Affliction Banned vs. UFC Silva vs Irvin July 19th. What will you do?

July 19th is a huge night in MMA. Former UFC Heavyweight Champ Randy Couture is the face of Affliction.  Used to be a harmless clothing company, now in direct competition in promoting mma fights with the UFC.  To fight back the UFC has put a top caliber fight for free on SpikeTV.

Affliction Banned fight card: (our predictions will come closer to the fights)
Former UFC Heavyweight Champ Tim Sylvia will face the best Heavyweight in the world, Fedor Emilianenko.
Josh Barnett vs Pedro Rizzo
Andrei Arlovski vs Ben Rothwell
Renato Sobrall vs Mike Whitehead
even Vitor Belfort is fighting on this card.

UFC July 19 fight card free on Spike TV:
Anderson Silva is the king of the 185lb weight division.  He’s moving up to 205lb to take on James Irvin.
Jake O’Brien takes on Yuma, Arizona native Cain Velasquez.  Both College Wrestling standouts.
Brandon Vera is making his 205lb debut against UFC newcomer Reese Andy.
Hermes Franca and Frank Edgar will also do battle.

Both of these fight cards are stacked.  I don’t know which to watch live and witch to TiVo. Predictions will come as the fights get closer.  Before we experience this amazing night of fights, we still get to see Quinton Jackson and Forrest Griffin fight in what will most likely be the battle of the year on July 5.  Christmas comes in July for MMA fight fans.

UFC Ultimate Fighter Finale Predictions

Team Rampage was given a fu(k!n gift when CB Dalloway was invited to fight Tim for the chance te be in the finale.  CB should have and did beat Tim.  Tim is a hell of a fighter and even better person, but Dana White and the UFC powers-that-be knew CB would win and they’d get him in the finalle as they wished.  When Amir beat CB the first time they royally f-ed up Dana’s plan for CB and the Middleweight Division.

With Anderson Silva bored to tears with the middleweights, he’s moving up to 205lbs to fight and hopefully kick some ass up there.  The 185 needed some new blood and CB was supposed to be that new blood.

Ultimate Fighter Finale Prediction:
CB will beat Amir by desicion.  I’d love for Amir to pull off another upset and ko CB, but it isn’t going to happen.  My prediction is CB by unanimous decision.

Jeremy Horn will submit Dean Lister in the second round.  Probably ankle lock or something out of the ordinary.  I’ve been down there and seen this guy train, he’ll submit him in the second round after taking a beating in the first round.

Josh Burkman will TKO Hazlett.  Dustin Hazlett is a good fighter, but Burkman is too strong for the 170lb weight class.  Guy has insane strenght and wrestling ability.  Once he has Hazelett down it will be only a matter of time before Hazelett taps from punches or it gets stopped.  Burkman by TKO in the first round.

Kendall Grove will lose by KO or TKO to Evan Tanner.  Tanner never should have lost to Franklin and is a freakin beast.  I’ve never seen so much muscle on one guy with out having some of the juicy-juice in their system.  Look for Tanner to stand and bang if Grove wants to or take it to the ground and pound it out there.

Evan Tanner by KO or TKO in the first round.  Probably in the first two minutes.  I love Kendall, but this isn’t a good match up for him.

Agree?  Disagree? Lets fu(k!n here it!

Jesse Taylor. Holy Sh!t.

Dana knows Jesse can fight and saw how devistated he was.  He knows Jesse will punish himself more than Dana ever could. 

He’ll be back, after CB beats Amir in the finale Jesse will get to fight the winner in the fall.  You’ll see.  I don’t even like the fighter that is Jesse Taylor, but I have place in my heart for morons who blow their chance at success by stupidity.

How is UFC 84 Penn vs Sherk going to go down?

Two words, Hawaiian domination. 

BJ Penn is a fighter.  Sean Sherk is an athlete.  This is a physical sport, but at the end of the day it is a fight and the fighter will win this fight.  Penn isn’t worried about hanging with Sherk for five rounds, he wont need more than two, maybe three. 

My UFC 85 prediction for BJ Penn and Sean Sherk’s main event showdown: In typical BJ Penn fashion he’ll show a slow jab that finds its target 90% of the time and will have sherks face bleeding by the end of round 1.  Also in round 1 Penn will show his inability to be taken down.  Sherk’s frustration with Penn will resemble Matt Hughes frustration after two rounds.  If Penn can stay injury free for this fight he should be able to submit Sherk by the end of round two or early into round three.  If it goes past three Sherk will be lucky to leave the cage with both arms still attached.

As the equally exciting undercard: Wlanderlei Silva will KTFO Keith Jardine.  Silva has had a slow comeback in the UFC but will make the most of this fight.  Silva will have knockout power when he’s an 80 year old saggy man.

Tito Ortiz better bring it cuz Machida will.  Lloyoto Machida is a machine, a karate machine, but non-the-less a machine.  Machida is in great shape but doesn’t seem to have the ‘it’ something that a champion has.  My prediction for this fight is a Round 1 sumbission by Machida or a three round descion for Tito.  I love Tito, he is in a three way tie for my favorite fighter ever, but I just don’t know if he has the same fire he used to have.

Georges St. Pierre and Matt Serra Ready to Go

I’m not expecting the fireworks we saw last time these two men met.  The right hand from Serra will not be underestimated a second time, and we’ll get to see St. Pierre work his ground game against one of the best ever. 

I see this fight ending in the second round with Georges St. Pierre slaying Matt Serra with a basic submission.  I think Serra’s neck and arms are as thick as his skull and it will be tough for GSP to sink something in, but I have faith.

The odds of this fight ending with a KO or even a TKO are good, but I just don’t see it happening that way.  My love for Georges St. Pierre is rivaled in intensity for my hatred of Matt Serra.  I would love to see a replay kick to the head of Hughes against Matt Serra, but we won’t be that lucky.

Georges ground game is as good as it will ever be and Matt Serra is once again outclassed.  Luck will not fall on his side twice.