Summer is coming to a end and sadly the string of mma events that seemed to be taking place every weekend is coming to end as well. Thankfully where going out with a bang with a stellar night of fights that is going to be jammed packed with exciting fights as well lots of opportunity to make some money. UFC 118 Edgar vs Penn takes place at the TD garden arena in Boston Mass. In the mma scene it is a big thing for a ufc card to take place in Boston, with up to fifteen current ufc fighters calling Boston home as well as Bostons boxing past as well as its out right refusal of sanctioning mma in the early years, this shows how far mma has grown.

Ufc 118 is and will be one of the most exciting mma event taking place this year having lots on name value on the card, number one contendor fights, top prospects, a title fight and the much covered by the ESPN's of the world "Boxing vs MMA. Some "bouts ttaking place saturday include BJ "the prodigy penn" looking to regain his belt after a controversal descion vs Frankie Edgar, heaveyweight boxing champ James "lights out" Toney faces Ufc legend and 4 time champ captain America Randy Coutue, home town bot Kenny "Ken flo" Florian faces Gray "the bully" Maynard fight for the right to be the next challenger for the belt. These are just the top billing fights but noticeable names such as Damian Mia, Joe Lauzon, Nate Diaz, Dan Miller are also fighting. I'm going to be doing a blog for the next 3 days in the lead up to Saturday night.

My first blog is going to be going over and giving my prediction on a under card fight that is not getting much attention and hopefully we can profit form the lack of it. To start of the night of fights American wrestler Mike Pierce faces off against UFC new comer Brazilian Amilcar Alves that is known for his extensive judo background. Mike pierce has had a steady UFC carrer going 3-1 with his only loss coming to #2 welterweight Jon Fitch in which Pierce made Jon give all that he could give. Pierce has a strong wrestling base that he uses in all his fights to essentially grinding his way to victory. Amilcar Alves is a fighter that most dont know much about because theres not much tape on him and all of his fights have taken place in smaller not well known Brazilian mma cards. Im going to have to go with Pierce in this fight due to 3 things, i think Pierces wrestling is very good and he will be able to take Alves down at will, Pierce has the UFC experience and Alves base is judo which in the top levels of mma is obsolete, judo is all about counters which doe sent bode well in mma where theirs no way to trip some when your getting punched and or taken down all the time. Currently most books have Pierce at -220 ish, this is a gift if i have ever seen one.

I see Pierce winning by either decision simply because Pierce is not per say a "finisher" or possibly a late round submission. 

Whats up guys? Summer is almost over and sadly the run of mma events being on twice a week and or once every weekend is sadly over. But thankfully we have a strikforce even, a UFC, sengoku event and a number of bellator events happening in the coming months. Its a exciting time to be a mma fan, the next couple events will decide who's going to be the middle weight champ in sengoku and strikeforce, light heaveyweight in strikeforce, light weight champ in the UFC and once and for all who wins boxing vs mma. In the next couple of days i will be writing a blog a day giving my insight on the upcoming fights aswell as predicting what i think will happen. To start off the string of upcoming events is strikeforce's return to Texas with the event Strickforce: Houston . The event takes place on Saturday 21^st 2010 at the toyota center in Houston Texas. This card is chalk full of elite talent as well as lots of upcoming prospects. The main card bouts Saturday are talented NCAA champion wrestler Muhammad"king mo" lawal defends his ligh heavyweight belt of against black house fighter and elite level muy thai practitioner Rafael "Feijão" Cavalcante, BJJ Black belt Ronaldo "Jacre" Souza fights former military sniper and champion wrestler Tim Kennedy for strikeforces vacant middle weight belt, aswell former WWE wrestler and collegiate champ Bobby Lashley faces off against a relative unknown Chad Griggs, KJ Noons fights Jorge Gurgel and top prospect and former Olympian champion Daniel Cormier faces off against a little know Jason Riley. Today im going to be breaking down two fights that your going to have to lave big chalk but these fights are a close to a lock as possible. First on the under card which can be seen on Sherdog.com is former Olympian Daneil Cormier vs local show favourite Jason Riley. Cormier is the one of if not the most decorated wrestler ever to transition to mma, being the team captain for the 2008 US Mens Olympic team. Riley is a journeyman that has floated around throughout the years in a number of shows and his matches versus notable talent he has folded like a cheap suit and has been dominated by the like of Tim Sylvia and Devin Cole. Lets be honest, Cormier is strikforces top prospect and Riley was brought in as a ringer for Cormier to defeat in impressing fashion. Cormier will use his top level wrestling to take down Riley with ease thanks to Riley's no existent take down defence. Sadly Cormier is -1600 at most books but you can either lay BIG juice and or parlay it up because this is a with out a doubt win for Cormier.

