Welcome 6th Rounders, to my picks and predictions for UFC 116. “Lesnar vs. Carwin” will air Saturday night via pay-per-view beginning at 10 p.m. EDT (Spike prelims @ 9). This card features a main event featuring a champ vs. interim champ HW bout. A solid line-up calls for solid picks, right? Whether you agree or disagree, leave your thoughts by commenting.
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So the previously scheduled (for UFC 105) bout between MMA legend Wanderlei Silva and British star Michael Bisping is back on. The battle will now take place at UFC 110, which will be the promotion’s first trip to Australia.
This match-up comes with a bit of history and turn of events, as we’ve detailed here at 6th-Round.com. Let’s take a quick look at the timeline of how Mr. Silva and Bisping ended up opposite one another for the Oz trip, mates.
July 23rd, 2009 - Michael Bisping possibly facing Wanderlei Silva at …

A light heavyweight match-up between Ultimate Fighter season 1 vet Stephan Bonnar and TUF 8 standout Krzysztof Soszynski will likely be set for the promotion’s first trip to Australia via UFC 110.
Both men are coming off losses, however Bonnar has suffered back-to-back disappointments to Jon Jones and old-timer Mark Coleman. Krzysztof came up short against Brandon Vera in his last outing but hung in there and gave a good performance against the man who’s now taking on Randy Couture at 105.
Bonnar and Soszynski are well-rounded and comfortable going to the …

While Wanderlei Silva and Yoshihiro Akiyama are expected to headline the UFC’s first trip down under, there is another possible bout we’ve caught word of. MMA legend and former PRIDE super star Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (25-7-2) is rumored to be facing “Big” Ben Rothwell (30-7) at UFC 110 in late February.
Cro Cop has struggled in the Octagon after transitioning to the States after a successful career in Japan. Although he’s put together a couple wins over the past couple years here, he has yet to return to form of …

At a recent press conference held in Japan to promote the release of the UFC Undisputed 2009 video game, international fight star and brilliant Judoka Yoshihiro Akiyama (13-1) confirmed he will face Brazilian MMA legend Wanderlei Silva in early 2010.
The match-up is a truly thrilling one with both men seeking their spot on the upper echelons of the middleweight ladder. Akiyama, err “Sexyama” as he’s referred to by adoring fans (and there are plenty of them), bested Alan Belcher at UFC 100. The win raised his stock here in the …