With less than a week remaining until UFC 98, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, it only seems fitting to breakdown the headlining fight. The main event being the battle of unbeatens, the champion "Sugar" Rashad Evans (18-0-1) will be challenged by Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida (14-0-0). This is the first time in recent memory that two fighters carrying unbeaten records meet inside the octagon for a title fight. However things unfold in this bout, one thing is certain; one man will exit walk away with the first blemish on his record, while the other will leave the light-heavyweight champion.
Tito Ortiz has not had the best luck these last few years, as he's failed to pick-up a win since October of 2006 where he handled Ken Shamrock for a third time. However, despite this slump, "the Huntington Beach Bad Boy" shows no signs of wanting to hang-up the gloves.
If there is one division in the UFC that has benefited most from the acquisition of PRIDE FC, it would have to be the 205lb weight-class. Following Zuffa’s purchase of the revered Japanese organization, superstars such as Quinton Jackson, Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio Rua, and hot prospect Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou—who ended up being somewhat of a bust in the octagon—were added into the mix, arguably making the light-heavyweight roster the organization’s most stacked.
