UFC 79 picks
I haven't had a UFC post in a while so here are my picks for the upcoming UFC 79. Winners marked with *.
Date: Dec. 29, 2007
Location: Las Vegas, Nev.
Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
Broadcast: Pay-Per-View
MAIN CARD
Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre* (for interim welterweight title)
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva*
Lyoto Machida* vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard* (potential fight of the night)
Soa Palalei vs. Eddie Sanchez*
UNDERCARD
Luis Cane vs. James Irvin*
Manny Gamburyan* vs. Nate Mohr
Dean Lister* vs. Jordan Radev
Roan Carneiro* vs. Tony DeSouza
Mark Bocek vs. Doug Evans*
Notable fights:
Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre*
This is the rubber match for these fighters and is a match up between the old school long time champ (Hughes) and the newest breed of well rounded MMA fighter (GSP) GSP took this fight on short notice but I can't pick against him.
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva*
MMA fans have been waiting a long time for this fight. It would have been nice to see them fight when they were both camps but I agree that it is a more interesting fight now. Both are coming off of 2 fight loosing streaks. The winner is still a contender, the looser won't be in a another big fight for a long time. I'm going with Wandy because he is a more well rounded fighter.
Lyoto Machida* vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
I love style match ups. Machida is a very patient (almost boring) counter striker. Soko is an in your face explosive striker with a world class Judo background. I have a hard time picking against a Judoka but I think Machida will control the tempo and win a unanimous decision. Soko is awesome but I think his lack of experience will show in this fight.
Manny Gamburyan* vs. Nate Mohr
Manny is a bad style match up for almost everybody. He is short, compact, and very strong. As long as his shoulder holds up he should be fine.
Dean Lister* vs. Jordan Radev
Lister is one of my favorite submission wrestlers. He has struggled (to put it lightly) with the striking aspect of the UFC. I've got my fingers crossed that with a year layoff we will see a much improved Lister in the stand up game. If I'm wrong I suspect Lister's UFC carrier is over.
Date: Dec. 29, 2007
Location: Las Vegas, Nev.
Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
Broadcast: Pay-Per-View
MAIN CARD
Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre* (for interim welterweight title)
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva*
Lyoto Machida* vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard* (potential fight of the night)
Soa Palalei vs. Eddie Sanchez*
UNDERCARD
Luis Cane vs. James Irvin*
Manny Gamburyan* vs. Nate Mohr
Dean Lister* vs. Jordan Radev
Roan Carneiro* vs. Tony DeSouza
Mark Bocek vs. Doug Evans*
Notable fights:
Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre*
This is the rubber match for these fighters and is a match up between the old school long time champ (Hughes) and the newest breed of well rounded MMA fighter (GSP) GSP took this fight on short notice but I can't pick against him.
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva*
MMA fans have been waiting a long time for this fight. It would have been nice to see them fight when they were both camps but I agree that it is a more interesting fight now. Both are coming off of 2 fight loosing streaks. The winner is still a contender, the looser won't be in a another big fight for a long time. I'm going with Wandy because he is a more well rounded fighter.
Lyoto Machida* vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
I love style match ups. Machida is a very patient (almost boring) counter striker. Soko is an in your face explosive striker with a world class Judo background. I have a hard time picking against a Judoka but I think Machida will control the tempo and win a unanimous decision. Soko is awesome but I think his lack of experience will show in this fight.
Manny Gamburyan* vs. Nate Mohr
Manny is a bad style match up for almost everybody. He is short, compact, and very strong. As long as his shoulder holds up he should be fine.
Dean Lister* vs. Jordan Radev
Lister is one of my favorite submission wrestlers. He has struggled (to put it lightly) with the striking aspect of the UFC. I've got my fingers crossed that with a year layoff we will see a much improved Lister in the stand up game. If I'm wrong I suspect Lister's UFC carrier is over.
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Watching it now. Thanks Elk.
What a battle, That was great!0
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