#4 Luke Rockhold (9-0) vs. #5 Vitor Belfort (6-1) Pick: Vitor Belfort – Initially I thought this fight was a pick em. But after thinking about it, Belfort looked way better against Jon Jones than Chael Sonnen. And I viewed Chael Sonnen as the 2nd best middleweight in the UFC. Plus Rockhold will have...
Fight Night
UFC on FOX 7: HENDERSON VS. MELENDEZ ANALYSIS
-Those Strikeforce fighters sure did pretty good for themselves tonight. Just when I thought Gilbert Melendez would be the first guy for Benson Henderson to finish since becoming UFC lightweight champion, Melendez turned out to being one of his toughest fights. But I don’t think it was as close...
UFC TUF 17 Finale: Faber vs. Jorgensen ANALYSIS
-Urijah Faber proved he still the 2nd or 3rd best bantamweight in the world in his dominant win over Scott Jorgensen. Faber is always dangerous and probably will be getting his last title shot in 2014 after Dominick Cruz returns. -Scott Jorgensen has now hit his full potential, based...
UFC on Fuel TV 9: Mousasi vs. Latifi Predictions
#14 Gegard Mousasi (4-1) vs. Ilir Latifi (0-0, #31 LHW Prospect) Pick: Gegard Mousasi – I see this situation being very similar to when Nate Marquardt was pulled from a cable card and rising UFC prospect had to fight Charlie Brenneman instead. And Brenneman pulled the upset, largely because Story trained...
UFC on Fuel TV 8: Struve vs. Hunt Predictions
#8 Stefan Struve (9-3) vs. #9 Mark Hunt (3-1) Pick: Stefan Struve – Mark Hunt has been on a roll. He knocked off Cheick Kongo. It was impressive. But Mark Hunt is one dimensional. People forget that in Hunt’s first fight in the UFC, Sean McCorkle took Hunt down and submitted him pretty easy....