UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir

Still a great card despite the many changes, what bets are everyone placing ? im going with JDS, Barboza and Brandao to start with.

UFC Primetime: Dos Santos vs. Mir - Episode 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZtSwI3iwiE&list=PL4A16E10D0A753D77&index=12&feature=plpp_video

JDS is the man, he's really giving back to the community he came from

yeah 1.4 is really low for JDS by ko but i guess its justified, a better bet might be for the fight to end in the 1st round at evens with paddypower. thinking of going with volkman too but his oods haven't been released yet. looking forward too texeira making his debut at last, he was supposed to be in the ufc years ago.
might also go with nelson, if he can get it to the ground it should be game over for herman.

im staying well away from the struve/lavar johnson fight though that could go either way, probably a ko by johnson or a sub/tko by struve. staying away from hardy and ludwig as well. duane probably has better stand up but i'd say hardy has the edge on the ground (you cant say that very often)

yeah if it stays standing i can see struve being more technical and landing more shots, and a lot of kicks but lavar will connect eventually and that could be fight over... but if struve tries to take it to the ground like barry did he'll win easily

my bets for this event are
hardy
mayhem
del rosario
struve
teixeira

reasoning behind them
hardy : just think he has to win, despite the ko vs condit he's proven hes got a chin and has decent power himself. whilst ludwig has the edge in striking technically his chin isnt the best. also feel that hardy does have the edge on the ground over bang and as such feel he's got the tools to get his first win in the octagon in a while.

mayhem : looked terrible versus bisping where i thought he'd give him some trouble if he got the fight to the ground. his gas tank looked shocking vs mb and he did not deserve to be in the same cage as him last time out. mayhem has fought world class opposition throughout his career and believe this experience factor could be key over cb. the nagging worry i have about this fight is millers cardio and his striking. if hes unable to get this to the ground then cb will point his way to a unanimous decision but i think he'll get the fight to the mat and hopefully dolloway clearly taps this time.

del rosario : after seeing a couple of his fights in strikeforce i was excited by the prospect of sdr. hes had a lengthy layoff but isnt coming in against an opponent imo as skilled as he was initially set to face. iv not been all that impressed with miocic in his appearances in the ufc and despite being highly touted he's not shown me enough to say that he can hang with sdr's striking nor submissions.

struve : this really is a pick'em fight tbh but i was really impressed with struve when he fought dave herman. he finally started to use his range a little more. obviously lavar packs a punch and struve's chin is questionable. what isnt though is struves heart and feel he'l drag this to the ground and from there it'll be over. if pat barry can get mount on lavar then if his chin holds out struve definitely can.

teixeira : iv seen this guy fight relatively low level competetion; he beat sokodjou shortly before his ko's over arona and lil nog. the low level competition im talking about is imo on a similar level to kingsbury. whilst i think teixeira's power could be enough to stop this fight i think after seeing the domination from bonnar over kingsbury a similar tactic would bot surprise me either.

i think mayhem will edge it, he has more experience, he's been in 5 rounders before so im not exactly sure what caused his stamina to look so bad in the bisping fight. maybe it was nerves or an underlying illnes or injury?
yeah i wasnt impressed by miocic, he nearly got knocked out by phil defries, who looked like one of the least athletic fighters i have ever seen.

UFC 146 Primetime: Dos Santos vs. Mir -- Episode 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0SD-UYT8co

what time will the prelims start on facebook?

cheers bud

yeah,wana watch sass. The prelims on ufc.tv are top quality fights too,love this whole card!

i would love it if sass subs volkmaan i can't stand his boringness, and he seems proud of it

yeah volkmann's top control will more than likely be too good but you never know! Sass will defo try pulling guard,id go crazy if he pulled guard and subbed the boring mofo

for those wonderin g about mayhem's conditioning i just watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EEyNPkFzlxQ
he talks about it a bit, and looks to of made improvements

ye mayhem does look in great shape, i just can't back him after that fight with bisping.

mayhems punches aren't the best, but he has decent kicks, and is really strong for his size. his ground game is pretty high level too, he took jake shields back and sank in a rear naked choke with like 15 seconds to go in the round, shields was saved by the bell there, mayhem would of put him to sleep if there were 5 more seconds in that round. and jake sheilds has some of the best jiu jitsu in mma.

he also has what he and his training partners refer too as retard steength

just seen that too, first overeem then hunt and gonzaga, now arriany
on the plus side we get more brittany palmer

does anyone know why hardy hasn't been cut from the ufc, i thought the rule of thumb was 3 losses in a row

he has a close friendship with the fertita brothers i think, and yeah he's an exciting fighter, and look at who he has lost too!! GSP, anthony johnso who looked 2 weight classes bigger, carlos condit the interim champion and chris lytle

i have gone beserk

my housemate didnt have a clue what was going on! running around my living room! ha!