Predictions for 2012

The HW belt changes hands twice barring champion injury
Barnett returns to the UFC
Mousasi in UFC to replace injured Tito vs Forrest Griffin in the summer
If Hendo loses to anyone, he retires
Anderson will be champ still come 2013
Palharres is unstoppable
GSP will only fight once in 2012
A WEC fighter will be UFC LW Champion
Aldo has a LW fight
Cruz gets KTFO, but not by Faber
Flyweight is cool

Cruz loses the BW title..to Faber
Cruz gets KTFO...but not by Faber

A SF champ wins a UFC belt (Overeem, Hendo, Rockhold, Diaz, or Gil). Interim doesn't count.

UFC breaks 1 million buys 2x.

Ben Askren & Mousasi join the UFC.

Jon Fitch doesn't get a title shot, again interim doesn't count.

Someone calls out a retired Matt Hughes.

Jon Jones will paralyze Rashad Evans, then take him in and care for him to show he is a good person, only then to find out Jones tortured Shad in December of 2012. Bones gets 4 years in jail.

Cyborg admits she is a man!

GSP admits he "may" have greased!

Jon Fitch won't get a title shot.

Tito will get beat one more time.

Dana White will get busted for something and have his name slandered.

Dana White will cover up something in his past, we will know it and he will still not be stopped!

Rampage Jackson will adopt an orphan when he fights in Japan. He will name him "Papa Son"

Dan Henderson will get beat up by Bones and retire.

Gustafsson will get beat by a legit top LHW.

Ariel Helwani will get beat up in an interview by 7 year old Papa Son Jackson.

Reem will get beat by JDS.

Chuck Liddell will talk about fighting again.

Chuck will be told he can't fight again.

That's all I have right now...

Hendo gets knocked out and retires
Chael Sonnen wins the UFC Middleweight belt, then gets killed in a crowd riot
Ben Henderson wins the belt in Japan, thanks Jesus, then beats the shit out of Gilbert Melendez
Cruz cleans out 135 and moves up after Aldo vacates the title
Joseph Benavidez reigns forever and always as Flyweight champion
Dana White puts Jon Fitch on the undercard

Champs

Heavyweight - Brock Lesnar
Light Heavyweight - Jon Jones
Middleweight - Chael Sonnen
Welterweight - GSP
Lightweight - Ben Henderson
Featherweight - Jose Aldo
Bantamweight - Renan Barao
Flyweight - Benavidez

barnett tests positive again. Cormier fights for title by dec...........rampage gets ko'd.king mo comes to ufc.jones chokes out shad n puts him to sleep ala machida.hendo gets subbd..........anderson still champ...........fitch gets title shot against winner of diaz/condit n wins,condit realizes he cant duck him again lol. Gsp returns to claim title in dec.........aldo moves to lw n loses.kenny goes to strikeforce n wins only title he is able to.........urijah moves back up to fw after once again not being able to beat dominick in a shufflebattle n realizin aldo is now a lw.several more reconizable lws move down to fw..........dominick stays champ at bw yet has no real contenders left to defend against.........flyweights put on great fights in the octogon........gina returns n wins.rhonda rousey gets tko'd.

Fly being cool is not a prediction, it's a fact. A prediction would be in 2012 it will become sick nasty.

But just building off the OP. Cruz will lose to Faber by dec.
Palhares is a beast and won't lose in 2012.
JDS won't lose in 2012. He will beat Reem and atleast 1 other person. Probably Mir.

Torres vs Faber will happen in 2012. One way or another.

GSP will lose to either Diaz or Condit.

Dhiego Lima wins MFC title and then moves on to Bellator. His brother(Douglas) moves on to SF where he eventually wins the title.

Sonnen wins the UFC middleweight title, only to contract AIDS from a Brazilian whore.

Jones gets KTFO by Hendo's left hand, but the commission finds out Hendo has surgery to place titanium in his knuckles and strips him of title.

Christy Cyborg does admit she is in fact a man, Whilst spouse admits he is truly Evangaline.

GSP destroys Diaz in title bout, then defeats him at a triathalon too, after which Diaz is forced to get a tattoo saying he is GSP's Bitch on his forehead.

Randy comes out of retirement because of money losses in the divorce and challenges JDS to a title fight and wins via boreclinch.

JDS knocks out Reem

JDS knocks out Mir

Reem knocks out Mir

all happens in 2012.

Bendo beats Frankie

Diaz beats Maynard

Bendo beats Diaz.