Next is former wee standout Bobby Lashley vs part time firefighter Chad Griggs. This fight is very simaler to the Cormier fight, Griggs was brought into strikforce to lose, Lashley is a big draw for strikeforce and a lose is not something strikforce wants. Lashley has great wrestling winnning a number of championships in college and Giggs is primarily a sloppy puncher that hasent fought competivly for one and a half years. This fight is going to be a wrestling match from the start and Lashley is going to either going to choke out of work his way to a referee stoppage.

Yes you'll lay -500 juice but its worth it
i think these picks are no brainers and yes there is juice upon juice but i cant see these fights going any other way.... good luck guys

Whats up guys? Summer is almost over and sadly the run of mma events being on twice a week and or once every weekend is sadly over. But thankfully we have a strikforce even, a UFC, sengoku event and a number of bellator events happening in the coming months. Its a exciting time to be a mma fan, the next couple events will decide who's going to be the middle weight champ in sengoku and strikeforce, light heaveyweight in strikeforce, light weight champ in the UFC and once and for all who wins boxing vs mma. In the next couple of days i will be writing a blog a day giving my insight on the upcoming fights aswell as predicting what i think will happen.

To start off the string of upcoming events is strikeforce's return to Texas with the event Strickforce: Houston . The event takes place on Saturday 21^st 2010 at the toyota center in Houston Texas. This card is chalk full of elite talent as well as lots of upcoming prospects. The main card bouts Saturday are talented NCAA champion wrestler Muhammad"king mo" lawal defends his ligh heavyweight belt of against black house fighter and elite level muy thai practitioner Rafael "Feijão" Cavalcante, BJJ Black belt Ronaldo "Jacre" Souza fights former military sniper and champion wrestler Tim Kennedy for strikeforces vacant middle weight belt, aswell former WWE wrestler and collegiate champ Bobby Lashley faces off against a relative unknown Chad Griggs, KJ Noons fights Jorge Gurgel and top prospect and former Olympian champion Daniel Chromier faces off against a little know Jason Riley. The first fight im going to break down is former Elite xc champion KJ noons vs former ufc contender Jorge Gurgel. This is going to be a battle of styles and game plans, on one hand Noons is a champion boxer with a style that depends of effective moment and counter punches, Noons is very disciplined and in all his fights including the boxing ones he stays with his game plan through thick and thin and refuses to differentiate from it. Gurgel on the other hand is a very decorated BJJ black belt but in his last 10 fights or so has gotten in all out standup wars. The problem with Gurgel is that he is not very disciplined, he has a good game plan at the start of his matches but once he gets he clean a couple of times he throws his game plan out the window and becomes a rock em sock em robot. This style leads Gurgel to very exciting fights and lots of fans but not many wins. Noons key to victory is to do what he done for his whole career, keep a steady pace and use his jab while looking for counter attacks when ever they come available. Gurgels game plan is to take down Noons and either keep him there or work on submissions and there is no doubt in my mind that this game plan will be effective and Gurgel will be able to execute it but its a matter if Gurgel is going to follow the plan or just slug it out with Noons.  

My prediction for this fight is Noons will follow his game plan while Gurgel will try at first but once he gets peppered by Noons jab he will not follow his game plan and will all of a sudden tuen into a kickboxer and that is exactly the type of match Noons wants. Noons by hard fought decision.  

