Each week, our ESPN.com panel tackles hot topics in the world of mixed martial arts.
This week, ESPN Insider senior editor Mike Huang is joined by Bellator standouts Kimbo Slice and Ken Shamrock.
1. Who is the one fighter you are most excited to see in this packed MMA weekend?
Mike Huang: I'm interested in seeing Holly Holm. She has the boxing creds, but I'm curious what that ground game looks like. She's going to have a decent edge on Raquel Pennington, who's a good striker in her own right, but lacks any ground game. So she'll have no choice but to go toe-to-toe with Holm, who's a three-time boxing champion.
Kimbo Slice: My boy King Mo [Muhammed Lawal] is fighting [Friday] night, so my channel is going to be stuck on Spike TV. That's where it's at for me. What I like about King Mo is he's a lot like me. We'll fight anybody. But he's also got a superb wrestling game.
Ken Shamrock: I'm very careful with how I answer that kind of question. There's so many good fighters out there that I really try not to single anyone out. They all deserve some sort of credit.
2. What is the one fight of the weekend you are most excited to see?
Huang: Obviously that has to be Rousey-Zingano. I don't believe Cat was truly tested in her fight with Amanda Nunes. I know everyone is making a big deal about how Cat seems to be a slow starter and Ronda tries to finish quickly and how that's a bad matchup for Zingano. But I think Zingano has the strength and length to keep Ronda at bay. Of course, Sara McMann looked like she could withstand Ronda's striking and we know how that turned out.
Slice: I think all the women's fights are going to be great. It brings more popularity to the sport. My 14-year-old daughter Kara, she's now very much interested in fighting. She trains with "Jag" [Jessica Aguilar] down at American Top Team at home in Fort Lauderdale, and Jag's one of the best in the world. Gina Carano was a pretty good friend of mine during our EliteXC days and she was the first one who really showed women could fight.
Shamrock: I love women in MMA. I've always said long before Dana White ever said women would never be in the UFC, that women should be in MMA. If they're willing to put in the work, do what it takes to perform in the Octagon, then why shouldn't they fight? I thought we got past that. The opportunity for women should be the same as men. But I also believe we're not bringing in the best fighters. There are women in Germany and Russia or Japan on their Olympic teams in Judo, Sambo, Greco-Roman wrestling, whatever, that we should be grooming to become MMA fighters.
3. What is the No. 1 'should have happened, but never did happen' matchup in MMA?
Huang: I think Anderson Silva versus Georges St-Pierre, although I think a Randy Couture versus Ken Shamrock fight would have been awesome from a guts standpoint! But Silva-St-Pierre while in their primes would have been something to watch. Highly technical, lots of respect.
Slice: I would like to see Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano. Back in the day, Gina had moves and she could fight. She could bring it. That would be a good matchup.
Shamrock: I sense Ronda's bored and maybe that's because the UFC isn't giving her the fights that will challenge her. Those are the fights that aren't happening. She's not fighting anyone who's like her -- an Olympic medalist, someone who is of the same caliber as her.
4. Will a fight between Ronda Rousey and Cris Justino ever materialize and if so, who wins?
Huang: That all depends on Cyborg. If she can get down to 135, and if Dana White says she's allowed to go to that weight, then sure it'll happen. But if it's too much weight for Cyborg to lose, it won't. Rousey is the champion, and one of, if not THE UFC's most prized fighter. She should not have to go up to a catchweight to fight a woman who's already tested positive for PEDs in the past.
Slice: Cyborg's a big girl. She lives in the gym. Muscle is a factor with her making weight. I guess you can lose muscle, but that doesn't help her. But if she can't make weight they should come to a catchweight. It can be done. If the promoters want the fight bad enough, the fans want to see it, and there's enough zeros in front of everyone's faces, make it happen.
Shamrock: If I were Ronda, I would be begging the UFC to give her someone who can put something of a fight against her. Someone who has some credentials. Cyborg's proven in the MMA world and yet it still hasn't happened for some reason. Maybe it never will. But Ronda is a great champion. It's not her fault that fight hasn't gotten done yet and she's not getting the fights she should get.
5. Who leaves Bellator 134 with the light heavyweight title: Emanuel Newton or Liam McGeary?
Huang: I think McGeary has a real good shot here. He's got considerable length [81-inch reach] over Newton and terrific boxing skills. Newton is a hard-nosed grinder and he has to keep this to a brawl and minimize McGeary's precision striking.
Slice: I'd have to do more homework on these guys, to be honest. But you're always looking for that one thing that can tip the scales. If I eventually fight one of them, you can be sure I'll do my homework and find that one thing, though.
Shamrock: I don't know. This is MMA, anything's possible. You think one guy's got an edge then you turn around and watch the fight and you're like, "Whoa! I didn't see that coming." MMA is the most exciting sport to watch because no matter who walks into the ring, no matter how good physically someone is, MMA can eliminate that with good coaching and strategy and game planning. And I love watching these guys -- especially these young kids [like McGeary] looking to make a name for themselves. That's what I get with Bellator. These guys are just hungry.