Ludo wrote:

Hendo gets knocked out and retires
Chael Sonnen wins the UFC Middleweight belt, then gets killed in a crowd riot
Ben Henderson wins the belt in Japan, thanks Jesus, then beats the shit out of Gilbert Melendez
Cruz cleans out 135 and moves up after Aldo vacates the title
Joseph Benavidez reigns forever and always as Flyweight champion
Dana White puts Jon Fitch on the undercard

Book it.

I predict a glorious British Empire.

Alistair Overeem will become the Heavyweight champion
Michael Bisping will become the Middleweight champion
Dan Hardy will become the Welterweight champion
Ross Pearson will become the Featherweight champion

Anderson Silva will be adopted by Sean Connery and will become the Light Heavyweight champion.

Ali wrote:

I predict a glorious British Empire.

Alistair Overeem will become the Heavyweight champion
Michael Bisping will become the Middleweight champion
Dan Hardy will become the Welterweight champion
Ross Pearson will become the Featherweight champion

Anderson Silva will be adopted by Sean Connery and will become the Light Heavyweight champion.

Maybe DREAM Champions...like in your DREAMS...oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh

OU wrote:

Ali wrote:

I predict a glorious British Empire.

Alistair Overeem will become the Heavyweight champion
Michael Bisping will become the Middleweight champion
Dan Hardy will become the Welterweight champion
Ross Pearson will become the Featherweight champion

Anderson Silva will be adopted by Sean Connery and will become the Light Heavyweight champion.

Maybe DREAM Champions...like in your DREAMS...oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh

Silva will vacate to challenge Bones which will set up an epic showdown between Bisping and Sonnen for the title. After four rounds of boring lay and pray by douche boy Mike will land a Shouroken of a haymaker that will lay Sonnen out cold. Queen Elizabeth will give Bisping a knighthood and Sonnen will retire because of embarrassment.

Ali wrote:

OU wrote:

Ali wrote:

I predict a glorious British Empire.

Alistair Overeem will become the Heavyweight champion
Michael Bisping will become the Middleweight champion
Dan Hardy will become the Welterweight champion
Ross Pearson will become the Featherweight champion

Anderson Silva will be adopted by Sean Connery and will become the Light Heavyweight champion.

Maybe DREAM Champions...like in your DREAMS...oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh

Silva will vacate to challenge Bones which will set up an epic showdown between Bisping and Sonnen for the title. After four rounds of boring lay and pray by douche boy Mike will land a Shouroken of a haymaker that will lay Sonnen out cold. Queen Elizabeth will give Bisping a knighthood and Sonnen will retire because of embarrassment.

You know if that happens that America will invade the UK and old Queenie would be passed around like the village bicycle for everyone to ride. But atleast you will finally have your Mtn Dew.

OU wrote:

Ali wrote:

OU wrote:

Ali wrote:

I predict a glorious British Empire.

Alistair Overeem will become the Heavyweight champion
Michael Bisping will become the Middleweight champion
Dan Hardy will become the Welterweight champion
Ross Pearson will become the Featherweight champion

Anderson Silva will be adopted by Sean Connery and will become the Light Heavyweight champion.

Maybe DREAM Champions...like in your DREAMS...oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh

Silva will vacate to challenge Bones which will set up an epic showdown between Bisping and Sonnen for the title. After four rounds of boring lay and pray by douche boy Mike will land a Shouroken of a haymaker that will lay Sonnen out cold. Queen Elizabeth will give Bisping a knighthood and Sonnen will retire because of embarrassment.

You know if that happens that America will invade the UK and old Queenie would be passed around like the village bicycle for everyone to ride. But atleast you will finally have your Mtn Dew.

LOL I was just about to say that.

I'd love it if you guys invaded, that way I'd be able to get HBO, Jack In The Box and Twinkies.

Ali wrote:

OU wrote:

Ali wrote:

OU wrote:

Ali wrote:

I predict a glorious British Empire.

Alistair Overeem will become the Heavyweight champion
Michael Bisping will become the Middleweight champion
Dan Hardy will become the Welterweight champion
Ross Pearson will become the Featherweight champion

Anderson Silva will be adopted by Sean Connery and will become the Light Heavyweight champion.

Maybe DREAM Champions...like in your DREAMS...oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh

Silva will vacate to challenge Bones which will set up an epic showdown between Bisping and Sonnen for the title. After four rounds of boring lay and pray by douche boy Mike will land a Shouroken of a haymaker that will lay Sonnen out cold. Queen Elizabeth will give Bisping a knighthood and Sonnen will retire because of embarrassment.

You know if that happens that America will invade the UK and old Queenie would be passed around like the village bicycle for everyone to ride. But atleast you will finally have your Mtn Dew.

LOL I was just about to say that.

