For starters, I decided to make this prediction thread for one main reason; i'm sick of reading after every major fight "lol i knew JDS would lose, cain is beast with too much cardio for him etc etc etc" however of course this is after an event and retrospective is golden. Here is your chance to either be shut down completely or be a king within your self (no one cares if you predicted a fight correctly, sorry. Congratulations regardless though!) So here is the general rules of the thread:
- Your post must have a clear winner, you cannot sit on the fence.
- Your post may not include excuses if your fighter lose. (eg "shogun will only lose if healthy shogun turns up to the fight") The point is to focus on why they will win - not making excuses why they may lose
- You can predict any fight from any event that's coming up, you don't have to pick from the fights i'm choosing
- Give some sort of analysis why your fighter is going to win, if you think Aldo will gas from the constant pressure and speed against Edgar - say it don't just state "Edgar by decision"
- The analysis can be short if needed, no need for essays.
- You must quote the person above you predictions, this is too ensure that there's no deleting/altering posts after an event by the person above.
- Feel free to link back to your post in this thread in any other thread to brag about your amazing prediction!
That being said it doesn't matter if you get a fight wrong or right, i'm putting myself out there - you should too, anything can happen in a fight. Again, the point is to not only stop the above reason which shits me, but also to try to get some real analysis on fights by fans which is always good to read! Also if this thread goes long enough i'm more then happy to pop some money into someone's account through paypal if someone goes crazy and predicts correctly the next 10 fight main UFC events fights correctly.
I'm only really covering the next few upcoming fights which are the most exciting to me and their main events. As you can see they are brief and straight to the point where I think the fighter i'm choosing will win the fight and by what method.
Belfort vs Bisping:
Honestly if you told me a couple of years ago Bisping would be potentially one fight away from versing AS I thought you'd be joking. Although Stann was a big win, I do believe Belfort is on another level from Bisping at this point. I think Vitor will clip him, smell blood and finish him in the third round. I know this isn't a wild prediction - it doesn't have to be.
MM vs Dodson
I won't lie, I don't follow the 125 division as well as the others, but I have seen majority of their fights. Obviously MM will have the clear wrestling advantage, and even with the knock out of Formiga(spelling?) by Dodson I still believe MM will be more impressive standing - he is just too fast footed compared to Dodson. MM by UD.
(I'm actually really keen to hear people's opinions on this one, I bet on nearly every event and would love to hear from Dodson fans of what he brings to the table)
Cerrone vs Pettis
This fight is so exciting, hardest fight to pick a winner I think. There's no chance i'm betting on it. The striking advantage although extremely close i'd have to give to Pettis just because I believe he's more technically sound. I think we'll see Cerrone getting lit up on the feet just because he tends to have lack of head movement and leaves his lead hand down quite a bit. Although Cerrone has improved his wrestling like in the Varner fight I don't think he'll keep Pettis on the ground like Guida did or even get him down. Pettis by UD
I can't wait for UFC 156.
Aldo vs Edgar
I'm a huge Aldo fan but i'm actually really worried. Attempting to look at this at a neutral position it's hard to say Aldo will come out with this one. I will give the clear striking advantage to Aldo, however I don't think this fight will be on it's feet all that much, I know Aldo's TDD/ability to get on his feet is pristine but I think Edgar will end up getting him down. I think Edgar's movement, speed, heart, ability to get his head pounded in and still be able to keep up his pace is good enough to survive on the feet long enough to get him down and win rounds by points. Even though I haven't rated Florian as a fighter since early 2009 (there's a reason he's retired) if i remember correctly he won the first round against Aldo, the next four rounds was Aldo finding his rhythm and dominating him. I don't think he'll find his rhythm against Frankie. I believe with all this talk of moving up weight by Aldo, he's finding it real hard to cut.. There's a chance he might gas with all the grappling (This is not an excuse for a loss, if you can't survive the pressure then you are the lesser fighter of the night and deserve the L). Edgar by UD
What I wouldn't give for a HL knockout by Aldo though!
