Champ Mauricio "Shogun" Rua via TKO, Rd 2
- Jones has the wrestling and the reach, but Shogun has the superior striking and the slick jiu-jitsu. It isn’t Jon Jones’ time yet. WAR SHOGUN.
Urijah Faber via Sub, Round 1
- Wouldn’t be surprised to see an upset KO here however. Faber has too much to lose here, should fight smart and end it quickly.
Jim Miller via Decision
- Dangerous fight for Miller’s career, I think Joe Silva screwed the pooch with this matchmaking. Jim barely has anything to gain so much more to lose with this fight. I had the same opinion of the Siver-Gsots fight, especially when the fighter upsetting the contender isn’t yet in a position to be automatically shot up to the top. I would have much rather had number one contenders matched up against each other from the get-go, but of course timing will always make that tough to do as well. Regardless, Miller should take this decision I just hope he doesn’t get clipped by Kamal’s wild punches. Hopefully Jim can keep his nerves knowing that his brother had just lost to Marquardt.
Nate Marquardt via TKO, Round 2
- Dan Miller can’t beat top tier middleweights. He’ll likely keep his job for a bit longer doing the UFC a solid, but I don’t see how he can win this fight even in front of his hometown crowd.
Brendan Schaub via TKO, Round 2
- I’m sick of waiting for the CroCop of 2006 to re-emerge. This fight is the equivalent of taking old yeller out behind the barn, shotgun in hand. KO of the night.
Eliot Marshall via TKO, Round 1
- I have to favor the guy who’s fighting for his mma career against a guy who hasn’t won a fight since 2009. Used to like Cane a lot, but he can’t seem to put things together for a fight.
Edson Barboza via TKO, Rd 1
- Fight of the Night written all over it. Barboza is a monster.
Mike Pyle via Decision
- Pyle = my hero.
Gleison Tibau via Decision
- Gleison = Big, bad nuisance of lightweight division. I have a feeling Kurt’s knee is going to blow out in this fight, considering how improperly he rehabbed it.
Joseph Benavidez via Sub, Round 2
- I’d rather see Joe-Be-One-Kenobi on the facebook stream or Spike prelims, hard to believe his fight might not be shown. I’d have swapped with the Marshall vs Cane fight. Man, he did look tiny in the weigh in photos though.
Erik Koch via Decision
- In the words of Goldie, we’ve got ourselves a “classic striker vs grappler matchup”… I’ll pick the Roufus striker and bank on decent ground defense.
Costantinos Philippou via TKO, Round 2
- Gracie Barra vs Serra Longo, interesting matchup considering those camps seem to have a very close relationship.
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