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Fighter vs. Writer: UFC 118 Predictions With Pat Miletich

Filed under: UFCIf you’ve heard MMA legend and former UFC champ Pat Miletich’s contributions to the Strikeforce: Challengers broadcasts or his analysis on ESPN’s “MMA Live,” then it won’t surprise you to know that Miletich had a lot of really insightfu…

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If you’ve heard MMA legend and former UFC champ Pat Miletich‘s contributions to the Strikeforce: Challengers broadcasts or his analysis on ESPN’s “MMA Live,” then it won’t surprise you to know that Miletich had a lot of really insightful things to say when I called him to play Fighter vs. Writer for UFC 118.

So insightful, in fact, that it immediately made me wonder why I was dumb enough to choose Miletich to go up against, when I’m a dismal 1-4 in this series so far.

So the bad news is that I’m up against a superior MMA mind this week. The good news is that I got to hear Miletich break down the upcoming card, which includes one fight where “The Croatian Sensation” says there’s an epic beating in store for one of the interested parties. Can you guess who?

Yeah, you probably can. But you should still read all about how both Miletich and I see the main card playing out on Saturday night.

UFC 118 Card

Preliminary card * Welterweight bout: Mike Pierce vs Amilcar Alves * Welterweight bout: Nick Osipczak vs Greg Soto * Middleweight bout: Dan Miller vs John Salter Preliminary card (Spike TV) * Lightweight bout: Andre Winner vs Nik Lentz * Lightweight bout: Joe Lauzon vs Gabe Ruediger Main card * Welterweight bout: Nate Diaz vs Marcus […]

Preliminary card

* Welterweight bout: Mike Pierce vs Amilcar Alves

* Welterweight bout: Nick Osipczak vs Greg Soto

* Middleweight bout: Dan Miller vs John Salter

Preliminary card (Spike TV)

* Lightweight bout: Andre Winner vs Nik Lentz

* Lightweight bout: Joe Lauzon vs Gabe Ruediger

Main card

* Welterweight bout: Nate Diaz vs Marcus Davis

* Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs Gray Maynard

* Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs Mario Miranda

* Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs James Toney

* Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar vs B.J. Penn

Ex-Boxer, UFC Star Davis On Toney’s Chances: ‘He Ain’t Doing Nothing’

Filed under: UFCBOSTON — No fighter on the UFC 118 card can identify with James Toney the way Marcus Davis can. A former boxer, Davis went 17-1 with two draws in a six-and-a-half year ring career before he decided to transition to mixed martial arts. …

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BOSTON — No fighter on the UFC 118 card can identify with James Toney the way Marcus Davis can. A former boxer, Davis went 17-1 with two draws in a six-and-a-half year ring career before he decided to transition to mixed martial arts.

Unlike Toney, who hounded UFC president Dana White into submission until he received a contract, Davis took a more conventional path to MMA’s big show. It was one with many bumps, bruises and blood, a true learning journey that proved to Davis what it takes to be successful in MMA. And as a result of that experience, he’s not buying Toney’s claims that he feels comfortable in the cage and ready to go.

“He ain’t doing nothing. He’s not going to do anything,” Davis said when asked about Toney’s chances. “Just like everybody who’s a journalist of MMA, a practitioner, a coach, or a fan, they’ll tell you, it’s got to be a one-punch victory and that’s it. If he gets pushed up against the cage, he’s going down on the ground. If they go down, he ain’t getting back up. Randy’s not going to let that happen.”

Marcus Davis Sees a Bit of Himself in UFC 118 Opponent Nate Diaz

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosBOSTON — MMA Fighting spoke to Marcus Davis at Thursday’s UFC 118 media workouts about his upcoming fight against Nate Diaz.

Davis talked about the high expectations heading into this fight, why…

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BOSTON — MMA Fighting spoke to Marcus Davis at Thursday’s UFC 118 media workouts about his upcoming fight against Nate Diaz.

Davis talked about the high expectations heading into this fight, why he sees a bit of himself in Diaz, why he still feels as though he is fighting for his career and how excited he is to be fighting close to home in Beantown.

Check out the video interview below.

UFC 118

Main card Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar vs B.J. Penn Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs James Toney Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs Mario Miranda Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs Gray Maynard Welterweight bout: Nate Diaz vs Marcus Davis Preliminary card (Spike TV) Lightweight bout: Joe Lauzon vs Gabe Ruediger Lightweight bout: Andre Winner vs Nik […]

Main card

Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar vs B.J. Penn

Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs James Toney
Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs Mario Miranda
Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs Gray Maynard
Welterweight bout: Nate Diaz vs Marcus Davis

Preliminary card (Spike TV)

Lightweight bout: Joe Lauzon vs Gabe Ruediger
Lightweight bout: Andre Winner vs Nik Lentz

Preliminary card

Middleweight bout: Dan Miller vs John Salter
Welterweight bout: Nick Osipczak vs Greg Soto
Welterweight bout: Mike Pierce vs Amilcar Alves

Nick Diaz Says Bike Riding in the 209 Ain’t for Bitches

(Video courtesy YouTube/Drinkthewine)
I was pretty disappointed yesterday when this video was pulled down before I could post it as a companion to Nick Diaz’s rant about Jason "Mayhem" Miller, but thankfully someone had the presence of mind…

(Video courtesy YouTube/Drinkthewine)

I was pretty disappointed yesterday when this video was pulled down before I could post it as a companion to Nick Diaz’s rant about Jason "Mayhem" Miller, but thankfully someone had the presence of mind to save a copy to their computer and re-upload it or we wouldn’t have this little gem to watch today.

In  the clip shot by Diaz while on a toke break during a biking excursion with his buddies and brother Nate, Nick recalls a story from a few years ago when he got into a fight with two burly brothers who took issue with him blocking traffic with his bike.

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