Expect a cautious chess match of a bout as the two are master ground

fighters of different disciplines. Hughes has the ground and pound

wrestling style and Serra has the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt skills.

UFC 98 on Memorial Day weekend will actually be kicking off a very eventful summer of MMA. UFC 99 in June will feature a main event with a story-line right out of the 1980's classic, Rocky III.

In the coolest team-up since Apollo Creed trained Rocky Balboa for his fight against Clubber Lang, Rich "Ace" Franklin has enlisted the help of an old nemesis to prepare for it. Anderson "The Spider" Silva himself, the man who obliterated Franklin twice in title bouts, will be training Franklin for his bout against Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva.

What are people predicting for this life imitates art bout? Pain. What else?

David Estrada Jr. is a Mixed Martial Arts columnist for the Port Arthur News. He can be e-mailed at DavidEstrada@DavidEstrada.com