As Bruce Buffer would say in the octagon, iiiiiiittttttt'ssss time!  Brock Lesnar is back in action defending his title again and you know we will be watching tonight with our Coors lights in hand.

Brock is again the favorite, but that doesn't mean Valasquez doesn't have a punchers chance.  In fact I just watched on tv how he can generate over 2200 pounds of force with one punch.  That is a a lot of power, but as impressive as that sounds, I'm sure most guys in the sport can do that, they just aren't fighting for the UFC Heavyweight title tonight.

Well lets get to the picks and remember the guys that you see a + next to are the underdogs and they are going to make you the most money if you bet them to win.

The main event of the night to me is the easiest pick of the night.  Lesnar is just to big, to powerful and will probably out weight his opponent by 25 pounds at the start of the fight.  He proved last time out that he can take a punch so that should actually let him move in for  the takedown even easier now.  Ground and pound special in the second to Lesnar.

In his first bout in the UFC Jake Shields will be tested from Martin Kampmann.  Shields hasn't fought with ground elbows being legal in over 2 years, however, he is tough as he proved against Dan Henderson in his last Strikeforce fight.  I will say he'll grind out a decision here in a boring, ultra conservative fight.  Don't want to get KO'd in front of the boss in your first fight in the UFC.

Diego Sanchez is an animal if his heads on straight.  Paulo Thiago can get Diego's head off kilter for sure.  Since the upside on betting Thiago is so good I would take him in the upset of the night.

When will Tito learn?  This is the easiest pick of the night in my opinion.  Ortiz will be too old, too slow and too conservative against the younger more talented Hamill.  Hamill will wear him out in the third or win a unanimous decision.

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