I absolutely love fights @ 125.
Gomez is a Mexican American fighting out of the gym he helped found with Marc
Laimon: Cobra Kai in Las Vegas. He was born in Los Angeles, California to two
immigrants. He is the brother of footballer and U.S. national team representative
Herculez Gomez. Before his fights, Ulysses has worn the shirt of the club that
his brother plays for. This has included the Kansas City Wizards and Puebla FC.
Gomez has spent time at both Flyweight and Bantamweight but is more suited for
the former with is skinny 5’5 frame. Ulyssess wrestled in high school and is a
beast on the mat; he is only 25 and already won quite a few grappling completions
and awards, like being ranked #1 in his weight class at grapplers quest. Out of
his 9 wins, 7 are submissions. Not much footage out there on Ulysses. In second
last fight he was controlled by a 4 - 2 Drew Bittner for the whole first round,
Drew shot in for a lazy take-down at the start of the second and got choked
out. In the other fight I watched a 5’2 Thai fighter named Rambaa Somdet used
nice leg kicks, good take-down defense and dropped Gomez a few times to take a
UD. To be fair this was in 2008 and Rambaa is 9 – 2 - 0 overall.
Moraga
Wow not a lot out there on this
guy. He is 5’6 and fights out of Arizona Combat Sports. He is 10 – 1 – 0
overall with his lone loss to John Dodson in 2010. I don’t recognize most of
the other names so it’s seems like he is mostly a regional circuit kind of
dude. I looked up a few of his fights on YouTube, from what I could gather he
has a good gas tank, above average fight IQ (staying calm and doing exactly
what his corner says when he is on top in side control) lighting quick hands
and legit knockout power, his ground and pound in the Matthew Garcia fight is
straight up lethal, some of the best I’ve seen at the lower weight classes. That
being said I also noticed a lack of head movement, and he tends to keep his
hands down while throwing lopping (albeit super-fast) haymakers to close the
distance, he also needs to utilize better angles when moving in and out. His
wrestling and submission defense looked decent from what I could see, I wish
there was some more background info out there on this dude, I’d like to know if
he has any formal martial arts training. He was originally scheduled to come in
and Fight Ian McCall so the UFC must be at least a little bit high on him.
Prediction – John Moraga by sprawl and brawl KO in the second. I
think this is a bad match up for Gomez, I don’t think he will be able to take
John down as Moraga is fast and light on his feet and I believe he will be the
stronger man in the cage come Saturday.
I absolutely love fights @ 125.
Gomez is a Mexican American fighting out of the gym he helped found with Marc
Laimon: Cobra Kai in Las Vegas. He was born in Los Angeles, California to two
immigrants. He is the brother of footballer and U.S. national team representative
Herculez Gomez. Before his fights, Ulysses has worn the shirt of the club that
his brother plays for. This has included the Kansas City Wizards and Puebla FC.
Gomez has spent time at both Flyweight and Bantamweight but is more suited for
the former with is skinny 5’5 frame. Ulyssess wrestled in high school and is a
beast on the mat; he is only 25 and already won quite a few grappling completions
and awards, like being ranked #1 in his weight class at grapplers quest. Out of
his 9 wins, 7 are submissions. Not much footage out there on Ulysses. In second
last fight he was controlled by a 4 - 2 Drew Bittner for the whole first round,
Drew shot in for a lazy take-down at the start of the second and got choked
out. In the other fight I watched a 5’2 Thai fighter named Rambaa Somdet used
nice leg kicks, good take-down defense and dropped Gomez a few times to take a
UD. To be fair this was in 2008 and Rambaa is 9 – 2 - 0 overall.
Moraga
Wow not a lot out there on this
guy. He is 5’6 and fights out of Arizona Combat Sports. He is 10 – 1 – 0
overall with his lone loss to John Dodson in 2010. I don’t recognize most of
the other names so it’s seems like he is mostly a regional circuit kind of
dude. I looked up a few of his fights on YouTube, from what I could gather he
has a good gas tank, above average fight IQ (staying calm and doing exactly
what his corner says when he is on top in side control) lighting quick hands
and legit knockout power, his ground and pound in the Matthew Garcia fight is
straight up lethal, some of the best I’ve seen at the lower weight classes. That
being said I also noticed a lack of head movement, and he tends to keep his
hands down while throwing lopping (albeit super-fast) haymakers to close the
distance, he also needs to utilize better angles when moving in and out. His
wrestling and submission defense looked decent from what I could see, I wish
there was some more background info out there on this dude, I’d like to know if
he has any formal martial arts training. He was originally scheduled to come in
and Fight Ian McCall so the UFC must be at least a little bit high on him.
