Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - The UFC 59 fight poster read “Reality Check”, and for five minutes, it certainly was for Forrest Griffin, who was battered for much of the opening stanza of his 2006 bout on the card by a man who had reigned over the light heavyweight division longer than anyone else in UFC history, Tito Ortiz.

Mike Russell, UFC - If confidence were currency, Josh Koscheck would be Donald Trump and if the 31-year-old’s worth is as high as he feels it is, he believes a win over highly-touted knockout artist Anthony “Rumble” Johnson at UFC 106 November 24 could very well outbid all potential UFC welterweight title shot claimants.

Mike Russell, UFC - If you had to sum up UFC welterweight Anthony “Rumble” Johnson’s life thus far using only clichés, you might say he’s a 'cup is half full' type of guy who doesn’t like putting all of his eggs in one basket.

Chances are, he may not disagree with you.

Martins Denis, UFC - A record of 3-1 among the light heavyweights of the UFC is a good mark, especially when the only defeat was not the result of a beat down, but due to a fault committed. Include on this record two technical knockouts and one decision over a man that was added to the UFC’s 205-pound cast with a WEC championship belt around his waist, and the mark becomes even more impressive.

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - The names are almost identical, as are the faces – like you would expect from identical twins – but when it comes to their fighting careers, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is, as his brother Antonio Rogerio Nogueira states, “a master”, winner of heavyweight titles in PRIDE and the UFC and certainly on his way to the history books as one of the greatest big men ever to put on the gloves in mixed martial arts.