UFC 86 at The Mandalay Bay

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino with UFC 86 on July 5^th, 2008. The preliminary match ups won’t be broadcasted, the nights events start off with Jarred Rollins vs. Ben Saunders, who made a name for himself on "The Ultimate Fighter 6" and who is returning to the ring since is last fight in December, 2007.  The next match will be Justin Bucholz vs. Corey Hill, follwed by Melvin Guilard vs. Dennis Siver.

There will be two other fights to round out the preliminary card before the night gets really heated up with the Ultimate Fighting Championship Light Heavyweight Championship. The first match is between Jorge Gurel and Cole Miller and then finishing off with Marcus Aureilo vs. Tyson Griffin. Now after a brief intermission, the night really starts to heat up with the first of 3 matches before the title fight. The first fight on the Main Card line up is Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Lytle followed directly by Joe Stevenson, one of the UFC lightweight contenders, and Gleison Tibau. The third and final match before the title match is Ricardo Almeida vs. Patrick Cote.

Then that brings us to what most people paid a ticket for, the main event showdown for the UFC Light Heavyweight belt between Quinton Jackson and Forest Griffin. Now, the sportsbetting parlors are already going crazy and according to most online sportsbetting sites, the safe money for the Title fight is on Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, who is listed at -280 as the favorite to win this match. About a year ago, Jackson fought the UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell in a title rematch and took him only a minute and a half to hit Liddell with a straight punch to the jaw. The referee stopped the fight after Jackson pummeled Liddell on the floor at 1:53 seconds of the first round giving Jackson the UFC light heavyweight championship.

The UFC 86 will be commented by none other than Joe Rogan and Bruce Buffer of Full Tilt Poker. Tickets for the UFC 86 are available online; to get more information on how to purchase tickets for this and other UFC events click here.