Prediction – John Moraga by sprawl and brawl KO in the second. I
think this is a bad match up for Gomez, I don’t think he will be able to take
John down as Moraga is fast and light on his feet and I believe he will be the
stronger man in the cage come Saturday.
I was not a fan of the UFC signing of Oli Thompson, who at
the time sported a 9 – 2 record and is now 9 – 3 – 0 overall after getting
TKO’d by Shawn Jordan in his UFC debut.He is a former Britain’s Strongest Man placing, 1st, 2nd,
3rd and 3rd. His “biggest” win as far as I can tell via
Tapology is a 10 – 7 “big” Ben Smith who fights at Light Heavyweight : /…… Let’s
just say I’m not sold on this guy being even close to UFC material.
Phil De Fries (6’5) 8
– 1 – 0
Phil is a relatively young heavyweight fighting out of Alliance
Jiu-Jitsu in Sunderland, England. He is
8 – 1 with 7 submissions. He won his UFC debut over fellow Brit Rob Broughton
via UD. It was a sloppy fight but Phil showed good control from the top and a
decent gas tank for a heavyweight. He is
a 3 stripe purple belt out of one of the best BJJ schools in the world.Phil would then run in to the buzz Saw that
is Stipe Miocic who would knock De Fries out in :43 seconds of round 1.
Prediction – De Fries
by submission round 1. Phil should get the clinch, push Thompson against
the cage and work some sort of trip or body lock takedown.
I was not a fan of the UFC signing of Oli Thompson, who at
the time sported a 9 – 2 record and is now 9 – 3 – 0 overall after getting
TKO’d by Shawn Jordan in his UFC debut.He is a former Britain’s Strongest Man placing, 1st, 2nd,
3rd and 3rd. His “biggest” win as far as I can tell via
Tapology is a 10 – 7 “big” Ben Smith who fights at Light Heavyweight : /…… Let’s
just say I’m not sold on this guy being even close to UFC material.
Phil De Fries (6’5) 8
– 1 – 0
Phil is a relatively young heavyweight fighting out of Alliance
Jiu-Jitsu in Sunderland, England. He is
8 – 1 with 7 submissions. He won his UFC debut over fellow Brit Rob Broughton
via UD. It was a sloppy fight but Phil showed good control from the top and a
decent gas tank for a heavyweight. He is
a 3 stripe purple belt out of one of the best BJJ schools in the world.Phil would then run in to the buzz Saw that
is Stipe Miocic who would knock De Fries out in :43 seconds of round 1.
Prediction – De Fries
by submission round 1. Phil should get the clinch, push Thompson against
the cage and work some sort of trip or body lock takedown.
Rani is a 2nd degree black belt
in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, sporting a 16 – 7 overall record. Don’t let his average
record throw you off, he has been fighting the top dogs in the lower weight
classes since day 1. He holds notable victories over Taiyo Nakahara, Mark
Hominick, Yoshiro Maeda, Eddie Windeland and Mike Brown. His loses include
Fredson Paixao (UD) Gesias Cavalcante (sub), Chase Beebe (D), Kid Yamamoto
(TKO), Joseph Benavidez(TKO), Takeya MIzugaki (UD) and Chad Mendes (UD). Rani is a highly decorated grappler. After
picking up Judo at a young age, Yahya was introduced to BJJ and never looked
back. He won the juvenile division of the Mundials at age fourteen as a blue
belt. In 2001 he repeated this feat as a purple belt. He would finish with a
silver medal at the 2005 ADCC tournament and straight up won the thing in 2007.
Rani’s striking is rudimentary at best, to his credit he has been working diligently
on it as a means to set up his take downs but he still looks a bit stiff in the
cage. Better foot work, extension on his punches and stringing together combos
are some things he really needs to work on. His head movement and fight IQ are
good and his wrestling defense is sound as his Judo background makes him hard
to take-down, however I’m not sure who would want to take down a 2nd
degree black belt with 14 wins via submission?
