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So it is nearly upon us. Looking forward to the main event big time.
My picks....
Jones vs Evans - Evans
MacDonald vs Mills - MacDonald
Schaub vs Rothwell - Schaub
Torres vs McDonald - McDonald
Hominick vs Yagin - Hominick
Bocek vs Alessio - Bocek
Prelims
Browne vs Griggs - Griggs
Brown vs Thompson - Brown
Makdessi vs Njokuani - Njokuani
Danzig vs Escudero - Danzig
Wisniewski vs Clements - Clements
Brimage vs Blanco - Blanco
What are yours? :-)
Jones vs Evans - Jones wins by 1st degree murder
MacDonald vs Mills - MacDonald by GNP TKO
Schaub vs Rothwell - Schaub by sloppy decsion
Torres vs McDonald - Torres by triangle choke
Hominick vs Yagin - Hominick by KO
Bocek vs Alessio - Bocek by armbar
^10 bucks says it wouldn't get as much media as the Zimmerman case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Sioda
Jones Via black on black crime.
Jones vs Evans (guillotine, not sure which round)
MacDonald vs Mills
Schaub vs Rothwell
Torres vs McDonald
Hominick vs Yagin
Bocek vs Alessio
Prelims
Browne vs Griggs (KO/TKO, Griggs is a monster)
Brown vs Thompson (I'm on the hype train. striking styles that are unfamiliar in MMA give MMA guys a lot of trouble. This is why Machida went undefeated for so long. I can see this helping Wonderboy for a while)
Makdessi vs Njokuani (I think Makdessi is the better striker. I could be wrong, but I'm sure it's going to be a badass fight)
Danzig vs Escudero- (Danzig isn't as good a wrestler as Volkmann. I think Efrain will control this fight)
Wisniewski vs Clements
Brimage vs Blanco
My picks in bold.
This card is pretty stacked.
Wonderboy vs Brown is going to be a barn burner. So will the Griggs and Makdessi/Njoukani fight.
EDIT:added a couple outcome prediction/opinions.
I am psyched to see the Waterboy in another UFC fight but I don't know anything about Makdessi/Njoukani - I'll have to keep any eye out for that one.
Njoukani is a sick striker, and so is Makdessi. Going to be a great fight that one. :-)
I want Rashad to win but dunno if he will :(
Jones vs Evans -
MacDonald vs Mills
Schaub vs Rothwell
Torres vs McDonald
Hominick vs Yagin -
Bocek vs Alessio
Jones vs Evans - via TKO (elbows)
MacDonald vs Mills - via KO
Schaub vs Rothwell
Torres vs McDonald
Hominick vs Yagin
Bocek vs Alessio
Also excited to see Stephen Thompson fight again. He looks like a good prospect.
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This looks quite sensual
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by brent smith
jones is the muhammed ali of mixed martial arts all the way now. his evolution is complete. not that he won't keep evolving, but he doesn't look like a kid anymore. he's a man. rashad is in his head no longer.
jones by being a man now.
Hi Guys,
Can someone post a link to a live stream of the fights?
that would be greatly appreciated,
Im about 4/10 fights right now. Hopefully Jones and Macdonald pull me to at least 50%
love yoooooouuuuQuote:
Originally Posted by Brent Smith
Wanted Rashad to win but I'm disappointed with his performance today. He should've been prepared for Jones's unorthodox moves
That site has been super reliable too so keep it in mind for the next ones!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Madden
You would think he would have been. He said he wouldnt be mesmerized by Jones's flash. It went exactly how I thought it would go though. There was so much hype leading up that this was such a rivalry that I had a feeling they would both respect each other too much for either fighter to go for anything that could cost the fight. Even Jones seemed to throw less risky strikes. Jones really started to look comfortable I believe it was in the 2nd until he got hit with a overhand that made him way more cautious. Why didnt Rashad go for more takedowns? I thought he could have kept the fighter closer that way. Putting Jones on his back would take away that range and make him at least a little less dangerousQuote:
Originally Posted by Jason Koh
Don't ask me. Rashad looked hesitant and tried to be cautious and he wasn't putting in enough work. He was trying to make distance the whole fight and probably thought he was gonna get his takedown defensed. I agreed with Joe that he should've went all out in the last 2 minutes of the fight because clearly Jones was gonna get the decision and the only thing Rashad could've done was hope to TKO or KO JonesQuote:
Originally Posted by Brent Smith
Exactly what I was thinking too. Should have gone balls out. If youre gonna lose make it impressive! I think he looked pretty tired the last 2 rounds too. I wonder if the elevation difference during training really did make a difference
damn, only got 7 fights correct, although i knew at the weigh-ins i was going to be wrong about the Shaub Rothwell fight, same with the Evans Jones fight. Rothwell looked in great shape for a change, and Jones looked a weight class above Evans. Evans should drop to 185. He would do very well there too. :-)
Well, I could already here the excuse train coming from people who hate on Jon Jones.
The "He's so much taller" "He's so much bigger" "He is a heavyweight fighting LHWs".
Well, other than all that, disappointed that Griggs lost, in fact I'm disappointed they moved him from strikeforce.
It's clear they are going to get rid of strikeforce, probably by the end of this year, and Griggs was rising through the ranks with them.
People like him are there last hope to start building new "stars".
I only got 6 right! Im a little surprised Torres got lit up. What is goin on with that guy?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam Sales
That was the first guard pull I've seen in UFC in years!
Yeah with 10 secs left in the round ! Not very impressive really, like when he went for a kneebar on shogun with only a few secs left in the round, he's not trying to finish with it just scoring pointsQuote:
Originally Posted by Cody Kietzman
Yea pull guard to score points and not do shit about it. Rashad was tryna pound his ass in the last 10 seconds
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Those elbows did some damage!