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[Maluco]

Anyone else excited about the Penn v Fitch fight?

I hope Penn wins via death due to strikes in the first 48 seconds.

card blows IMO, Fitch's last 7 wins come by decision; 56.5%, or 13 of his total 23 wins, are D's. I don't enjoy his fighting and, like you, hope Penn beats em up. HOWever... Fitch hasn't lost since 2003 except for his loss to p4p* GSP in 08.

http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Jon-Fitch-4865

on a sad note, I'm going to be out of the country for the Shogun/Jones event. THAT'S going to be a badass event!!

http://www.sherdog.com/events/UFC-128-Shogun-vs-Jones-15483

UFC 128 - Shogun vs. Jones
Ultimate Fighting Championship
March 19, 2011
Prudential Center,
Newark, New Jersey, United States
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UFC 128 FIGHT CARD
Matchups:
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Mauricio Rua (No. 1 LHW, No. 6 PFP)vs. Jon Jones (No. 7 LHW)

Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland
Mirko Filipovic vs. Brendan Schaub
Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus
Nate Marquardt vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Raphael Assuncao vs. Manny Gamburyan
Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle
Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau
Anthony Njokuani vs. Edson Barboza Jr.
Dan Miller vs. Nick Catone
Luis Artur Cane Jr. vs. Karlos Vemola













*Anderson Silva is the p4p

[E30Kaiser]

I was hoping to watch Shogun kill one of my least favorite fighters in Rashad, now I have to watch him fight a fighter I actually like in Jon Jones :(

Kurt Pellegrino vs Gleison Tibau should be good, hope it gets televised.

[Ryan...]

Wow... Who the fuck makes up these rankings???????? Bisping a top 10 middleweight?????? Has he ever beaten a top 10 fighter???

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=Aq1mEGEwomizvy6U9y73TPs9Eo14?slug=mmaweekly-cf234c9186f66626b2b74339a04e98e3

[KenC]

Wow... Who the fuck makes up these rankings???????? Bisping a top 10 middleweight?????? Has he ever beaten a top 10 fighter???

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_yl...b74339a04e98e3

And no Chael Sonnen

[Ryan...]

And no Chael Sonnen

That too.. I swear, the writer must have a hard on for some of the people listed there. No way they make the top 10..

[Ryan...]

UFC 128, predictions anyone? I'm super stoked for this car, a lot of good, exciting fighters on here, and my old school personal favorite: Cro Cop :)

Shogun vs Jones - Shogun via submission 4/5th round. I think these guys are gonna do a lot of circling, couple good exchanges, but you have to think Jones will go for the takedown and try to end it there.

Faber vs Wineland - I'm going to go with Faber on this one, via rear naked choke/arm bar in the 3rd. I think Faber will be able to outlast Wineland and catch him late in the fight.

Shalorus vs Miller - I've honestly never heard of Shalorus, so I don't have a real guesstimate for this fight..

Cro Cop vs Schaub - This is tough. I love Cro Cop, but his last fights have been terrible to say the least. I think Schaub is one the rise, he's got great hands and doesn't run out of steam. I wouldn't be surprised to see a TKO or KO from Schaub.

Marquardt vs Dan Miller (stepping in for Akiyami) - marquardt is obviously a good fighter, underrated in many people's eyes. I give him the definite advantage, especially with his opponent taking the fight on such short notice.

[Maluco]

UFC 128, predictions anyone? I'm super stoked for this car, a lot of good, exciting fighters on here, and my old school personal favorite: Cro Cop :)

Shogun vs Jones - Shogun via submission 4/5th round. I think these guys are gonna do a lot of circling, couple good exchanges, but you have to think Jones will go for the takedown and try to end it there.

Faber vs Wineland - I'm going to go with Faber on this one, via rear naked choke/arm bar in the 3rd. I think Faber will be able to outlast Wineland and catch him late in the fight.

Shalorus vs Miller - I've honestly never heard of Shalorus, so I don't have a real guesstimate for this fight..

Cro Cop vs Schaub - This is tough. I love Cro Cop, but his last fights have been terrible to say the least. I think Schaub is one the rise, he's got great hands and doesn't run out of steam. I wouldn't be surprised to see a TKO or KO from Schaub.