Grispi
(5’11) 74” reach
Grispi is a large featherweight, clocking
in at 5’11 with a 74’’ reach, he is also quite muscular, usually the being the
larger and stronger man at 145lbs. He sports a record of 14 – 3 with 7 win by
way of catch 6 knockouts and 1 decision. His record is devoid of any real “names”
until Josh makes his WEC debut against Mark Hominick which he wins by rear
naked choke in the first. He would then go on to TKO Micha Miller and submit
bot Jens Pulver and LC Davis before running into Dustin Poirier and George
Roop. These last two fights have left Josh on losing streak that he is looking
to right on Saturday.Grispi will have
the advantage standing as he throws better combinations, utilizes some decent
kicks and his boxing is average. His striking defense is porous and he tends to
counter strike sometimes which adds up to him getting tagged on the feet,
however I don’t think Yahya will be landing any big shots. Grispi cannot match Yahya on the ground as
Rani is the best BJJ purist in the division but this is not BJJ, Grispi may
have the correct combination of submission defense, size and wrestling to lay
on Yahya for 3 rounds.
Prediction
– Yahya submission round three. Logic says to go
with the larger man with good ground skills and average striking via the
smaller submission ace who relies on chaining together take-downs to get the
fight to the floor. This fight will probably be a clinch war to see who can end
up on top and I’m going with the guy I like more =) probably won’t be betting
on this fight, at least not much.
Rani is a 2nd degree black belt
in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, sporting a 16 – 7 overall record. Don’t let his average
record throw you off, he has been fighting the top dogs in the lower weight
classes since day 1. He holds notable victories over Taiyo Nakahara, Mark
Hominick, Yoshiro Maeda, Eddie Windeland and Mike Brown. His loses include
Fredson Paixao (UD) Gesias Cavalcante (sub), Chase Beebe (D), Kid Yamamoto
(TKO), Joseph Benavidez(TKO), Takeya MIzugaki (UD) and Chad Mendes (UD). Rani is a highly decorated grappler. After
picking up Judo at a young age, Yahya was introduced to BJJ and never looked
back. He won the juvenile division of the Mundials at age fourteen as a blue
belt. In 2001 he repeated this feat as a purple belt. He would finish with a
silver medal at the 2005 ADCC tournament and straight up won the thing in 2007.
Rani’s striking is rudimentary at best, to his credit he has been working diligently
on it as a means to set up his take downs but he still looks a bit stiff in the
cage. Better foot work, extension on his punches and stringing together combos
are some things he really needs to work on. His head movement and fight IQ are
good and his wrestling defense is sound as his Judo background makes him hard
to take-down, however I’m not sure who would want to take down a 2nd
degree black belt with 14 wins via submission?
Grispi
(5’11) 74” reach
Grispi is a large featherweight, clocking
in at 5’11 with a 74’’ reach, he is also quite muscular, usually the being the
larger and stronger man at 145lbs. He sports a record of 14 – 3 with 7 win by
way of catch 6 knockouts and 1 decision. His record is devoid of any real “names”
until Josh makes his WEC debut against Mark Hominick which he wins by rear
naked choke in the first. He would then go on to TKO Micha Miller and submit
bot Jens Pulver and LC Davis before running into Dustin Poirier and George
Roop. These last two fights have left Josh on losing streak that he is looking
to right on Saturday.Grispi will have
the advantage standing as he throws better combinations, utilizes some decent
kicks and his boxing is average. His striking defense is porous and he tends to
counter strike sometimes which adds up to him getting tagged on the feet,
however I don’t think Yahya will be landing any big shots. Grispi cannot match Yahya on the ground as
Rani is the best BJJ purist in the division but this is not BJJ, Grispi may
have the correct combination of submission defense, size and wrestling to lay
on Yahya for 3 rounds.
Prediction
– Yahya submission round three. Logic says to go
with the larger man with good ground skills and average striking via the
smaller submission ace who relies on chaining together take-downs to get the
fight to the floor. This fight will probably be a clinch war to see who can end
up on top and I’m going with the guy I like more =) probably won’t be betting
on this fight, at least not much.