I'll do my predictions on the Rashad/Overeem fights tomorrow.
There you go guys, continue on with your predictions! Feel free to completely shut down my opinion with rational reasoning!(lolonsherdog?)
- Your post must have a clear winner, you cannot sit on the fence.
- Your post may not include excuses if your fighter lose. (eg "shogun will only lose if healthy shogun turns up to the fight") The point is to focus on why they will win - not making excuses why they may lose
- You can predict any fight from any event that's coming up, you don't have to pick from the fights i'm choosing
- Give some sort of analysis why your fighter is going to win, if you think Aldo will gas from the constant pressure and speed against Edgar - say it don't just state "Edgar by decision"
- The analysis can be short if needed, no need for essays.
- You must quote the person above you predictions, this is too ensure that there's no deleting/altering posts after an event by the person above.
- Feel free to link back to your post in this thread in any other thread to brag about your amazing prediction!
That being said it doesn't matter if you get a fight wrong or right, i'm putting myself out there - you should too, anything can happen in a fight. Again, the point is to not only stop the above reason which shits me, but also to try to get some real analysis on fights by fans which is always good to read! Also if this thread goes long enough i'm more then happy to pop some money into someone's account through paypal if someone goes crazy and predicts correctly the next 10 fight main UFC events fights correctly.
I'm only really covering the next few upcoming fights which are the most exciting to me and their main events. As you can see they are brief and straight to the point where I think the fighter i'm choosing will win the fight and by what method.
Belfort vs Bisping:
Honestly if you told me a couple of years ago Bisping would be potentially one fight away from versing AS I thought you'd be joking. Although Stann was a big win, I do believe Belfort is on another level from Bisping at this point. I think Vitor will clip him, smell blood and finish him in the third round. I know this isn't a wild prediction - it doesn't have to be.
MM vs Dodson
I won't lie, I don't follow the 125 division as well as the others, but I have seen majority of their fights. Obviously MM will have the clear wrestling advantage, and even with the knock out of Formiga(spelling?) by Dodson I still believe MM will be more impressive standing - he is just too fast footed compared to Dodson. MM by UD.
(I'm actually really keen to hear people's opinions on this one, I bet on nearly every event and would love to hear from Dodson fans of what he brings to the table)
Cerrone vs Pettis
This fight is so exciting, hardest fight to pick a winner I think. There's no chance i'm betting on it. The striking advantage although extremely close i'd have to give to Pettis just because I believe he's more technically sound. I think we'll see Cerrone getting lit up on the feet just because he tends to have lack of head movement and leaves his lead hand down quite a bit. Although Cerrone has improved his wrestling like in the Varner fight I don't think he'll keep Pettis on the ground like Guida did or even get him down. Pettis by UD
I can't wait for UFC 156.
Aldo vs Edgar
I'm a huge Aldo fan but i'm actually really worried. Attempting to look at this at a neutral position it's hard to say Aldo will come out with this one. I will give the clear striking advantage to Aldo, however I don't think this fight will be on it's feet all that much, I know Aldo's TDD/ability to get on his feet is pristine but I think Edgar will end up getting him down. I think Edgar's movement, speed, heart, ability to get his head pounded in and still be able to keep up his pace is good enough to survive on the feet long enough to get him down and win rounds by points. Even though I haven't rated Florian as a fighter since early 2009 (there's a reason he's retired) if i remember correctly he won the first round against Aldo, the next four rounds was Aldo finding his rhythm and dominating him. I don't think he'll find his rhythm against Frankie. I believe with all this talk of moving up weight by Aldo, he's finding it real hard to cut.. There's a chance he might gas with all the grappling (This is not an excuse for a loss, if you can't survive the pressure then you are the lesser fighter of the night and deserve the L). Edgar by UD
What I wouldn't give for a HL knockout by Aldo though!
I'll do my predictions on the Rashad/Overeem fights tomorrow.
There you go guys, continue on with your predictions! Feel free to completely shut down my opinion with rational reasoning!(lolonsherdog?)
