Boxing vs. UFC/MMA

Whats up I am back again with another blog this time about the two main combat sports in the world, boxing and MMA/UFC, which is incredibly poignant because next saturday the UFC is putting on a PPV in Dallas while on the same night there will be a boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez and although I think the UFC card Saturday is weak for recent standards and that the Mayweather fight will have more buys, I still strongly believe that the UFC and MMA is the fastest growing sport in the world and has surpassed boxing as the most popular fight sport in the world for a variety of reasons. First of all boxing relies on two active guys to have a big PPV Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao while the UFC has had 8 guys main event cards which have gone over a million buys and gets nearly 600,000 buys for almost all of its monthly pay per views.Next is the fact that the UFC is clearly the king of MMA and the champion in the UFC is in all cases but 1 the consensus best fighter at that wieght class, while in Boxing there are like 10 different organizations each with their own champion so the fans have hard time truly knowing who is the best. Also MMA is bigger then boxing and is one of the 2 most popular sports in countries such as Canada, Brazil, England, Japan, Russia and many more. To prove my point a UFC fighter, Georges St. Pierre, was named the most popular athlete in Canada, by the fans, over the likes of Sydney Crosby and Steve Nash while another UFC fighter, Michael Bisping, was named the most popular athlete in the UK by the fans over the likes of Wayne Rooney and David Beckham. Another fact to back up my point is that a UFC event earned the highest gate in Pennsylvania history over any Steelers, Phillies, Eagles, Penguins, or Sixers game. The Last fact that in the fight capital of the world, Las Vegas, UFC 100 holds the record for the fastest sell out in the cities history. So no matter which sport you think is bigger and more popular there is one thing we can agree with and that is the UFC and boxing are here to stay.

NFL Preview 2009-2010

The countdown is on less then 30 hours until the Steelers and Titans kick off the NFL season and I am here with my predictions for every teams record, the major awards, the playoffs, who will win the Lombardi trophy so lets get started.
AFC North
1. Pittsburgh 14-2 (1 seed)
2. Baltimore 13-3 WC (5 seed)
3. Cincy 7-9
4. Browns 5-11
That was tough to write being a ravens fan but the Steelers schedule is so much easier then Baltimore's Baltimore plays the Colts and Pats and visits the Chargers and Packers while Pittsburgh plays the Dolphins and titans and hosts the Chargers and Packers
AFC South
1. Colts 12-4 (#2 seed)
2.Texans 11-5 WC (6 seed)
3. Titans 10-6
4. Jags 3-13
AFC West
1. Chargers 12-4 (#3 seed)
2. Denver 5-11
3. Kansas City 4-12
4. Oakland 2-14
AFC East
1. Patriots 11-5 (4 seed)
2.Dolphins 9-7
3. Bills 5-11
4. Jets 4-12
NFC South
1.Panthers 12-4 (#2 seed)
2.Falcons 11-5 WC (5 seed)
3.Saints 10-6
4. Bucs 1-15
NFC East
1. Cowboys 11-5 (4 seed)
2. Eagles 11-5 (6 seed)
3.Giants 9-7
4. Redskins 7-9
NFC West
1.Cardinals 12-4 (3 seed)
2. Seattle 10-6
3. 49ers 5-11
4. Rams 2-14
NFC North
1. Packers 13-3 (1 seed)
2. Vikings 10-6
3. Chicago 3-13
4. Detroit 2-14
AWARDS:
MVP: Aaron Rodgers
Offensive POY: Aaron Rodgers
Defensive POY: Ray Lewis
Offensive ROY: Beanie Wells
Defensive ROY: Brian Cushing
Coach of the Year: Norv Turner
Comeback Player of the Year: Matt Schaub
Suprise Team: Green Bay/Houston
Dissapointment: Chicago
Playoffs
Wild Card round
Ravens over Pats 24-20
Chargers over Texans 20-13
Dallas over Atlanta 31-24
Arizona over Philly 34-27
Divisional round
Ravens over Steelers 17-13
Chargers over Colts 31-27
Arizona over Carolina 27-24
Green Bay over Dallas 23-17
Conference Championship round
Ravens over Chargers 20-17
Green Bay over Arizona 27-20
Super Bowl
Ravens over Packers
27-21 MVP Flacco

September Baseball Preview

There is about a month left in the season and I am back to give you my predictions for the division and wild card races in both Leagues as well as the major awards in both leagues and How I see the Playoffs going.
AMERICAN LEAGUE:
AL EAST: Yankees (Best record in AL)
AL Central: Tigers (# 3 seed)
AL West: Angels (#2 seed)
Wild Card: Red Sox (#4 seed)
NATIONAL LEAGUE:
NL East: Phiilies (#3 seed)
NL Central: Cardinals (#2 seed)
NL West: Dodgers (Best record in NL)
Wild Card: Rockies (#4 seed)
AWARDS
AL MVP: Derek Jeter
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL CY Young: Justin Verlander
NL Cy Young: Chris Carpenter
AL Rookie of the Year: Elvis Andrus
NL Rookie of the Year: J.A Happ
AL Manager of the Year: Mike Scioscia
NL Manager of the Year: Jim Tracy
PLAYOFFS
AL Divisional Series
NYY over Det in 5
LAA over Bos in 5
NL Division Series
STL over COL in 3
PHI over LAD in 7
ALCS
LAA over NYY in 7
NLCS
STL over Phi in 6
WORLD SERIES
STL over LAA in 6 MVP: Pujols
Next Week: NFL Preview

College Football Preview

Im so excited College Football season is right around the corner (Starts Thursday) I am here with a previews and prediction for each conference, the BCS games (including the national championship game), and the Heisman trophy race.
The Big East is the weakest of the BCS conferences with no preseason top 25 teams in the entire conference but I see Rutgers winning the conference because they get most other conteders at home.
The ACC is the most even conference in the BCS with 1o of the 12 teams making Bowls last year and i expect more of the same with Florida State winning the Atlantic and Georgia Tech winning the coastal due to the fact that they host the Hokies and then beating FSU to win the ACC.
The Big Ten will come down to two teams Ohio State and Penn State who meet in Happy Valley on November 7th, where I see Ohio State getting revenge for last year and beating Penn State to win the Big Ten.
The Pac 10, which has been dominated by USC this decade, will see a new king this year as Cal beats USC in Berekly to win the Pac 10.
The Big 12 will again be dominated by high powered offense and the southern division which will be a three team race between Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas which I see Oklahoma winning and beating Big 12 North Champion Kansas in the Big 12 title game.
The SEC will be very competitive especially in the West where Ole Miss will beat out Alabama and LSU to win the West and face the SEC East champion Florida in the SEC title game with Florida coming out on top.
Also Boise State will run the table and earn a BCS birth
When it comes to the Heisman I see the three finalists from last year (Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, and Colt McCoy) being the finalist again with Colt McCoy winning the trophy largely due to the fact that voters have shown a tendency to not want to give some a second Heisman.
The BCS bowls will be as followed:
Rose- Ohio State over Cal
Fiesta- Texas over USC
Sugar- Boise State over Ole Miss
Orange- Georgia Tech over Rutgers
National Championship- Oklahoma over Florida.
Later this Week: Baseball blog