Both men are high level Judokas with
Omigawa being a 3rd Dan Black Belt and Manvel being the cousin of
Judo legend Karo Parisyan and trained by Gokor Chivichyan. To me this is a pick em fight. I am leaning Gamburyan by KO or decision but I love me some Omigawa
so I hate picking against him. I think
this will be contested on the feet where Manny should have a slight advantage.
Both men are high level Judokas with
Omigawa being a 3rd Dan Black Belt and Manvel being the cousin of
Judo legend Karo Parisyan and trained by Gokor Chivichyan. To me this is a pick em fight. I am leaning Gamburyan by KO or decision but I love me some Omigawa
so I hate picking against him. I think
this will be contested on the feet where Manny should have a slight advantage.
Both men are high level Judokas with
Omigawa being a 3rd Dan Black Belt and Manvel being the cousin of
Judo legend Karo Parisyan and trained by Gokor Chivichyan. To me this is a pick em fight. I am leaning Gamburyan by KO or decision but I love me some Omigawa
so I hate picking against him. I think
this will be contested on the feet where Manny should have a slight advantage.
Both men are high level Judokas with
Omigawa being a 3rd Dan Black Belt and Manvel being the cousin of
Judo legend Karo Parisyan and trained by Gokor Chivichyan. To me this is a pick em fight. I am leaning Gamburyan by KO or decision but I love me some Omigawa
so I hate picking against him. I think
this will be contested on the feet where Manny should have a slight advantage.
Will update record before I finish my posts, before the last UFC I believe I was 22 - 7 but I failed pretty hard on the last one so when I get a chance I'll count em up for you ok Mr.Xpert? =)
Will update record before I finish my posts, before the last UFC I believe I was 22 - 7 but I failed pretty hard on the last one so when I get a chance I'll count em up for you ok Mr.Xpert? =)
Prediction's don't always reflect my actual bets, this is more to bring some information to the community and for fun. I don't really record my plays or predictions, my bankroll does the recording for me.
Prediction's don't always reflect my actual bets, this is more to bring some information to the community and for fun. I don't really record my plays or predictions, my bankroll does the recording for me.
Standing 6’4 Prado is a hulking light
heavyweight (skeptical as he does not look 6’4 in some videos, well see when he
faces off with the 6’2 Davis) he picked up Muay Thai at age 19 and made his pro
debut in 2009. He is only 25 years old and is only a blue belt in BJJ but you
have to think training at the renowned team nogueira / blackhouse camp will
shore up his decencies quickly. Wagners
hands are fast and heavy and he keeps his hands up high when throwing his wide
hooks. His leg kicks are downright devastating; check out this clip where he
lands an inside leg kick directly to the Femoral Artery of this dude that drops
the guy like he was shot in the liver with a hunting rifle.
That
all being said, there is no tape on anyone attempting anything that resembles a
take-down on him so I have absolutely no idea what his clinch / wrestling is
like. His opponents down in Brazil almost all have losing records, pretty bad
ones too, so it’s hard to measure how good this kid actually is. On paper he
looks like a solid addition to the LHW division.
Davis
Davis is one of the better college
wrestlers to enter the sport at the light heavy weight division.He won the junior (197 lbs) NCAA championship
in 2008 and placed 5th in 2007. He finished college at Penn State
with a record of 116 - 15 and was a four time NCAA division 1 All-American.
Davis is a blue belt in BJJ under Lody Irvin but his “in cage” MMA jits might
be on a higher level with submission wins over Tim Beotsch (modified Kimura)
and Alexander Gustafsson (anaconda choke). Davis was having a rough go against
LIL Nog in his second to last fight, nog stuffed a number of double leg
take-downs along the fence that had Phil looking frustrated, I believe it was
in the second when Phil switched from a power double against the fence to a
high crotch single which lil nog apparently had never seen before, Davis hit
this same take-down multiple times to take a UD. Davis also has a UD win over
Brian Stann in 2010 but Stann has terrible take-down defense. In his last fight
Davis was outclassed by Rashad over 5 rounds.
Prediction
– Like I’ve said before I don’t like betting on
fighters I’ve never seen fight live in the big show, whether it be UFC, strike
force, bellator etc. So I will probably stay away from this betting wise, Davis
is the more logical choice as he needs to and probably will get this fight to the
ground but imma go with Wagner Prado via
KO for shits.
