LW: #1 Benson Henderson (11-1) vs. #2 Anthony Pettis (8-2) Pick: Anthony Pettis HW: #7 Frank Mir (14-7) vs. Josh Barnett (0-0, #3 HW Prospect) Pick: Frank Mir FW: #3 Chad Mendes (9-1) vs. #6 Clay Guida (1-0) Pick: Chad Mendes HW: #18 Brandon Vera (4-2) vs. #20 Ben Rothwell (2-2) Pick: Brandon Vera FW: #10 Dustin Poirier (6-2) vs. #17 Erik Koch (5-2) Pick: Dustin Poirier LW: #13 Gleison Tibau (12-6) vs. #25 Jamie Varner (7-5) Pick: Jamie Varner FLYW: #3 Louis Gaudinot (1-0) vs. #8 Tim Elliott (1-1)...
UFC Predictions
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 27: CONDIT VS. KAMPMANN PREDICTIONS
WW: #3 Carlos Condit (10-3) vs. #5 Martin Kampmann (7-4) Pick: Carlos Condit – Condit will take advantage of Kampmann being a notorious slow starter. LW: #10 Donald Cerrone (13-5) vs. #14 Rafael Dos Anjos (8-4) Pick: Donald Cerrone – Cerrone will outclass Dos Anjos on the feet. WW: #34 Brian Melancon (1-0) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (0-0, #29 UFC MW) Pick: Kelvin Gastelum – Very interesting...
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 26: SONNEN VS. SHOGUN PREDICTIONS
LHW: #9 Chael Sonnen (0-1) vs. #10 Shogun Rua (13-6) Pick: Chael Sonnen – Shogun very well may still be a pretty good fighter, but stylistically, this is a bad match up for him. Sonnen’s takedowns and ground and pound will be too much here. HW: #6 Alistair Overeem (4-1) vs. #8 Travis Browne (5-1) Pick: Travis Browne – I’m tempted...
UFC 163: ALDO VS. KOREAN ZOMBIE PREDICTIONS
FW: #1 Jose Aldo (12-0) vs. #6 Korean Zombie (4-1) Pick: Jose Aldo – If we’re being honest with each other, the Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung, is getting this title shot because of his popularity. Not because he’s the #1 contender. I watch a lot of UFC and I still George Roop knocking out...
UFC ON FOX 8: JOHNSON VS. MORAGA PREDICTIONS
FLYW: #1 Demetrious Johnson (3-0) vs. FLYW: #3 John Moraga (2-0) Pick: Demetrious Johnson – Moraga has looked good early on in the UFC and people have been saying he’s never fought anyone on Johnson’s level. That’s not necessarily true because Moraga has fought John Dodson and lost a decision. However Johnson and his speed...
UFC 162: SILVA VS. WEIDMAN FIGHT PREDICTIONS
MW: #1 Anderson Silva (16-0) vs. MW: #3 Chris Weidman (5-0) – for Middleweight Title Pick: Chris Weidman – Like many people, I’ve gone back and forth with this pick all week. And normally, there wouldn’t be any logical opinion available to pick against Anderson Silva. But his opponent Chris Weidman makes the exception. To...
UFC 161: HENDERSON VS. EVANS PREDICTIONS
#6 Dan Henderson (13-7) vs. #8 Rashad Evans (12-3) Pick: Rashad Evans – This fight is a real pick em. Could go either way. Henderson is more likely in finishing the fight between the two, but I like Evans. He’s younger, beat a lot of top guys at light heavyweight. Henderson is much older...
UFC ON FUEL 10: WERDUM VS. NOGUEIRA PREDICTIONS
#4 Fabricio Werdum (11-5) vs. #8 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (18-6) Pick: Fabricio Werdum – Nogueira is still a decent heavyweight, although he’s only fought once in the last year and a half against a below average fighter in Dave Herman. So I take it back. We don’t really know if Big Nog is still...
UFC 160: VELASQUEZ VS. BIGFOOT 2 PREDICTIONS
#1 Cain Velasquez (9-1) vs. #5 Bigfoot Silva (9-3) – for heavyweight title Pick: Cain Velasquez – From a pure prognosticating stand point, how can you not pick Cain Velasquez? After Velasquez laid a beatdown of epic proportions on Bigfoot Silva last memorial day weekend, what argument could be made that Bigfoot has a chance? Well,...
UFC on FX 8: ROCKHOLD VS. BELFORT PREDICTIONS
#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...