UFC Fight Night 26: some fights and fighters of note

WHO

isn't excited to watch

THE DEMOLITION MAN

get in the ring with rising heavyweight Travis Browne?  Plenty of

BANG

and

BOOM

for your buck as Browne will likely choose to keep it standing against the the former K-1 kickboxing champion.  It's hard to imagine this fight ending in anything less than a

KO

or

TKO

by knees or a guillotine with Allstair Overeem coming out on top.



Lights, camera,

ACTION

it's time to watch perennial title contender

THE CALIFORNIA KID

take on future bantamweight stud Yuri Alcantara.  Experience should win out but the young Brazilian is so

FIERCE

the ref might yell

"Cut!"

before Faber's scene is even over.



Where in the

HELL

did Matt Brown come from?  Possibly a long way if he has indeed been dealing with factors outside of the Octagon.  So why not match one entertaining fighter with another entertaining fighter who somehow, someway keeps winning while rocking the UFC's sweetest

MULLET.



Who can forget the tidal wave of

HYPE

built in the wake of Uriah Hall's razing path through the Ultimate Fighter house to the final match only to

FIZZLE

under the smothering wrestling of Kevin Gastelum?  A highlight reel KO against John

DOOMSDAY

Howard wouldn't hurt and might just re-start that bandwagon.



One guy you watch regardless of who he fights is Joe

LAUZON

who has racked up more

FIGHT OF THE NIGHT

bonuses than just about anyone else in the Octagon.  Whether it's a submission, a KO, TKO- going either way- only two of his 30 fights have ever gone to a decision.  His nickname should be Joe
NOT BORING
Lauzon.



And who can forget Irish striker Conor McGregor who's footwork and saavy front kicks set up his

COUNTERPUNCHES

where he does his dirtiest deeds.  Can he

WRESTLE,

you might ask?  We won't find out how mixed his martial arts can be this Saturday, but we should get a nice display of the sweet science.

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