Standing 6’4 Prado is a hulking light
heavyweight (skeptical as he does not look 6’4 in some videos, well see when he
faces off with the 6’2 Davis) he picked up Muay Thai at age 19 and made his pro
debut in 2009. He is only 25 years old and is only a blue belt in BJJ but you
have to think training at the renowned team nogueira / blackhouse camp will
shore up his decencies quickly. Wagners
hands are fast and heavy and he keeps his hands up high when throwing his wide
hooks. His leg kicks are downright devastating; check out this clip where he
lands an inside leg kick directly to the Femoral Artery of this dude that drops
the guy like he was shot in the liver with a hunting rifle.
That
all being said, there is no tape on anyone attempting anything that resembles a
take-down on him so I have absolutely no idea what his clinch / wrestling is
like. His opponents down in Brazil almost all have losing records, pretty bad
ones too, so it’s hard to measure how good this kid actually is. On paper he
looks like a solid addition to the LHW division.
Davis
Davis is one of the better college
wrestlers to enter the sport at the light heavy weight division.He won the junior (197 lbs) NCAA championship
in 2008 and placed 5th in 2007. He finished college at Penn State
with a record of 116 - 15 and was a four time NCAA division 1 All-American.
Davis is a blue belt in BJJ under Lody Irvin but his “in cage” MMA jits might
be on a higher level with submission wins over Tim Beotsch (modified Kimura)
and Alexander Gustafsson (anaconda choke). Davis was having a rough go against
LIL Nog in his second to last fight, nog stuffed a number of double leg
take-downs along the fence that had Phil looking frustrated, I believe it was
in the second when Phil switched from a power double against the fence to a
high crotch single which lil nog apparently had never seen before, Davis hit
this same take-down multiple times to take a UD. Davis also has a UD win over
Brian Stann in 2010 but Stann has terrible take-down defense. In his last fight
Davis was outclassed by Rashad over 5 rounds.
Prediction
– Like I’ve said before I don’t like betting on
fighters I’ve never seen fight live in the big show, whether it be UFC, strike
force, bellator etc. So I will probably stay away from this betting wise, Davis
is the more logical choice as he needs to and probably will get this fight to the
ground but imma go with Wagner Prado via
KO for shits.
Interesting, you think Thompson will keep it standing or end up on top hey? I have been thinking about that fight a lot after making my prediction. He is a pretty hefty dude.
Interesting, you think Thompson will keep it standing or end up on top hey? I have been thinking about that fight a lot after making my prediction. He is a pretty hefty dude.
Interesting, you think Thompson will keep it standing or end up on top hey? I have been thinking about that fight a lot after making my prediction. He is a pretty hefty dude.
I think he could end up on top and win the first two rounds while gassed in the 3rd trying to hold onto a decision, or I think he could plant De Fries flat on his face early in the fight with his hands.
De Fries needs to tire him out, and that will definitely happen if Thompson doesn't KO him early. It's just a matter of if he's done enough at that point to win 2 rounds. This fight is one that if I do decide to play, it will only be 1 unit.
De Fries is certainly able to win by submission, or just lose the first round and come back and beat up a gassed Thompson and take the last two rounds as well.
Interesting, you think Thompson will keep it standing or end up on top hey? I have been thinking about that fight a lot after making my prediction. He is a pretty hefty dude.
I think he could end up on top and win the first two rounds while gassed in the 3rd trying to hold onto a decision, or I think he could plant De Fries flat on his face early in the fight with his hands.
De Fries needs to tire him out, and that will definitely happen if Thompson doesn't KO him early. It's just a matter of if he's done enough at that point to win 2 rounds. This fight is one that if I do decide to play, it will only be 1 unit.
De Fries is certainly able to win by submission, or just lose the first round and come back and beat up a gassed Thompson and take the last two rounds as well.
