Josh Koscheck believes he’s right there in the mix in the UFC’s welterweight division – and that a dominant win over Mike Pierce at UFC 143 will prove it.

Super Bowl QB Eli Manning of the N.Y. Giants, as well as Michael Strahan, Dhani Jones, Kurt Warner, Hall of Famer Jerry Rice, Von Miller and Warren Sapp make their picks for the Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit fight at UFC 143

Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit each weighed in at 169 pounds for their main event interim welterweight title fight at UFC 143.

Watch Friday’s UFC 143 weigh-in event streaming live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas at 7 p.m. Eastern.

Just because Nick Diaz doesn’t wanna be buddy-buddy with the guys he’s fighting, like Carlos Condit at UFC 143, doesn’t make him crazy. In fact, he says, that might make everyone else nuts.

HeavyMMA’s Megan Olivi chats with Mike Pierce about his UFC 143 main-card fight against former welterweight title challenger Josh Koscheck – and what he thinks of him.

UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre talks to the media about his rehab after knee surgery, his thoughts about Nick Diaz and how he sees the UFC 143 main event playing out.

Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit will meet for the interim welterweight title at UFC 143 on Saturday in Las Vegas. You can watch the pre-fight press conference Thursday at 4 p.m. Eastern.

Roy Nelson brings more to the table than one crazy beard and mullet combo and wants to prove it in the co-main event of UFC 143 against Fabricio Werdum.

UFC 143 co-main event heavyweight Fabricio Werdum talks to HeavyMMA’s Megan Olivi ahead of his return to the promotion on Saturday night in Las Vegas.