Whats up guys?, this is the final blog for ufc 117 but and hopefully time willing i will continue give some insight and give a breakdown of the all the mma events that seems to be going on every weekend or at-least every other. This summer has been a gift to mma and bettors alike, constant fight cards jam packed with action. Most if not all mma promotions are holding events in august/september including 3 ufc's, 2 strikeforce events, dream, sengoku, and a bunch of regional shows like shark fights and tachi place fights.

To start off, on august 7^th 2010 ufc 117 will be taking place at the Oracle arena in Oakland California marking the first time the UFC has ever taken place in in "oak town" or also know as the "bright side of the bay". UFC 117 is the pinnacle of the summer for zuffa, it is the start of a slew of events taking place throughout the world and UFC has decided to start of with a bang before all the events, in other words UFC 117 is stacked. UFC 117 brings back the old vibe of "U.S. Vs Brazil", with all the main card fights being a American vs a Brazilian some of this high class talent that will be fighting include welterweight champ Anderson Silva, Jon Fitch, Thiago Alves, Matt Hughes, Ricardo Almedia and Junior Dos Santos. You would think with such a great main card with a title fight and a number of contender matches the UFC would skimp on the prelims, but you'd think wrong the prelims have fight with the likes of contender Dustin Hazlett, Stefan Struve and Jon Hendricks, Today i'll be breaking down the main event of the night the P4P champ Anderson "the spyder" Silva vs number 1 contender Chael Sonnen. Anderson Silva has arguably been the most dominate fighter in the ufc ever but latly has put on some performances that have disappointed ufc president Dana White and fans collectively by essentially dancing his way to victory (watch the Abu Dahbi card for examples) and is looking to put on the performance of his life to try to gain back some of his credibility. On the other hand Chael Sonnen is currently on a hot streak defeating his last two opponents in stunning style where he was a underdog in both fights. Silva has arguably the best stand up in mma using moves that you only see in the movies , ducking a weaving along with kicks that you just look at in amazement questioning where the kick came from. Sonnen on the other hand is stylisticly the total opposite of Silva, Sonnen uses his meat and potatoes non falshy wrestling and ground and pound syle to put his oppnents where they dont want to be and slowly but surely grinds jis opponents to victory. My prediction of this fight is that it will be much closer then most expect and im picking Sonnen to win a descion. The reason i think this is that Sonnen has the trump card, excellent collegiate and Olympic level wrestling, Solva in the past has not faced many wrestlers but when he has he was in deep trouble, for example he was almost finished by a out of shape and gas tank drained Travis tutter. Yes Silva has a black belt in BJJ but i have never seen it used so i have no reason to think Sonnen wont be able to out muscle his way out of Silvas submissions. Currently the odds are -500 for silva and -350 for sonnen, this is a perfect live dog to place a small bet on because i think this fight is alot closer then the bookmakers are trying to tell you.
Anyways, hopefully my prediction with come to fruition and make some you some $... 

Whats up guys?, this is blog three, and hopefully i will be continuing with the blogs throughtout the summer to breakdown and predict all the mma events that seem to be popping up every weekend.. There has never been a better time to be a mma fan, with ufc holding two events in august, bellator three, strikeforce 2 and shark fights holding there first ppv

