Event primer - UFC Fight Night 35

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Prelims (Fight Pass)

Lightweight - Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman vs Beneil "Benny" Dariush

• Brenneman's Style - Wrestling
• Dariush's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Brenneman by TKO
• Thoughts - Wait, so Beneil is from Iran and has "Darius" in his surname, but doesn't go by "Prince of Persia" or anything similar? He done goofed, big time.

Lightweight - Vinc "From Hell" Pichel vs Garett "Goodnight" Whitely

• Pichel's Style - Striking
• Whitely's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Pichel by KO
• Thoughts - Rumor is if you hum the Dagestan anthem (They do have an anthem, right?), near Pichel, he goes catatonic and gets a total deer-in-headlights look.

Prelims (Fox Sports 1)

Flyweight - Alptekin "Turkish Delight' Ozkilic vs Louis "Da Last Samurai" Smolka

• Ozkilic's Style - Wrestling, luring English schoolchildren into the clutches of the White Witch.
• Smolka's Style - Grappling, being Tom Cruise?
• Prediction - Ozkilic by decision

Middleweight - Trevor "Hot Sauce" Smith vs Brian "B-Hou" Houston

• Smith's Style - Grappling, AND1'ing
• Houston's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Houston by KO

Lightweight - Elias "Xuxu" Silveiro vs Isaac Vallie-Flagg

• Silveiro's Style - Striking
• Vallie-Flagg's Style - Striking and grappling
• Prediction - Vallie-Flagg by decision
• Thoughts - "Xuxu" apparently means both chayote and also cutie. Brazil is weird.

Lightweight - "Stripper" Ramsey Nijem vs Justin "Fast Eddie" Edwards

• Nijem's Style - Wrestling
• Edwards' Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Edwards by decision

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Lightweight - Cole "Magrinho" Miller vs Sam Sicilia

• Miller's Style - BJJ
• Sicila's Style - Boxing
• Prediction - Miller by submission
• Thoughts - American Top Team is a cult, right?

Flyweight - John Moraga vs Dustin Ortiz

• Moraga's Style - Grappling
• Ortiz's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Moraga by KO

Middleweight - Derek Brunson vs Yoel "Soldier of God" Romero

• Brunson's Style - Poker
• Romero's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Romero by KO
• Thoughts - Romero's string of Cool Knockouts is slowly overwriting "did a FANTASTIC ankle pick" as my lasting memory of him.

Bantamweight - TJ Dillashaw vs Mike "The Hulk" Easton

• Dillashaw's Style - Grappling
• Easton's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Dillashaw by submission
• Thoughts - Dillashaw is an Alpha Male, so he gets the Dougie Treatment. Also, I really hope Easton splits from Lloyd Irvin's creepy ass cult.

Middleweight - Lorenz "Monsoon" Larkin vs Brad Tavares

• Larkin's Style - Striking, shaving crazy stuff into his hair
• Tavares' Style - Striking
• Prediction - Larkin by decision

Middleweight - Luke Rockhold vs Constantino "Costa" Philippou

• Rockhold's Style - Kickboxing, surfing, skating
• Philippou's Style - Boxing
• Prediction - Rockhold by decision

Event Primer - UFC 155

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Facebook Prelims

Flyweight - Chris "Kamikaze" Cariaso vs John Moraga

• Cariaso's Style - Muay thai, boxing
• Moraga's Style - Wrestling, submissions
• Prediction - Moraga by submission

Featherweight - Leonard "Bad Boy" Garcia vs Max "Blessed" Holloway

• Garcia's Style - Boxing, BJJ
• Holloway's Style - Striking
• Prediction - If he had a full camp, I'd go with Holloway, but this is on like 10 days notice for him, so I think Garcia will get win a decision.

Heavyweight - Phil "S11" De Fries vs Todd Duffee

• De Fries's Style - Grappling
• Duffee's Style -  Punches
• Nickname Duffee Should Use - Todd "Duffman" Duffee
• Prediction - De Fries with a submission

FX Prelims

Lightweight - Michael "The Menace" Johnson vs Myles "Fury" Jury

• Johnson's Style - Wrestling, Fist In Box
• Jury's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
• Alternate Jury Nicknames - Myles "Hung" Jury
• Prediction - Johnson with a wrestley decision

Lightweight - Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard vs Jamie Varner

• Guillard's Style - Boxing, wrestling, American Whu-Hit-U
• Varner's Style - Wrestling, being awful
• Prediction - Guillard with a huge knockout

Bantamweight - Erik "Goyito" Perez vs Byron Bloodworth

• Perez's Style - Striking, submissions
• Bloodworth's Style - Striking
• Prediciton - Perez with a submission
• Thoughts - Bloodworth is the best surname ever

