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Post by James Hetfield on Jan 6, 2011 15:49:05 GMT -5
UFC 128 "SHOGUN VS. JONES'', 3/19/2011 (PPV/Spike TV/Facebook.com Stream/ESPN-UK) Prudential Center, Newark NJ1. Catchweight (195 lb) bout: Nick Catone vs. Costantinos Phillipou 2. Featherweight bout: Raphael Assunção vs. Erik Koch 3. Bantamweight bout: Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland 4. Lightweight bout: Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau 5. Welterweight bout: Mike Pyle vs. Ricardo Almeida6. Lightweight bout: Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani7. Light Heavyweight bout: Luiz Cane vs. Elliot Marshall 8. Heavyweight bout: Mirko Filipović vs. Brendan Schaub 9. Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Dan Miller 10. Lightweight bout: Kamal Shalorus vs. Jim Miller11. Bantamweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland 12. Light Heavyweight Championship: Maurício Rua (c) vs. Jon Jones *Fights 4 & 5 will be shown LIVE on facebook.com/UFC at 8pm ET. Fights 6 & 7 will be shown LIVE on Spike TV at 9pm ET.
- Shame for Benavidez being so low on the card after proving he's one of the top guys in the weight division. Loveland is a tough opponent, though. Hasn't lost in four years and I'll bet he'll want to take all of Benavidez' mojo. I see Benavidez coming out aggressive with his grappling and eventually getting the submission. Anything can happen, though. - Kurt Pellegrino has been sidelined for awhile with a knee injury and is fighting one of the biggest mother ers at lightweight. I think size will be a factor here. Tibau is probably the biggest lightweight out there and actually has shown some success at the weight. I see Pellegrino using his wrestling to try and gas out Tibau, eventually getting the decision victory. Should be a fun one. - My training jiu-jitsu instructor, Ricardo Almeida is finally back where he needs to be. The Matt Hughes loss really got to him, and he made it a point to work diligently on his striking defense and offense to try and make sure getting caught with a punch won't happen again too often. I was brought in for this training camp in specific to give Ricardo pointers on using his distance and strikes properly while on the DEFENSE. Expect Ricardo to use more kicks in this fight, and that's including head kicks. He's got a tough opponent who just MAULED John Hathaway and showed great ground offense while doing it. I will not be in Ricardo's corner for the fight, but I will however be backstage warming up and going over some last-minute planning for the fight. Expect Ricardo to win by TKO late in the second. His striking has come very far. - The WEC vs. UFC lightweights saga is still in full effect. Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani live on Spike. Needless to say, I expect (as with some of the other WEC vs. UFC fights) the WEC guy to come out on top. He seems to have the better overall game, longer reach and is just more crisp on his feet. Keep a lookout for these series of fights coming up, they should be fun. - Oh Dear Cro Cop, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways... but seriously, come on it's ing MIRKO CRO COP. Now, I know a lot of you "new age" guys will simply write Mirko off and say Schaub wins this easily. I understand Mirko hasn't looked the BEST lately, but I will still ALWAYS root for him no matter what. I still believe he can do it. He seems to be in good shape, he just needs a bit more motivation. One can only pray for a LHK knockout, but I'm expecting something out of Mirko. Frank Mir was afraid to strike with Mirko, and decided to grapple and caught him with a knee. I feel Schaub won't be as timid as Mir was and will get caught in a flurry by Mirko. MIRKO!!!!!!!! - Yet another WEC vs. UFC match as top contender Jim Miller (and New Jersey native! takes on undefeated WEC veteran Kamal Shalorus. I find this fight interesting because of what Miller said about WEC fighters and thinking they "can't cut it" in the UFC. I think Shalorus has the huge advantage in the wrestling aspect, and he packs a lot of power in his punches, but I think Miller has the advantage in the jiu-jitsu realm. Chances are, this will be fought all over. I don't think Miller will be able to finish Shalorus, but I think he will take this by decision. He seems to have better movement in his strikes and doesn't seem to freeze-up when he's off his back. Miller all the way. - The UFC debut of top WEC draw, Urijah Faber has finally come, and its a tough one. Eddie Wineland is a very powerful striker with great technique to boot. Faber's style has always been very unorthodox and just thrown out there. He uses his strikes to set up takedowns and uses a lot of fakes as well. Wineland has won his last 4 fights, while Urijah has been sort-of inconsistent as far as wins and losses go. I think Faber's speed will be a little too much for Wineland to handle, and Faber will eventually get in close for a takedown and a submission, possibly by Guillotine choke. This is my guess for Fight of the Night. - Jones, Jones Jones. I think Jon Jones is one of the most promising fighters of the past 10 years. His pure athleticism and strength is a sight to see for any fight fan. He has looked great against his previous opponents, but as much as I hate to say it... he hasn't fought someone like Shogun. Jones has only looked good against wrestlers, and has never fought a top-tier striker. Shogun has fought guys with long reaches, like Overeem and Diabate and was able to make quick work of those opponents. While I don't think this fight will be a quick one, I do see Shogun using many leg kicks to try and chop down Jones (who has never really experianced leg kicks like Shogun's) and will eventually get the KO or a Submission. Jones is the future of the division, he just isn't a complete enough fighter (in my opinion) to beat Shogun. WAR SHOGUN!
