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June 3, 2011

UFC Superfight era begins!

U wanted it! U GOT IT!! With those words a new era in mixed martial arts has begun. UFC President Dana White tweeted those words to his 1.4 million followers on Twitter. “U wanted it! U GOT IT!!! GSP vs DIAZ Oct 29th UFC 137 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.”

This will be the first Superfight between a Strikeforce champion, Nick Diaz, and a UFC champion,  George St. Pierre.

In the words of the Michael Buffer, "Veteran Voice of the Octagon,”: “This is the moment you've all been waiting for,” and finally, “It's time!”

Like many of you, I have begun to match up other fights between Strikeforce and UFC fighters.

Here’s my list:

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Muhammud “King Mo” Lawal (This seems to be personal, but Rampage seems to make everything personal).

Brock Lesnar vs. Antonio “Big Foot” Silva (Brock needs to take on opponents that are his size, not Frank Mir or Randy Couture).

Shane Del Rosario vs. Travis Browne (2 young undefeated fighters).

Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Nick Diaz (This is bad blood).

Gilbert Melendez vs. Frankie Edgar or Gray Maynard (Gilbert believes he is the best lightweight in the world…prove it).

Vitor Belfort vs. Ronaldo Souza.

Alistair Overeem vs. any UFC top 5 heavyweight (Let’s see Overeem shut up his critics, the biggest being White).

I have been critical of White over the years, but lately I have had a change of heart. I have seen him change his mind about upcoming fights, after hearing from his Twitter followers and MMA fans.

Last November, he talked about Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir III. But after hearing that fans were not interested in the fight, he changed his mind. That was a good executive decision for the UFC to not listen to Lesnar on picking his next opponent. Lesnar wrote in his new book Death Clutch, “I beat Frank Mir to a pulp, took him down to the ground, and smashed in his face so bad, the referee had to stop the fight.” So, Brock that’s why you wanted to fight him again, so we can see you smash his face again?

Dana White, thanks for making this Superfight happen, because I don’t think GSP wanted to fight Anderson Silva.

What’s your take on the fight?

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Kevin Richardson has been a fan of mixed martial arts competition ever since UFC 3, when 600-pound sumo wrestler Emmanuel Yarborough was beaten by Keith Hackney. Kevin will cover the world of MMA — in Baltimore, nationally and internationally. He plans to take readers into the locker rooms and MMA schools, where they'll hear from local fighters and trainers. If you have a news tip or suggestions for the blog, please e-mail him.

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