Joe Ferraro

Court McGee (R) throws a punch at Brad Tavares.

Read on for Ultimate Fighter finale predictions and my review of The A-Team.

Rogers Sportsnet is your exclusive Canadian broadcaster for The Ultimate Fighter Season Eleven Finale in High Definition, so before you sit back and watch the fights in 1080p, let's quickly go through the bouts, as well as take a look at some other interesting MMA tidbits - including which former opponent Brock Lesnar has brought in to help him prepare for Shane Carwin.

Saturday night's main event pits middleweights Court McGee and Kris McCray against one another, with only one of them walking away with the distinction as "The Ultimate Fighter"; a label they can share with the likes of Forrest Griffin, Diego Sanchez and Rashad Evans.

It's not an easy bout to breakdown, but on the surface, I'll go with Court McGee. I believe his skill set makes it a bad match up for McCray, who by the way, is a sheer beast. This guy fought five times on the show, and has the ability to always figure out a way to win. But against McGee, I believe he will spend too much time playing defence, than churning out any offence.

The TUF 11 Finale seems to also have a "loser goes home" theme, as Matt Hammill takes on Keith Jardine in the co-main event, while Chris Leben faces off against Aaron Simpson. I'm going with Hammil over Jardine by TKO and Simpson via decision over Leben. I will not be surprised if this is the last we see of Jardine and Leben in the octagon. My heart hopes not, but my head says this may be the direction the UFC chooses to pursue.

The two other bouts on the main card will see Spencer Fisher vs Dennis Siver, while TUF 11 housemates Rich Attonito and Jamie Yager look to settle their differences in the opening bout of the broadcast. It's tough to go against Fisher in this bout vs. Siver, but Dennis hits fast, and hits hard. I just believe Fisher will be able to control him and stop him via TKO. As for Attonito and Yager, experience favours Rich, who has ten pro fights to Jamie's three. If Rich can survive Yager's early aggressiveness, keep getting inside and landing combinations, he will likely frustrate him, knock him down and finish him off at will.

On the undercard is a lightweight bout many Canadians will be close attention to, as Ottawa's Mark "Boots" Holst makes his UFC debut vs John Gunderson. It's a tough fight for Holst, but if he uses his footwork and lets his Muay Thai skills go, he will surprise Gunderson with his power and may actually pull off what fellow Canadians Rory MacDonald and Claude Patrick recently did in their UFC debuts, and that's finish off their opponent.

The rest of the card is below, with my pics in bold:

• Seth Baczynski vs. Brad Tavares

• Josh Bryant vs. Kyle Noke

• Chris Camozzi vs. James Hammortree

• Travis Browne vs. James McSweeney

Misc MMA News and Notes

• Speaking of Matt Hamill, a movie based on his life entitled "Hamill" is due out soon, and by the looks of the trailer, it looks fantastic.

• Brock Lesnar has brought in Randy Couture to help him prepare for Shane Carwin - excellent high quality video here, showcasing the two training together and exchanging ideas...and yes, as pointed out by many, believe it or not, the 285 lb Lesnar has abs.

• If you missed Thursday night's episode of "The Showdown", you can hear it hear. I was joined by "Tyler The Intern" as well as a variety of callers - lots of UFC 115 aftermath discussion, Chuck Liddell retirement talk and predictions for this weekend's events.

• Rampage Jackson is blaming Greg Jackson for a "boring" fight vs. Rashad Evans. For his sake, Evans responded via this video here, but again, this is proof positive that the animosity between the two will not be going away, anytime soon.

• Jacob Clark, Producer for MMA Connected, thought it would be a good idea to take our team out on a field trip to catch Rampage's performance of Bosco BA Baracus in "The A-Team". It was a welcome change and reward for the guys who have been a ton of extra work over the past few weeks. As for the movie, two thumbs up from yours truly.

• Bellator XXII went down last night, and as predicted, Ben Askren defeated Dan Hornbuckle in the welterweights final. I'm back to doing well on my predictions after a great run, which was destroyed by my poor picks for UFC 115, where I went two for eleven. I usually hit over 70%, so thankfully, the turnaround has begun.