 Tuesday, June 12
The Seminole Hotel Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida
Spike TV
Fightcard:
Spencer Fisher vs. Sam Stout
Jon Fitch vs. Roan Carneiro
Drew McFedries vs. Jordan Radev
Jason Black vs. Thiago Tavares
Luigi Fioravanti vs. Forrest Petz
Pete Spratt vs. Tamdan McCrory
Gleison Tibau vs. Jeff Cox
Chad Reiner vs. Steve Bruno
Nate Mohr vs. Luke Caudillo
Predictions:
We are lucky enough at MMAbuzz.com to have users with MMA knowledge. Not just MMA knowledge, but more like the Jedi Knights of MMA. These guys can use the force and see into the future and tell the rest of us what is going to happen. Two of those users are Chris Zacher (of the Zacher Factor) and Damon Daniels (who did a stellar job in his UFC 71 post-fight analysis).
These two were given the task of predictining the upcoming Ultimate Fight Night. MMAbuzz gave each of them a fighter then asked them to tell us why that fighter would win. This made these guys (sometimes) pick against who they "REALLY" thought would win and made them tell us why a guy who they may not of thought would win "COULD" win.
It turned out great (as you will soon tell.) So....on to the predicitons.
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JORDAN RADEV vs. DREW
MCFEDRIES
Drew MeFredries
(Damon Daniels)
I'm sooo going with Drew on this one. This dude is a banger,
and so long as he maintains his composure and doesn't burn out in the first 45
seconds, he'll win this one by knockout, for sure. I love watching this dude
fight.
Jordan Radev (Chris
Zacher)
First off, not only is Jordan Radev going to beat Mcfedrie,
but McFerie's cardio is going to kick his own ass!
First thing is that Radev is a frigging beast! He is from
the whole clan of Eastern European wrestlers that are bad asses in themselves.
I mean think of that Russian guy from Street Fighter 2, and there you go. I
don't mean his looks; I just mean that uber mean strength that fighters like Fedora
has. Yeah say it out loud with me "I will crush you." .......man I love Rocky 4.
Jordan has an impressive 11-1 record, with a nice mixture of
subs, TKOs, and decisions. What really turned people's heads is when he won the
2H@H "Road to Japan" tourney after only three days notice. Not only that, but
he came in weighing around 193, and the tournament was a 205 one!
Now don't get me wrong, McFredries hits hard, but the only
time he seems to knock people out is when they stand right in front of them and
let him! This will not happen with Jordan. I see Jordan ending this in
the first, or second due to Mcfedries throwing punches like Jordan slept with
is wife and getting gassed, while Jordan subs him. In the end, we will all
learn, that eventually fighters like Robbie Lawler and Drew who pound there
chest like King Kong, and have highlight real KO's will eventually lose to a
fighter who can implement a game plan. We will see that happen in this fight too.
Oh, you will also see Damon cry when he spills his apple
juice after watching the fight go as I call it.
JASON BLACK vs. THIAGO
TAVARES
Jason Black (Chris
Zacher)
This fight has me very interested, for many different
reasons.
Jason Black, for the longest time was a 170 lb fighter, and
many people feel that the whole reason he never fought in the UFC before, was
because a good teammate of his, Matt Hughes was at the time the champ, and the
match makers of the UFC pretty much thought that if Jason Black would fight in
the UFC, then he would pretty much be the number one contender, and it would
clog up the UFC WW division. So then Jason Black and his management team
thought a good place for him to go to was Pride's 160 lb division. Well a lot
of people wondered if he could make the cut, and in the end he did. He scored
one win, then faced what many feel is a top 5 LW Shinya Aoki.
Well to say the least I was surprised when I heard he would
be fighting in the UFC and in the 155 LB division no less! His opponent is
Thiago Thavares who sports an impressive 12-0 record.
I think that Jason Black is just way too strong, and on a
higher level of competition then Thiago is used to facing. I think Jason will
bring a pace, and a level of ground strength that Thiago can't handle.
Do you all really want to know what the worst part of this
whole match up is? Thiago is going to lose to a guy who wears pink leopard shorts
in the ring. I wonder if he will wear that in the UFC. If he does, Thiago is
going to be seriously scarred for life.
