UFC 144 Predictions

[Griffin Lambert]

Who are you guys picking Saturday night?

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
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

[Griffin Lambert]

Henderson
Jackson
Kongo
Akiyama
Okami
Hioki
Lauzon

[Jack LaBarge]

Edgar
Bader
Kongo
Shields
Okami
Bart
Pettis

[Cody Kietzman]

Rampage via sexual assault!

[David Stager]

Henderson
Jackson
Kongo
Akiyama
Okami
Hioki
Lauzon

Really? You've got Akiyama over Shields?

Henderson
Bader
Hunt (unless Kongo cheats)
Shields
Okami
Palaszewski
Lauzon (fight of the night)

[Griffin Lambert]

Really? You've got Akiyama over Shields?

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.

[CaseyD]

Really? You've got Akiyama over Shields?

Henderson
Bader
Hunt (unless Kongo cheats)
Shields
Okami
Palaszewski
Lauzon (fight of the night)

All the same! Not counting Edgar out but Henderson is a safe pic

[Mark Lynch]

Edgar
Rampage
Kongo
Shields
Okami
Palaszewski
Lauzon

Kid Yamamoto
Gomi
Cantwell

This is a very good card.

[David Rosado]

Who are you guys picking Saturday night?

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
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

My picks in red.

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.

[David Rosado]

Really? You've got Akiyama over Shields?

Henderson
Bader
Hunt (unless Kongo cheats)
Shields
Okami
Palaszewski
Lauzon (fight of the night)

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.