Event primer - UFC on Fox 10

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Prelims (Fight Pass)

Heavyweight - Walt Harris vs Nikita "The Al Capone" Krylov

• Harris' Style - Basketball, Striking
• Krylov's Style - Grapping
• Prediction - Krylov by TKO

Prelims (Fox Sports 1)

Welterweight - George Sullivan vs Mike "Biggie" Rhodes

• Sullivan's Style - BJJ, striking
• Rhodes' Style - Kickboxing, basketball
• Prediction - Sullivan by KO

Lightweight - Daron "Detroit Superstar" Cruickshank vs Mike "The Wolverine" Rio

• Cruickshank's Style - Kickboxing
• Rio's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Rio by submission

Bantamweight - Ramiro "Junior" Hernandez vs Hugo "Wolverine" Viana

• Hernandez's Style - Striking, Miletich Fighting Systems
• Viana's Style - Boxing
• Prediction - Viana by decision
• Thoughts - I know there's twenty pounds between them, but I still want to see Viana vs Rio in a nickname fight

Bantamweight - Chico "The King" Camus vs Yaotzin Meza

• Camus' Style - Kickboxing
• Meza's Style - Wrestling, boxing
• Prediction - Meza by submission

Bantamweight - Eddie Wineland vs Yves "Tiger" Jabouin

• Wineland's Style - Kickboxing, wrestling
• Jabouin's Style - Kickboxing
• Prediction - Wineland by TKO

Bantamweight - Alex "Bruce Leeroy" Caceres vs Sergio Pettis

• Caceres' Style - BJJ, the Glow
• Pettis' Style - Kickboxing
• Prediction - Pettis by decision

Main Card (Fox)

Featherweight - Darren "The Damage" Elkins vs Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" Stephens

• Elkins' Style - Wrestlin
• Stephens' Style - Kickboxing
• Prediction - Elkins by decision

Lightweight - Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone vs Adriano Martins

• Cerrone's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ, GETTING SOME, Boat rage
• Martins' Style - BJJ, Muay Thai
• Prediction - Cerrone by KO

Heavyweight - Stipe Miocic vs Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga

• Miocic's Style - Baseball
• Gonzaga's Style - BJJ, vlogging
• Predictions - Miocic by TKO

Lightweight - Benson "Smooth" Henderson vs Josh "The Punk" Thomson

• Henderson's Style - Grappling
• Thomson's Style - Kickboxing
• Prediction - Henderson by submission

Event Primer - UFC Fight Night 27

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Preliminary Card (Facebook/YouTube)

Lightweight - "Relentless" Roger Bowling vs Abel "Killa" Trujillo

• Bowling's Style - Kickboxing, wrestling
• Trujillo's Style - Striking, grappling
• Prediction - Trujillo by KO

Welterweight - Zak Cummings vs Ben "Benny Blanco" Alloway

• Cummings's Style - Grappling
• Alloway's Style - Striking, grappling
• Prediction - Alloway by TKO
• Thoughts - I will never not think that "Benny Blanco" is the name of a drug cartel member. Or a trap-rapper.

Welterweight - James Head vs Jason "The Kansas City Bandit" High

• Head's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• High's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Head by decision
• Thoughts - Loser has to get a new set of initials. 

 

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 2)

Featherweight - Darren "The Damage" Elkins vs Hatsu "Iron Broom" Hioki

• Elkins's Style - Wrestling
• Hioki's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Elkins via decision
• Thoughts - I like both these dudes, but Elkins is like a featherweight Fitch (From a few years ago, so non-terrible).

Welterweight - Justin "Fast Eddie" Edwards vs Brandon "Rukus" Thatch

• Edwards's Style - Sanshou, BJJ
• Thatch's Style - Striking, BJJ
• Prediction - Edwards by submission

Middleweight - Dylan "The Villain" Andrews vs Papy "Makambo" Abedi

• Andrews's Style - Boxing, wrestling
• Abedi's Style - Judo, BJJ
• Prediction - Andrews by decision

Bantamweight - Takeya Mizugaki vs Erik "Goyito" Perez

• Mizugaki's Style - Grappling
• Perez's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Mizugaki by decision
• Thoughts - Another fight betwixt two fellows I really like, but I want to see Mizugaki keep winning and crying. 

 

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Middleweight - Brad Tavares vs Robert "Bubba" McDaniel

• Tavares's Style - Striking
• McDaniel's Style - Submission wrestling
• Prediction - Tavares by KO
• Thoughts - Nobody likes you, Bubba. Go eat a whole barrel of worms.

