. Nate Diaz.

Then we move on to February for UFC 109: Relentless which will have a Light Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman. This is the first time ever that two UFC Hall of Famers will face each other. This card is stacked with a lot of great fights. There will also be a Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Paulo Thiago, a Light Heavyweight bout: Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs. Brandon Vera, a Welterweight bout: Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg, and a Middleweight bout:Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller. However the UFC is not done in February because they will have another PPV on Sunday Feb. 21 in Australia. The Main Event will be a Heavyweight Bout: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez. This card also more then one good fight. It will also have a Middleweight Bout: Wanderlei Silva vs. Michael Bisping, a Heavyweight Bout: Mirko Filipović vs. Ben Rothwell, and a Light Heavyweight Bout: Keith Jardine vs. Ryan Bader.

As always the cards are always subjected to change. Some other fights to be taking place next year is the rematch between Lyoto Machida and Mauricio Rua for the Light Heavyweight Title. Vitor Belfort will be taking on Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva at some point next year. Then who can forget about Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz 3 which will take place sometime next summer after the Ultimate Fighter 11 is finished airing. Probably the most anticipated fight if it is actually signed will be Rashad Evans vs. Rampage Jackson since there has been bad blood there for awhile now. The biggest question going into 2010 is when will Brock Lesnar fight again? He’s not fought since July and had to have surgery because he got really sick. It’s only a matter of time before Lesnar comes back or an interim Heavyweight Championship bout will be in the works. I will also be curious to see when Kimbo Slice fights again and see who is next opponent is. All these questions and more as we head into 2010. I have a feeling it’s going to be another great year for the UFC.