To start off, on august 7^th 2010 ufc 117 will be taking place at the Oracle arena in Oakland California marking the first time the UFC has ever taken place in in "oak town" or also know as the "bright side of the bay". UFC 117 is the pinnacle of the summer for zuffa, it is the start of a slew of events taking place throughout the world and UFC has decided to start of with a bang before all the events, in other words UFC 117 is stacked. UFC 117 brings back the old vibe of "U.S. Vs Brazil", with all the main card fights being a American vs a Brazilian some of this high class talent that will be fighting include welterweight champ Anderson Silva, Jon Fitch, Thiago Alves, Matt Hughes, Ricardo Almedia and Junior Dos Santos. You would think with such a great main card with a title fight and a number of contender matches the UFC would skimp on the prelims, but you'd think wrong the prelims have fight with the likes of contender Dustin Hazlett, Stefan Struve and Jon Hendricks, Today i'll be breaking down the highly anticipated match that Dana White has said that it been in the works for 10 months the rematch of number 2 contender Jon Fitch vs number 3 Thiago Alves. This is a rematch of a fight that took place four years ago, where Fitch dominated a small and in experienced thiago alves to a descion victory. The way to victory for Fitch is to use his superior wrestling style to essentialy grind his way to victory as well as add in some crisp boxing against Alves much like Alves's last match again GSP and Alves's key to victory is to try to make this fight stay on the feet and use his very fundamentally and strong Muy thai to punish fitch with leg kicks and then eventually knock out Fitch. My prediction for this fight is that its going to go much like the GSP alves fight, where Alves works his game plan for the first round and then Fitch takes over and grinds his way to a descion victory. The reason i think this is because fitch has the golden key in American mma.... wrestling. Wrestling by far is the most dominate art in mma and with fitch having such as high pedigree in it Alves's is going to have a tough time with it. Also late incoming news just helps give more traction to prediction of Fitch winning, Alves is reportedly having a tough time cutting weight (cuts to 170lb from 200ish), this will drain him and i would not be surprised if his cardio will be not existencent on the 7^th and this just screams out victory for Fitch. Currently the odds are almost a pick em and in certain shop Alve's is a small favourite, which means this is a awesome dog to take, will have better cardio, better wrestling, holds bigger wins over more qualified opponents and has a previous victory of Alves's
again may the winners be yours   

Whats up guys?, here again to write my daily blog that hopefully will go on for the rest of the summer breaking down and predicting the outcome of some of the mma action going on. Its a goof time to be a mma fan, this summer is chalk full of events from the likes of the UFC, strikeforce, bellator, dream, sengoku, shark fights etc.

To start off, on august 7^th 2010 UFC117 will be taking place at the Oracle arena in Oakland California marking the first time the UFC has ever taken place in in "oak town" or also know as the "bright side of the bay". UFC 117 is the pinnacle of the summer for zuffa, it is the start of a slew of events taking place throughout the world and UFC has decided to start of with a bang before all the events, in other words UFC 117 is stacked. UFC 117 brings back the old vibe of "U.S. Vs Brazil", with all the main card fights being a American vs a Brazilian some of this high class talent that will be fighting include welterweight champ Anderson Silva, Jon Fitch, Thiago Alves, Matt Hughes, Ricardo Almedia and Junior Dos Santos. You would think with such a great main card with a title fight and a number of contender matches the UFC would skimp on the prelims, but you'd think wrong the prelims have fight with the likes of contender Dustin Hazlett, Stefan Struve and Jon Hendricks, Today Iwill be breaking down a couple of the undercard fights. The fights being BJJ ace Dustin "mclovin" Hazlett vs all American wrestler Rick "the horror" story and Stefan "skysraper" Struve vs a overall huge and powerful man Christian Morecraft. The first fight of the night will be Struve vs Morecraft which is essentialy a classic boxer kick boxer vs a grappler. Struve has had lots of good exciting fights and seems to do well when he can take down his opponent or his opponent takes him down, this is where Struve can use his bean pole like legs to lock of quick subs and move on with his night, the only chink in Struve's armour is that he is a novice boxer and he tends to take big punches and this i where his problem starts, Morecraft is a boxer and he has enough boxer to knock Struve out cold with a couple good shots. Looking at the odds Struve is a mediate favourite with most books being -190 to Morecraft being +165, i think Morecraft is a very live dog here and if he can land shots which i think he will he will be able to knock out Struve in devastating fashion. Next up is is Hazlett which is a fighter which was on a a 2 fight and 3 fight win streaks which came to a end when he met with Paul Daley's and Josh Koscheck's fists respectably vs a 4 fight UFC veteran Rick Story. This match is also a battle of styles, Story relies on his wrestling to grind out wins while Hazlett uses a quick and efficient style of BJJ to quickly tap out his opponents. The odds currently are pretty much a pick um, so when betting it depends on what style you think is more efficient. I am going to have to go with Hazlett,the reason i pick Haszlett is because many before him with his skill level have made carrerrs out of submitting sloppy wrestlers and that is what story is and i hopeful history will repeat it self. think this fight will end in the 2^nd round by lets say triangle.