Nam
Phan vs. Cole
Miller
Preliminary Card | Featherweight | 145 lbs (65.8 kg)
Phan
(5’6) 17 - 10
Phan is a Vietnamese-American that has been
studying martial arts since a very young age. He started Taekwondo at age 4, by
16 earned a 2nd degree black belt in a Vietnamese martial art called
Quyen Dao. Phan would begin training Jiu-jitsu in 2000 and has achieved the
rank of black belt. Nam also holds a black belt in Karate and has professional
boxing record of 3 – 1. Phan’s record of 17 – 10 is pedestrian at best, however
most of his loses are to elite competition at the lower weight classes. Rob
McCullough, Josh Thomson, Gesias Cavalcante, Billy Evangelista, Michihiro
Omigawa, Isaac DeJesus, Leonard Garcia (ya right Phan won that fight), Mike
Brown and the wrecking ball that is Jimy Hettes.
Miller
(6’1) 18 – 6
This will be Millers 2nd go at
145lbs. He is a massive featherweight, standing 6’1 with a 73” reach. His
nickname “Magrinho” means “skinny” in Portuguese. Miller is a beast on the mat
with 13 of his 18 wins coming by way of submission.He holds a brown belt while in a gi but
operates at a black belt level in the cage. His biggest wins in the UFC are
over Ross Pearson and T.J. O’Brien, while he holds notable defeats to Matt
Wiman (UD) Efrain Escudero (TKO), Jeremy Stephens (KO) and Steven Siler (UD).
Siler was able to use rock solid take down defense to keep the fight standing
where Miller was at an obvious disadvantage.While Millers ground game is exceptional his striking is below average and
his offensive wrestling is almost non-existent. Miller gets hit too easily and
keeps his hands low when throwing his combinations, things Siler took advantage
of to beat Cole up on the feet in his last fight.
Prediction
– Nam Phan by UD. I think Cole has a rough cut and
gets frustrated again when he is unable to take Phan down. Phan will need to
navigate through the long punches of Miller to get inside with his head-body
one two bread and butter combo.
Nam
Phan vs. Cole
Miller
Preliminary Card | Featherweight | 145 lbs (65.8 kg)
Phan
(5’6) 17 - 10
Phan is a Vietnamese-American that has been
studying martial arts since a very young age. He started Taekwondo at age 4, by
16 earned a 2nd degree black belt in a Vietnamese martial art called
Quyen Dao. Phan would begin training Jiu-jitsu in 2000 and has achieved the
rank of black belt. Nam also holds a black belt in Karate and has professional
boxing record of 3 – 1. Phan’s record of 17 – 10 is pedestrian at best, however
most of his loses are to elite competition at the lower weight classes. Rob
McCullough, Josh Thomson, Gesias Cavalcante, Billy Evangelista, Michihiro
Omigawa, Isaac DeJesus, Leonard Garcia (ya right Phan won that fight), Mike
Brown and the wrecking ball that is Jimy Hettes.
Miller
(6’1) 18 – 6
This will be Millers 2nd go at
145lbs. He is a massive featherweight, standing 6’1 with a 73” reach. His
nickname “Magrinho” means “skinny” in Portuguese. Miller is a beast on the mat
with 13 of his 18 wins coming by way of submission.He holds a brown belt while in a gi but
operates at a black belt level in the cage. His biggest wins in the UFC are
over Ross Pearson and T.J. O’Brien, while he holds notable defeats to Matt
Wiman (UD) Efrain Escudero (TKO), Jeremy Stephens (KO) and Steven Siler (UD).
Siler was able to use rock solid take down defense to keep the fight standing
where Miller was at an obvious disadvantage.While Millers ground game is exceptional his striking is below average and
his offensive wrestling is almost non-existent. Miller gets hit too easily and
keeps his hands low when throwing his combinations, things Siler took advantage
of to beat Cole up on the feet in his last fight.
Prediction
– Nam Phan by UD. I think Cole has a rough cut and
gets frustrated again when he is unable to take Phan down. Phan will need to
navigate through the long punches of Miller to get inside with his head-body
one two bread and butter combo.
