UFC Welterweight Champion St. Pierre is known to walk around at a large 200 pounds before he cuts weight for a fight. St. Pierre has endured some criticism for being larger than every opponent that he has faced, which his critics say has given him an advantage in every match up. If that is in fact the case, then St. Pierre will be tested against Jon Fitch on Saturday evening who is said to walk around at a bigger (roughly) 210 pounds.

Fitch, the heavy underdog going into this fight, does not believe that his chances of slaying the monster are all that bad. In fact, Fitch recently posted comments on his blog that seemingly allude to St. Pierre being overrated. Perhaps Fitch’s confidence is sky high because of his fifteen fight winning streak that began back in 2003.

“I honestly felt like I was ready for a title shot a year ago, but there’s been so much traffic in the welterweight division because we have so many good fighters,” Fitch said at the UFC press conference.

The gold around the waste of St. Pierre clearly proves that his rankings are accurate, but there is only one way for Fitch to find out how highly he should rate the Canadian after they shut the cage door behind them.

Still feeling the effects of his loss to Mat Serra (9-5-0) at UFC 69 before he returned to TKO the colorful Long Island native to regain the Welterweight belt, St. Pierre vowed to never to be caught slouching again.

“I don’t think I’m different. The only thing is I don’t want to be like I was in my last title defense. I lost to Serra. I know I’m realistic. I know this fight is really dangerous, and I truly believe that I’m fighting the most dangerous guy that I’ve fought so far. I haven’t cut corners, and I have done my homework,” St Pierre remarked.

In the lightweight division, crowd favorite, Rodger Huerta, is determined to put down anyone who impedes his run at the title.

“I fight whoever you know, whoever’s the toughest out there. Whoever’s out there, whoever’s number one; whoever’s going to be the number one contender spot right now,” Huerta said.

That number one person is the very dangerous Kenny Florian. The rising star upped his game after losing to former UFC Lightweight Champion Sean Sherk (32-3-1) at UFC 64. Florian has put together a four fight win streak since the loss in 2006.

“I’m training for the best Roger Huerta possible. Roger Huerta comes in with a lot of different things. He’s very well rounded, so I prepared for a guy who’s going to be a beast at everything, at every aspect; and who can go for a full fifteen minutes,” Florian commented.

The winner of this welterweight bout will likely be designated the number one contender for a shot at the UFC Lightweight Champion, BJ Penn.

In an electric heavyweight match-up, Brock Lesnar will clash with MMA vet, Heath Herring at the Target Center Saturday evening.

“We knew this is probably going to go to the ground. We brought some guys in from Ohio State, a couple all Americans, so yeah, we trained some wrestling this time,” Herring stated.

“You’ve seen it, I’ve done it. This aint my first rodeo,” Herring bluntly said.

Lesnar will be searching for his first UFC win by pulling the reigns on the Texas crazy horse. Lesnar is well aware of Herring’s background and although he is relatively new to the MMA game, he still poses a tremendous threat to Herring’s successes.

“I’ve been trying to learn something new everyday you know, I’m trying to be like a sponge and absorb as much as I can. I’ve been a short time in this business, two and a half years training. You know, you gotta take this loss (to Frank Mir) and put it behind me.”

Lesnar recognizes that Herring has been known to falter when put in the spotlight, as he did during his MMA debut with a lethargic effort and loss to Jake O’Brien (10-2-0).

“In recent fights we’ve observed that a little pressure, under pressure he fails under pressure,” Lesnar said regarding his opponent.

The enormous Lesnar’s game plan is to stay out of Herring’s striking range and utilize his size advantage to smother Herring.

“Well, he’s an unpredictable fighter and we’re going to try to suppress him and keep him close, as close to him as we possibly can,” Lesnar disclosed.