I'd love it if you guys invaded, that way I'd be able to get HBO, Jack In The Box and Twinkies.

who da fuck wants to pass around old Queenie? ew, no tx... gimme some of this royalty please

Nick Diaz beats Condit and GSP

Frankie beats Bendo stays champ

Fedor will fight in UFC

Anderson Silva dominates sonnen in rematch

Jones beats up Rashad, continues to dominate 205

Aldo stays champ

i guess Cruz will stay on top

whoever wins reem vs jds will stay champ. i haven't made my mind up about that one yet.

killerofchicken wrote:

Ali wrote:

OU wrote:

Ali wrote:

OU wrote:

Ali wrote:

I predict a glorious British Empire.

Alistair Overeem will become the Heavyweight champion
Michael Bisping will become the Middleweight champion
Dan Hardy will become the Welterweight champion
Ross Pearson will become the Featherweight champion

Anderson Silva will be adopted by Sean Connery and will become the Light Heavyweight champion.

Maybe DREAM Champions...like in your DREAMS...oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh

Silva will vacate to challenge Bones which will set up an epic showdown between Bisping and Sonnen for the title. After four rounds of boring lay and pray by douche boy Mike will land a Shouroken of a haymaker that will lay Sonnen out cold. Queen Elizabeth will give Bisping a knighthood and Sonnen will retire because of embarrassment.

You know if that happens that America will invade the UK and old Queenie would be passed around like the village bicycle for everyone to ride. But atleast you will finally have your Mtn Dew.

LOL I was just about to say that.

I'd love it if you guys invaded, that way I'd be able to get HBO, Jack In The Box and Twinkies.

who da fuck wants to pass around old Queenie? ew, no tx... gimme some of this royalty please

The Year of The Lima. Book it. Both Lima's will have success in 2012. They were 6-0 combined in 2011 and this year will be even better.
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/1/8/2691021/dhiego-lima-mma-world-mma-welterweight-scouting-report

It's worth noting that Douglas Lima was the #4 ranked WW prospect at BE coming into 2011. This year will be his brothers turn to breakout. I wouldn't be surprised if the younger Lima went from MFC straight to UFC. Also wouldn't be surprised if by the end of 2012 both brothers are in the UFC. Just not sure how the Champions clause will effect Douglas?

http://www.maxim.com/ufc/6-mma-fights-wed-kill-see-2012
NICK DIAZ VS. GEORGES ST-PIERRE
Who Would Win: Nick Diaz. We think he has the perfect fighting style to knock off the longtime Welterweight champ.

RONDA ROUSEY VS. MIESHA TATE
Who Would Win: Our money's on Tate to keep her belt. Rousey's too new to the sport and brand new to the 135-lb. division.

JON JONES VS. RASHAD EVANS
Who Would Win: Jon "Bones" Jones. The UFC wunderkind is
just too well-rounded and too explosive for Rashad. The scary thing
is... Jones isn't even in his prime yet.

FRANKIE EDGAR VS. GILBERT MELENDEZ
Who Would Win: Frankie Edgar. This would be an insanely close bout, but Edgar has more ways to win in what could end up being a toss-up.

ALISTAIR OVEREEM VS. JUNIOR DOS SANTOS
Who Would Win: Alistair Overeem. The guy is an absolute
monster of a man with K-1 level striking. There aren't many
Heavyweights in the world who can beat him. He can’t be hurt by
tornados, volcanoes, or magic wolves either…according to this children’s
book we’re writing.

ANDERSON SILVA VS. CHAEL SONNEN
Who Would Win: Chael Sonnen. He showed everyone that Silva is vulnerable and that he knows how to beat the Brazilian. This time around, he won't fall into any submissions.

Meisha should be a huge dog to Ronda. Terrible picks Maxim

GDPofDRC wrote:

Anderson will be champ still come 2013
GSP will only fight once in 2012
A WEC fighter will be UFC LW Champion
Flyweight is cool

Farmer1906 wrote:

Jon Fitch doesn't get a title shot, again interim doesn't count.

Someone calls out a retired Matt Hughes.

bigbeastcardinal12 wrote:

Cyborg admits she is a man!- close enough

Jon Fitch won't get a title shot.

Tito will get beat one more time.

Chuck Liddell will talk about fighting again.

Chuck will be told he can't fight again.

That's all I have right now...

Ludo wrote:

Ben Henderson wins the belt in Japan, thanks Jesus, then beats the shit out of Gilbert Melendez- half right

OU wrote:

JDS knocks out Mir

Bendo beats Frankie

Bendo beats Diaz.

oggy420 wrote:

Anderson Silva dominates sonnen in rematch

Jones beats up Rashad, continues to dominate 205

Aldo stays champ

Here is the good. Plenty of bad all around, but this is the good.