UFC 111

Are you ready??  I can't wait!  My predictions are Carwin by knockout over Mir and GSP over Hardy.  I'm not selling Mir or Hardy short, but I have faith in my two guys.  I'm a huge fan of both Georges St. Pierre and the undefeated Shane Carwin.  I think this is an awesome fight card!

• This is the first time a British fighter has competed for a UFC title
• Martin Kampmann was replaced by Jake Ellenberger due to a deep cut that Kampmann suffered in training, but Thiago Alves was removed from the card due to an irregularity from a pre-fight CAT scan.  Ben Saunders, who was scheduled to fight Jake Ellenberger, asked that Jon Fitch replace Ellenberger. As a result, Ellenberger will not compete in that match but was promised his fees since it was a last minute switch.
• UFC airbrushed Hardy's tattoo on the promotional poster.  The tattoo reads "om mani padme hum" and Dana White said it was done to keep from offending the Chinese government
 

Preliminary Card

* Welterweight bout: Matthew Riddle vs. Greg Soto

* Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares vs. Tomasz Drwal

* Light Heavyweight bout: Rodney Wallace vs. Jared Hamman

Spike TV Card

* Welterweight bout: Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Brown

* Catchweight bout: Nate Diaz vs. Rory Markham (Catchweight is a weight that two fighters agree on; in this case, it's 177 lbs)

Main Card

* Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs. Mark Bocek

* Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Ben Saunders

* Lightweight bout: Kurt Pellegrino vs. Fabricio Camoes

* Interim Heavyweight Championship bout: Frank Mir vs. Shane Carwin


* Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St. Pierre vs. Dan Hardy

Thiago Alves pulled from UFC 111

Thiago Alves just got pulled from the Fitch fight because of an irregular CAT scan.  Ben Saunders from The Ultimate Fighter called and asked Dana for the fight.  Dana said yes, and said that if Saunders wins against Fitch, he'll give him a title shot against GSP.  Crazy!