Friday, September 20, 2013

Event Primer - UFC 165

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Prelims (Facebook/YouTube)

Heavyweight - Nandor "The Hun" Guelmino vs Daniel Omielanczuk
  • Guelmino's Style - Tae Kwon Do
  • Omielanczuk's Style - Grappling
  • Prediction - Omielanczuk by submission
  • Thoughts - I will never not think Guelmino is an Elf and want to call him Noldor.

 Bantamweight - Roland "Stunning" Delorme vs Alex "Bruce Leeroy" Caceres
  • Delorme's Style - BJJ, judo
  • Caceres's Style - BJJ
  • Prediction - Delorme by submission

Lightweight - Jesse "The Body Snatcher" Ronson vs Michel "Trator" Prazeres
  • Ronson's Style - Striking
  • Prazeres's Style - BJJ
  • Prediction - Ronson by decision

Lightweight - John "The Bull" Makdessi vs Renee Forte
  • Makdessi's Style - Striking
  • Forte's Style - BJJ, Striking
  • Prediction - Makdessi by KO

Prelims (Fox Sports 1)

Bantamweight - Mitch Gagnon vs Dustin "The Diamond" Kimura
  • Gagnon's Style - BJJ
  • Kimura's Style - BJJ
  • Prediction - Kimura by decision

Welterweight - Chris "The Menace" Clements vs Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson
  • Clements's Style - Striking
  • Thompson's Style - Kickboxing, karate
  • Prediction - Thompson by KO

Bantamweight - Ivan "The Pride of El Salvador" Menjivar vs Wilson Reis
  • Menjivar's Style - BJJ
  • Reis's Style - BJJ
  • Prediction - Menjivar by submission

Lightweight - Mike "The Martian" Ricci vs Myles "The Fury" Jury
  • Ricci's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
  • Alternate Ricci Nickname - "Handsome" Mike Ricci
  • Jury's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
  • Prediction - Jury by TKO

Main Card (PPV)

Lightweight - Pat "Bam Bam" Healy vs Khabib "The Eagle" Nurmagomedov
  • Healy's Style - BJJ
  • Nurmagomedov's Style - Sambo
  • Prediction - Nurmagomedov by decision
  • Thoughts - This fight should be fifty kinds of awesome.

Middleweight - Costa "The Cyprus Slugger" Philippou vs Francis "Limitless" Carmont
  • Philippou's Style - Boxing
  • Carmont's Style - BJJ
  • Prediction - Philippou by TKO

Heavyweight - Brendan "The Hybrid" Schaub vs Matt "Meathead" Mitrione
  • Schaub's Style - Boxing, BJJ
  • Mitrione's Style - Kickboxing
  • Prediction - Schaub by decision
  • Thoughts - Schaub looked like a total dork at Metamoris II, Mitrione said terrible, ignorant things about Fallon Fox. I would really like it if both guys got eaten by bears before the fight.

Bantamweight - Renan "Barao" Pegado vs Eddie Wineland
  • Pegado's Style - BJJ, Muay Thai
  • Wineland's Style - Kickboxing, wrestling
  • Prediction - Pegado by submission

Light Heavyweight - Jon "Bones" Jones vs Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson
  • Jones's Style - Wrestling, striking
  • Alternate Jones Nickname - Jon "Snitchster Christian" Jones
  • Gustafsson's Style - Striking
  • Prediction - Jones by TKO

Friday, September 13, 2013

Event primer - World Series of Fighting 5

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that's pulling for Matt Grice to get better.

Prelims (Sherdog.com)

Middleweight - Darren Costa vs Nemian Gracie
  • Costa's Style - Grappling
  • Gracie's Style - BJJ
  • Prediction - Gracie by submission

Bantamweight - Sidemar "Sideco" Honorio vs Jimmie "El Terror" Rivera
  • Honorio's Style - Grappling
  • Rivera's Style - Freestyle
  • Prediciction - Rivera by decison

Welterweight - Gregor Gracie vs Richard Patishnock
  • Gracie's Style - BJJ
  • Patishnock's Style - Grappling
  • Prediction - Patishnock by TKO

Catchweight (160 lbs) - Ozzy Dugulubgov vs Andrew "Ozzy" Osbourne
  • Dugulubgov's Style - Striking
  • Osbourne's Style - Striking
  • Prediction - Dugulubgov by TKO

Featherweight - Rick "The Gladiator" Glenn vs Artur Rofi
  • Glenn's Style - Striking
  • Rofi's Style - Submissions
  • Prediction - Glenn by KO

Main Card (NBC Sports)

Featherweight - Georgi "Insane" Karakhanyan vs Waylon Lowe
  • Karakhanyan's Style - BJJ
  • Lowe's Style - Striking
  • Prediction - Karakhanyan by submission

Heavyweight - Rolles Gracie, Jr vs Derrick "Caveman" Mehmen
  • Gracie's Style - BJJ
  • Mehmen's Style - Striking
  • Prediction - Mehmen by TKO
  • Thoughts - Derrick's surname is the best descriptor for B-league heavyweights, just a bunch of meh-men.

