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UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin
Date: Jul 03, 2010
Location: Las Vegas
Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view and Spike TV
Alrighty boys, it’s time! Love him or hate him, you want to see him in the cage. Some will pan the rest of the card but I disagree. First of all, the main event itself is of the 55 bucks (HD price). But the rest of the card shapes up to provide some nice scraps. Do the other fights have title implications? No, but neither do random Strikeforce cards. Let’s get it on.
PRELIMINARY CARD (Un-aired)
Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola
I’ll do my best Peet impression and try to give a little background here. Madsen is known for his stint on TUF. Vemola is 7-0 with 3 TKOs and 4 Subs. His nickname is The Terminator and he fights out of the Czech Republic. He’s fought no one I’m familiar with so I’ll say Madsen by TUFness.
Forrest Petz vs. Daniel Roberts
Petz is the definition of a journeyman. He’s 17-7 and hasn’t fought in the UFC since a loss to Josh Burkman in October 2007. Roberts fights out of Ghost Dog and trains with Gerald Harris. TUL$A. He is really good on the ground but was viciously KO’d by John Howard in his UFC debut. Expect Roberts to GnP Petz.
Dave Branch vs. Gerald Harris
Branch trains under Renzo Gracie and is 6-0. You know I’m picking Harris so let me pose a question that is surely to go unanswered. Are they holding Harris back? He’s on a 9 fight win streak including 2-0 in the UFC. Or are they building him up, feeding him guys like Branch? I think he deserves TV time or PPV slot but I know I’m biased. Harris by KO.
Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic
Poor Reljic. He was going to fight on the Spike portion of the card until Grove started running his yapper. Funny thing though, Grove was correct. Spike does run most of the TUF show. I will stick with my streak of never picking Grove. Reljic by leg kicks and Kendall being unable to stand up. (although the lay off could really hurt Reljic who is returning from major knee surgery).
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero
I’m having to look way too many of these guys up. Peet, when you are done changing diapers, feel free to re-take your role of thread starter. Just keepin’ the seat warm buddy! Silverback by ghey entrance with Tom Lawlor.
Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Tuchscherer will have the size advantage. He trains with Brock so should be in great shape. We know Tuchscherer can take multiple hard shots to the groin. Schaud by handspeed.
MAIN CARD
Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulos
If Sotiropoulos can sub Batman, he’ll be a fight or two away from staking his claim to a title shot. Should be an excellent back and forth battle. Pelligrino should look to keep it on the feet. Sotiropoulos via decision.
Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski[
Probably the worst fight on the main card. It’s the rematch no one asked for. So uninteresting that I forget exactly why they are rematching and don’t feel the urge to look it up.
Matt Brown vs. Chris Lytle
Lytle should get the fight to the ground where he has sneaky submissions. Knowing Lytle, he’ll want to impress the UFC and fans and stand and bang. Could spell trouble for Brown who’s coming off a loss to Almedia. No shame there. Brown by TKO.
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Chris Leben
From a name recognition standpoint, going from Wanderlei Silva to Chris Leben is a huge drop off. However, from a stylistic fight point of view, not much difference at all. In fact, I almost wish Sexyama was the one who pulled out. I’d love to see a Leben/Wandi fight. Akiyama gets the nod because Leben is coming off 2-weeks rest.
Champ Brock Lesnar vs. interim champ Shane Carwin
I’ll let someone else break this fight down. I just think, if he’s 100% healthy from his ailments, Lesnar is a really tough matchup for Carwin. Lesnar via GnP.
Date: Jul 03, 2010
Location: Las Vegas
Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena
Broadcast: Pay-per-view and Spike TV
Alrighty boys, it’s time! Love him or hate him, you want to see him in the cage. Some will pan the rest of the card but I disagree. First of all, the main event itself is of the 55 bucks (HD price). But the rest of the card shapes up to provide some nice scraps. Do the other fights have title implications? No, but neither do random Strikeforce cards. Let’s get it on.
PRELIMINARY CARD (Un-aired)
Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola
I’ll do my best Peet impression and try to give a little background here. Madsen is known for his stint on TUF. Vemola is 7-0 with 3 TKOs and 4 Subs. His nickname is The Terminator and he fights out of the Czech Republic. He’s fought no one I’m familiar with so I’ll say Madsen by TUFness.
Forrest Petz vs. Daniel Roberts
Petz is the definition of a journeyman. He’s 17-7 and hasn’t fought in the UFC since a loss to Josh Burkman in October 2007. Roberts fights out of Ghost Dog and trains with Gerald Harris. TUL$A. He is really good on the ground but was viciously KO’d by John Howard in his UFC debut. Expect Roberts to GnP Petz.
Dave Branch vs. Gerald Harris
Branch trains under Renzo Gracie and is 6-0. You know I’m picking Harris so let me pose a question that is surely to go unanswered. Are they holding Harris back? He’s on a 9 fight win streak including 2-0 in the UFC. Or are they building him up, feeding him guys like Branch? I think he deserves TV time or PPV slot but I know I’m biased. Harris by KO.
Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic
Poor Reljic. He was going to fight on the Spike portion of the card until Grove started running his yapper. Funny thing though, Grove was correct. Spike does run most of the TUF show. I will stick with my streak of never picking Grove. Reljic by leg kicks and Kendall being unable to stand up. (although the lay off could really hurt Reljic who is returning from major knee surgery).
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero
I’m having to look way too many of these guys up. Peet, when you are done changing diapers, feel free to re-take your role of thread starter. Just keepin’ the seat warm buddy! Silverback by ghey entrance with Tom Lawlor.
Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Tuchscherer will have the size advantage. He trains with Brock so should be in great shape. We know Tuchscherer can take multiple hard shots to the groin. Schaud by handspeed.
MAIN CARD
Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulos
If Sotiropoulos can sub Batman, he’ll be a fight or two away from staking his claim to a title shot. Should be an excellent back and forth battle. Pelligrino should look to keep it on the feet. Sotiropoulos via decision.
Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski[
Probably the worst fight on the main card. It’s the rematch no one asked for. So uninteresting that I forget exactly why they are rematching and don’t feel the urge to look it up.
Matt Brown vs. Chris Lytle
Lytle should get the fight to the ground where he has sneaky submissions. Knowing Lytle, he’ll want to impress the UFC and fans and stand and bang. Could spell trouble for Brown who’s coming off a loss to Almedia. No shame there. Brown by TKO.
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Chris Leben
From a name recognition standpoint, going from Wanderlei Silva to Chris Leben is a huge drop off. However, from a stylistic fight point of view, not much difference at all. In fact, I almost wish Sexyama was the one who pulled out. I’d love to see a Leben/Wandi fight. Akiyama gets the nod because Leben is coming off 2-weeks rest.
Champ Brock Lesnar vs. interim champ Shane Carwin
I’ll let someone else break this fight down. I just think, if he’s 100% healthy from his ailments, Lesnar is a really tough matchup for Carwin. Lesnar via GnP.