Welterweight - Court "Crusher" McGee vs Robert Whitaker

• McGee's Style - Boxing, BJJ, returning from death
• Whitaker's Style - Striking, grappling
• Prediction - McGee by decision

Welterweight - Kelvin Gastelum vs Brian Melancon

• Gastelum's Style - Wrestling
• Melancon's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Gastelum by TKO

Lightweight - Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone vs Rafael Dos Anjos

• Cerrone's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ, GETTING SOME
• Dos Anjos's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Cerrone by TKO

Welterweight - Carlos "The Natural Born Killer" Condit vs Martin "The Hitman" Kampmann

• Condit's Style - Striking, BJJ, spinning shit
• Kampann's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
• Prediction - Kampmann by submission
• Thoughts - This fight is going to be at least twelve different kinds of rad.

Event Primer - UFC 160

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Preliminary Card (Facebook/YouTube)

Featherweight - Jeremy "Lil Heathen" Stephens vs Estevan "El Terrible" Payan

• Stephens's Style - Punching, felonies
• Unfortunate Stephens Moment - Getting knocked out by Yves Edwards
• Payan's Style -Boxing
• Unfortunate Payan Moment - Getting knocked out by Yahir Reyes
• Prediction - Payan by decision

Bantamweight - Brian Bowles vs George Roop

• Bowles's Style - Wrestling, BJJ
• Roop's Style - Striking, Being a scarecrow
• Prediction - Bowles by submission

Welterweight - Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson vs Nah-Shon "The Rock-N-Rolla" Burrell

• Thompson's Style - Karate
• Burrell's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Thompson by KO
• Thoughts - Hopefully Thompson wins and can fight Jordan Mein to crown the "We got our hype trains derailed by the penny on the tracks known as Matt 'the Immortal' Brown" champion. My money's on Mein, for the record.

Preliminary Card (FX)

Lightweight - Khabib "The Eagle" Nurmagomedov vs Abel "Killa" Trujillo

• Nurmagomedov's Style - Sambo, judo, kickboxing
• Trujillo's Style - Striking, grappling
• Prediction - Nurmagomedov by submission
• Thoughts - I wonder what trolling shirt Nurmagomedov will wear to the weigh-ins. Also, he better pair it with his giant, furry hat. Additional also, is it just me, or are like 90% of the cool/good Russian mixed martial artists guys from Dagestan?

Welterweight - Colton Smith vs Robert Whittaker

• Smith's Style - Wrestling
• Whittaker's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Smith by decision

Featherweight - Dennis "The Menace" Bermudez vs Max "Blessed" Holloway

• Bermudez's Style - Wrestling
• Holloway's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Holloway by TKO

Welterweight - Mike "Quicksand" Pyle vs Rick "The Horror" Story

• Pyle's Style - BJJ
• Story's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Pyle by KO

Main Card (PPV)

Lightweight - Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone vs "King Karl" KJ Noons

• Cerrone's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
• Unfortunate Cerrone Moment - Tie: Standing there and taking a prolonged middle finger from Nate Diaz and getting yelled at by Greg Jackson during the same fight.
• Noon's Style - Striking, bangs
• Unfortunate Noons Moment - Getting knocked out by Charles "Krazy Horse/Kid Khaos" Bennett
• Prediction - Cerrone by submission

Lightwweight - Gray "The Bully" Maynard vs TJ Grant

• Maynard's Style - Wrestling
• Grant's Style - BJJ
• Horrible Unofficial Grant Nickname - TJ "Don't Take Me For" Grant"-Ed"
• Prediction - Grant by TKO
• Thoughts - I know the winner is supposed to get a shot at Bendo's title, but I want Grant to grow a fuller beard and then have him, Pat Healy, and Jim Miller in a San-Do match.

Light Heavyweight - Glover Teixeira vs James Te-Huna

• Teixeira's Style - Striking, BJJ
• Te-Huna's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Teixeira by KO

Heavyweight - Junior "Cigano" Dos Santos vs Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt

• Dos Santos's Style - Boxing
• Hunt's Style - Kickboxing
• Prediction - Hunt by KO
• Thoughts - MAAAAAAAAAARK HUUUUUUUUUUNTOOOOOOOO is going to get a UFC Heavyweight title shot after he wins this fight, and then he'll win the UFC Heavyweight title and world peace will be acheived. BELIEVE IN MARK HUNT!

