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Who are you guys picking Saturday night?
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Champ Frankie Edgar vs. Ben Henderson (for lightweight title)
Ryan Bader vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
Cheick Kongo vs. Mark Hunt
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Jake Shields
Tim Boetsch vs. Yushin Okami
Hatsu Hioki and Bart Palaszewski
Joe Lauzon vs. Anthony Pettis
Henderson
Jackson
Kongo
Akiyama
Okami
Hioki
Lauzon
Edgar
Bader
Kongo
Shields
Okami
Bart
Pettis
Rampage via sexual assault!
Really? You've got Akiyama over Shields?Quote:
Originally Posted by Griffin Lambert
Henderson
Bader
Hunt (unless Kongo cheats)
Shields
Okami
Palaszewski
Lauzon (fight of the night)
Akiyama has better stand up and more power. If Shields can't get the double leg it's going to be a long night for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Stager
All the same! Not counting Edgar out but Henderson is a safe picQuote:
Originally Posted by David Stager
Edgar
Rampage
Kongo
Shields
Okami
Palaszewski
Lauzon
Kid Yamamoto
Gomi
Cantwell
This is a very good card.
My picks in red.Quote:
Originally Posted by Griffin Lambert
Tough to pick because a lot of these could go either way. IMO there's no clear favorite. Maybe Rampage and Vader, but Vader could wrestle hump his way to decision. Hunt could KO Kongo. Akiyama could KO Shields. I guess the Okami fight might be a sure bet. We'll see. I have a feeling it's gonna be a night of decisions though. So I'm keeping my hopes low.
I'm excited about the title fight though. Bendo is never in a boring fight and Edgar has no quit...and now he has KO confidence. It's gonna be a good fight.
I wanna pick Hunt too, but I'm picking Kongo by decision. I see him taking Hunt down or holding him against the fence a lot. But I'm rooting for Hunt by KO which he CAN do.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Stager
I for see a lot of one sides fights.
I think Kongo will mix things up with a few blasting nut shots in the clinch and maybe some "range-finding"-open-handed-jabs to Hunt's eyeballs.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Rosado
EDIT: He may also try to demoralize Hunt by grabbing onto his shorts and pantsing him.
Edgar
Jackson
Kongo - Being from NZ I'm a Hunt supporter but I don't think he can handle Kongo's pace/ground game. I'd love to be wrong.
Akiyama
Okami
Palaszewski
Pettis - I'd love to be wrong about this one too. Potential FOTN
Has Kongo ever defended a takedown?
Ben Henderson via tko or sub
rampage via decision
kongo via ko/tko
akiyama via decision
okami via decision
really unsure about lauzon but i expect fireworks
Like which ones?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mitchell C
Not from anyone with strong wrestling. But off the top he defended from Buentello.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cody Kietzman
Frankie Edga, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Cheick Kongo, Jake Shields Tim Boetsch (my upset pick for this card), Bart Palaszewski, Anthony Pettis
I havent seen Akiyama do anything in the UFC that says he can hang. Plus being his first drop to 170 I predict a lackluster performance from Akiyama and Shields getting the TD, doing nothing with it all 15 minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Griffin Lambert
EdgarQuote:
Originally Posted by Griffin Lambert
Bader
Kongo
Shields
Okami
Bart
Lauzon
I just wanna see a bunch of good fights.... except for the headline I want Frankie Edger to smash Benson........that is all
ThisQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave Cran18
Edgar by UD
Rampage by TKO rd 1
Kongo by KO rd 1
Shields by easy UD
Okami by UD
Hioki
Lauzon by kimura early rd 1