Tom Lawlor Exposes Patrick Cote’s Weaknesses

Tom Lawlor in the prelims just stifling Patrick Cote by taking him down and holding him there and doing some ground and pound. Lawlor wins 3 rounds to none in a dominating and surprising fashion. Cote got nothing done and could not stop any takedowns at all. Not even slightly. Lawlor fight very safe in […]

Tom Lawlor in the prelims just stifling Patrick Cote by taking him down and holding him there and doing some ground and pound.

Lawlor wins 3 rounds to none in a dominating and surprising fashion. Cote got nothing done and could not stop any takedowns at all. Not even slightly.

Lawlor fight very safe in this fight, but did the right things to win and he said it himself on Inside MMA, it was a must win for Lawlor and he did it.

Askren and Alvarez Win Bellator Fights

Ben Askren and Eddie Alvarez both won their fights. Askren won via relentless takedowns and mediocre ground and pound for 5 straight rounds. Lyman Good had a triangle and armbar in the last round that Askren got out of and finished the round back in full mount. Eddie Alvarez pretty much destroyed Roger Huerta’s leg […]

Ben Askren and Eddie Alvarez both won their fights.

Askren won via relentless takedowns and mediocre ground and pound for 5 straight rounds. Lyman Good had a triangle and armbar in the last round that Askren got out of and finished the round back in full mount.

Eddie Alvarez pretty much destroyed Roger Huerta’s leg in the first 5 minutes. I was pulling for an upset in Huerta, but his legs were taken out badly early in the first round and he could do nothing else. Alvarez’ superior footwork, boxing, reach, and wrestling were too much trouble for Huerta. Roger did manage to clip Alvarez with a flash knockdown, but Eddie was never in much trouble. The third round never happened has the doctor stopped fight due to Huerta’s knee damage.

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Here are our UFC 121 picks.

UFC 120 Quick Picks

These are some quick picks as I’ve been tied up recently and unable to focus on UFC 120 London Bisping vs Akiyama. Main card Welterweight bout: James Wilks vs. Claude Patrick James Wilks, Claude Patrick appears to have a sick guillotine choke Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Travis Browne Travis Browne Welterweight bout: John Hathaway […]

These are some quick picks as I’ve been tied up recently and unable to focus on UFC 120 London Bisping vs Akiyama.

Main card

Welterweight bout: James Wilks vs. Claude Patrick
James Wilks, Claude Patrick appears to have a sick guillotine choke

Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Travis Browne
Travis Browne

Welterweight bout: John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle
John Hathaway this guy is really great.

Welterweight bout: Dan Hardy vs. Carlos Condit
Dan Hardy

Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Akiyama

Prelim Card

Light Heavyweight bout: James McSweeney vs. Fabio Maldonado

Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher vs. Kurt Warburton

Lightweight bout: Paul Sass vs. Mark Holst

Light Heavyweight bout: Steve Cantwell vs. Stanislav Nedkov
Steve Cantwell

Heavyweight bout: Rob Broughton vs. Vinicius Queiroz

Light Heavyweight bout: Cyrille Diabaté vs. Alexander Gustafsson

UFC 121 Predictions

Brock Lesnar (current champion) vs Cain Velasquez In the Heavyweight Championship bout, we have the humongous Brock Lesnar taking on the always conditioned and great stand up boxer/wrestler Cain Velasquez. I’ve wanted Lesnar to lose almost every match. However, it hasn’t happened. The guy has gotten excellent at what he is good at. This is […]

Brock Lesnar (current champion) vs Cain Velasquez

In the Heavyweight Championship bout, we have the humongous Brock Lesnar taking on the always conditioned and great stand up boxer/wrestler Cain Velasquez. I’ve wanted Lesnar to lose almost every match. However, it hasn’t happened. The guy has gotten excellent at what he is good at. This is no different than anyone in the early days of mixed martial arts, where they won based on their main skillset. Matt Hughes, Royce Gracie, Dan Severn, Mark Coleman, now Brock Lesnar. Velasquez is a far different fighter with extremely well rounded skills. Velasquez is going to be giving up a lot of weight to Lesnar, and it will be interesting to see how Velasquez carries that burden.

If Velasquez gets Lesnar in the same position Carwin got Lesnar in round 1 of their fight, I think Velasquez will do better at taking advantage of the situation. Not only that, Cain is maybe less powerful than Carwin, but much faster, 10x better footwork, and his wrestling is top notch as well.

If Lesnar can’t work his gameplan, I think Velasquez will win via decision. If Lesnar can work his gameplan, which he has been able to do in all his winning fights, Velasquez could get KO’d rather quickly. Velasquez was stunned badly against Cheick Kongo, but nobody else has been able to strike with him. If Lesnar gets on top, I think its over. He has one of the most vicious and relentless top games in MMA.

Cain at +145 and Lesnar favored at -175

I want to pick Cain here as I’ve been impressed with his last string of fights. I’m going to go against what I want to happen, and go with Lesnar. He is too much of a wall and I don’t know if Cain’s firepower is enough to chop the mountain down inside 5 rounds.