Heavyweight Title - Cain Velasquez vs Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva

• Velasquez's Style - Wrestling
• Silva's Style - BJJ, Muay Thai
• Prediction - Velasquez by TKO (Same as last time, though probably slightly less messy)

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Preliminary Card (Facebook)

Welterweight - Simeon "The Grin" Thoresen vs David "Daudi" Mitchell

• Thoresen's Style - BJJ
• Mitchell's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Mitchell by decision

Preliminary Card (FX)

Middleweight - Rafael "Sapo" Natal vs Sean "Black Magik" Spencer

• Natal's Style - Tennis, Grappling
• Spencer's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Natal by submission
• Thoughts - "Blag Magik" is a really dumb nickname

Heavyweight - Mike Russow vs Shawn "The Savage" Jordan

• Russow's Style - Submissions, HAMMERFIST OF DEATH
• Jordan's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Russow by TKO (via HAMMERFIST OF DEATH)

Light Heavyweight - Ryan "Darth" Bader vs Vladimir "The Janitor" Matyushenko

• Bader's Style - Wrestling, punches
• Matyushenko's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Matyushenko by TKO
• Thoughts - Bader is probably going to be a Bellator champion next year.

Welterweight - Mike Stumpf vs Pascal "Panzer" Krause

• Stumpf's Style - Grappling
• Krause's Style -Boxing, BJJ
• Prediction -Krause by decision

Featherweight - Clay "The Carpenter" Guida vs Hatsu Hioki

• Guida's Style - Wrestling
• Hioki's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Guida by decision

Lightweight - TJ Grant vs "Handsome" Matt Wiman

• Grant's Style - BJJ
• Wiman's Style - BJJ
• Prediction -Wiman by submission

Main Card (Fox)

Featherweight - Erik "New Breed" Koch vs Ricardo "The Bully" Lamas

• Koch's Style - Kickboxing
• Lamas's Style - Grappling
• Prediction -Koch by KO

Lightweight - Anthony "Showtime" Pettis vs Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone

• Pettis's Style - Kickboxing
• Cerrone's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
• Prediction -Pettis by submission
• Thoughts - This fight should be a whole bunch of fun on a whole bunch of buns.

Light Heavyweight - Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs Glover Teixeira

• Jackson's Style - Boxing, wrestling
• Teixeira's Style - Striking, BJJ
• Prediction - Teixeira by KO
• Thoughts - Quinton will be a top challenger to Bader's Bellator title next year.

Main Event

Flyweight Title - Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson vs John "The Magician" Dodson

• Johnson's Style - Wrestling, boxing
• Dodson's Style - Striking, flips, chittering
• Alternate Dodson Nickname - John "We've Got" Dodson
• Prediction -Dodson by KO
• Thoughts - Oh man oh man oh man this fight is going to be so cool. I hope my eyes are fast enough to keep up with everything. That is not even a joke, I have real concerns I won't be able to physically watch this fast enough.

This Week in Dumb MMA

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Fights – Lots of dudes beat up some other dudes this past week.  Here are some of those occurrences.

UFC 150 was a fun event with some good moments to share.

 

Henderson vs. Edgar

Benson Henderson edged out Frankie Edgar with a controversial split decision victory to retain the Lightweight title.  It was another good fight, but Frankie Two-Times doesn’t get another rematch (Nor would Henderson have gotten one if he would have lost), instead Nate Diaz is the number one contender.  I’ll be honest, I really like Ben and I’m glad he won, but I don’t think he did enough to win that decision.  I could watch these two guys fight at least three more times.

Cerrone vs. Guillard

Melvin Guillard was in trouble before the fight started, coming in overweight on Friday (Not even bothering to cut any further), and walking to the cage while wearing sunglasses.  He just needed to walk out to Eminem to trigger every fighter curse.  He did manage to hurt Cerrone early and looked close to finishing the fight, but Cerrone managed to survive.  Cerrone hit Guillard with a big headkick, and finished things off with a punch (Though he was diving for a rear naked choke before the fight was stopped), propelling “Cowboy” up the already clogged Lightweight rankings.

Bermudez vs. Hayden

Tommy Hayden hurt Bermudez early on with a knee, but Bermudez managed to recover and simply over power Hayden.  Bermudez hits a nice front kick and finishes the fight with a standing guillotine.

Check out more Dumb Stuff after the break!

UFC 150 Primer

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that’s dumber than offering a leg to Rousimar Palhares.

 UFC 150 is coming up on Saturday and I figured I'd try to sell all of my one reader on the whole event.  The main draw is the main event rematch between current Lightweight champion, Benson Henderson and the man he beat for the title, Frankie Edgar.  The first fight was incredible, and the best part is you can watch it for free on the UFC's website, right here!