Good luck guys and may the winners be yours  

Whats up guys?, over the next couple of weeks i am going to be doing a daily blog break down and predicting the outcome of some of the mma action going on for the rest of the summer.

To start off, on august 7^th 2010 ufc 117 will be taking place at the Oracle arena in Oakland California marking the first time the UFC has ever taken place in in "oak town" or also know as the "bright side of the bay". UFC 117 is the pinnacle of the summer for zuffa, it is the start of a slew of events taking place throughout the world and UFC has decided to start of with a bang before all the events, in other words UFC 117 is stacked. UFC 117 brings back the old vibe of "U.S. Vs Brazil", with all the main card fights being a American vs a Brazilian some of this high class talent that will be fighting include welterweight champ Anderson Silva, Jon Fitch, Thiago Alves, Matt Hughes, Ricardo Almedia and Junior Dos Santos. You would think with such a great main card with a title fight and a number of contender matches the UFC would skimp on the prelims, but you'd think wrong the prelims have fight with the likes of contender Dustin Hazlett, Stefan Struve and Jon Hendricks, the first fight i will be breaking down is future hall of famer and ground and pound specialist vs a Renzo Gracie BJJ black belt and former king of Pancrase Ricardo "big dawg" Almedia. Matt Hughes has made a career of using his farm bot brute strength and taking his opponent down and simply beating on them while almedia is on the opposite spectrum making a carrerr out of out thaving superior technique and using his A level BJJ to tap people out at will. Currently the odds favor Almedia as a small favourite at -155 while Hughes is +125ish at most shops. These odds a very fair and almost on mark, the reason why Hughes a betting underdog after whole career of being a favourite is because some people are questions his desire to fight and age and the reason Almedia is a favourite is because he has had a resurgence at welterweight after years of competing and being successful at weight limits above his natural frame. I think this fight is a perfect opportunity to make some money, i am leaning towards Hughes. The reason for this is because Hughes just recently had a fight of his life against Almedia's mentor Renzo Gracie and beat him in convincing fashion and lets be honest, American mma and judging favour wrestlers and that is what Hughes is. I think that Hughes strength and wrestling will be the difference in this match, yes Almedia has done well throughout his carrer with wrestlers but he has never done it against someone with the pedigree of Hughes and he has not done it in a cage which favours wrestlers. The one weapon Almedia has is that he can pull a sub like a triangle or a arm at any minute but i just think hughes will have the strength to get out and he will have the experience to avoid the sub attempts. Overall i think this fight will be a less then exciting grappling chess match where wrestling trumps jui jitsui..

good luck to you boys and girls and hopefully we can win big this upcoming weekend. 

