UFC 118 - Edgar/Penn II

[DJ]

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I'm waiting for the weigh-in to make my prediction on Penn-Edgar.

[Sandman42]

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I'm going with Frankie again in the rematch. BJ is definitely going to come out more motivated, but I have a feeling that he is going to be too aggressive and Frankie will catch him for the TKO.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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I just hope BJ Penn doesn't turn into a Jens Pulver That fool lost 9 of his last 10 fights. Even getting KO'ed by rookies in small local organizations.

His career fell off the cliff. Went from Pride star to UFC to WEC to local organizations. Hell even below KOTC level competition, that is how far he fell off.

[DJ]

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I'm going with Frankie again in the rematch. BJ is definitely going to come out more motivated, but I have a feeling that he is going to be too aggressive and Frankie will catch him for the TKO.

That's a bold prediction. I like it. Don't necessarily agree, but I like it. I think it will be real tough for Edgar to drop Penn with strikes as BJ has a great chin.

[DTX3]

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Being that BJ Penn is motivated, he is probably going to destroy Edgar this time around. Last time BJ wasn't motivated and just head hunted. This time he will mix it up with takedowns and kicks.

I heard that before. Edgar better finish him.

[allBthere]

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I heard that before. Edgar better finish him.

Edgar is a point-fighter. At least he was in his last fight with BJ so he's not finishing anyone. His game-plan last time out was clearly to out-point BJ and win a decision. I hate that mentality and if more people find success with it than not, it will ruin MMA for me.

[idrisguitar]

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bj hasn;t been great recently ill give you guys that, but he is still the most talented fighter in the division.

just depends on his atitude, shape, fitness, motivation etc. i really cant see edgar winning again to be honest. im thinking if bj comes out and finds the fight is going in a similar direction as the first he will have to try out his jui-jitsu this time. he is a freak of a grappler, and edgar isn;t exactly the best, i wondered why he didn;t try it before (maybe he thought he was winning)

[Pappy Knuckles]

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I just hope BJ Penn doesn't turn into a Jens Pulver That fool lost 9 of his last 10 fights. Even getting KO'ed by rookies in small local organizations.

His career fell off the cliff. Went from Pride star to UFC to WEC to local organizations. Hell even below KOTC level competition, that is how far he fell off.

BJ made Ken Flo and Diego look like his bitch in his fights before Edgar. Let's not push him under the bus quite yet.

[BiggestKJ]

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I'm going with Frankie again in the rematch. BJ is definitely going to come out more motivated, but I have a feeling that he is going to be too aggressive and Frankie will catch him for the TKO.

Because history has show that Edgar has TKO'd only Mark Bocek and Mark Getto. WHO?

And BJ Penn has been TKO'd only by the two greatest welterweight of all time Matt Hughes and GSP

I can see you making a case for a decision win on Frankie side, but c'mon, be serious now.

[mgoblue]

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I just hope BJ Penn doesn't turn into a Jens Pulver That fool lost 9 of his last 10 fights. Even getting KO'ed by rookies in small local organizations.

His career fell off the cliff. Went from Pride star to UFC to WEC to local organizations. Hell even below KOTC level competition, that is how far he fell off.

I'm a huge Jens fan, but he was definitely overrated...Now it seems like he's just got one punch but guys work around that and submit him or knock him out all the time. I think he just got popular at the time cause of the circumstances, not cause he was truly a elite level fighter.

Again, I am a Jens fan, seems like a pretty cool/real guy, but his legend has grown greater than the wins actually were...

[Beantown]

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Toney weighed in a 237, Randy at 220.

Should be good. Couture got a nice round of ovation from the Boston crowd.

[goh]

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Edgar is a point-fighter. At least he was in his last fight with BJ so he's not finishing anyone. His game-plan last time out was clearly to out-point BJ and win a decision. I hate that mentality and if more people find success with it than not, it will ruin MMA for me.

Considering how rarely BJ has been finished and Edgar naturally being a wrestler out pointing him seems to be the best applicable strategy. Don't really see him pulling out a sub,he doesn't exactly have KO power but has good technique and while Edgar is a very good wrestler he's not GSP where he can takedown Penn at will and keep him there,couldn't the first time anyway. That leaves winning 3 rounds and not losing 2 by 10-8.

[Dondadda]

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I just got back from the weigh ins, and it was a pretty cool scene. Definitely representing for my fellow BC grad Ken Flo.

A couple of random observations:

- Some in the crowd booed one of the most un-booable fighters in MMA, Frankie Edgar.

- The Boston-area guys (Lauzon, Davis, Ken-Flo) got big applause, as expected, and their opponents were booed.

- Gabe Ruediger stole the show by presenting Lauzon with a cake that read "Sorry for your Loss."

- Huge ovation for Couture, who chucked his hat into the crowd. He said that he is excited to welcome Toney to MMA. Toney was booed and gave some kind of hand gesture with both hands to the crowd (didn't think he was giving us the bird).

- Place had a ton of people show up.

- Ticket scalpers were in the arena trying to sell seats. They need to try hard, as the ticket market for this event is actually pretty soft. I'm expecting to walk up and get a seat for between $40 and $60 on the street just prior to the event.

[DJ]

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BJ looked good at the weigh-in. I say he takes this fight via 2nd round submission.

[redsrule]

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MAIN CARD

• Champ Frankie Edgar vs. B.J. Penn (for lightweight title)
• Randy Couture vs. James Toney
• Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard
• Marcus Davis vs. Nate Diaz
• Demian Maia vs. Mario Miranda

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Gabe Ruediger vs. Joe Lauzon
• Nik Lentz vs. Andre Winner
• Nick Osipczak vs. Greg Soto
• Amilcar Alves vs. Mike Pierce
• Dan Miller vs. John Salter

My picks are in bold. Hopefully it turns out to be a good fight. Watching Gabe show him that cake on Spike was pretty good.
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