Thiago Tavares (Damon
Daniels)
While Mr. Black has been fighting since 2000, and has fought
some decent veterans, I am expecting Thiago to have his hand raised. He's got
youth, athleticism, and from what I've researched, an arsenal that comes with
dangerous Muay Thai, and good BJJ to use against Mr. Black's wrestling and
decent submission skills. And judging by the fact that only two of Thiago's
fights have gone to the scorecards, I'm going to say he wins this one by
submission in the first frame.
The remainder of the card may not be televised, but one fight of interest for
me is Pete Spratt against 6'4 Tamdan McCrory. I would love to see what Tamdan
brings to the table as far as ability. He's currently 9-0, according to the UFC
site; however, everywhere else, he's a debut, so that will be an interesting
fight, for sure. He's got a funny personality as well. The nerd with a lot of
pent up anger. While I'm not sure about the anger part, he's kinda reminiscent
of one Corey Hill on national TV (as far as the pro debut)! LOL!
ROAN CARNEIRO vs. JON
FITCH
Roan Carneiro (Damon
Daniels)
I'm going to take the unpopular vote and go with Roan on
this one. While Fitch has a beaten such notables as Thiago Alves, Josh Burkman,
and Shonie Carter, I can see Roan pulling the upset via slick submission,
provided he makes it out of the first round. Having fought (and lost) the likes
of Ryo Chonnan and the current middleweight champ, Anderson Silva, he knows a
thing or two about tough times, and obviously, tougher opponents. I don't think
anyone expected him to beat Clementi. The same is possible for this fight.
Submission win, mid to late second round.
Jon Fitch (Chris
Zacher)
How can anyone think that Jon Fitch will lose this fight?
This guy is the future of the WW division Roan has nothing to even use to
defend against the mass beating that is going to happen. I mean come on, do I
even need to state the fact that Fitch is on one hell of a winning streak,
while Roan, who I will admit is a good fighter, has lost 2 of his last 5
fights.
I want to compare this to many ass beatings in human
history, so here we go, Rocky vs Mr. T. in Rocky 3, Mr. Miyagi vs Cobra Kai
when they were wearing the skeleton costumes on Halloween, The Allies vs The
Nazis in WW2, The guy from the movie Fists of the North Star vs those weird
post apocalyptic bad guys...HIIIYA.
I will leave it at this, rumor is if, no wait I mean when,
Fitch wins this, and he will face Karo. Oh yeah.
In all seriousness, Fitch's wrestling skill, and the new stand
up skills he has picked up at American Kick Boxing academy are going to be way
to much for Roan, and many WWs in the UFC to handle.
SAM STOUT vs. SPENCER
FISHER
Sam Stout (Chris
Zacher)
This fight to me can go either way, very easily, but I
seriously think though that Sam Stout will walk out with the win again. I know
their first match was very short notice for Spencer, plus he had to cut
something around 20 lbs to make weight, and in the end the fight was a very
close fight.
There are two why I feel Sam will win, one, he is such a
more accurate pinpoint striker, who has one of the best striking coaches around
now, Shawn Thompkins. Second, Spencer got KTFO for the first time in his last
fight with Hermes Franca, and sometimes fighters never come back form that, and
to me I feel Spencer is one of those guys. Some people say that in his fight
against Matt Wiman, that he was losing it until he got cocky, which I can't
honestly comment on because I barely remember the fight.
I think this time Sam is more confident in his skills
against Spencer, and the way that team Thompkins has been training with Team
Quest now, I think seriously that Spence can't even phase him on the ground. I
think Sam has grown as a fighter, where Spencer has just kind of flat lined.
You ever seen a man crying while drinking apple juice, while
watching a UFN in Iraq? No you say? Well I tell you what, you get someone in
Damon's unit to record him during the fights, and I am sure you will see while
my pics bring me to the enlightened for on MMA god hood!!!!!!
Now I am going to go back and play some Dungeons and
Dragons.
Spencer Fisher (Damon
Daniels)
This is going to be a great fight, in my opinion, as both
fighters will be going at full speed. My pick is going to be Fisher for this
one. There first bout was a good one, although Fisher had to quickly cut to
lightweight after fighting just two weeks prior. You'll notice how quickly he
fatigued in that fight due to the cut. You can bet your last dollar that he
won't gas out this time. I don't expect this fight to go the distance. For one,
he's going to take the same approach as Chuckles and seek to avenge that loss.
Two, Stout is not that good on his back, and that is exactly where Fisher is
going to put him. From there, it'll be sub-city. Fisher by submission, round
two.
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