MMA fans its time to get excited, arguably the biggest event so far this year is set to take place on March 27th in the Prudential centre in Newark New jersey. For the lack of better words this event is going to be huge and the crowd as well as the may fans watching at home are going to be buzzing with excitement. The event is going to be headlined by arguably the top P4P fighter in the world George "rush" St. Pierre as he takes on a top upcoming prospect with proven power in his fist Dan " the outlaw" Hardy. And not to be overlooked the co main event features a bout for the in-term heavyweight championship, former heavyweight champion frank Mir takes on number 1 contender Shane Carwin, this fight will not disappoint with both fighters looking to get there shot against former WWE standout and collegiate championship wrestler Brock Lesnar in the summer. Over the next couple of days i will be writing some blogs on interesting matches that are taking place on the 27th and i will be giving my opinion on the fights and predicting the winners, by the way as off the last couple mma events (WEC 47, Dream 13 and UFC on versus) I'm 9-3 in my predictions.... The first fight that interests me and a fight that i think i can make some money on is the rematch of Jon Fitch vs Thiago "pit bull" Alves. Jon Fitch is a division 1 wrestling champion and if fighting with the American kickboxing academy out of San Jose California. Fitch trains with the who's who of mma including Josh Koshcheck, Mike Swick, Cung Le, Cain Velasquez etc. Fitch is going to try to use his excellent wrestling to take down Alves and either control him to ride out a descion or punish Alves a look for a tko by the way of the ground and pound, it may be simple on paper but in reality this may be one of Fitches toughest fights of his career. Thiago Alves a muay thai fighter fighting with the American top team out of Coconut Creek Florida. Alves is a dominating welterweight that is going to have the weight advantage( Alves cuts from 200-210 lbs to make the 170 lb limit) and he is going to try to keep the fight standing and look for either a ko or a tko using either his devastating leg kicks or the thai clinch where he will look to land some knees to the head. First i like to look at the fighters record and see how they fared in there matches. Fitch is one a mma's elite, he is arguably the number one contender for GSP's belt and he has compiled a record of 21-3, he has shown his excellent wresting in his wins against Paulo Thiago, Deigo Sanchez, Shone Carter and the man he is facing on the 27th Thiago Alves. Thiago Alves has a very respectable record of 16-6 with wins over Karo Parisyan, Matt Hughes and Fitches teammate Josh Koshcheck. The majority of alves's losses have came early in his carrier when he was either un experienced or after a a un expiernced weight cut that he has now mastered. At the current odds of -150 for Alves and +130 for fitch i cant help but pick the underdog in the fight. Fitch has the advantage in wrestling and submissions and holds a win against Alves and he is still a underdog?.. i cant help but lay some major coin on Fitch. Yes Alves has improved since the last match but so has fitch, alves was taken down at will by GSP and GSP has better wreslting the Fitch but not substantially, they both have comparable wrestling in how they go for take downs and what they do when they get the fight to the ground. So I'm going big or go home, lots of units on Fitch i can just not see Alves taking this one the one advantage Alves has is striking and a better striker in GSP was not able to ko Fitch so what makes me think he'll be able to do it..... anyways wish me luck on Saturday..... 

Ladies and gentle its a great time to be a fight fan, with 7 or so main stream events taking place in the matter of 6 weeks its a fight junkies dream. Today i am going to be going over the first of the the said events. UFC 's first venture on the versus channel is set to take place on Sunday march 21st at the 1st bank centre in Broomfeild Colorado. The night is filled with tons on interesting fights ones that will inevitably not go to a judges decision and fights that will have title implications down the road. I have taken a look at the card and i have found a bout that i think you should consider when betting that night.  The co main event pits two hungry Brazilians that are on the edge of getting title shots r. ADDC runner up and former UFC heavyweight challenger Gabriel "Napoa" Gonzoga is looking to get another shot at the belt, Gonzoga is a very high level BJJ practitioner  with heavy hands trains and he is fighting out of team link in Ludlow Massachusetts by the way of Rio de janeiro. Gonzoga is facing of against Junior "Cigano" Dos Santos a very technical boxer with tons of power to spare fighting out of team black house ( arguably one of the top camps in the world, training fellow fighters as Anderson Silva, Nogueira brothers , Paulo Fihlo etc.) located in Salvador Brazil. To start of i take a look there previous fight tapes and analyze where there strengths and weaknesses are and i look at the level of competion they have faced and see how the fared in the fights. Gonzoga record is 11-4 and 4-3 in the UFC and   has looked almost gun shy i almost gun shy in all of his bouts other then the fight with a broken and unfocused Cro Cop. All of gonzoga's wins have been against what you can can "not UFC quality", he has beat Kevin Jordan,Fabian Schrener, Justin Mcully and injured Chris Tuschcher, when gonzoga faced top competion he has crumpled examples of this is him being knocked out cold against Shane Carwin and Fabrcio Werdum  and being man handled by randy Couture. Now we go on to Santos he has a record of 10-1 and 4-0 in the UFC and he has looked unstopable while doing it. Looking at his fights he seems to not have any wholes in his game, he may be a little flat footed but he produces results with it. Santos has beaten stronger and better fighters then gonzoga already including a focused Cro Cop, Stefan Struve, and elite level striker Gilbert Yvel and a Werdum that knocked Gonzoga out. I think all this info clearly points to Santos taking this fight and at only -200 or so at most books he is a obvious play. Another good play in this fight would be fight doesent go distance -500 and Santos within distance -140, there all pretty safe bets. Santos 2nd ko  

