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UFC Live Kongo vs. Barry Predictions

Filed under: UFCThe UFC is back with its fourth live show on Versus on Sunday night, with Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry in the main event after Nate Marquardt was forced out of his fight with Rick Story at the last minute. We’ve got the predictions right …

Filed under: UFC

The UFC is back with its fourth live show on Versus on Sunday night, with Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry in the main event after Nate Marquardt was forced out of his fight with Rick Story at the last minute. We’ve got the predictions right here.

What: UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry

Where: Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh

When: Sunday, the Versus show begins at 9 PM ET.

Predictions on the televised fights below.

Cheick Kongo vs. Pat Barry
If you like two heavyweights who will stand and bang, this is the fight for you. Both Kongo and Barry have some significant holes in their ground games, but they’re also both strong strikers, and there’s not much question that we’ll see some hard hitting (and probably some low blows).

Barry’s kicks make him a threat to anyone who’s going to trade with him, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he puts Kongo in some trouble. But eventually I like Kongo to get Barry down and finish him with ground and pound.
Pick: Kongo

Charlie Brennaman vs. Rick Story
What a strange story of how this fight came to be. When this card was first getting put together, the main event was supposed to be Anthony Johnson vs. Nate Marquardt, and one of the undercard fights was supposed to be Matthew Riddle vs. TJ Grant. Neither Brennaman nor Story was even supposed to be on the card. But when Johnson got hurt, Story jumped in to face Marquardt on short notice. Meanwhile, Riddle got hurt, and Brennaman jumped in to fight Grant on short notice. Then Grant got sick, so Brennaman’s fight was called off. Then Marquardt failed to get medically cleared, and Brennaman jumped back in to take on Story.

Did you follow all that? Whether you did or not, we’ve now got Brennaman-Story as the co-main event, and I don’t see it as being competitive: Story should handle Brennaman and win a one-sided unanimous decision.
Pick: Story

Matt Brown vs. John Howard
Both of these guys are probably fighting for their jobs in the UFC, as Brown is on a three-fight losing streak and Howard is on a two-fight losing streak. I like Howard to win a decision and save his job, while Brown moves on and moves out of the UFC.
Pick: Howard

Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft
Mitrione is a big, strong former football player who’s starting to make some noise in the UFC heavyweight division, but I don’t think he’s as complete a fighter as Morecraft, who ought to be able to submit Mitrione on the ground.
Pick: Morecraft

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Ms. TapouT (Jennifer Swift) Brings You the Fix Friday Link Dump

James Toney will give his MMA career another go with a fight against Ken Shamrock. I’m not sure whether to laugh at or feel really really bad for both these guys: here. Shoulder injury forces.

James Toney will give his MMA career another go with a fight against Ken Shamrock. I’m not sure whether to laugh at or feel really really bad for both these guys: here.

Shoulder injury forces Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos out of fight with Paul Daley in Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson event. A replacement opponent has yet to be announced: here.

Strikeforce Challengers 16 will feature first female fight under the Zuffa banner with Julia Budd vs. Germaine de Randamie. Check out the ladies: here.

Catch live UFC on Versus 4 weigh-ins this Saturday: here.

Find out if Jon Jones or Georges St. Pierre will win an ESPN ESPY award: here.

More pictures of the busty, Jennifer Swift aka Ms. TapouT below. If you want to hear her speak…especially about some girl fights she’s been in, check out her interview: here.

‘Marquardt vs. Story’ Fight-Picking Contest: Win ‘UFC Ultimate Royce Gracie’ on Blu-ray!

How ’bout we keep this fight-picking train rolling, eh? I’ve just come into the possession of a Blu-ray copy of UFC Ultimate Royce Gracie — which hit stores last month — and I figured one of you jokers might wants it. Hit us with the synopsis, Amazon:

This comprehensive Blu-ray collection captures the jiu-jitsu master at his best with nearly six hours of content, including interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and of course, his classic fights against Ken Shamrock, Kimo Leopoldo, and Kazushi Sakuraba.

