Dana White talks about Mauricio Rua, Kimbo Slice, Paul Daley and more in the wake of UFC 113.

The highlight of UFC 113 was definitely the redemption of Mauricio Rua. He left no doubt as to who deserves the light-heavyweight title in his fight with Lyoto Machida. But there was plenty more drama including Paul Daley doing his best to end his own career with a cheap shot after his fight with Josh Koscheck ended and Kimbo Slice dropping a bout to someone he was supposed to easily win.

Next up is UFC 114 headlined by Rashad Evans and Quinton Jackson. Rampage is the early favorite, but at -125 this is one of the closest UFC odds matchups ever.

On Saturday May 8, 2010 Josh Koscheck will fight against Paul Daley in a welterweight battle of contrasting styles. These fighters will have a chance to prove that they are contenders in the welterweight world with a victory at UFC 113 on May 8th.

Paul Daley is a powerful striker. Daley has been incredible as of late, pounding his opponents to the ground in impressive fashion. Though he has lost 8 fights in his career, he has taken his fighting to another level as of late.

In his career Daley has been susceptible to fighters with great wrestling skills. Unfortunately for Daley, Josh Koscheck is one of the better wrestlers of the welterweight division. Koscheck will be looking to take the fight to the ground as Daley is not known for his wrestling skills.

Despite his lack of wrestling skills, it is no easy feat for a wrestler to beat Daley. The problem for wrestlers against Daley is that it is difficult to get him on the ground. A wrestler may try to get on his back to take the fight to the ground, but Daley is known for coming at them hard with an array of punches. The key for Koscheck will be avoiding these punches as he tries to turn this to a wrestling match.

It is difficult to predict an outcome with two contrasting styles like these. If Daley can get some big hits in early he will be take the advantage in this one. However, if Koscheck can get past a few early haymakers he will have a chance to put Daley into submission. This fight may define the career of each fighter as they try to show that they are contenders to Georges St. Pierre, the current champ.

On Saturday May 8, 2010, Mauricio Rua will square off against current light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida at UFC 113. This fight is expected to be an epic battle because of the history between these two fighters.

Lyoto Machida has had quite an impressive UFC career. He has won 8 out of 8 UFC fights so far and is a perfect 16-0 in his professional fighting career. Machida has walked over the majority of his opponents in his professional career. The only true contender in any of his UFC fights has been Rua, the opponent set to face off against Machida on May 8th. (more…)

Last year’s fight between Lyoto Machida and Mauricio Rua was easily the most controversial UFC fight of the year. Machida defended his light-heavyweight championship in a unanimous decision, but Shogun Rua had clearly done the most damage and was the winner in the fan’s eyes. UFC 113 will bring us the real match to show who is truly the best light-heavyweight on the planet.

Lyoto Machida UFC 113 odds list the champion as the favorite at -200 versus Shogun Rua.

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua finally gets another shot to prove that the Light Heavyweight belt really should belong to him after pummeling Lyoto Machida, but losing the fight on the decision.