Edson Barboza's windmill kick, first successfully wielded at UFC Rio de Janeiro, is just one of the attractions at UFC 146 this Saturday. Photo: Josh Hedges/Zuffa.

“Boss, boss!” panted the Trainee, with that excited and frightening look his face betrays every time he thinks he came up with something fantastic. “I had a brilliant idea! Remember that story idea about Grandmaster Carlson Gracie I suggested? The one about the ugliest fighters in the world?”

It’s Friday. On Friday you can put up with anything. So I said, “I remember. You want to do one about the handsomest ones now?”

“No, boss… The cockiest ones in the UFC! Don’t you think Frank Mir would win it easy?” he said as he stepped into my personal space, like only really annoying people do.

Well I had to come up with an answer quick, and the only thing I could think of was: “Weren’t you going to submit your predictions for UFC 146?”

So there you have it, our picks for tomorrow’s UFC.

UFC 146
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA
MAY 26, 2012

Junior Cigano vs Frank Mir
Pick: Junior Cigano

Cain Velasquez vs Antônio Pezão
Pick: Cain Velasquez

Dave Herman vs Roy Nelson
Pick: Roy Nelson

Shane Del Rosario vs Stipe Miocic
Pick: Shane Del Rosario

Lavar Johnson vs Stefan Struve
Pick: Stefan Struve

Darren Elkins vs Diego Brandão
Pick: Diego Brandão

Edson Barboza vs Jamie Varner
Pick: Edson Barboza

Jason Miller vs C.B. Dollaway
Pick: Jason Miller

Jacob Volkmann vs Paul Sass
Pick: Jacob Volkmann

Dan Hardy vs Duane Ludwig
Pick: Duane Ludwig

Kyle Kingsbury vs Glover Teixeira
Pick: Glover Teixeira

Mike Brown vs Daniel Pineda
Pick: Mike Brown