The first fight on the main card sees two
UFC vets with a surprisingly similar set of attributes.Both men are 6’1, 77” reach for Swick and 75”
for Johnson, both men have fast, heavy hands with the edge in technique going
to Swick and Johnson for power.Both men
have some decent wins in the UFC but have fallen short when faced with a step
up in competition. Swick with loses to Paulo Thiago (choke), Dan Hardy (UD),
Yushin Okami (UD), and Johnson faltering to likes of John Maguire (armlock),
Amir Sadollah (elbows), Matt Riddle (TKO) and James Wilks (RNC). Swick’s resume is a bit more polished with
wins over Ben Saunders, Marcus Davis, Josh Burkman and David Loiseau. Johnson
holds notable victories over Michael Guymon, Brad Blackburn and Edgar Garcia,
all of whom are not employed by Zuffa any longer. So maybe notable is not the
right word -_- Swick will have the edge
standing and he has legit knockout power, faster hands and better technique and
DaMarques will have the edge on the ground, Johnson’s ground game is for real,
he is a threat from top control and off his back, his triangle is particularly
good. I would also give the edge in the wrestling department to Swick as
Johnson’s take down defense has been below average his whole UFC career. The X factor that is going to make me stay away
from this fight betting wise is Swick’s layoff, normally this is Swick’s fight
to loose but he has been out for over two years with knee and chest issues. The
silver lining to this is that for a lot of this time Swick has been able to
train and he says he is in the best shape of his life. I’m going to have to go with Swick by TKO in the third even with his
long layoff in mind. I don’t like picking against Johnson because I really
like him as a fighter, I’m not sure why I guess it’s a man crush. That being
said I realize he is border line UFC talent.
The first fight on the main card sees two
UFC vets with a surprisingly similar set of attributes.Both men are 6’1, 77” reach for Swick and 75”
for Johnson, both men have fast, heavy hands with the edge in technique going
to Swick and Johnson for power.Both men
have some decent wins in the UFC but have fallen short when faced with a step
up in competition. Swick with loses to Paulo Thiago (choke), Dan Hardy (UD),
Yushin Okami (UD), and Johnson faltering to likes of John Maguire (armlock),
Amir Sadollah (elbows), Matt Riddle (TKO) and James Wilks (RNC). Swick’s resume is a bit more polished with
wins over Ben Saunders, Marcus Davis, Josh Burkman and David Loiseau. Johnson
holds notable victories over Michael Guymon, Brad Blackburn and Edgar Garcia,
all of whom are not employed by Zuffa any longer. So maybe notable is not the
right word -_- Swick will have the edge
standing and he has legit knockout power, faster hands and better technique and
DaMarques will have the edge on the ground, Johnson’s ground game is for real,
he is a threat from top control and off his back, his triangle is particularly
good. I would also give the edge in the wrestling department to Swick as
Johnson’s take down defense has been below average his whole UFC career. The X factor that is going to make me stay away
from this fight betting wise is Swick’s layoff, normally this is Swick’s fight
to loose but he has been out for over two years with knee and chest issues. The
silver lining to this is that for a lot of this time Swick has been able to
train and he says he is in the best shape of his life. I’m going to have to go with Swick by TKO in the third even with his
long layoff in mind. I don’t like picking against Johnson because I really
like him as a fighter, I’m not sure why I guess it’s a man crush. That being
said I realize he is border line UFC talent.
I like Varner in this fight even coming in on short notice. I don't think Joe will take him down and even though Varner is 2" shorter he has a 2" reach advantage. Sprawl and brawl UD win for Varner.
I like Machida to stay upright for the majority of the fight where he should have a clear advanatge, yes Bader has some power in his right hand but good luck landing that the dragon. Machida TKO round 3.
Mauricio is my favorite fighter, i've never picked against him and I never will. Also I don't think Vera has any way to win this fight, hail mary high kick maybe? Shogun via TKO, ground strikes from Vera's guard pride style.
I like Varner in this fight even coming in on short notice. I don't think Joe will take him down and even though Varner is 2" shorter he has a 2" reach advantage. Sprawl and brawl UD win for Varner.
I like Machida to stay upright for the majority of the fight where he should have a clear advanatge, yes Bader has some power in his right hand but good luck landing that the dragon. Machida TKO round 3.
Mauricio is my favorite fighter, i've never picked against him and I never will. Also I don't think Vera has any way to win this fight, hail mary high kick maybe? Shogun via TKO, ground strikes from Vera's guard pride style.
Finally YOU ARE WRONG........sry I took Lauzon, I was counting on you have a wrong prediction but awesome capping on the rest of the card. Look forward to your future ufc predictions and postings.
Finally YOU ARE WRONG........sry I took Lauzon, I was counting on you have a wrong prediction but awesome capping on the rest of the card. Look forward to your future ufc predictions and postings.
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