UFC 101: Declaration - August 8th in Philadelphia

[DTX3]

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[DJ]

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BJ is going to win this fight within the first 2 rounds. Kenny won't be able to handle BJ's boxing and no way Florian is taking BJ down. Only way this goes longer is if Kenny dances away from BJ the whole fight. Kenny doesn't have the power to put BJ down.

I think Forrest, if he follows the Hendo strategy, can win the fight against Anderson. Forrest is the biggest LHW in the UFC and I don't know if Anderson can handle Forrest's strength. If Forrest elects to stand and trade, well, we know how that will end...

[ndeezlo]

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As a newb to MMA I just think Forrest will beat Anderson and Kenny beats BJ. I'm probably wrong and I wouldn't bet this but I just think this happens... Sorry for ruining your thread.

[sven]

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As a newb to MMA I just think Forrest will beat Anderson and Kenny beats BJ. I'm probably wrong and I wouldn't bet this but I just think this happens... Sorry for ruining your thread.

Its that ugly Notre Dame avatar that will ruin the thread.

[Rules]

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Here are my predictions for the fun of it:

Official fight card:

Main Card Bouts:
-B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian: 3rd Round TKO.
-Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin: by split decision.
-Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks: 3rd Round TKO.
-Ricardo Almeida vs. Kendall Grove : 2nd Round Submission.
-Kurt Pellegrino vs. Josh Neer : 2nd Round Submission.

Preliminary Bouts:
-Aaron Riley vs. Shane Nelson : Unanimous decision.
-Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard: 1st Round TKO.
-Alessio Sakara vs. Thales Leites: 1st Round TKO.
-Matt Riddle vs. (3-1): by split decision.
-George Sotiropoulos vs. Rob Emerson: 1st Round Submission.
-Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort : Unanimous decision.

[Wet Bandit]

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Ugh. Show's gonna start in 5 minutes and there's apparently a tornado heading towards me. The troublesome part of the storm is about 15-20 miles away and heading my way, so hopefully it dies down before it gets here. No sirens here in the immediate area yet, and the one siren off in the distance that I could hear just stopped, so that's a bonus, I guess.

Edit: You know, having a tornadic storm heading my way is kind of...casting a cloud...over the festivities. Huh, see what I did there? That's freaking clever.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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Neer vs. Batman? Great way to start off the card, these dudes are gonna bang it out.

[BigDofBA]

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Ugh. Show's gonna start in 5 minutes and there's apparently a tornado heading towards me. The troublesome part of the storm is about 15-20 miles away and heading my way, so hopefully it dies down before it gets here. No sirens here in the immediate area yet, and the one siren off in the distance that I could hear just stopped, so that's a bonus, I guess.

Edit: You know, having a tornadic storm heading my way is kind of...casting a cloud...over the festivities. Huh, see what I did there? That's freaking clever.

Where do you live? Living in Oklahoma I sometimes have that problem as well.

I'm not going to be able to watch the fights tonight. You guys are going to have to keep me posted.

[Wet Bandit]

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Where do you live? Living in Oklahoma I sometimes have that problem as well.

I'm not going to be able to watch the fights tonight. You guys are going to have to keep me posted.

I live in the tornado capital of the world...Minneapolis.

Needless to say, tornadoes are pretty uncommon around here. Looks the tornadic part of the storm is going by about 5 miles south of me, and the thunderstorm is dying down, so all seems good. For me, at least. Hopefully no one to the south was hurt.

[BrightFuture]

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Neer almost got choked out.

[Wet Bandit]

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I think the ref should be a little more aggressive in standing these guys up. A few failed pass attempts shouldn't be enough to keep Neer on his back. Neer's getting desperate for a chance at action, which led to him being swept after he tried a kimura from his back.

[BrightFuture]

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Pellegrino wins by decision

HOLY ELBOWS from Neer at the end though! He would of knocked him out if he had more time.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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Damn that really sucked for Neer. It's like Kurt was doing just enough to not get stood up.

[BrightFuture]

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Almeida v. Grove now

[Wet Bandit]

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Did all three judges turn in their scorecards with a minute left in the fight? No way should four minutes of mostly lay-n-pray be worth more than a minute that included a reversal and insane elbows that delivered by far the most damage in the fight.

Not that Neer would have won the fight if he got that last round, but it's just stuff like seeing all three judges give that last round to Pellegrino that reinforces my lack of faith in the judges.