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UFC 94 Predictions

05:43 PM ET 01.23

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Welterweight Championship bout: George St-Pierre over B.J. Penn Light Heavyweight bout: Lyoto Machida over Thiago Silva Light Heavyweight bout: Stephan Bonnar over Jon Jones Welterweight bout: Karo Parisyan over **** Hyun Kim Lightweight bout: Clay Guida over Nate Diaz First I want to start by saying, this is a very, very difficult card to predict, as outside of the Bonnar-Jones match up, every fight looks very evenly matched, and even the Bonnar-Jones fight is no gimme, as Jones has looked very impressive so far in his short MMA career. Now, onto the predictions: …

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2008 MMA Awards...

05:24 PM ET 01.02

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2008 Fighter Of The Year: Thiago Alves - In 2008, no one in MMA has accomplished as much as Thiago Alves. For the year he was 3-0, with all 3 wins coming against top notch competition. First he begun the year with a 2nd round TKO over Karo Parisyan(UFC Fight Night 13). He then followed that up with another TKO victory at UFC 85 in the main event against former UFC champion, and MMA legend Matt Hughes(Should be noted though that this fight was fought at a catchweight). And to finish off the year, he scored an absolutely dominating decision victory over top contender Josh Koscheck(UFC 90).…

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Predictions & Title Implictions for UFC 88 & 89...

06:43 PM ET 09.04

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Title implications of UFC 88 & 89… With UFC 88 just a few days away and UFC 89 on the not too distant horizon I figured that now is a good time to weigh in on what the title implications of the two major fights on those respective cards. I am of course referring to Liddell vs. Evans (UFC 88) and Machida vs. T. Silva (UFC 89). Liddell vs. Evans: On paper,…

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