Middleweight - Elvis "The King" Mutapcic vs Jesse "JT Money" Taylor
  • Mutapcic's Style - Striking, grappling
  • Taylor's Style - Submissions
  • Prediction - Mutapcic by submission

Middleweight - Dave Branch vs Danillo "Indio" Villefort
  • Branch's Style - Striking, grappling
  • Villefort's Style - Grappling, striking
  • Prediction - Branch by decision

Heavyweight - Andrei "Pitbull" Arlovski vs Mike "MAK" Kyle
  • Arlovski's Style - Boxing and sambo
  • Kyle's Style - Striking
  • Prediction - Arlovski by knockout
  • Thoughts - Fuck Mike Kyle.

Friday, September 6, 2013

Bellator preview: Season nine

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that's flimsier than a TUF door.

Bellator is back with hot tournament action! Plus there's title defenses and a pay-per-view to boot!

Featherweight

Title Fight

  • Pat Curran vs Daniel Straus

Tournament

  • Diego Nunes vs Patricio Freire
  • Desmond Green vs Fabricio da Silva
  • Shahbulat Shamhalaev vs Akop Stepanyan
  • Andrew Fisher vs Joe Taimanglo

My picks: Nunes, Freire or Shamhalaev. It seems really weird that Nunes and Freire would be a quarterfinal fight, though.

Lightweight

Title Fight

  • Michael Chandler vs Eddie Alvarez

Tournament

  • Marcus Davis vs Alexander Sarnavskiy
  • John Alessio vs Will Brooks
  • Saad Awad vs Martin Stapleton
  • Rich Clementi vs Rob Sinclair

Picks: Sarnavskiy and Brooks. Also, I thought Clementi retired after Marcin Held beat him. Weird.

Welterweight

Season 8 Tournament Finals

  • Douglas Lima vs Ben Saunders

Tournament

  • War Machine vs Vaughn Anderson
  • Matthew Riddle vs Luis Melo Jr
  • Brent Weedman vs Justin Baesman
  • Mark Scanlon vs Herman Terrado

Thoughts: I don't really have a pick for this tournament since I don't know over half the guys included (Seriously, Herman Terrado is the cheap knockoff version of retired wrestler, Human Tornado, right?). I guess I'll go with Matt Riddle's favorite superhero, Weedman.

Middleweight

Title Fight

  • Alexander Shlemenko vs Brett Cooper
Tournament

  • Justin Torrey vs Andreas Spang
  • Jeremy Kimball vs Perry Filkins
  • Mikkel Parlo vs Brian Rogers
  • Jason Butcher vs Giva Santana

Prediction: Rogers, possibly Spang.

Light Heavyweight

Interim Title Fight

  • Emmanuel Newton vs Muhammed Lawal

Check out the breakdown of what's going on when after the jump.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Event primer - UFC Ultimate Fight Night 28

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that's had fewer recent successes than Bob Sapp.

Prelims (Facebook/YouTube)

Welterweight - Yuri Villefort vs Sean "Black Magic" Spencer
  • Villefort's Style - BJJ
  • Spencer's Style - Grappling
  • Prediction - Spencer by decision

Prelims (Fox Sports 1)

Welterweight - Keith "The Polish Connection" Wisniewski vs. Ivan "Batman" Jorge
  • Wisniewski's Style -Grappling
  • Jorge's Style - BJJ
  • Prediction - Jorge by submission

Bantamweight - Lucas "Mineiro" Martins vs. Ramiro "Hot Handed" Hernandez
  • Martins's Style - Striking
  • Hernandez's Style - Grappling
  • Prediction - Hernandez by decision

Middleweight - Joao "The Brazilian Samurai" Zeferino vs. Elias Silveiro
  • Zeferino's Style - Grappling
  • Silveiro's Style - Striking
  • Prediction - Silveiro by TKO

Featherweight - Felipe "Sertanejo" Arantes vs. Edmilson "Kevin" Souza
  • Arantes's Style -Muay thai, BJJ
  • Souza's Style - Striking
  • Prediction - Souza with a KO

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Flyweight - Marcos "Vina" Vinicius vs. Ali "Puncher" Baugitonov

Middleweight - Rafael "Sapo" Natal vs Tor "The Hammer" Troeng
  • Natal's Style - BJJ, tennis
  • Troeng's Style -Grappling, striking
  • Prediction - Natal by submission

Lightweight - Francisco "Massaranduba" Trinaldo vs Piotr "Pletwal" Hallman
  • Trinaldo's Style - BJJ
  • Hallman's Style -Striking
  • Prediction - Trinaldo by submission

Flyweight - Joseph "Joe Jitsu"/"Joe-B Wan Kenobi" Benavidez vs Jussier "Formiga" da Silva
  • Benavidez's Style - Wrestling
  • Formiga's Style - BJJ
  • Prediction - Benavidez by KO
  • Thoughts - Team Alpha Male, TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE!

Middleweight - Yushin "Thunder" Okami vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza
  • Okami's Style - Wrestling
  • Souza's Style - BJJ, being an alligator-man
  • Prediciton - Souza by submission
  • Thoughts - I really hope this is the fun grappling fight that Mir versus Barnett wasn't.

Light Heavyweight - Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan "Darth" Bader
  • Teixeira's Style - Striking
  • Bader's Style - Wrestling
  • Prediction - Teixeira by KO
  • Thoughts - I fully expect Bader to run face-first into another hilarious knockout.