This Saturday night in California promises fireworks. That’s because UFC 121 is offering up a top-notch cast in drool-worthy matchups. The main event of the evening, for instance, has Brock Lesnar putting his heavyweight title up for grabs against the dreaded Cain Velasquez. Who will walk out with the belt?
GRACIEMAG.com isn’t sitting on the fence and offers up the newsroom’s predictions for the fights on the live pay-per-view card. Opinions varied, between the nine who posted their bets this times around. In some of the predictions there was a split in the wagers, like the one between Tito Ortiz and Matt Hammill, with “Bad Boy” Tito taking just one of the votes.
In the bout between debuting Jake Shields and Martin Kampmann, there was unanimity favoring the Cesar Gracie black belt. There was also a split as to the main event, but the majority predict Cain Velasquez will be the new champion.
How about you, reader, who on the main card do you have winning?
Check out the scorecard and don’t skip leaving your opinion below:
Cain Velásquez dethrones Brock Lesnar 6 to 3
Jake Shields 9 to 0 Martin Kampmann
Paulo Thiago 6 to 3 Diego Sanchez
Tito Ortiz 5 to 4 Matt Hamill
Gabriel Napão 6 to 3 Brendan Schaub