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UFC 80-Something or Other Predictions

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:18 am
by Uncle Fester
GSP over Fitch
Lesnar by lay-n-pray snorefest over Herring
Herta by brutal KO over Ken-Flo

The rest are all snoozers so talk amongst yo'selves

Re: UFC 80-Something or Other Predictions

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:44 pm
by Rack Fu
Jon Fitch is the real deal but GSP is arguably the best p4p fighter in the world. GSP via TKO in round 2.

Herring is a gamer but he was schooled by the last pure wrestler he faced in Jake O'Brien. O'Brien doesn't have 1/10th the wrestling ability that Lesnar has. Not to mention size, strength, speed and pure athleticism. I don't give Herring much chance at all. It's a bad style matchup for him. Every HW in the UFC is going to have problems with Lesnar - with the exception of great BJJ guys like Noguiera, Mir and Werdum. Even Mir got mauled for 90 seconds before locking on that kneebar. Herring just doesn't have the grappling arsenal to beat Lesnar. Lesnar via mauling round 1.

Huerta vs Florian is a coin flip. I love Huerta's aggressive style of fighting. He's one of my favorite fighters to watch. He can get a little reckless at times which could play into Florian's gameplan. People give Florian a bunch of shit but he's only lost twice in the UFC - once to Diego Sanchez where Florian was fighting two weight classes above his normal class and once to Sean Sherk in a title fight. He's mowed through everyone else. He fights really smart and he's an awesome grappler with way above average Muay Thai striking. I think he catches Huerta with a RNC in round three after a great fight.