UFC 138 is in Birmingham, England and will be broadcast tape delay on Spike TV in the USA and live in Canada via Sportsnet.
This card is showcase promo card for the Junior Dos Santos, Cain Velasquez fight coming on Fox Nov 12th 2011 just 7 days away from this event. Expect massive promo throughout the event.
Preliminary card Predictions
Bantamweight bout: Chris Cariaso vs. Vaughan Lee
Welterweight bout: Chris Cope vs. Che Mills
Chris Cope via decision
Heavyweight bout: Rob Broughton vs. Philip De Fries
pass
Featherweight bout: Michihiro Omigawa vs. Jason Young
Both have experience, obviously Omigawa has probably faced the more experienced fighters. Leaning towards Omigawa here.
Welterweight bout: John Maguire vs. Justin Edwards
Maguire
UFC 138 Main card Predictions
Light Heavyweight bout: Cyrille Diabaté vs. Anthony Perosh
Diabate
Lightweight bout: Terry Etim vs. Eddie Faaloloto
Etim
Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Papy Abedi
Alves
Bantamweight bout: Brad Pickett vs. Renan Barão
Middleweight bout: Chris Leben vs. Mark Muñoz
Tough to analyze. Both fighters like to trade and have sloppy boxing. However, they both swing for home runs. Leben has probably been through more wars and can take more abuse than what Mark has been through in his career. In a war of attrition I give advantage to Leben because he take more abuse. However, I can see Munoz wrestling Leben and capturing a decision.
If this stays on the feet and Leben can avoid being double legged, I think Leben will win. Leben’s wrestling is not bad either.