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Main Card:
For the Lightweight Championship of the World
Ben Henderson (16-2) vs. Frankie Edgar (14-2-1)
Donald Cerrone (18-4, 1 NC) vs. Melvin Guillard (30-10-2, 1 NC)
Ed Herman (20-8) vs. Jake Shields (27-6-1)
Yushin Okami (26-7) vs. Buddy Roberts (12-2)
Justin Lawrence (4-0) vs. Max Holloway (5-1)
Preliminary Card:
Dennis Bermudez (8-3) vs. Tom Hayden (8-1)
Jared Hamman (13-4) vs. Michael Kuiper (11-1)
Ken Stone (11-3) vs. Erik Perez (11-4)
Dustin Pague (11-6) vs. Chico Camus (11-3)
Facebook card:
Eiji Mitsuoka (18-8-2) vs. Nik Lentz (21-5-2, 1 NC)
The rematch no one wanted is finally here! Many people thought that the outcome of the first fight warranted an immediate rematch , myself included.
but hopefully this will go some-way to fixing the traffic jam that is the ufc Lightweight division, barring a controversial decision in the rematch. at least it should be a great fight again.
i think bendo will utilize a lot of kicks again and i cant see him changing his game-plan too much from the first fight. he should try and clinch with Edgar who will look to land shots on the inside, and try to use his size advantage in the clinch to ware-down edgar.
edgar i think will try to take bendo down a lot more this time, but i cant see him being be able to keep him down for long.
in his last 3 fights edgar has shown an unbelievable amount of toughness and heart but you gotta wonder how long can he keep taking shots like maynard's uppercuts and hendersons upkick.
i'll probably end up betting on benson again but im surprised he's at 1.58 thought it would be a bit higher than that.
no way i would take shields at 1.4, herman is more than capable of beating jake if he can keep it on the feet, and shields doesnt have the best takedowns.
cerrone/guillard will be interesting at least if it doesnt go to the ground. i think cerrone may have the edge standing but guillard has a lot more power and explosiveness. it all depends on what cerrones gameplan is, hopefully he mixes it up standing then goes for a takedown, he should have a huge advantage on the ground. lawrence should win too, he has a lot of potential and i think the ufc will try and build him up slowly with the fights they are giving him.
your thoughts and picks?
here's the preview video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azFJZ0qPyno&list=PL0EC0B5F6727AEABE&index=2&feature=plcp
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meant to say "Many people thought that the outcome of the first fight DIDN'T warrant an immediate rematch , myself included."
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please razz show me these posts where i have 'abused' people on here?
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in hindsight I worded it wrong for which I apologize for. I suppose I meant that I get the feeling you ridicule people for liking certain sports like mma for no good reason(although there are others i have seen on the boxing forum which are much worse) and get very defensive when you think people are attacking boxing. i got nothing against you but you seem to have a hard time accepting that i like boxing and mma. so we cool?
 just because you do not agree with me that boxing aint dead dont please mate try and score cheap points. i dont agree that it is dead, my point was merely that its declined significantly in popularity, although it's probably getting more exposure these last couple of years which is good. as it could be taking lessons from the growth of mma |
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no problems mate,but just to point out i would not abuse someone on a faceless forum(or in any walk off life)am i forthwright yep i suppose i am and maybe people sometimes take me the wrong way.
Anyway,no problems,lets enjoy our sport |
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http://youtu.be/ccOVvAQXNeA
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wow bendo has shortened to 1.5 and is still going down!
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Benson will get this time. I can see him knocking him out this time.
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evening guys
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Hendo is going to tare him a new ass! dominated the 1st fight and will do even more so this time around,looked as fresh in the 5th as he was in the 1st round,cant see him holding onto this title for quite some time,he is a beast,cant stand all frankies b1tching and moaning about how he won the fight and how he is still the real champ
 hope he gets knocked out!think the favorites will all win on the main card,all look solid |
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evening. guillard weighed in overweight by 2 pounds, he must of had a hard cut, could affect his stamina if it goes 3 rounds.
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ye bendo looked like he could do another 5 rounds at the end of their first fight, guy has amazing cardio i remember noticing that, but at the same time edgar's cardio is top notch too
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ffs,rory mcdonald injuried again
 needed 36 stiches after a cut in training and the pj penn fight is now off he would have been probably fighting for the title by now,but for all these injuries |
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i reckon rory will struggle at the higher end of the division, especially against strikers who he cant take down, i think they are still fighting though the date has just moved i think.
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and this okami v roberts fight is the biggest miss match i have seen in a long time
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reckon he can pretty much take anyone down,look at diaz now,great striker and on a tare,but rory destroyed him
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diaz was tiny at welterweight and isn't exactly known for his takedown defence though. he looked like he didnt want to strike with che mills either.
going with lawrence here |
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not that confident on lawrence though
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1st round ko for lawrence
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nice prospect,loved the 1,2 to the body
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he's only 20 as well, makes me feel old and im only 24
both are good prospects was pretty close until the end |
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and i'm 6 years older than you
and roberts is a lamb to the slaughter here |
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okami's gonna pick him appart
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ffs,my heart was going there,took a few strikes,but once he took him down,easy
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domination the second it hit the ground, okami did look a bit shaky on the feet, not surprising after his last 2 fights though
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very small bet on herman for me, i think shields is overated
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hey up razz!!...worst ****ing ufc ever this!..what you say tough guy!
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ffs jump on him herman!
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ridiculous tactics from herman!
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missed all the preliminaries, been a bit slow so far, holloway/lawrence was good last 2 fights should be awesome though! and this is no wear near as bad as 149
 herman looks too tired to capitalize then |
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too pathetic razz..shouldnt be on the main card for this ****!
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back to prelims ED... ****ing knob!
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this is what shields does, he did it against kampman and akiyama
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and on bully beatdown !!!
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29-28?
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the first was close shields edged it with the takedown but judges must of given that one to herman
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i think cerrone will have the advantage wherever this goes, he's a lot more technical than guillard striking. apparently when they trained together cerrone would have the upper hand sparring
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Guillard wins by KO. Cerrone is chinny IMO.
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I hate Cerrone.
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they share a common opponent in jeremy stevens and guillard barely edged the decision and cerrone destroyed him
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