While browsing the Internet, I always see various sites, blogs and forums talking about fights that “must happen!” The fights below are not fights that “must happen”, but they are fights that I would very much like to see. The list is by no means complete, but it definitely represents some of the fights I want to see the most.

Robbie Lawler vs. Vitor Belfort, Robbie Lawler vs. Anderson Silva, Vitor Belfort vs. Anderson Silva – Any one of those three fights would be spectacular. Old Vitor is back as Newer Vitor, Robbie is no longer just a fighter and Anderson is Anderson. I think Anderson takes both of his fights with ease, but Vitor vs. Lawler would be a war.

Mike Swick vs. John Fitch: I don’t know if Swick can take Fitch’s fight, but Swick has the hands and the speed to do some damage before he gets knocked down. The fight is very likely to end in a decision in Fitch’s favor, but Swick has the tools to make it competitive.

Rashad Evans vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson – If Rampage beats Jardine, this fight should set up for UFC 100/101. This fight could go either way, Rashad is slick, Rampage is a killer, it could end with an early KO or make a decision, whatever happens, that would be amazing to see.

Alistair Overeem vs Cheick Kongo – I’m not a fan of either, so I’d be happy to see either of them lose, but I hope Overeem dominates and surpasses Kongo on his way to a second or third round finale.

Melvin Manhoef vs Robbie Lawler / Vitor Belfort / Anderson Silva – I love watching Manhoef fight, any of the previous fights could end early or end up being wars.

Urijah Faber vs. Miguel Torres – I don’t know if Faber could cut the weight, but with Mike Brown looking unstoppable at featherweight, I wouldn’t mind seeing Urijah move down to take on the bantamweight phenomenon.

Cung Le vs. Anderson Silva – With only a few fights remaining in his career (rumored), I’d really like to see Anderson Silva fight Cung Le. The chances of it happening are slim or nil, but I’d still like to see it. Personally, I don’t think the fight is competitive, the main reasoning behind me for wanting to watch it is so that Cung Le fans can be knocked out of the clouds. That said, Cung Le is a very dynamic forward and is incredibly fast on his feet so you can’t completely rule him out.

Josh Barnett vs. Fedor Emelianenko: This fight is going to happen in Affliction 3, about 3 years too late, but at least it’s happening. I hope my dreams of seeing this fight are destroyed by someone who is retiring, but as of now, I am excited. Fedor wins, easily.

Randy Couture vs Fedor Emelianenko – Just kidding.

Shinya Aoki vs BJ Penn: Two great ground fighters doing their thing. People say that Aoki would light up in the feet, but that’s what people say every time Demian Maia fights a striker. I like Aoki in this fight, too bad we’ll never see him.

Georges “Rush” St. Pierre vs. Anderson Silva – The two best fighters in the world who are not named Fedor. Georges might be giving Anderson 30 pounds, but he’s the new “Game Plan Master” and if anyone has a chance to dethrone Anderson, it’s Georges.

Diego Sanchez vs Kenny Florian – A final rematch of epic proportions from TUF 1. After TUF, Kenny has become one of the best lightweight fighters in the world, Diego had a slump at welterweight, so he moved to Kenny’s world. I have become a huge fan of Kenny and I would very much like to see him avenge the loss.

Renato “Babalu” Sobral / Tito Ortiz / Ricardo Arona – I’m not a fan of any of the guys mentioned here, but I wouldn’t mind seeing them take down. Any combination of the three is fine by me.

Shinya Aoki vs Joachim Hansen III – The rubber match is needed. Aoki destroyed Hansen in late 2006, Hansen returned the favor in a way that I think is unfair in the final of the Dream lightweight tournament. In my opinion, the “cool” Aoki beats the “cool” Hansen 10 times out of 10, I would like to see Shinya get revenge.

Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante vs Eddie Alvarez – Both guys lost to Shinya Aoki, I thought this fight had been in the works before, I could be wrong, either way, I’d like to see it now.

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brock Lesnar – Sometime in 2010, after Brock had matured and proved himself defending his heavyweight title a few times.

Andrei Arlovski vs. Josh Barnett: After Fedor defeats Barnett, Arlovski and Barnett should face off to see who gets Fedor again. Arlovski takes this fight.

Andrei Arlovski vs Fedor Emelianenko II -I am a fan of Andrei and I would very much like to see him redeem himself for the fairy knee. He looked sexy in the first 3 minutes of his first fight and I imagine he would look just as sexy in a second fight. I’m not saying he wins, but I dream of an epic heavyweight title fight and I think Arlovski vs. Fedor still has what it takes to deliver.

That is all for now. I doubt we’ll see many of the fights mentioned here that aren’t booked yet, but that’s MMA for you.