REED Isn't Trying to Step on Mex's Toes, but Since he Didn't Speak on the Other EXCELLENT Fights on UFC 100, REED Figured he'd Start a Thread... GSP vs. Alves???... Lesnar vs. Mir II???... AND Bisping vs. Henderson???...REED doesn't Even Know the Rest of the Card, but those 3 Bouts ALONE Make it an EXCELLENT 1... Thoughts??...Predictions???... REED:hammert: ps. If TFK Wants to MERGE this Thread w/Mex's, Go Ahead...
REED, you wanna meet me at the bar Saturday night and we can watch it there with some wings and beer? BTW, I got $10 on Mir, $25 on GSP, and $15 on Bisping.
I have a funny feeling that Mir is going to submit Brock again. As strong and athletic as he is, I think Mir may really be on top of his game for this fight. Mir Sub 2. I think that GSP will take it to the ground and have his way with Alves. Rd 3 G&P As much as Henderson has slipped, I dont think that Bisping will hurt him, and I can see Henderson winning by one of his huge bombs. Hendo TKO 2.
Mir by submission. GSP Vs Alves is really tough to call. GSP is one of the very best, but if anyone can beat him it's Alves. GSP is the safer bet, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Alves won. I'll be shocked if this is an easy fight for GSP. GSP by decision then. Hendo Vs Bisping. Tough to call again. I don't think Bisping is anything special, prime Hendo would have smashed him, but he's past his best now. I'll tentatively pick Bisping by decision.
Frank Mir vs. Brock Lesnar: I think Lesnar takes this one. It wasn't too long ago Mir was looking like crap against terrible fighters like Brandon Vera and Marcio Cruz. And I doubt Lesnar will allow himself to get caught like he did the last time. From the looks of things, Mir is overestimating his standup after KOing Nog, but if he stands up and trades with Lesnar, he's gonna get KO'd. Lesnar KO 2 GSP vs. Thiago Alves: GSP has been pretty much unstoppable lately, other than his loss to Serra. But the Serra loss showed the blueprint on how to beat GSP. You have to keep the fight standing. The guys GSP has been beating haven't been pure standup fighters. Hughes, Koshcheck, Serra, Fitch, etc, are all better ground fighters than they are standup fighters, and it seems like nobody can get the better of GSP on the ground. If Alves can keep the fight standing, he can win. 5 of Alves last 6 fights, all wins, have come by KO. If I pick any fight wrong, this is it, but I'm taking Alves. Alves KO 3 Michael Bisping vs. Dan Henderson: Like I've said in other posts, I just don't see any way Bisping wins this fight. He's not gonna KO Hendo, and he's certainly not gonna outwrestle him. And with no submissions in the past 4 years, and none in the UFC, I don't see him submitting Henderson either. This fight has the potential to be a stinker, but I hope it's not. Henderson UD Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago: This is an excellent matchup. Thiago is a submission fighter, while Fitch hasn't been submitted since losing his debut fight to Mike Pyle 7 years ago. While Fitch showed a lot of heart in the GSP fight, who knows what that beating took out of him. Thiago is undefeated, but other than his KO of Josh Koscheck, everyone else he's fought has been a nobody. This could go either way, but I'll take the experience on the big stage. Fitch by UD Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher: With so many good fights on the undercard, I'm wondering why this fight is on the PPV broadcast. Akiyama is an excellent fighter, but he's making his UFC debut and is virtually unknown to the average UFC fan. Belcher is a decent fighter, but with losses to fighters like Jason Day and Kendall Grove, and no real big wins on his record, he's hard to get excited about. Akiyama Sub 1 Mark Coleman vs. Stephan Bonnar: No matter how many times Bonnar loses, he'll always have a job with the UFC. I'm not sure why Coleman is even fighting still. Still, with the name recognition of these two fighters, I'm amazed this fight isn't making the PPV. Bonnar isn't much of a fighter, but Coleman is beyond washed up. He's in league with Tank and Shamrock. Coleman is gonna gas, and Bonnar should have enough to put him away. Bonnar KO 3 Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller: Danzig has been a disappointment since winning TUF, losing his last 