Look out mma fans fighting and entertainment groups (FEG) mma promotion Dream  13 event is just around the corner. The event is to be held in the Yokohama arena in  the early hours of Monday march 22nd and is to be broadcast in the the united states and Canada on Mark Cubans premium channel hdnet.Conveniently the show is set to start off hours after ufc's first event on versus, whats better then two free mma shows?... making money on said free shows. Even though odds haven't been released by the books yet i will be going over the event and I'll be giving you my predictions that will hopefully win us some money. Dream 13 marks the the return of ryo chonnan and josh barnett to japan, the return of KJ Noons to mma, return of Minowman after his devisating knockout of sokojou to win the dream super hulk grand pre a title defence of Bibiano Fernades's featherweight (139lb) belt against former light weight champion (154lbs) Joachim Hansen. First Ryo Chonnan the man most known for pulling off a spectacular flying scissor heel hook of arguably the  p4p champ Anderson Silva  in the early pride days. This is chonnans return to to japan where he's had all of his success after a disappointing showing in the ufc where he lost decisions to TJ grant and Brad Blackburn, he faces a relative newcomer to mma scene kyokushin karate black Andrews Nakahara. This bout is hard to call but im giving the edge to chonnan because of his experience (26 pro fights compared to Andrews 3) and i think chonnan is going to try to put on a show for his fellow countrymen. Chonnan descion. Next is the return of KJ noons to the mma ring to face off Andre Amade. Noons hasn't been in a mma fight since early 2008 due to a extended and successful venture into pro boxing, this extended layoff from mma will not stop or hinder noons from steamrolling Amade. Amade's weakness is technical and powerful strikers and if there ever was a technical lightweight boxer it is noons. I can see no way that Amade takes this one so KJ Noons by TKO 1st round. Next is what makes Japanese mma Japanese mma. Ikushia minowman known world wide a Minowman faces off with career journeyman (and i mean jouuuuurneyman) Jimmy Ambriz. Minowman is expected to be out weighed by at least60-70lbs  but this doesent  phase minowman who has made a career out of beating bigger men he has faced the likes of hong man choi, don frye, zulzhino, butterbean, mirko cro cop, giant silva, semmy shilt and wanderlai silva who have all outwighed minowman. Minowman is near and dear to my heart, i love him for what he has for mma and you know that you should never bet with your heart but i have to, minowman has made me lots of money in his last couple of fights and i see this no different. Minowman rd1 submission  . next is the return of josh barnett one of the most hated men in mma (long story, involves steroids, failed promotions Google it). Even though barnett has gone though some trouble through the years this doe sentt take away that he easily belongs in the top 5 of the hw division.. Barnett takes on former K1 standout mighty mo. Historically K1 kick boxers go nowhere in mma, they may have a amazing standup but once it goes to the ground its over. Honestly i cant think of anything witty to say about this fight, barnett is going to tool mo, he's going to take himdown and lets say submit him with lets say a..... kimura..... josh barnett by whatever he likes rd1.  And finally the main event and the most competitive contest of the fight pits Bibiano Fernandes(champ) vs former lightweight champ Joachim Hansen. Hansen is cutting for the first time that i know off, it will be tough  because at 154lbs erhe had a very low body fat percentage but it can and will be done. But the advantage will be that he will be considerably bigger that fernandes considering that he was a big lightweight. I think this bought will go the same way that his last bought did for 14:40 out of 15mins.. if you dont know he was controlling shinya aoki for the whole fight but at the literal last moment got caught by a marvellous arm bar to loose his belt. My thinking is that if he can control a jui jitsu wiz like aoki for almost 15mins he'll be able do it it to a lesser smaller jui jitsu practitioner. Hansen decision.  This going to be a marvellous night of fights ( ufc and dream for free what more can i ask for for) and hopefully you and i will be able take some of that money back that the books have taken from me from my uneducated nba and hockey picks... good luck guys, and i almost forgot....... WAR MINOWMAN