You know what...I know those UFC Fight Nights don't have the biggest names attached to them all the time, but there could still be some great fights because of one reason:
They aren't the biggest names.
The letdown factor isn't there as much as when you pay $40 and watch your favorite fighter last only 40 seconds. SpikeTV and the UFC are giving us this one for free Thursday at 8 p.m., so let's take a look at the main event:
You have an undefeated Rashad Evans fighting Sean Salmon. I think the biggest thing here is that Evans wrestled at Michigan State and Salmon wrestled at Ohio State. Maybe that will rekindle the old Big 10 rivalry. Look, I'm a huge fan of submission grappling, but I just don't want this to turn into a wrestling match with limited submission attempts. Let's see some Brazilian jiu-jitsu, gents.
And speaking of Brazilian jiu-jitsu...I always look forward to watching Dean Lister fight. He's one of the most decorated submission grapplers in MMA right now and the kind of guy that when he's fighting off his back, he's still on the attack ala BJ Penn. He'll take on Nate Marquardt who's 3-0 in the UFC.
I think I'll hang around till 10 to see the new "Pros vs. Joes" on Spike. Just to see how the Joes faired against Randy Couture. It'll probably resemble those days when the new 40-year-old white belt takes his first Brazilian jiu-jitsu class and says: "Can I roll?"
Good luck to those white belts...and be easy on them, Randy --- OUCH!