UNDERCARD

Facebook Prelim

Nik “the Carny” Lentz vs. Eiji Mitsuoka

• Lentz’s Style – Wrestling and BJJ         
• Mitsuoka’s Style – Wrestling
• Prediction – Mitsuoka will do better wrestling and win a decision over Lentz
• Knee-jerk thoughts - Eh, I'm wary of this fight.  Two grapplers usually means sloppy kickboxing, but there's a chance for a good ground fight between these two.

FX Prelims

Dustin “the Disciple” Pague vs. Chico “King” Camus

• Pague’s Style – BJJ, Jesus
• Camus’s Style – Absurdism, wait, no, wrong Camus.  Kickboxing
• Prediction – Pague will out be-bigger-than Camus, get the fight to the ground, and win by submission
• Knee-jerk thoughts - I have medium hopes that this will be an entertaining fight to start off the FX portion of the event.  No real basis for that, just a dumb, gut feeling.

Ken Stone vs. Erik “El Goyito” Perez

• Stone’s Style – Wrestling, being smooth (always)
• Perez’s Style – BJJ
• Prediction – If Kim Winslow is the ref, Perez via phantom submission.  If not, then by regular submission.
• Knee-jerk thoughts -  Again, this could either be bad kickboxing between two grapplers, or a fun ground fight.  I'm hoping for the latter, but MMA is good at crushing hopes into a fine powder, then peeing on the powder.

Jared “the Messenger” Hamman vs. Michael “Judo” Kuiper

• Hamman’s Style – Football
• Kuiper’s Style – Judo, probably
• Prediction – Kuiper will do all kinds of judos to Hamman, but won’t be able to stop him, so a decision victory for the Dutchman
• Knee-jerk thoughts - Hamman can take a lot of punishment (Though he does have 3 KO losses), so I hope to see a guy get knocked loopy at least four times.

Dennis “the Menace” Bermudez vs. Tommy “Wild Card” Hayden

• Bermudez’s Style – Wrestling
• Bermudez’s Dumb Alternate Nickname – Dennis “Fu-fessional” Bermudez
• Hayden’s Style – BJJ
• Prediction – Hayden will probably get slammed around a lot, but I think he catches Bermudez with a submission
• Knee-jerk thoughts - Bermudez is dumb

MAIN CARD

Justin “the American Kidd” Lawrence vs. Max “Blessed” Holloway

• Lawrence’s Style – Kickboxing
• Former Lawrence nickname – Justin “the Hammer” Lawrence
• Nickname for Lawrence's camp due to his acne - Team Blackhead House
• Holloway’s Style – Kickboxing
• Prediction – Lawrence with a knockout
• Knee-jerk thoughts - This fight should be really fun with two young strikers going at it.  I expect lots of cool kicks and junk.

Yushin “Thunder” Okami vs. Buddy Robberts

• Okami’s Style – Wrestling
• Robberts’s Style –Uh, freestyle?
• Prediction - Okami will do a lot of wrestling and grind out a decision.
• Knee-jerk thoughts -  Robberts looks really rough for only being 29

Jake Shields vs. Ed “Short Fuse” Herman

• Shields’s Style – American jiu-jitsu
• Shields’ Unofficial Nickname – Jake “Rorse Facie” Shields
• Herman’s Style –Wrestling
• Prediction - Shields is probably a better grappler than Herman, so I'll say he gets the win by submission
• Knee-jerk thoughts -  Horse Face vs. Ginger is on a UFC PPV event.  Awesome.

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone vs. Melvin “the Young Assassin” Guillard

• Cerrone’s Style – Kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu
• Guillard’s Style – Wrestle-boxing, American-Whu-Hit-U
• Guillard's Attributes - Explosive, Athletic
• Prediction - While there's a chance that Cerrone hurts Guillard standing and finishes the fight with a submission (Which is pretty common for both Cerrone to do and to happen to Guillard), I think Melvin takes off Donald's head with a big power shot
• Knee-jerk thoughts - Simon Phoenix must have been a big influence on Guillard's look (Kevin Randleman, too)

Main Event

Benson “Smooth” Henderson vs. Frankie “the Answer” Edgar

• Henderson’s Style – Wrestling/grappling
• Alternate Henderson Nicknames – “Robert Guillaume” Benson Henderson, Benson “And Hedges” Henderson, Benson “Bendo” Henderson
• Edgar’s Style – Wrestle-boxing        
• Alternate Edgar Nicknames – Frankie “Two-Times” Edgar
• Prediction – Edgar out-wrestles Henderson early, but won’t be able to hold him down (Like the first fight), and Henderson gets a submission victory late in the fight
• Knee-jerk thoughts - This fight will be awesome.

So that's the card.  Hope you watch, I think it'll be fun stuff.  Once again, check out Henderson vs. Edgar I right here!