11 Predictions For UFC 181

December's first event in UFC land marks the start of an exciting string of events for the promotion. After suffering through several cards decimated due to injury, the UFC has a number of stacked events ready to go, and the first of those, UFC 181 (taking place Saturday, December 6th in North America - the promo shot above is for the Australian market), has managed to avoid any major losses to the injury bug with just a week to go before the event. That's great news for some simple reason: fight week generally sees fighters scaling back in their training. Fight camps are wrapped up. There's still the matter of weight cuts, and fluke illness, but for the most part, we should see the majority of fighters make it to the octagon Saturday night. And yes, before you ask, we are looking for a large chunk of wood to knock on right now, even having said that. All things considered, however, this is great news for the UFC. Promotion for this card should reach fever pitch this week, and it's a card with not one, but two title fights, but featuring champions who have not fought in some time. For welterweight champion Johny Hendricks, he hasn't set foot inside the cage since March, against Robbie Lawler - the same man he's facing Saturday night, for the second time. For lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, who takes on fellow Ultimate Fighter coach Gilbert Melendez, well he hasn't fought since winning the title against Benson Henderson back in August 2013, well over a year ago. Will ring rust play a factor? Hendricks and Pettis aren't the only one returning from long layoffs, so you'll be hearing those words a lot. We're taking a look at the full card here, so lets get started - here are eleven predictions for UFC 181.