UFC 131 Fight Card: Prediction for Sam Stout vs. Yves Edwards Preliminary Bout
By Bleacher Report’s Blake Dreisbach:
This Spike TV featured bout gives fans a fan-friendly bout between lightweight fighters Sam “Hands of Stone” Stout vs. Yves Edwards. Edwards returned to the UFC earlier this year while Stout has been comfortably fighting on the preliminary card of many events for quite some time. As usually, expect to see one of the best fights of the card as Stout and Edwards look to put on a show for the fans.
This should be a close and competitive bout throughout, and Stout has been the victor in many close bouts before. The standup exchanges are pretty even, and Stout has a good background in kickboxing, making him very dangerous throughout the three-round distance. Edwards has a good overall standup game and likes to use knees and kicks to get the better of his opponent. This is a tough fight to call, but it should be good.
Prediction: Sam Stout by split-decision.
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