If Swick wins, he gets a le shot with the winner of Silva - Franklin. (according to Chris Leben in an interview on UFC.com)
If he loses I bet we do see Swick vs Leben...
Here are a few notes before the Ultimate Fight Night tomorrow...
Ultimate Fight Night Pre-fight videos...
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=MultiMedia.video
Diego Sanchez interview...
http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=3064
A couple notable quotes...
“I definitely think he is my toughest opponent,” said Sanchez. “I’ve always known that styles make fights, and ever since I got off the Ultimate Fighter show, I wanted to fight Karo Parisyan. I’ve always known my wrestling was better than his, and he ain’t gonna take me down with that judo crap, and I can outstrike him. I’ve been waiting a long time to get a knockout on my record, but I’ve been playing it smart. I’m not just gonna go in and stand in there with someone if I’m better than them on the ground.”
“I’m still hungry,” he said. “I want to be the guy that takes Matt Hughes out. I want to be the guy that finishes him, and sends him home with a retirement bag. They think that’s rude and a bad thing to say, but that’s what I want to do. I want to be the guy that ends the reign and starts it over. If someone does that to me someday, then that’s my destiny, but I’m gonna be the guy that comes in and takes over this welterweight division and gets out of my contract undefeated – the Golden Boy of MMA. My dream is to take our sport to a level that’s never been reached. I want it to be as big as soccer worldwide, with stadiums full of people going crazy like they do for soccer.”
I'm not a huge Diego fan, but I wouldn't mind seeing him win so he'd be a step closer to getting smashed by Hughes...
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UFN Odds
Jake O'Brien -300
Kristof Midoux +270
Forrest Petz -177
Sam Morgan +167
Pat Healy -153
Anthony Torres +143
Chris Leben -343
Jorge Santiago +313
Dean Lister -700
Yuki Sasaki +630
Joe Riggs -430
Jason von Flue +390
Martin Kampmann -206
Crafton Wallace +186
Karo Parisyan -130
Diego Sanchez +120
Josh Koscheck -351
Jonathan Goulet +321
My picks...
Underdogs: Goulet, Diego, Morgan
Locks: Riggs, O'Brien, Leben, Lister
But I suck at gambling...