Watch the UFC 93 live online / UFC 93: Franklin vs Henderson live online streaming when the mixed martial arts event is held by the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday, January 17, 2009. The main even will feature light heavyweight Rich Franklin, a former UFC middleweight champion, and Dan Henderson, welterweight champion. Aside from this bout, another anticipated match up is the co- main event of UFC 93 that will feature a light heavyweight rematch between, Mauricio Rua, the PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix winner, and Mark Coleman, the PRIDE 2000 Open Weight Grand Prix winner, UFC Hall of Famer and former heavyweight champion.
Light Heavyweight match: Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson
Light Heavyweight match: Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio Rua
Middleweight match: Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang
Welterweight match: Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle
Middleweight match: Jeremy Horn vs. Rousimar Palhares
Preliminary Card
Welterweight match: Martin Kampmann vs. Alexandre Barros
Light Heavyweight match: Eric Schafer vs. Antonio Mendes
Light Heavyweight match: Tomasz Drwal vs. Italy Ivan Serati
Welterweight match: Thomas Egan vs John Hathaway
Lightweight match: Nate Mohr vs. Dennis Siver
Meanwhile, if you are undecided on who to pick for the UFC 93 / UFC 93 Franlin vs Henderson, here is a rundown of picks from a professional. Steve Cofield of Yahoo Sports, with the help of Dave Farra of Raw Vegas, has the following predictions for UFC 93. (This is just a partial list. You can see the other at Steve Cofield's column here)
Rich Franklin vs Dan Henderson
This is a rough fight to call. Chances are that it goes the distance unless one of fighters lands a huge bomb. The fight is decided by who gets to fight to their strength. If Hendo gets it to the ground, he'll nullify Franklin's striking. Henderson is asking for a decision loss if he allows Franklin to box for the majority of the fight. I see Henderson getting it to the ground often enough to eek out a win. PICK: HENDERSON
Mark Coleman vs Mauricio Rua
This could be a rough night for Coleman. Rua and his camp are still irate about the way Coleman and the rest of Hammer House behaved in the ring and the lockerroom after the last fight in Pride where Rua suffered a fluke broken arm. A focused, angry, in-shape Rua is one of the best fighters in the world. I see this as the beginning of run that gets Rua back in the pound-for-pound discussion. Coleman's only shot to win is ground and pound but he's already said that he respects Rua's jiu-jitsu too much to risk it. "The Hammer" wants to throw with Rua. That's bad news for the 44-year-old. Hopefully, his face doesn't resemble his look after the loss to Fedor Emelianenko back in 2006. PICK: RUA
Alan Belcher vs Denis Kang
Kang is an import from Japan where he fought solid competition. He ripped off a 23-fight unbeaten streak from 2003 to 2006. Recently, he lost 2-of-4 fights and his most impressive wins in Pride came against smallish middleweights in Akihiro Gono and Ninja Rua. A focused Belcher is dangerous if he keeps the fight on the feet. Kang has been known to slug it out. Belcher really tore up Sean Salmon, Kalib Starnes and Jorge Santiago, who is now the Sengoku middleweight champ. Kang should win but I like the value on Belcher. PICK: BELCHER
Jeremy Horn vs Rousimar Palhares
Horn is a gamer but is he on a world class submission level? He came up short last time out against a great jiu-jitsu fighter in Dean Lister. Palhares appears to be on another level even from Lister. The Brazilian does need to improve his takedown skills. He had all sorts of trouble getting Dan Henderson to the floor. It shouldn't be as difficult with "Gumby." Keep an eye Palhares' kicks, they're an underrated part of his game. He'll catch Horn at some point. PICK: PALHARES
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