But you can’t win if you don’t play. This Sunday night, UFC Live: Marquardt vs. Story goes down at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, featuring Marquardt’s debut at 170 and a heavyweight clash between Pat Barry and Cheick Kongo. Submit your predictions for these two fights in the comments section below, including the winner’s name, the method of victory, and the time/round of stoppage, if any. Your entry should be in this format:

Nate Marquardt def. Rick Story via split-decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Pat Barry def. Cheick Kongo via TKO, 1:56 of round 3

Please include the judges’ scores if you think a fight will end in a decision, in case we need them for a tie-breaker. The most accurate prediction wins the Royce Gracie disc. Entries must be in by this Sunday at noon ET, and we’ll announce the winner the next day; one entry per person, please. Any other questions, let us know. Thanks for playing, and props to Anchor Bay Entertainment for the hookup.

Hump Day Headlines with Stephanie Ann Cook

Chris Leben admits he’s scared to fight Wanderlei Silva at UFC 132. Someone at CagePotato was horny and bored and put together the top 11 Greatest MMA Ring Girl Videos of All Time and two.

Chris Leben admits he’s scared to fight Wanderlei Silva at UFC 132.

Someone at CagePotato was horny and bored and put together the top 11 Greatest MMA Ring Girl Videos of All Time and two of them (featuring Amber Nichole and Natasha Wicks) I produced! It’s nice to see all that time I spend studying porn pays off. Thanks CP!

TJ Grant gets sick; his fight against Charlie Brenneman removed from UFC on Versus 4 card this Sunday.

Strikeforce Challengers 18 features Jorge Gurgel vs. Joe Duarte.

Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Hendo card to include sexy Julie Kedzie vs. Alexis Davis.

UFC 137 featuring Georges St. Pierre vs. Nick Diaz expected to take place in Las Vegas, October 29th.

Spike TV to Air a Nate Marquardt-Flavored ‘F*ck You’ to the UFC on Sunday

(June 26th will be the perfect day to test out our controversial Caine-Hackman-Marquardt Theory.)

Between the suggestions that Spike TV intentionally buried TUF 13 with its earlier time-slot, Dana White’s complaints about the show’s forcibly-shortened season, and the recent reports that the UFC has been negotiating for a new cable parter (or even a channel of its own), we knew that the relationship between the UFC and Spike wasn’t rock-solid these days. But now we’re entering hateful ex-girlfriend territory. From SBNation (via Fightlinker):

Spike TV announced today a 10-hour marathon on Sunday, June 26th, featuring fight cards with UFC middleweight turned welterweight Nate Marquardt. However, the event runs directly parallel to the Marquardt-headlined live event on Versus, UFC on Versus 4…The event culminates with a re-broadcast of UFC Fight Night 22, which was headlined by Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares…

Coincidentally, this marathon directly overlaps with a live Marquardt-headlined UFC event on the Versus channel, UFC on Versus 4 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET. Marquardt faces Rick Story in the main event as part of his welterweight debut…

(June 26th will be the perfect day to test out our controversial Caine-Hackman-Marquardt Theory.)

SB Nation reached out to Spike TV officials for further comment. Specifically, we asked why they would run this marathon to overlap with the UFC’s live show on Versus and why these particular fights of all Marquardt’s UFC fights were selected. “We picked a 10 hour marathon of exciting, hard-hitting , action-packed fights showcasing not only Nate ‘The Great’ – but some of the sport’s biggest names including Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen,” said David Schwarz, Vice President of Communications at Spike TV.

The ‘UFC Live’ shows on Versus — headlined twice by Jon Jones, and once by Diego Sanchez vs. Martin Kampmann — have seen a steady decline in ratings since their debut. Marquardt vs. Story probably isn’t going to bring viewers out in droves on a Sunday night, and Spike’s upcoming Marquardt-athon could cause just enough confusion to push the Versus audience even lower.

It’s not exactly a move you pull when negotiations are still ongoing; Dana White may have told Spike to go fuck themselves one too many times. The weird part is, there’s little incentive for Spike here except the joy in knowing they screwed with somebody they don’t like. That’s how bad things have gotten, I guess. As they say: Live by the counter-programming, die by the counter-programming.

UFC on Versus 4 to Feature Eight Prelim Fights Live on Facebook

Filed under: UFCIt’s been six months since the UFC began experimenting with preliminary card fights on Facebook, and on Sunday it will set a new high-water mark.

The promotion on Monday announced that all eight undercard fights for the upcoming UFC o…

Filed under: UFC

It’s been six months since the UFC began experimenting with preliminary card fights on Facebook, and on Sunday it will set a new high-water mark.

