UFC 100 Fight Card Could Elevate Sport to New Level

It's now been over 15 years since the UFC introduced to the world the idea of two men beating the crap out of each other in an octagon.

The UFC has unquestionably transformed into a world phenomenon since that day in Denver, Colorado.

On Saturday, the sports will celebrate UFC 100, and the fight card fits the title. This fight card might be one of the most anticipated fight cards in the history of the UFC.

Simply put, almost every fight you will see on Saturday night would have the power to be a main event at a normal UFC event. However, this is UFC 100 and UFC President Dana White made sure this UFC will be the most memorable to date.

The main event will be for the UFC heavyweight title as Brock Lesnar (3-1) will try to avenge his loss to Frank Mir (12-3), a fight that he owned until the few seconds it took Mir to secure his knee bar.

What's not intriguing about this fight? You've got a former WWE wrestler in Lesnar who is under a lot of scrutiny for getting a title shot when he was only 2-1.

The Lesnar enthusiasts will argue that Lesnar's lack of knowledge and experience in MMA was the only reason he lost that fight, and now he's more seasoned, if you will, to take on the technical specialist that is Frank Mir.

If that main even wasn't good enough, you also got an interesting fight between The Ultimate Fighter's most recent coaches, Michael Bisping (17-1) and the veteran Dan Henderson (24-7).

It was very obvious during the course of the last Ultimate Fighter that these two don't exactly plan on hanging out with each other anytime soon.

You've also got a fan-favorite in Georges St-Pierre (18-2) taking on Thiago Alves (16-3), which is for the Welterweight Championship.

There is a ton of buzz circulating among even the most casual UFC fans about this upcoming event. If UFC 100 lives up to the hype, it could elevate the sport to unmeasurable heights.

UFC 100 has the potential to gain so many fans to the sport that it could end up forcing the entire nation to respect it with the same sports as basketball, baseball, and even football.

Not only could it end up creating new fans, but it could turn casual fans like myself into absolute die-hard fans that can't get enough.

ESPN is already giving it more exposure than it ever has before as we lead up to UFC 100.

For the UFC, everyone will be a winner after the excitement finally comes to an end on Saturday night. Sorry boxing, but don't let the door hit you on the way out!