2 fights. Miller is a local guy that I saw coming up fighting in groups like Ring of Combat and Caged Fighting Fury Championships. Miller is coming off a loss to Gray Maynard, but his only other loss is to Frankie Edgar in 2006 (a card I was at.) Miller Sub 2 Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien: This is another fight I'm surprised didn't make the PPV cut, as the UFC seems to want to push Jones as a star because of his exciting and unorthodox style. Jones still needs some seasoning, and his cardio needs to improve, but I think he's the real thing. O'Brien is coming down from heavyweight, and while 8 of his 11 wins are by KO, he hasn't KO'd anyone in 3 years, and has only 1 KO win in 6 UFC fights. Jones KO 2 Dong Hyun-Kim vs. T.J. Grant: I haven't seen either of these two fight before, though I've read up on them. Kim has good power and made his name fighting for the Deep promotion in Japan. Grant has fought mostly out of Canada, and has all but 2 of his 14 wins coming by submission. Grant Sub 3 CB Dolloway vs. Tom Lawlor: This is a fight, while maybe not PPV worthy, I'd figure would be on a UFC Fight Night on Spike. Dolloway was supposed to be the TUF Posterboy before running into Amir Saddaloh, twice, but he still has a lot of potential. Lawlor, who is best known as the guy who peed in his fruit plate when the other TUF team was stealing it on him, and for KOing a drunken David Kaplan at his request. Dolloway Sub 1 Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty: Just a filler matchup between two fighters who probably won't be in the UFC for much longer. Gugerty Sub 1 TFK
I'm going with Brock with a stoppage win via GNP in either the first or second round. Has anyone ever looked better in a 90 second loss than Brock did against Mir? The ammount of damage he did to Mir's face in less than two minutes was pretty significant. No ref will save Mir this time and Brock will just pound away from a safe spot like side control, he will not try to improve position or stand back up. He'll take control and keep it. GSP will stop Alves. I personally think Alves is a bit overrated. The guy comes in way over weight and over powers Hughes. Not a big deal really IMO. Hughes is stupid for letting that happen. Alves looks like a good striker when he's in with guys like Kos and Hughes who are not strikers at all and it's the weakest point in both of their games. I just think he's had the right matches. I also don't think Alves chin is any better than GSP's, so I don't think GSP is in any more danger than Alves when the fight is standing. I think GSP dictates the pace no matter if it's standing or on the ground, he eventually catches Alves and wins via TKO. I've got Hendo over Bisping. Hendo is a much more skilled Matt Hamil. That is all. As for the rest. Fitch Belcher Bonnar Danzig O'Brian (Jones will gas) Kim Dolloway Gurgerty
I think Lesnar will stay out of submissions this time around. GSP will use his quickness and Alves' leg kicks as opportunities to shoot. George by decision. I think Hendo beats Bisping by ground and pound decision. Fitch wins any way he wants.
One thing for sure, the HW fight is going to be interesting. I think a lot of guys under estimate Mir he is a great fighter buts sometimes he doesnt seem interested. Lets wait and see what happens. GSP V Alves is gonna be blood sweat and tears and a real pick'em. I used to hate the sight of Bisping but kinda warmed to the guy watching TUF. He's just not that good, kinda average at everything. A prime Hendo destroys him this Hendo will get the decision.
See, the thing with sentences is, you actually have to read the whole sentence to understand what it's saying. So to come in here and quote me, only underlining part of the sentence, then replying to that part as if that was the whole sentence shows me that you're either not educated enough to grasp basic reading comprhension, or, you're an idiot who failed miserably at a weak attempt to be funny. Either way, I'd be embarrassed if I were you. TFK
Come on TFK, it was funny. I think he just picked up on the fact that you actually shouldn't have put a comma after fight, which made it into a statement, rather than part of a statement.
I did, but with the caveat that I was probably picking wrong. So actually, I picked right. Right? TFK
