Anaheim, Calif. - In a few hours, Brock Lesnar will enter the Octagon at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday night to defend his UFC heavyweight title against undefeated Cain Velasquez.

The Star Tribune will offer readers full access to Saturday's event.

I'm cageside in Anaheim.

For my live updates from UFC 121, check the Star Tribune's StribMMA Twitter feed throughout the night. And once the event ends, check the Brock Blog and StarTribune.com for more UFC 121 news.

Tom Horgen and Kyle Shiely are hosting a live chat on our website.

This should be a very exciting card. As expected, it's probably going to be a pro-Velasquez crowd.

Most of the reporters I talked to picked Velasquez. They believe the former Arizona All-America wrestler will take Lesnar into deep water and his conditioning will give him an advantage.

I disagree. I think Velasquez is a young fighter who hasn't faced a competitor like Lesnar. I believe Velasquez will make a costly mistake in the early rounds and lose via TKO in Round 2.

That's my prediction and I'm sticking to it.

Other UFC 121 notes:

-I had brunch with UFC light heavyweight contender Jon Jones Saturday morning. He joined Urijah Faber and Nate Diaz for a media roundtable discussion at the UFC's host hotel.

But before the chat started Jones and I talked MMA over a meal.

He said he wants Velasquez to win but he believes Lesnar will be too much for him. But he also said that Lesnar's size advantage won't mean a whole lot because Velasquez is used to fighting bigger guys.

Everybody expects a great fight.

-The breakfast of champions? Jake Shields sucked down a StarBucks drink at the UFC's hotel hours before his match was scheduled to begin. If he's wired tonight, you know why.

-Jon Madsen, Lesnar's training partner, took Gilbert Yvel down early and grounded and pounded him to pull off a TKO victory midway through the first round.

-I'm a college basketball reporter. So I'm usually close to the action. But there's nothing like press row at a UFC event. I'm about 10 feet away from the cage, so I can see every punch, kick and takedown from a great angle. It's a unique perspective in a unique sport.