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Time to bust out some bracketology, UFC style.
Brandon Vera and Mauricio Rua stand one side of the bracket. Ryan Bader and Lyoto Machida face off on the other line.
But the winners won't fight each other.
In a UFC twist worthy of a reality show, the winning fighter with the most impressive performance — yes, he'll have to wow the judges — advances to the championship round and becomes the No. 1 contender for the light heavyweight belt.
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"When the fans speak, we listen," White said. "So whoever scores the best win, whoever gets the fans excited by going out there on Saturday and looking the most impressive, he will get the winner of Jones vs. Henderson. It is down to what these four guys do Saturday night in the octagon. Winning isn't enough, they've got to win impressively. Any one of these four fighters can take things into their own hands and make a title shot happen."
In general I like the idea when there is no clear cut guy that should be next in line for a tittle, but I am not sure this case applies. Shogun lost his belt to Jon Jones and if he wins tomorrow he will be 2-1 since then and his one loss came to Hendo in an epic fight. What else does the guy have to do to get a shot back at his tittle? Say Shogun wins by an easy decision and Machida wins by TKO in the 3rd are they going to give Machida a seconds shot before Shogun gets one? A Shogun win should get him an automatic tittle shot in my opinion.
I don't think it's going to come down to that anyway. Shogun usually begins his fights aggressive normally. With this new twist we can expect him to come out blazing right from the start. I hope the long lay-off (what is it 11 months now) doesn't effect him like it has every other time in the past. I want to see a crisp determined Shogun come out take care of business.
Tom Big Cat Erickson Martinsh Egle Eric Butterbean Esch Efrain Escudero Rashad Evans
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