Not to jinx it, but August is set to be one of the best months in MMA history. We’re getting a number of fights people have anticipated for years, along with really neat fights like Gina-Cyborg and Forrest-Anderson. Rather than comment further, I’ll just list the fights for everyone to salivate over after the jump to remind everyone why competition is a welcome thing in MMA.
August 1: Affliction Trilogy
Josh Barnett vs. Fedor Emelianenko
Gerard Mousasi vs. Babalu Sobral
Tim Sylvia vs. Paul Buentello
Jorge Santiago vs. Vitor Belfort
August 2: Sengoku 9
Featherweight GP Semi-Finals including: Hioki v. Kanehara and Sandro v. Omigara
Kitaoka vs. Hirota
Misaki vs. Nakamura
August 8: UFC 101
BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian
Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
August 9: WEC 42
Miguel Torres vs. Brian Bowles
Joseph Benavidez vs. Dominick Cruz
August 15: Strikeforce
Gina Carano vs. Cyborg Santos
Alistair Overeem vs. Brett Rogers
Josh Thomson vs. Gilbert Melendez
August 29: UFC 102
Randy Couture vs. Antonio Nogueira
Demian Maia vs. Nate Marquardt
Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva