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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — MMA Fighting spoke to lightweight Sam Stout about his UFC 131 fight against Yves Edwards on Saturday night, battling for attention with the Stanley Cup Finals, his recent tricep injury, fighting a veteran like Edwards and the lightweight division after the WEC merger and Strikeforce acquisition.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — MMA Fighting spoke to lightweight Sam Stout about his UFC 131 fight against Yves Edwards on Saturday night, battling for attention with the Stanley Cup Finals, his recent tricep injury, fighting a veteran like Edwards and the lightweight division after the WEC merger and Strikeforce acquisition.
Sam Stout faces Yves Edwards this weekend in Vancouver, Canada at UFC 131 and in part 2 of our interview with host, Steve Cofield, we find out the important things like how he spends all.
Sam Stout faces Yves Edwards this weekend in Vancouver, Canada at UFC 131 and in part 2 of our interview with host, Steve Cofield, we find out the important things like how he spends all that Fight of the Night dough and the seriousness of that Mark Hominick hematoma.
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Filed under: UFCIn the last edition of Fighter vs. Writer, my underdog picks backfired big time, resulting in a humiliating defeat at the hands of “Mayhem” Miller.
This time, I tapped MMA veteran and Thug-Jitsu master Yves Edwards (whose musings you c…
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In the last edition of Fighter vs. Writer, my underdog picks backfired big time, resulting in a humiliating defeat at the hands of “Mayhem” Miller.
This time, I tapped MMA veteran and Thug-Jitsu master Yves Edwards (whose musings you can follow on Twitter) for a head-to-head battle over UFC 130 in an attempt to change my luck.
Edwards is taking on Sam Stout at UFC 131 in Vancouver in June, so my hope was that he’d be too distracted to know or care who’s in action tonight. Then he started going off on Roy Nelson’s basketball skills before politely reminding me that he has a couple of teammates on tonight’s card, and that’s when I realized that maybe I was in trouble.
Too late to back out now. On with the predictions…
“Rampage” Jackson vs. Matt Hamill
Edwards: Hamill via decision. “I like ‘Rampage’ a lot, but I think Hamill takes this fight. I really do. I think he’s just going to go in there and wrestle, and I think he’ll out-wrestle ‘Rampage.'”
Fowlkes: Jackson via decision. I can’t rule out the possibility that Hamill will use takedowns and clinch control to win a Rashad Evans-esque decision here, but I think Jackson will be better able to keep this fight in the center of the cage and turn it into a boxing match.
Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson
Edwards: Nelson via TKO. “Roy Nelson can dunk a basketball. That’s unbelievable. I’ve got to go with him just on the strength of that.”
Fowlkes: Nelson via TKO. I think his big right hand will be more of a factor than his dunking ability, but Yves has a point. That is pretty impressive.
Stefan Struve vs. Travis Browne
Edwards: Struve via TKO. “He’s just going to win that by being a skyscraper. He’s awkward for everyone, and I think he’s now coming into his own. He’s going to do well, and I think he’s going to take this one.”
Fowlkes: Struve via TKO. If he makes it through the first two minutes, this is Struve’s fight all the way. His biggest problem is that he tends to start slow and take too much damage early. If he can get past that here, he’ll pick Browne apart on the feet.
Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story
Edwards: Alves via decision. “I can’t ever pick against my friends in a tough fight, so I have to go with ‘Pitbull.’ I think it’ll go the distance, but he’s going to bust up Story’s legs with kicks. If he can’t take ‘Pitbull’ down early, he’s in a lot of trouble.”
Fowlkes: Alves by TKO. I doubt Story will be able to get Alves down very often or keep him down for long if he does score a takedown. The more time he spends standing in front of “Pitbull,” the greater the chance that he will get separated from his consciousness.
Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago
Edwards: Santiago via decision. “Another tough one with a friend. Stann is tough and he’s been looking good lately, but Jorge has been fighting the best outside of the UFC. I think he’ll come in with something to prove and win a decision.”
Fowlkes: Stann via decision. I think Santiago’s style plays right into Stann’s strengths. It will most likely turn into a shootout – it’s my pick for Fight of the Night, as a matter of fact – but I think Stann scores a clear victory.
Miguel Torres vs. Demetrious Johnson
Edwards: Johnson via decision. “I have to pick Johnson just on speed and momentum. He’s fast, he’s explosive, and he’s got a lot of momentum. I genuinely like [Torres] – we’ve hung out on a couple occasions, done a couple things, work-wise – but ‘Mighty Mouse,’ he’s found his weight class.”
Fowlkes: Johnson via decision. Even though he’s giving up about six inches in height to Torres, his ability to close the distance on takedowns in the blink of an eye will negate Torres’ size.
Kendall Grove vs. Tim Boetsch
Edwards: Grove via TKO. “Boetsch is coming down to 185 [pounds] for the first time, so I have to go with Kendall just on that. Boetsch is a big dude, and that weight cut might be hard for him. I don’t know if he’s had a dry run at it or not, but that can be tough. I see Kendall being able to stop it late when Boetsch gets tired late in the third.”
Fowlkes: Boetsch via decision. Yves makes a very good point about the effect of the weight cut, but my guess is that Boetsch didn’t make the decision to drop down without first making sure that he could lose the weight and still have gas in the tank on fight night. At least, I hope.
Tiebreaker question: time of the fastest fight of the night?
Edwards: 3:00 of round 1
Fowlkes: 1:27 of round 1
Edwards picks: Hamill, Nelson, Struve, Alves, Santiago, Johnson, Grove
Fowlkes picks: Jackson, Nelson, Struve, Alves, Stann, Johnson, Boetsch
Filed under: UFC, NewsYves Edwards looked great on his feet and then surprisingly effective on the ground against Cody McKenzie at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2 on Saturday night, winning a second-round submission victory when he sunk in a rear-naked …
Yves Edwards looked great on his feet and then surprisingly effective on the ground against Cody McKenzie at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2 on Saturday night, winning a second-round submission victory when he sunk in a rear-naked choke that put McKenzie to sleep.
“It’s always nice to get somebody with their favorite move — choke a choke artist,” Edwards said of McKenzie, who’s best known for winning most of his fights by guillotine choke.
Filed under: UFC, NewsFORT HOOD, Texas – On a night the UFC set out to help raise funds for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, it also handed out its customary fight night bonuses to the top performers on Saturday’s Fight for the Troops show at Fort Hood…
FORT HOOD, Texas – On a night the UFC set out to help raise funds for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, it also handed out its customary fight night bonuses to the top performers on Saturday’s Fight for the Troops show at Fort Hood.
Yves Edwards, Cody McKenzie and Melvin Guillard took home bonus awards of $30,000 – and Edwards picked up a pair for a total of $60,000.
Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveMelvin Guillard woke up one morning and realized that he had to change his life. Then he did. It’s as simple as that, the UFC lightweight told MMA Fighting.
“I made a lot of mistakes after my father died,” said Guil…
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Melvin Guillard woke up one morning and realized that he had to change his life. Then he did. It’s as simple as that, the UFC lightweight told MMA Fighting.
“I made a lot of mistakes after my father died,” said Guillard. “I made a lot of excuses for myself, and that’s something I don’t do now. I don’t make excuses. Everything I did, I did because I wanted to do. Nobody ever forced me to do anything. I used my dad’s death as a scapegoat to be able to get away with things I was doing, and that was wrong. My dad taught me not to make excuses, and using his death as an excuse is one of the most hurtful things I could have done.”
Some of Guillard’s personal problems are already a matter of public record, such as when he tested positive for cocaine following a loss to Joe Stevenson in 2007. But beyond just that, Guillard said, was a core problem with his attitude toward life.