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been a while...UFC 100!
The magic number has finally arrived, and this card looks to be excellent!
Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir face off again to decide who the undisputed HW champ is. Brock seems to improve each time I see him fight, and I expect him to be ready for this one. The guy is massive, strong and extremely quick for his size. Even though his boxing isn't fantastic, he hits hard enough to rattle even if blocked. Standing I don't think he'll have too hard of a problem. We all know he can wrestle, and I don't think Mir is good/fast enough to stop a takedown so that leaves the other aspect of Brock's game...GnP. Can he inflict damage without getting submitted this time around? You know he's training his submission defense. Mir looked really good in his last fight. I'll admit I didn't give him much of a chance against Nogueira. On paper Mir was supposed to lose that fight. Both are accomplished grapplers so a sub from either was out of the question. Standup would be the deciding factor, and it was...just not the way I thought it would be. Nogueira was training his standup with the Cuban olympic team! There was no way he was supposed to lose that fight. Mir just picked him apart though. Sadly for Mir, I don't think his improved standup is going to help him. Brock seems to have a decent chin, and with his expected sub defense I expect him to wear down Mir whose cardio has always been a question. Lesnar by TKO sometime around the 3rd round.
Every single fight GSP has is supposed to be his toughest yet. Thiago Alves is no doubt a tough opponent, but I don't think he'll beat GSP. Let's break them both down side-by-side. The standup department might be a toss up here. Alves has very good Muay Thai and great takedown defense, but GSP has very good "everything standing" and excellent takedowns. Let's not forget who GSP has beaten...Koscheck (arguably the best pure wrestler in the division), Fitch (another college wrestling beast), Frank Trigg (a wrestler and top ten WW at the time of the fight) and Matt Hughes (twice). All three of them has outstanding wrestling credentials, and GSP dismantled them all. Alves beat Koscheck and Hughes too and in impressive fashion. GSP is one of those fighers who will trade with his opponent at what they do best and win convincingly. The only hope Alves has is to catch GSP like Serra did. GSP is just too quick and athletic to stop, and Alves will find that out the hard way. GSP by whatever he wants into the later rounds.
I think Bisping versus Henderson is going to be a boring fight. Bisping has the better, crisper standup of the two, and his ground game is good too. Henderson does have that one-punch knockout power in his right hand, but Bisping is too smart of a boxer to get caught. Dan is known for his wrestling, and I think that's going to be the deciding factor in this fight. If Dan can get the fight on the ground he'll probably keep it there, but he will most likely just lay and pray a win out. If Bisping's TD defense is good then he'll pick Dan apart for the decision. I see Bisping winning this one.
John Fitch is fighting Paulo Thiago, a guy who beat Fitch's teammate Josh Koscheck in their meeting. Look for Fitch to come out with a vengeance and destroy Thiago. TKO in the second or third round for Fitch.
One fight I'm excited about is Jon Jones against Jake O'Brien. I first saw Jon fight against Stephan Bonnar, and he had his way with The American Psycho. Not only was Jones' standup great, but his wrestling was phenominal as well. Jon took Stephan down whenever he wanted, however he wanted. Jake's a good wrestler, but Jones is better, and his standup is WAY better. Jones will win by TKO early on. The LHW division better watch out for Jones!
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Yawn.....
Good ol UFC
The 100 ufc!! more then Great american football and baseball championships together. What a joke u would think Dana white would have put up a way better card then this stinkfest.
My opinion they should only host 1 tourny a year like before. When Shamrock and Gracie would fight 3-4 times a night to be crowned the true champ. Come on now they have a ex wrestler come in and win 2 fights and be crowned champ what a joke.
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I think Bisping will run the whole fight. Even then, I dont think he'll get past Henderson. IMHO, different level, we shall see...
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i know gsp personally thanks to my high school wrestling coach who coached the natural RANDY but ya gsp is goin to dominate talked to him a week ago seems like since that loss to serra hes in another world took that one to heart as he sholud have and as any fighter sholud after a loss he will dominate tonight the lesnar and mir fight i sincerely hope mir wins doesnt mean i think he is goin to win but i hope so after all lesnar beat my boy randy i hope tonight lives up to all the hype
too bad im not goin to be able to see it i will be submitting the stripers while hitts on is ground and pounding them at castaic tonight
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Good first fight! Belcher got robbed though. I had it 29 - 28 Belcher. If I could've scored it 28.6 - 28.4 I would've.
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DAYUM! Hendo!
Bisping looked scared from the opening second. His standup wasn't that good. Anyone else notice Matt Lindland pour water down Hendo's crotch in between the first and second round? That'll wake you up.
Last edited by KaliDawgFan; 07-11-2009 at 08:05 PM.
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GSP is just on another level...
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best quote ever:
GSP - I think I pulled my groin.
Greg Jackson - I don't care! Hit him with your groin!
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It looks like Dana White's going to have to bring in Bobby Lashley to challenge Brock.
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Second best quote of the night by Brock Lesnar:
"I may even get on top of my wife tonight"
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