The promotion on Monday announced that all eight undercard fights for the upcoming UFC on Versus 4 show will stream live on the social networking site. Just last week, with UFC 131, the promotion set a new best with six prelims streaming on Facebook.

This will mark the 11th consecutive fight card that the UFC has streamed fights for free at Facebook, and it will be the fifth consecutive show the promotion has provided a way for fans to see each fight on the card live.

UFC on Versus 4 will feature a four-fight main card that airs live on the Versus cable channel, the second of the UFC’s four-fight 2011 deal with the channel. The Facebook live stream is scheduled to begin at 4:55 p.m. Eastern. The main card starts at 9 p.m. Eastern on Versus. Versus will also again produce a live pre-fight preview show and post-fight analysis show before and after the main card featuring Todd Harris, UFC light heavyweight Stephan Bonnar and MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani.

To gain access to the fights, viewers must “like” the UFC on Facebook. As of Monday evening, the UFC has more than 5.7 million fans at the site.

The “main” and “co-main” events of the Facebook prelims are featherweight bouts featuring a pair of former lightweights dropping down – both looking to snap out of disastrous three-fight losing skids.

Tyson Griffin (14-5, 7-5 UFC) returns to featherweight for the first time since the early part of his career to face Manny Gamburyan (11-5, 2-3 UFC), who fights for the first time since a knockout loss to featherweight champion Jose Aldo last November in a WEC title fight. Griffin has split decision losses to Evan Dunham and Nik Lentz in the last year, plus a quick first-round knockout loss to Takanori Gomi last August on Versus. Gamburyan fights in the UFC for the first time in two years after dropping to featherweight and sliding over to the WEC, where he went 3-0 before his loss to Aldo.

And Joe Stevenson (31-13, 8-7 UFC), the Season 2 welterweight winner of “The Ultimate Fighter,” goes for his first win since October 2009 when he takes on Javier Vazquez (15-5), who makes his UFC debut after going 2-3 in the WEC. Stevenson has dropped decisions to George Sotiropoulos and Danny Castillo, and was knocked out by Mac Danzig in December. Stevenson is 3-6 since challenging BJ Penn for the lightweight title at UFC 80 three and a half years ago, including the loss to Penn. Monday, on “The MMA Hour,” Stevenson talked about his dislike of Vazquez and why he dropped to featherweight.

The Facebook prelims stream opens with a lightweight bout between TUF 12 runner-up Michael Johnson, fighting for the first time since losing to Jonathan Brookins in December on the show’s finale, against Edward Faaloto, who makes his UFC debut after a loss in his WEC debut last November.

Nik Lentz (21-3-2, 5-0-1 UFC) tries to remain unbeaten in the UFC against submission specialist Charles Oliveira in a lightweight bout.

Rich Attonito drops from middleweight after a loss to Dave Branch in December to make his welterweight debut against Daniel Roberts, who lost to Claude Patrick at UFC 129 in April. Attonito was original scheduled to face Matt Brown, but an injury to Martin Kampmann forced him out of a fight with John Howard, and Brown moved up the card for that fight. Roberts stepped in to face Attonito.

Other bouts include a featherweight contest between Ricardo Lamas and Matt Grice, a welterweight bout between Charlie Brenneman and TJ Grant, and Joe Lauzon returns for the first time since a UFC 123 loss in November to Sotiropoulos to face England’s Curt Warburton.

The UFC began streaming preliminary fights in January with its Fight for the Troops 2 show at Fort Hood, Texas. Since then, the promotion has included free Facebook fights for each event, regardless of the main card’s platform – be it on pay-per-view, Spike or Versus.

UFC on Versus 4 takes place Sunday at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, and will be the promotion’s first event in the Pennsylvania city. The card features a main event between Nate Marquardt and Rick Story – with Marquardt making his welterweight debut and Story fighting on short notice after a win just a month prior against Thiago Alves at UFC 130. Marquardt was scheduled to face Anthony Johnson, but an injury forced Johnson off the card.

And in a pair of heavyweight bouts, kickboxing specialists Pat Barry and Cheick Kongo clash, and Matt Mitrione looks to stay unbeaten against Christian Morecraft, whose last win sent Mitrione friend and training partner Sean McCorkle packing from the UFC.

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