UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir

[The_Legend_of_Northwest]

May 26 in Las Vegas

Main Card:
Junior Dos Santos vs Frank Mir for UFC Heavyweight Title
Cain Velasquez vs Antonio Bigfoot Silva
Roy Nelson vs Gabriel Gonzaga
Shane Del Rosario vs Stipe Miocic
Mark Hunt vs Stefan Struve

Prelims FX:
Diego Brandao vs Darren Elkins
Evan Dunham vs Edson Barboza
Jason Miller vs CB Dolloway
Jacob Volkmann vs Paul Sass

Prelims Facebook:
Dan Hardy vs Duane Ludwig
Kyle Kingsbury vs Glover Teixeira
Mike Brown vs Daniel Pineda


1st Card in UFC history to feature an all heavyweight main card.

Alistair Overeem was originally in the Title fight but he took enough 'Prescribed Medication' to raise his testosterone levels to that of an Elephant and was pulled.

[The_Legend_of_Northwest]

Predictions:

Prelims:
Pineda Decision
Teixeira Decision
Ludwig Decision

Sass 1st Round Sub
Miller Decision
Barboza 2nd Round TKO
Brandao 1st Round TKO

Main:
Hunt 1st Round KO. Going with my Heart
Miocic Decision
Nelson 2nd Round TKO
Velasquez 3rd Round TKO
Dos Santos 1st Round KO. Horrid matchup for Mir. He is not athletic enough nor has the wrestling to bring Dos Santos down and his ever shrinking chin looks to be tested early and often.

Fight of the Night: Teixeira/Kingsbury
Sub of the Night: None
KO of the Night: Dos Santos

[LICKING COUNTY FAN]

Main Card:
Junior Dos Santos-WON(9-3)
Cain Velasquez-WON(8-3)
Roy Nelson-WON(7-3)
Shane Del Rosario-LOSS(6-3)
Stefan Struve-WON(6-2)

Prelims FX:
Darren Elkins-WON(5-2)
Jamie Varner-WON(4-2)
Jason Miller-LOSS(3-2)
Paul Sass-WON(3-1)

Prelims Facebook:
Dan Hardy-WON(2-1)
Kyle Kingsbury-LOSS(1-1)
Mike Brown-WON(1-0)

[Tigercannon71]

Mir got crushed by Lesnar in the standup both fights. Dos Santos has a heck of a stand up and an even better ground game wich negates Mir. Mir will get knocked out. If he thinks Lesnar gave him a beating Dos Santos will murder him.

[The_Legend_of_Northwest]

Gonzaga out, Dave Herman in
Dunham out, Jaime Varner in

Neither of my picks change.

[LICKING COUNTY FAN]

My picks stays the same too, but I want Herman to win.

[The_Legend_of_Northwest]

Mark Hunt hurt, Lavar Johnson to step in against Struve.

I pick Struve in that matchup via 1st Round Submission

[The Enforcer]

Gonzaga out, Ed Herman in
Dunham out, Jaime Varner in

Neither of my picks change.

Dave Herman, not Ed, Ed wouldnt fair to good against Big Country

[The_Legend_of_Northwest]

Haha, good catch.

[The_Legend_of_Northwest]

Results:

MTB Decision (0-1)
Teixeira 1st Round Sub (1-1) I was hoping Kyle would put up a better fight. But Glover looked like the stud he is
Sass 1st Round Sub (2-1) Glad I switched my pick at the last second

Hardy 1st Round TKO (2-2)
Dolloway Decision (2-3)
Varner 1st Round TKO. (2-4) Completely blown away here
Elkins Decision (2-5). I thought if Elkins can get out of the 1st Round he would win and it was true.

Struve 1st Round Sub (3-5)
Miocic 2nd Round TKO (4-5) Stipe still has a ways to go before I would put him in the contenders category
Nelson 1st Round KO. (5-5) I thought it was a bad stoppage in real time, but the replay that showed the view that Mazzagati had changed my mind slightly
Velasquez 1st Round TKO. (6-5) Josh Rosenthal is the worst ref that works in the UFC (or 2nd worst). It was clearly over 10 punches before he stepped in.
Dos Santos 2nd Round TKO (7-5) Was only a matter of time.

Fight of the Night: None (I would have given it to Miocic/Del Rosario or Elkins/Brandao)
KO of the Night: Nelson/Hardy
Sub of the Night: Struve/Sass