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Brock is going to murder Mir.

I knew it was Rampage, just said that for fun. Wouldn't expect anything less from him. And Cro Crap is just a rumor right now.

Hughes-Serra is now official for UFC 98, as is Yushin Okami vs. Dan Miller. If Okami wins he could be in line for a title shot. Yet again.

UFC 97 poster is up, here's what we can expect from MM-Eh in April:


These fights are added to UFC 99: Alan Belcher vs. Alessio Sakara, Stefan Struve vs. Denis Stojnic, and Paul Taylor vs. Peter Sobotta.

Finally, here is the just-about-final UFC 98 card:
Prelims:
James Irvin vs. Drew McFedries
Phillipe Nover vs. Kyle Bradley
Tim Hague vs. Patrick Barry
Andre Gusmao vs. Houston Alexander
Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Brandon Wolff
George Roop vs. David Kaplan
PPV:
Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Wilson (rumored)
Sean Sherk vs. Frankie Edgar
Yushin Okami vs. Dan Miller
Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra
Main Event: UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar vs. UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir for the Undisputed Heavyweight Title

Dong Hyun Kim is reportedly close to a new 2-year, 4-fight deal with UFC. He'd make $29,000 per fight, $32,000 if he wins. Kim, expected to next fight in May or June, is 2-1 in UFC.

Dana also confirmed that the 96 main event Saturday will determine Rashad Evans' first title challenger. If rampage wins, he gets the shot. If Jardine wins, Ryoto (Lyoto) Machida gets the shot.

96 weigh-ins are tomorrow (Friday) at 4 PM ET. Live streaming video is scheduled to be on ufc.com and maybe Weekly.

UFC will run an event in Philly before the end of the year. No date mentioned but obviously it wouldn't be before probably September.

2 more fights set for UFC 99: Terry Etim vs. Justin Buchholz (Take 2, was planned for 99 before Buchholz had to pull out due to a staph infection) and Marcus Davis vs. Dan Hardy.

Made my UFC 98 picks, nearly forgetting about them again :

Jardine over Rampage by 2nd round KO
Gonzaga over Carwin by last second buzzer beater... and a 1st round submission
Day over Grove by 1st round KO
Miller over Maynard by 3rd round submission
Vera over Patt by split decision
Riley over Nelson by unanimous decision
Boetsch over Britz by 1st round KO
Muñoz over Hamill by 3rd round KO
Sell over Brown by 2nd round submission
McCrory over Madigan by 1st round KO

Yeah, I posted here after the Frank Mir thread, with UFC 98 on my mind. Oops

Jardine over Rampage by 2nd round KO
Gonzaga over Carwin by 1st round KO
Day over Grove by 1st round KO
Miller over Maynard by 3rd round submission
Vera over Patt by split decision
Riley over Nelson by 3rd round submission
Boetsch over Britz by unanimous decision
Hamill over Munoz by split decision
Sell over Brown by 2nd round submission
McCrory over Madigan by 1st round submission

Kendall Grove vs. Jason Day, loser leaves UFC? Keep your word and then some Dana, get rid of the lemons. None of the fighters that competed at Middleweight from TUF 3 have been worth a damn. We saw such talent come from that season such as "running man" Kalib Starnes, "all talk, no show" Ed Herman and your lemon champion, Kendall Grove.

Only two who turned out decent were Matt Hamill and the boring Brit, Michael Bisping.

Fuuuuuuuuuu. I hate that stupid taunt as well.

WAR HAMILL! That one still surprised me, didn't see that coming.

And we've got our new 98 main event: Rashad Evans vs. TBA for the UFC Light Heavyweight Title.

And no need for the spoiler now, Grove has delivered some PUNISHMENT! Dig that grave because Doomsday has come for Jason, next up is Das Boot.