PPV card

Welterweight bout: Jake Shields vs. Martin Kampmann

I’m going with Jake Shields because he somehow manages to avoid getting destroyed on the feet and has a devastating ground attack that smothers people into submission.

Welterweight bout: Diego Sanchez vs. Paulo Thiago

Looking for Diego to bounce back here and avoid getting KO’d or submitted, by the always tough Thiago.

Light Heavyweight bout: Tito Ortiz vs. Matt Hamill

Perfect opponent for Tito Ortiz. However, I worry Hamill is the one more pumped up for this fight. I have no clue if Tito is pumped up or not, I just know Hamill has to be going against a legend and his former coach.

Hamill is a great opponent for Ortiz. He isn’t very good off his back which lends to Ortiz getting back to his old punishment from inside the guard. Ortiz also has an underrated ground game. Remember him catching Machida in a triangle?

I like Ortiz to get a win inside the Octagon and we never hear the end of it.

Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub vs. Gabriel Gonzaga

I think Gonzaga gets back on the winning side in this match up.

Preliminary card (Spike TV)

Middleweight bout: Court McGee vs. Ryan Jensen

Ryan Jensen. Super tough, highly experienced.

Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Tom Lawlor

Coteeeeee, Cote Cote Cote.

Preliminary card

Welterweight bout: Mike Guymon vs. Daniel Roberts

Pass

Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Paul Taylor

Sam Stout is more highly skilled and possesses better standup in terms of combos and is probably more powerful in both the hands and legs than Paul Taylor (however, Taylor is VERY good on the feet). Should get replayed on the PPV if time allows as this fight is going to be good.

Middleweight bout: Chris Camozzi vs. Dong Yi Yang

Pass

Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen vs. Gilbert Yvel

Madsen is likely going to take Yvel down and do the wrestler GnP thing on Yvel. However, this is one spot where Yvel could get highlight reel KO as Madsen is on the shorter side which plays into Yvel’s dangerous high kicks.

Nick Diaz vs KJ Noons Strikeforce San Jose

Nick Diaz vs KJ Noons Despite KJ Noons looking better than ever, did you see him manhandle Jorge Gurgel? It wasn’t pretty for Gurgel, but Noons looked so damn crisp on his feet. There is nobody that boxes better than him in MMA. A great boxing style, yet unorthodox, but highly effective is Nick Diaz. […]

Nick Diaz vs KJ Noons

Despite KJ Noons looking better than ever, did you see him manhandle Jorge Gurgel? It wasn’t pretty for Gurgel, but Noons looked so damn crisp on his feet. There is nobody that boxes better than him in MMA. A great boxing style, yet unorthodox, but highly effective is Nick Diaz. This is the rematch of these two where Noons beat Diaz due to doctor stoppage on a deep cut. Nick had never lost due to cut at that point in his career. Noons had floored Diaz in that fight slightly stumbling him, more of a flash knockdown, but Diaz quickly protected himself and Noons let him up off the ground. The ground is not where Noons wants to be against Diaz. It was this stoppage that Noons won the up for grabs belt. After one title defense in Hawaii, there was after fight controversy when the Diaz brothers entered the ring during the interview and a fight broke out. After that, Noons took time off due to contract issues and was stripped of his new belt. In between then and now, Diaz five people and won the up for grabs belt against Lithuanian bad ass striker Marius Žaromskis. Since that fight Diaz beat Hayato “Mach” Sakurai quickly in 1 round in a DREAM matchup.

If you have been following this website for more than a few days, you know I’m picking Nick Diaz at any odds.

Sarah Kaufman vs Marloes Coenen

Sarah Kaufman is tough for anyone due to her size, strength, bad ass wrestling ability. If she gets on top the round has gone her way nearly every time. Coenen is a good stand up fighter, really good, and great off her back. The problem is that she will be on her back mostly with Kaufman’s take downs and ground and pound. Only if the odds are really favoring Kaufman, I like Coenen. I can’t see this being close to even, but if it is, Kaufman is the play.

Josh Thomson vs Gesias Cavalcante

Good to see JZ back in the cage/ring, however, Thomson is no joke. This shouldn’t be an easy fight for either of them. Of the two Thomson is the better striker and better wrestler, but Gesias has the power, and won’t be getting submitted. If this fight goes to a decision, which many of Cavalcante’s fights do, Thomson takes this on points. If it ends early Gesias is likely to be the winner. However, with history against Cavalcante, I like Thomson to get back on the winning streak.

Tyron Woodley vs. Andre Galvao

Andre Galvao beat John Alessio with a sick armbar in DREAM. Try to find that on Youtube if you can. He got quick and against a salty veteran like Alessio that was no easy task. Tyron has a ton of potential. I think in his last fight in the Challenger series, if I remember correctly, his standup is really spotty, but his wrestling was really good and his submission defense/attempts were high. I like Galvao here.