Marquardt vs Dan Miller (stepping in for Akiyami) - marquardt is obviously a good fighter, underrated in many people's eyes. I give him the definite advantage, especially with his opponent taking the fight on such short notice.

"Shogun via submission 4/5th round. I think these guys are gonna do a lot of circling"!???

circling my ass, have you not seen Shogun's fights? Mostly that of those in Pride or even his last two against Lyoto. If he is fully recovered from the post-Machida knee injury, expect him to dispatch Jones - KO/TKO in the 2nd.

I like Cro Cop and hope he's really "back" as he claimed he would be and puts on an ass-whipping, hospital-sending left-kick.... yeah, we'll see.

I don't like Marquardt, he's always falling short, hope he gets caught, dissapears.

As far as Faber:




and I'll just leave this here while I'm at it...

thickness

[Ryan...]

"Shogun via submission 4/5th round. I think these guys are gonna do a lot of circling"!???

circling my ass, have you not seen Shogun's fights? Mostly that of those in Pride or even his last two against Lyoto. If he is fully recovered from the post-Machida knee injury, expect him to dispatch Jones - KO/TKO in the 2nd.

I like Cro Cop and hope he's really "back" as he claimed he would be and puts on an ass-whipping, hospital-sending left-kick.... yeah, we'll see.

I don't like Marquardt, he's always falling short, hope he gets caught, dissapears.

I think Shogun is going to take a while to find his range, and I think Jones is going to be hesitant to jump right in, hence the "feeling out" time being long. I just dont see this fight ending via TKO or KO unless someone does something really stupid to expose themselves. I'm guessing we'll see Jones being very cautious, stying out of Shogun's range. He knows what Shogun's striking brings to the table, so he'd be best to stay away from that.

I like Marquardt, his fights aren't always the greatest, but he seems like a down to earth fighter, and those are often the ones I like most.

[Maluco]

no question Marquardt is a good person, humble and seems like a nice guy... Just don't really like him as a fighter.

I've just never known Shogun to do much of the feeling out, he pretty much goes for the kill. I honestly believe he will crush Jones if he is in good shape.


WHOA SHIT! This just in!

Zuffa Purchases Strikeforce

[KenC]

Zuffa should just do what they did to Pride and dissolve it. Pull the best fighters out and release the rest a la WEC merger.

Also Jones in the 2nd.

[Maluco]

Zuffa should just do what they did to Pride and dissolve it. Pull the best fighters out and release the rest a la WEC merger.

Also Rua in the 2nd.

I fully agree.

[Ryan...]

I've just never known Shogun to do much of the feeling out, he pretty much goes for the kill. I honestly believe he will crush Jones if he is in good shape.


WHOA SHIT! This just in!

Zuffa Purchases Strikeforce

Agree, I think the hesitance will come from Jones, not Shogun.

That's awesome! I wonder how long the two will remain separate? Think this would potentially open the door for Fedor to step in the octagon for the UFC sometime?

Also Jones in the 2nd.

As fun as Jones is to watch, it'll take a big mistake by Shogun for him to pull of the win IMO. Both are skilled, but I think when stuff gets close it'll be Shogun's experience and over all talent that wins it for him.

Like I said above, I think when Jones realizes how good Shogun really is, he'll go for the takedown, and that's when Shogun will sink in a submission.

[KenC]

When's the last time Rua even submitted anybody?

[Ryan...]

When's the last time Rua even submitted anybody?

hahah I have no idea. Just feels right, I can visualize it in my head if that counts for anything? I just dont see either of these guys getting KO'd.

[Maluco]

When's the last time Rua even submitted anybody?

2006, and it was his only W via a sub, out of 19 W's...

Record 19 - 4 - 0 (Win - Loss - Draw)


Wins
16 (T)KOs ( 84.21 %)
1 Submissions ( 5.26 %)
2 Decisions ( 10.53 %)

Losses
1 (T)KOs ( 25 %)
2 Submissions ( 50 %)
1 Decisions ( 25 %)