UFN Unfinished post

During my class last night I started writing this post about the UFN 11 card which premiers tonight, live from Vegas. I didn't finish it, but here's what I had so far:

I think once you become a rabid MMA fan you sort of begin to thirst for more and more. It sort of builds on itself because the more you watch, the more you understand the sport and the more fighters you get to know (and you either love or hate most of them). Although I felt I'd had my fill after UFC 75, as always now that more events are approaching I am steadily getting more and more pumped up. So here are three reasons why I am stoked to watch both UFN11 and UFC 76:KNOCKOUT.

THREE REASONS WHY UFN 11 IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING:

1. Kenny Florian vs. Din Thomas (main event)

LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHT
The winner of this will be a possible contender for the belt vs. BJ "The Prodigy" Penn if the title goes vacant due to steroid allegations against the current champ, Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk. Sherk, who beat Kenny Florian for the belt and just successfully defended it against Hermes Franca who also got busted for steroids after their fight, will go before the board soon to determine his status.

These guys have both been doing very well and both of them have been competitors on The Ultimate Fighter reality show. Kenny Florian was like a second round pick that just happened to get lucky. He was fighting at an amatuer event and Dana White was there and thought, "Hey, the kid's new to the game but he's got heart!" and he signed him to compete on the show. Although he didn't win the competition, he went very far and was fighting THIRTY POUNDS heavier than he is now (in other words, he was fighting guys way bigger than him because in MMA you generally want to fight at the lowest weight at which you're still strong...so if you weigh about 165-175 naturally and you're not totally ripped, you'd probably want to fight at 155 or so).

Anyway, Florian looks like Ben Stiller and doesn't have a ton of muscle mass, but he makes up for that in determination, stratagem, and his all around mixed martial arts skill. If you look at his record and how he's completed fights, he's a finisher. If you like the perennial underdog, although he's NOT an underdog in this nor