UFC 116 Predictions *Updated 6-25*

MAIN CARD

• Champ Brock Lesnar vs. interim champ Shane Carwin (heavyweight title-unification bout)
• Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Wanderlei Silva
• Matt Brown vs. Chris Lytle
• Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
• Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulos

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

• Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
• Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic

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Damn, besides the mainevent, that really is a crap card for a PPV. Bonnar vs Krystof? that should have been on Spike with the other TUF show fighters. I like many of these fighters like Sotiropulos and Matt Brown, but I would think of them as prelim fighters on a PPV at this point.

Brock, TKO round 3(fight of the night)
Akiyama UD
Brown gritty SD
Sotiropulos TKO round 2

Tuchscherer TKO round 1
Grove by sub(sub of the night I'm thinking triangle)

 

oh yeah, Krystof by sub round 3 kimura

 

Lesnar KO 2: Carwins tires and Lesnar is able to GNP him.

Akiyama UD: Fight of the night.

Lytle Sub 2: The result will be the same as their first fight.

Krystoff UD: Bonnar is garbage, but should be a good fight.

Sotiropoulos Sub 1: George is on a roll and subs Batman easily.

Tuchsherer SD: Lesnar's training partner wins a boring, ugly split decision.

Reljic Sub 1: Grove is terrible and gets subbed quickly.


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Ouch. That's my boy you're talking about. Can't believe you're picking against a Jersey kid like that.

 

Yeah, I always support the local guys (watch for Ricardo Romero who makes his UFC debut against Seth Petruzelli on the undercard), but for some reason I never got behind Pelligrino. I saw him fight live for Ring of Combat and Euphoria before he made it to the UFC. But like I said, I'm just not a fan and I think he'll get subbed.

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MAIN CARD

• Champ Brock Lesnar vs. interim champ Shane Carwin (heavyweight title-unification bout) -Carwin KO 1
• Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Wanderlei Silva - SIlva TKO 2
• Matt Brown vs. Chris Lytle -Brown UD (Fight of the Night)
• Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski - Soszynski UD
• Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulos - Sotiropoulos Sub 2

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

• Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer -Tuchscherer TKO 1
• Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic -Grove Sub 2

 

Carwin
Silva
Lytle
Soszynski
Sotiropoulos

Grove
Tuchscherer

 

Brock TKO 2
Silva UD
Lytle Sub 2
Soszynski UD
Sotiropoulous Sub 1


Tuchscherer UD
Reljic Sub 2

 

Wanderlei pulled out

 

That sucks big time. He's being replace by Chris Leben.


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Brock stops him early.

Can't see Lytle losing to Brown for 5, 3 minutes rounds. I'll take him by Sub.

Polish was winning the last fight comfortably, same thing here.

It's a mystery how good that guard truly is, it could totally shut down Kurt, but Im taking his wrestling over George.

Akiyama obviously beats Leben or I question all things I thought I knew about MMA....or life in general for that matter.

Schaub and Romero should win their fights.

 

What?!! Chris just fought on Saturday...

 

http://mmajunkie.com/news/19650/chr...-wanderlei-silva-in-ufc-116-co-main-event.mma

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my thoughts exactly

 

damn, how disappointing that silva had to pull out. hopefully, akiyama will take care of leben in an impressive fashion and fights silva down the road.

 

It's funny, but I was looking at the UFC Middleweight roster and it really doesn't look like there is anyone else.

Almost everyone at 185 either already has a fight coming up, is still on medical suspension, or recently fought.

 

'Grino vs. Sotiropolous could be a great fight, though.

 

as should lytle vs. brown.

not a bad card imho.

 

Exactly.. As I said in a previous post, it's like Joe Silva picked the best possible opponents for each guy.

There aren't a handful of stars on this card, but they all look like good fights.

And say what you want about Bonnar-Krystof but their first fight was 'Fight of the Night' worthy in my opinion. The award went to Stevenson-Sotiropolous but it was boring in comparison.

 

Hey fuckers, I didnt' say they wouldn't be good fights!!! I said they aren't big enough names to be on the main card of a PPV event for the largest MMA promotion in the world!!! I will fuck you in your asshole, Gatti! Don't even try me you Sudanese motherfucker!:fightme:

 

Well, with the replacement, I'll obviously take Akiyama over Leben.

 

Same here.:bears:

 

But seriously, with a main event like Carwin-Lesnar, they could put blind, albino, amputee midgets on the undercard as far as I'm concerned.

 

Two changes have been made to the televised card, so two changes will be made to this contest.

Obviously Wanderlei Silva has been replaced by Chris Leben.

Also, the Grove\Reljic fight is off the Spike prelim broadcast and is being replace by Seth Petruzzeli vs Ricardo Romero. So the updated card is...

MAIN CARD

• Champ Brock Lesnar vs. interim champ Shane Carwin (heavyweight title-unification bout)
• Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Chris Leben
• Matt Brown vs. Chris Lytle
• Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
• Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulos

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

• Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
• Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero

Please adjust your bets accordingly.


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Petruzelli sure milked that Kimbo win for all it was worth . Good grief.

 

Romero is going to completely outclass the Kimbo Killer.

 

Brock - TKO 2
Akiyama - Sub 2
Lytle - UD
Soszynski - TKO 3
Sotiropolous - Sub 1
Schaub - TKO 1
Romero - UD

 

My updated picks...

Lesnar KO 2: Carwins tires and Lesnar is able to GNP him.

Akiyama Sub 2: Wins submission of the night bonus.

Lytle Sub 2: The result will be the same as their first fight.

Krystoff UD: Bonnar is garbage, but should be a good fight.

Sotiropoulos Sub 1: George is on a roll and subs Batman easily.

Tuchsherer SD: Lesnar's training partner wins a boring, ugly split decision.

Romero Sub 3: Romero is a pretty good up and comer and could make some noise in the UFC. He is also not Kimbo.


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