Event primer - UFC 167

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Prelims (Facebook/YouTube)

Light Heavyweight - Gian Villante vs Cody "Donnybrook" Donovan

• Villante's Style - Wrestling, football
• Donovan's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Villante by decision

Bantamweight - Sergio "The Phenom" Pettis vs Will Campuzano

• Pettis's Style - Kickboxing
• Campuzano's Style - BJJ, Tae Kwon Do
• Prediction - Pettis by KO
• Thoughts - Whenever there are relatives in fight sports, one turns out to be much better than the other almost 90% of the time. I worry things might be rough for young Sergio.

Welterweight - Jason "KC Bandit" High vs Anthony "The Recipe" Lapsley

• High's Style - BJJ
• Lapsley's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - High by submission

Prelims (Fox Sports 1)

Bantamweight - Erik "Goyito" Perez vs Edwin "El Ferroz" Figueroa

• Perez's Style - BJJ
• Figueroa's Style - Kickboxing
• Prediction - Perez by submission

Welterweight - Brian "TWAS" Ebersole vs Rick "The Horror" Story

• Ebersole's Style - Cartwheel kick, Hairrow, Guillotine Immunity
• Story's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Ebersole by KO

Middleweight - Thales Leites vs Ed "Short Fuse" Herman

• Leites's Style - BJJ
• Herman's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Leites by submission

Lightweight - Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone vs Evan Dunham

• Cerrone's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ, GETTING SOME
• Dunham's Style - Wrestling, creating a much loathed series (Wait, wrong Dunham, mulligan, do over)
• Prediction - Cerrone by submission

Main Card (PPV)

Flyweight - Tim Elliott vs Ali "Puncher" Bagautinov

• Elliott's Style - Wrestling
• Baguatinov's Style - Punching, Dagestani (AWESOME)
• Prediction - Bagautinov by TKO
• Thoughts - Flyweights own, Dagestanis own, this fight is gonna double own!

Welterweight - Josh "Kos" Koscheck vs Tyron "T-Wood" Woodley

• Koscheck's Style - Wrestling, Fraggle
• Woodley's Style - Wrestling, shrieking mom
• Prediction - Woodley by decision

Welterweight - Rory "Ares" MacDonald vs "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler

• MacDonald's Style - Kickboxing, suplexes, Hipster Gestapo fashion sense
• Lawler's Style - Punching
• Prediction - MacDonald by TKO

Light Heavyweight - "Suga" Rashad Evans vs Chael "The American Gangster" Sonnen

• Evans's Style - Wrestling, boxing, dancing
• Sonnen's Style - Wrestling, promos
• Prediction - Sonnen by decision
• Thoughts - Good analysts, BETTER ENEMIES!

Welterweight - Georges "Rush" St. Pierre vs Johny "Bigg Rigg" Hendricks

• St. Pierre's Style - Wrestling, kickboxing, riddum
• Hendricks's Style - Wrestling, PUNCH
• Prediction - Hendricks by KO
• Thoughts - The upcoming Batroc the Leaper will meet defeat at the hands of the true Captain America

Event Primer: UFC 157 - Rousey vs Carmouche

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Prelim (Facebook)

Welterweight - Nah-Shon "The Rock n Rolla" Burrell vs Yuri Villefort

• Burrell's Style - Striking
• Villefort's Style - Elbows
• Prediction -Burrell by KO

Welterweight - Jon Manley vs Neil Magny

• Manley's Style - BJJ, wrestling
• Magny's Style - BJJ, wrestling
• Prediction - Magny by decision
• Thoughts - Both dudes have the same style and same record, and both were on the same season of The Ultimate Fighter. I think Joe Silva is trying to figure out if one guy is the palette swapped version of the other dude.

Welterweight - Kenny Robertson vs Brock "The Machine" Jardine

• Robertson's Style - Wrestling
• Jardine's Style - Grappling, striking
• Prediction - Robertson by submission
• Thoughts - I'm still waiting on Keith Lesnar to make his UFC debut.

Prelim (FX)

Lightweight - Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout vs Caros "The Future" Fodor

• Stout's Style - Kickboxing
• Fodor's Style - Freestyle
• Prediction - Fodor by decision
• Thoughts - I always expect Ben "Phoenix Jones" Fodor to intervene in one of Caros's fights. Maybe this time he'll show up.

Featherweight - Dennis "The Menace" Bermudez vs Matt "The Real One" Grice

• Bermudez's Style - Wrestling
• Grice's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Bermudez by decision

Lightweight - Michael "Maverick" Chiesa vs Anton Kuivanen

• Chiesa's Style - Wrestling, BJJ
• Kuivanen's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Kuivanen by decision
• Thoughts - This Kuivanen hype video certainly ruffled Chiesa's feathers.

Heavyweight - Brandon "The Hybrid" Schaub vs Lavar "Big" Johnson

• Schaub's Style - Football, striking
• Johnson's Style - Punch
• Prediction - Johnson by KO

Main Card (PPV)

Welterweight - Josh "Kos" Koscheck vs "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler

• Koscheck's Style - Wrestling
• Lawler's Style - Punching
• Prediction - Lawler by KO
• Thoughts - A few years ago, this would have been a prime Fight Camp fight, American Kickboxing Academy versus Miletich Fighting Systems. Now, I just want Lawler to punch the heck out of Koscheck's weird, dumb head.

Welterweight - Court "The Crusher" McGee vs Josh "The Dentist" Neer

• McGee's Style - Karate, BJJ, wrestling
• Neer's Style - BJJ, striking
• Prediction - McGee by submission

Bantamweight - Urijah "The California Kid" Faber vs Ivan "The Pride of El Salvador" Menjivar

• Faber's Style - Brozilian Bro Jitsu, wrestling
• Menjivar's Style - Grappling, striking
• Prediction - Menjivar by submission
• Thoughts - How crazy is it that Menjivar faced a debuting Georges St. Pierre at Welterweight and only lost the fight because the referee is a dingus? SUPER DANG CRAZY. Also, TEAM ALPHA MALE ALWAYS AND FOREVER.

Light Heavyweight - Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida vs Dan "Hendo" Henderson

• Machida's Style - Karate
• Henderson's Style - Big Right Hand, wrestling
• Prediction - Henderson by KO
• Thoughts - My heart wants this prediction to come true so much. I BELIEVE IN HENDO

Women's Bantamweight Title - "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey vs Liz "Girl-Rilla" Carmouche

• Rousey's Style - Armbar, judo
• Carmouche's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Carmouche by TKO
• Thoughts - I hope that Dana doesn't scuttle the entire women's division if/when Ronda loses because he's a weird, creepy dude and doesn't think any other female fighters are marketable.