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Post by Mr. MMA on Jan 6, 2011 16:01:54 GMT -5
UFC 128 "SHOGUN VS. EVANS'', 3/19/2011 (PPV/ESPN-UK) Prudential Center, Newark NJ1. Lightweight bout: Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani 2. Bantamweight bout: Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland 3. Middleweight bout: Dan Miller vs. Nick Catone 4. Lightweight bout: Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau 5. Welterweight bout: Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle 6. Light Heavyweight bout: Luiz Cane vs. Karlos Vemola 7. Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus 8. Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama 9. Heavyweight bout: Mirko Filipović vs. Brendan Schaub 10. Bantamweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland 11. Light Heavyweight Championship: Maurício Rua (c) vs. Rashad Evans This fight card is nothing short of phenomenal. I really think Benavidez vs. Loveland should be higher up than the 2nd prelim. When the main card is on I will not blink. Miller vs Shalarus is gonna be hard fought stand up brawl since I don't either of them getting taken down. I see Akiyama bouncing back and defeating Marquardt. I hate to say it but if Mirko doesn't pull something big here I see Schaub taking the fight. I love Wineland (considering he's from Indiana and coming off 2 KO of the night honors) and Faber, as much as I would love to see Eddie win I don't see him beating the California Kid. I honestly see Rashad getting KO'd by round 2 if Shogun's knees are good.
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Post by James Hetfield on Jan 6, 2011 16:08:55 GMT -5
I'm sure things will be changed around once everything is finalized, but that's how I expect the card to go. Since the card is pretty well stacked, I expect to see some prelims on TV.
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Post by Mr. MMA on Jan 6, 2011 16:19:23 GMT -5
I'm sure things will be changed around once everything is finalized, but that's how I expect the card to go. Since the card is pretty well stacked, I expect to see some prelims on TV. God I hope so Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani will be an all out brawl, Benavidez is one of the top bantamweights in the world right now so I see Loveland giving it his all, and I'd love to see Pyle vs Almeida as well.
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Post by Sandy on Jan 6, 2011 17:14:16 GMT -5
not sure I understand Marquardt vs Akiyama, at all.
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Post by James Hetfield on Jan 6, 2011 17:22:39 GMT -5
Why? Sonnen can't fight, so who else are you going to put in there?
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Post by Sandy on Jan 6, 2011 18:03:54 GMT -5
true...just seems like a step up for Akiyama...I still consider Marquardt a top 5 MW....it will be a fun fight, no doubt but if Akiyama loses this one I'm sure he will be gone...and I would rather him stick around for a bit...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2011 19:55:21 GMT -5
On that note, any word on Alan Belcher.
This is the one card in my opinion UFC could get away with charging extra for a PPV and showing every single card. When you see that Barboza is the first fight. Just wow
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2011 20:01:04 GMT -5
James you attending live as a spectator or in Ricardos camp?
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Post by James Hetfield on Jan 6, 2011 20:29:52 GMT -5
Ricardo has already chosen his corner, but I will be in the crowd in the first or 2nd row thanks to him.
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Post by nexusonnen on Jan 7, 2011 3:59:57 GMT -5
On that note, any word on Alan Belcher. Think he restarts training this month... not too certain though.
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Post by the hell demon on Jan 7, 2011 10:05:01 GMT -5
Looks like another night of Team Alpha Male domination.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2011 20:55:38 GMT -5
Very good card so far, just wondering how Shogun will fare after such a lengthy absence from the Octagon, and in his first LHW title defense.
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Post by James Hetfield on Jan 10, 2011 15:07:34 GMT -5
Added the poster.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Jan 10, 2011 20:00:03 GMT -5
Looks like a great card. I think Shogun will probably KO Rashad in their fight and as I said before, this is do or die for Cro-Cop. If he loses this one to Schaub, he'd better think about retirement. I truly hope we see a devastating "Cemetery" leg kick from Cro Cop that crumples Schaub in a heap. That would be awesome.
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Post by XtremeSlim on Jan 11, 2011 7:49:18 GMT -5
Can someone please share the presale password?
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Post by nexusonnen on Jan 11, 2011 8:11:20 GMT -5
Very good card so far, just wondering how Shogun will fare after such a lengthy absence from the Octagon, and in his first LHW title defense. I hate this excuse. Nobody is mentioning that Rashad's lay-off is only three weeks less than Shogun's so it's practically a level playing field, ring-rust wise. Shogun beat Machida on May 8, 2010 (UFC 113) and Rashad beat Rampage on May 29, 2010 (UFC 114). The long absence isn't going to be a factor. Anyway, that poster is SICK. Nice to see Faber getting co-main status. Wineland lucked out here! I doubt he'd have made UFC PPV co-main status otherwise, haha. I see Cane/Vemola or Benavidez/Loveland (this fight does NOT make sense to me at all unless they're hoping for an easy win for Joseph) being the first prelim fight though. Expect some aired prelims, probably Pellegrino/Tibau and Almeida/Pyle. Picks are in green bold: 1. Lightweight bout: Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani 2. Bantamweight bout: Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland 3. Middleweight bout: Dan Miller vs. Nick Catone 4. Lightweight bout: Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau 5. Welterweight bout: Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle 6. Light Heavyweight bout: Luiz Cane vs. Karlos Vemola7. Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus 8. Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama 9. Heavyweight bout: Mirko Filipović vs. Brendan Schaub10. Bantamweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland 11. Light Heavyweight Championship: Maurício Rua (c) vs. Rashad Evans
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2011 21:41:49 GMT -5
Shogun for the win.
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Post by SteveHulk on Jan 12, 2011 14:45:55 GMT -5
...am I the only one picking Rashad in this fight, lol? I can just see him using constant movement and good footwork to out-box and frustrate Shogun. I think the injury/lay-off will hurt Shogun more than Evans too.
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Post by Mr. MMA on Jan 13, 2011 19:34:05 GMT -5
Manny Gamburyan vs Raphael Assuncao is on the official card.
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