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presto
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« on: July 06, 2007, 02:54:29 PM » |
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havn't looked at the odd's yet - but looks a lame card.
TIM SYLVIA vs randy coture
not a great fan of either of these 2, sylvia is just a dick who won't take off his belt (seiously he wears it everywhere). and coture IMO is overated, i know he is a hall of famer and that - but still overated. he also retired not long ago, and not sure why he is fighting here. he's also past his best and in his early 40's.
as for the fight, sylvia has the height, weight, power, striking, advantages (and by far). and cotures only has his wrestling skills to combat them. though in sylvias last fight against monson (much bigger / stronger than coture) sylvia showed great takedown defence. coture will also risk a lot in attempting to get close to the 6'6" er .
VERDICT - sylvia to win and joe rogan to say 'randy coture is my hero' more than once.
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chris lytle vs MATT HUGHES
hughes is a genetic farm boy freak - and i mean that in a good way, one of the most powerfull P4Pers there is, great wresteling ang GnP. hughes has a fantastic record at the top level, though was pretty much destroyed by GSP last time out - but GSP is a fantasttic fighter. lytle got here of being a TUF (reality show) loser in the final, his record isn't great only 2 wins and 5 losses in his last 7 ufc fights.
VERDICT - hughes by GnP.
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drew McFederies vs MARTIN KAMPMANN
not to fammiliar with drew McFederies, but kampmann has some good KO power which would normally sway me.
VERDICT -if i was forced to chose, kampmann - though i wouldn't touch the betting.
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RICH FRANKLIN vs Jason MacDonald
franklin was top of the middleweights for a long while, but the excelent SILVA beat the crap out of him last time out, will be interesting to see how franklin comes back from that, macdonald is a great prospect - beating ed herman and chris leburn in his previous 2 ufc fights (no easy task eather) but did it in style. normally i would say franklin by KO, but this kid macdonald is one to watch out for IMO.
VERDICT - very tough fight to call, no doupt franklin will be odd's on. and i think he may edge it. but saying that if you could get 2/1+ on macdonald it would be value. franklin KO or macdonald by sub, not sure - if i had a gun to my head would probably pick franklin.
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jason lambert vs BABALU (renato sobral)
babalu is a great BJJ fighter, and very underated - most new MMA fans only probably know him from the 'highlight real' of getting KO'ed by chucks foot. lambert i havn't seen much - apart from hiss loss last time out against the impressive rashad evans.
VERDICT - babalu by armbar.
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rex holman vs MATT HAMILL
not too familiar will holman, but he's getting on a bit @ 37 and has very little experience 5 fights (4-1) in that time. hamill most will know as the deaf kid from TUF3 - he's another 'farm boy freak' with plenty of power in his wrestling, he is a fantastic wrestler, dominating even - though other skills havn't been shown too much. tito has also taken him under his wing - so i expect him to be vastly improved after a good spell up at 'big bear' his punching should also have come on in leaps and bounds.
VERDICT - hamill by GnP
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