Bantamweight - Brad "One Punch" Pickett vs Eddie Wineland

• Pickett's Style - Punch
• Wineland's Style - Striking, wrestling
• Prediction -Pickett with a KO

PPV Main Card

Middlweight - Chris "The Crippler" Leben vs Derek "Wrecking Ball" Brusnon

• Leben's Style - Punching, Zombie-Fu
• Alternate Leben Nickname - Chris "The Cat Smasher" Leben
• Brunson's Style - Poker, Wrestling
• Prediction - Leben with a KO

Middleweight - Yushin "Thunder" Okami vs Alan "The Talent" Belcher

• Okami's Style - Wrestling
• Belcher's Style - Muay Thai
• Prediction - Belcher via KO

Middleweight - Tim "The Barbarian" Botesch vs Costa Philippou

• Boestsch's Style - Wrestling
• Philippou's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Boetsch with a decision victory

Lightweight - Jim Miller vs Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon

• Miller's Style - Grappling
• Lauzon's Style - BJJ
• Alternate Lauzon Nickname - "Creepy" Joe Lauzon
• Prediction - Miller with a submission

Main Event

Heavyweight Title - Junior "Cigano" Dos Santos vs Cain Velasquez

• Dos Santos's Style - Boxing
• Velasquez's Style - The Take Him Down (Wrestling)
• Prediction - Dos Santos with another KO victory

Strikeforce - Rousey vs Kaufman Primer

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Strikeforce Presents:  Rousey vs. Kaufman is coming up on Saturday.  In a completely Strikeforcian move, Miesha Tate vs. Julie Kedzie is not going to be on the main card, but on the prelims, which are broadcast on Showtime Extreme, which is a channel that twelve people have.  Out of protest, I'm only going to be covering the main card, which should start on regular Showtime at 10PM ET (I'm watching the prelims, though, because luckily enough I do get ShoXtreme, hooray).

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS

Ovince “OSP” St. Preux vs. TJ Cook

• St. Preux’s Style – Football, wrestling
• Cook’s Style – Striking
• Prediction – St. Preux grounds and pounds his way to a stoppage.
•  Thoughts – OSP needs to get back to fighting at least five times in two months, that’s when he had his most success.

MIDDLEWEIGHTS

Lumumba “Heavy Hands” Sayers vs. Anthony “Lionheart” Smith

• Sayers’s Style – Submissions
• Smith’s Style – Striking AND Grappling
• Prediction – Sayers will hit Smith very hard and win with a submission, probably due to strikes.
• Thoughts – I like that Sayers’s nickname doesn’t reflect how he finishes fights.  It would be like if Miesha “Takedown” Tate just threw crazy Tae Kwon Do and Capoeira spinning, flying kicks.

WELTERWEIGHTS

Tarec “Sponge” Saffiedine vs. Roger “Relentless” Bowling

• Saffiedine’s Style – Karate
• Bowling’s Style – Freestyle, Picking up Spares
• Prediction – Bowling wins by knockout.  Bowling gets the nod because he beat up Neo-Nazi jerk-hole Brandon Saling, and also Saffiedine fought Scott Smith to a decision, which is disappointing because at least one person is supposed to get knocked out in a Scott Smith fight.
• Thoughts – I can’t think of a good bowling pun.  Wait, I bet Roger doesn’t want to win a SPLIT decision!  That was terrible, I am terrible.

MIDDLEWEIGHTS

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza vs. Derek “the Human Blanket” Brunson

• Souza’s Style – BJJ
• Brunson’s Style – Wrestling, poker (Oh, wait, wrong Brunson)
• Prediction – Souza wins via submission because he is an alligator-man, and that’s pretty cool.
• Thoughts – I hope Souza wins, especially by submission, because I love seeing him do his alligator/caiman chomp.

MAIN EVENT - WOMEN'S BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT

“Rowdy” Ronda Rousey vs. Sarah Kaufman

• Rousey’s Style – Judo
• Kaufman’s Style – Boxing
• Prediction – Ronda wins with her standard judo throw, armbar combo.
• Thoughts – I’m really fluctuating on if I like Ronda or not.  She’ll do something kind of dumb, like that YouTube video and I think “Please just do fights”, but then she’ll have a good interview on Conan, or say she doesn’t care if Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos injects horse semen into her eyes, just make 135 and the fight is on, and I think “Okay, that’s pretty cool”.  I think Kaufman is in trouble because her only loss was by armbar, she was in danger of getting armbarred by Davis in her last fight, and as everyone knows, all Rousey does is take arms home with her.