Ufc 99

[animalmother]

hat a week for MMA fans. Stikeforce last Sat and WEC last Sun. UFC 99 is this Saturday. The Countdown show is on Spike tonight. Here is the card:

Rich Franklin Vs. Wanderlei Silva

Name: Rich Franklin
Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
Weight: 195 (88 kg)
Record: 26-4-0, 1 NC

Name: Wanderlei Silva
Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)
Weight: 195 (88 kg)
Record: 32-9-1, 1 NC

I'm taking Franklin in this one.

Cheick Kongo Vs. Cain Velasquez

Name: Cheick Kongo
Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)
Weight: 240 (109 kg)
Record: 24-4-1

Name: Cain Velasquez
Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
Weight: 240 (109 kg)
Record: 5-0-0

I'm taking Kongo.

Mike Swick Vs. Ben Saunders

Name: Mike Swick
Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
Weight: 170 (77 kg)
Record: 13-2-0

Name: Ben Saunders
Height: 6' 3" (191 cm)
Weight: 170 (77 kg)
Record: 7-0-2

I'm taking Swick.

Marcus Davis Vs. Dan Hardy

Name: Marcus Davis
Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)
Weight: 170 (77 kg)
Record: 21-5-0

Name: Dan Hardy
Height: 6' 0" (183 cm)
Weight: 170 (77 kg)
Record: 21-6-0, 1 NC

This is the fight I'm most looking forward to. Davis all the way!


Spencer Fisher Vs. Caol Uno

Name: Spencer Fisher
Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)
Weight: 155 (70 kg)
Record: 23-4-0

Name: Caol Uno
Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)
Weight: 155 (70 kg)
Record: 25-11-4

I'll take Fisher.

Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Mostapha Al Turk

Name: Mirko Cro Cop
Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)
Weight: 220 (100 kg)
Record: 24-6-2, 1 NC

Name: Mostapha Al Turk
Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)
Weight: 242 (110 kg)
Record: 6-4-0

I'm taking Cro-Cop.

 

[Butler]

Cro-cop is back! Yeah! I would like to see a Cro-cop Fedor 2.

 

[SW CQB 45]

AM, is this one free?

I am going to a shooting match this thursday and another one toward the end of the month.

I dont want to wear my kitchen pass thin as I want to go to UFC100!!!!!!

 

[gaucho1]

Looks like a very good card.The Franklin-Silva fight could be a real
slugfest.

I was able to see the showtime fights today.Arloski sure got caught.
The fighter that iced him is very fast for a really big guy.

Diaz is a very different and difficult fighter.He doesn't stop and he seems to
be able to take a punch.I think he won on the strength of his body shots.
I don't think he is very likable,but he is a very tough and dangerous fighter.

Everything keeps changing.

 

[animalmother]

SW CQB 45, I do not believe this to be a free event. Many of the UFC events that have taken place in Europe have been free on Spike. I've seen and heard nothing to suggest this is a free one. I'll check the Spike page.

 

[2Loud4You]

AM, is this one free?

I am going to a shooting match this thursday and another one toward the end of the month.

I dont want to wear my kitchen pass thin as I want to go to UFC100!!!!!!

Find a sports bar near you, chances are they'll have it free. That's what I do.

 

[animalmother]

This is going to be a PPV.

 

[animalmother]

I'm most looking forward to the Marcus Davis vs. Dan Hardy fight. Dan Hardy is jealous of all the attention MD has gotten in the UK. Dan Hardy went to a press conference and called out MD. Dan Hardy has bitten off more than he can handle. From sherdog:

"The bad blood between Marcus Davis and Dan Hardy should make for one of the night's best dustups. With both men holding a stated preference for striking, the clash boils down to Hardy's rangy kickboxing and Davis' power puncher meets Muay Thai approach.

Despite Davis' short reach, it hasn't been a problem for him lately and Hardy's boxing defense lacks the seasoning Davis has after years on the amateur and professional circuit. If and when this turns into a firefight, Davis' ability to evade and return fire may be what turns this bout in his favor.

The X Factor: Injuries have been an ongoing problem for Davis and while he claims to be fighting pain free, we've heard that song before and its rung false plenty of times before. Mix that in with Davis' elder statesman status and years spent dealing with the wear and tear on the boxing circuit and you have to wonder just how much time Davis has in a sport that is notoriously unkind to its elders.

The Bottom Line: Lost amidst all the talk of these two going for the jugular is the fact that Davis has shown the smarts to work his underrated ground game when his stand-up fails him. A skill that Hardy doesn't have in equal measure and that will eventually cost him the fight as a show-stopping striking showdown turns into a ground clinic with Davis wielding the scalpel."

 

[animalmother]

Any other MMA fans want to share their picks, comments?

 

[animalmother]

PPV starts at 3 PM EST. Enjoy.

 

[grit]

Cain Velasquez is one bad mother...although he probably should've subbed Kongo in the first period. 'Impressive win all the same.

 

[animalmother]

Cain is a serious threat. What a chin. Most other fighters would be out. He is with one of the best MMA schools in the world (AKA in San Jose) and if he continues to train hard, he will among the elite of the division.