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UFC On Fox Velasquez vs Dos Santos

Live on Fox and Fox Sports November 12th 2011. The first live free UFC fight on a major network television broadcast. Heavyweight Championship bout: Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos The two best heavyweight boxers we’ve ever seen in MMA. Don’t even say Ray Mercer or James Tony, those guys don’t box in MMA. They

Live on Fox and Fox Sports November 12th 2011. The first live free UFC fight on a major network television broadcast.

Heavyweight Championship bout: Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos

The two best heavyweight boxers we’ve ever seen in MMA. Don’t even say Ray Mercer or James Tony, those guys don’t box in MMA. They swing.

As good as Dos Santos boxing is, its probably better, Velasquez is going to take him down and nullify it.

I lean towards Velasquez in this one, but Dos Santos is only an uppercut away from ending it.

Preliminary card (Fox Deportes)

Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Ben Henderson

Ben Henderson, if you go back through MMA Betting Picks website…way back, he was one of my undiscovered rising stars back when he fought in the MFC and walked out with his glasses on. Its incredible that the guy can’t see well without them and he has hair in his way most of the time.

This fight literally is the battle of hair.

Between Guida’s locks and Henderson’s expect a lot of swinging and a hair a flying.

From a strict comparables, I think Henderson has this fight on reach, size, overall striking. Henderson’s length is going to give Guida problems all night and he will be scoring. Guida has to get this fight to the ground to win. I don’t see it happening.

Guida is a crowd favorite so expect the lines to be tighter than they should be. I like Henderson in this fight. I also like this one going beyond 2-2.5 rounds.

Featherweight bout: Dustin Poirier vs. Pablo Garza

Poirier

Preliminary card (Facebook and FoxSports.com)

Featherweight bout: Cub Swanson vs. Ricardo Lamas

Cub Swanson

Welterweight bout: DaMarques Johnson vs. Clay Harvison

DaMarques Johnson – more experience – more ways to win – longer reach.

Bantamweight bout: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Darren Uyenoyama

Kid Yamamoto

Featherweight bout: Mackens Semerzier vs. Robert Peralta

lean towards Mackens

Bantamweight bout: Alex Caceres vs. Cole Escovedo

More than 2 rounds.

Middleweight bout: Mike Pierce vs. Paul Bradley

Mike Pierce is up there on my favorite fighters to watch and bet with. He is excellent everywhere on the ground, but his special skill is stifling the takedown then making the opponent pay for attempting it.
Depending on the odds, this is probably an excellent bet.

Light Heavyweight bout: Aaron Rosa vs. Matt Lucas

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Inaugural UFC on Fox Adds Three More Bouts


(Awwwww yeah.)

When the UFC decided to add a couple more fights to their first card on Fox, we figured it was the inevitable result of our time tested, sound advice. And now, Sherdog has confirmed that they are in fact adding three additional bouts to the card, so I’d say our theory is pretty much a lock at this point.

Though the fights may not be composed of big names like “Dos Santos” and “Velasquez,” there are still some pretty interesting match-ups with the definite potential for fireworks, the first of which is a featherweight contest between Virginian powerhouse Mackens Semerzier and Robert Peralta. Semerzier most recently broke a 3 fight skid with a first round submission victory over Alex “Bruce Leroy” Caceres back at UFC Fight Night 24. Peralta is coming off a successful UFC debut at UFN 25 where he scored a unanimous decision victory over Mike Lullo.


(Awwwww yeah.)

When the UFC decided to add a couple more fights to their first card on Fox, we figured it was the inevitable result of our time tested, sound advice. And now, Sherdog has confirmed that they are in fact adding three additional bouts to the card, so I’d say our theory is pretty much a lock at this point.

Though the fights may not be composed of big names like “Dos Santos” and “Velasquez,” there are still some pretty interesting match-ups with the definite potential for fireworks, the first of which is a featherweight contest between Virginian powerhouse Mackens Semerzier and Robert Peralta. Semerzier most recently broke a 3 fight skid with a first round submission victory over Alex “Bruce Leroy” Caceres back at UFC Fight Night 24. Peralta is coming off a successful UFC debut at UFN 25 where he scored a unanimous decision victory over Mike Lullo.

Mike Pierce has compiled a respective 4-2 record in his octagon run, scoring notable victories over Brock Larson and Amilcar Alves, though is coming off a close split decision loss to welterweight contender Johny Hendricks. This fight will be held at lightweight however, against Paul “The Gentleman” Bradley, who dropped a unanimous decision of his own to Rafael Natal in his UFC debut at UFC 133. These two have actually fought before, with Pierce coming away the victor via unanimous decision.

And finally, Matt Lucas will be making his octagon debut against tough veteran Aaron Rosa in a light heavyweight tilt. Rosa is perhaps best known for his gritty back and forth brawl with Joey “The Mexicutioner” Beltran back at UFC 131, which he eventually lost by TKO in the third round. Rosa will be making the drop to 205 lbs. for this fight, and will face a tough test in UFC newcomer Lucas, who is riding a five fight win streak including 4 (T)KO finishes within the first two minutes.

With the addition of these three fights, it’s safe to say the UFC on Fox card is shaping up to be as epic as the deal itself. Not only does it feature the heavyweight championship fight between Dos Santos and Velasquez, but the extensive preliminary card features a lightweight battle of top contenders when former WEC lightweight champ Ben Henderson takes on Clay Guida. Norifumi ”Kid” Yamamoto also returns to action against Darren Uyenoyama, and featherweight highlight reel Pablo Garza takes on Dustin Poirier.

-Danga 

Shark Fights Card Adds Paul Bradley vs. Johnny Rees

Filed under: Fighting, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsThe intriguing Shark Fights 13 event scheduled for Sept. 11 has added further depth, adding former UFC fighter Johnny Rees against Strikeforce veteran Paul Bradley to the card.

A source close to the fight…

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The intriguing Shark Fights 13 event scheduled for Sept. 11 has added further depth, adding former UFC fighter Johnny Rees against Strikeforce veteran Paul Bradley to the card.

A source close to the fight confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting.