Ultimate Fight Night pics and a few other things

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Fox . Mar 24 2008 12:49. Posts 3110

So training is going well. I was able to meet up with some ATT members. Thiago alves and Marcus Aurelio. Thiago is pretty beastly both seem cool I didn't get to train with them much. Mostly they were using our gyms facility to train before the UFN in colorado.

Here are the fights and i'll make some picks.

Kenny Florian Vs. Joe Lauzon-

Good fight. This is not easy to pick. Kenny has really good technique and he's very calm and paces himself. But this is not a 5 round fight, if it was i'd say he would have a large advantage. i think Joe's explosive ability gives him a good chance in the fight. This is a very even fight but i'm going to pick Joe as the upset by UD. I don't know if he can finish kenny but if he does it's going to probably be strikes from mount.

Thiago Alves Vs. Karo Parisyan-

Also good fight. Karo is one of my fav guys because i'm a judo fan this fight is pretty close. Thiago has great kicks and karo being a judo fighter might have issues because he's used to planting being a judoka. I don't think this will be an issue since karo has upgraded from a judo guy into a true mma fighter.

I think karo should win this, he will get in the clinch and take thiago down and either ground him for 3 rounds or pound him. I don't think he gets a sub against him. Karo's problem is if thiago gets top position which i think is unlikely but if he does get on the bottom to thiago he could be in for a world of hurt. But considering karo is rarely on his back i think this is karo's fight to lose.

Matt Hamill Vs. Tim Boetsch-

Tim is a big strong dude who likes to hit things. Unfortunately Matt has serious strength and i don't think tim can muscle him around. Matt also has a strong chin so i see this being tim hurting him early but matt controlling him 3 rounds for a decision.

Kurt Pellegrino Vs. Nathan Diaz -

man so many good fights. Both these guys are good on the ground. But Diaz's camp is so good and he'll be so prepared until he faces a really strong fighter i'm picking him to win by sub. I think he wins this by RNC/armbar/triangle/whatever he wants. But this is gonna be a good ground war.

James Irvin Vs. Houston Alexander-

Flip a coin. Houston is undersized and james is a large dude but man whoever connects can win this. I'm going to say Houston because i think he has quicker hands and against james i think he can ko him before he gets koed. James might take this to the ground (might) and maybe he could win there... but most like houston by manly right hook.

Gray Maynard Vs. Frank Edgar-

omfg this is gonna rock. Gray is a really good wrestler and a strong fighter. But edgar is just a beast and he looks so normal but he's just run through everyone in the ufc. I think this ends with frank winning standing and keeping gray off guard with shoots. I don't think gray can take frank down... this could be frank winning by strikes standing/finishing on the ground. or a UD. This is a bad fight for gray.
This could be a tuneup fight to give Frank a title shot against the penn/joe winner or a rematch between him and tyson.

Josh Neer Vs. Din Thomas-

this fight could be the main event if it was another day. Din vs Josh two great fighters. If Din comes back 100% from the injury he wins this by strikes/sub/decision. It hink more like decision cuz josh is really tough as nails but this is din's fight for sure he's more well rounded and more athletic. The only thing Josh may have is a bigger heart.

Ryan Roberts Vs. Marcus Aurelio-

Marcus by sub the end.

Jeff Cox Vs. Manvel Gamburyan-

If manny's shoudler holds together he wins 1st round. Jeff is a can.

Samy Schiavo Vs. Clay Guida-

Guida could be champ in ANY OTHER ORG but in this org he faces so many tough fighters. He was crushing the shit out of huerta before he lost. his fight against tyson was super close and i think he wins that 50/50 of the time. Guida is a beast and he just outpaces everyone with his pace and cardio. If he ever became champ it would be so ahrd to beat him in 5 founds. Samy is gonna get his clocked cleaned by my hero.

Roman Mitichyan Vs. George Sotiropoulos-

Great fight for both guys. I see george by strikes on top in the 2nd round.

Anthony Johnson Vs. Tom Speer-

After tom got assraped by Mac it's hard to say how good he really is on the ground. never seen johnson fight before so i can't comment. I'm hoping Mac is just REALLY good on the ground and just made tom look bad and tom is actually good. gnp 3 rounds for a decision to Tom.

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