Event primer - UFC Fight Night 33

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Prelims (Facebook, YouTube)

Welterweight - Ben "Manimal" Wall vs Alex "The Dominican Nightmare" Garcia

• Wall's Style - Grappling
• Garcia's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Garcia by submission

Prelims (Fox Sports 2)

Middleweight - Bruno "Carioca" Santos vs Krzysztof Jotko

• Santos' Style - Grappling
• Jotko's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Santos by decision

Flyweight - Richie "Vas" Vaculik vs Justin "Tank" Scoggins

• Vaculik's Style - Grappling
• Scoggins' Style - Kickboxing
• Prediction - Scoggins by KO

Middleweight - Nick "The Promise" Ring vs Caio Magalhaes

• Ring's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Magalhaes' Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Ring by decision

Bantamweight - Takeya Mizugaki vs Nam Phan

• Mizugaki's Style - Grappling
• Phan's Style - Boxing, BJJ
• Prediction - Mizugaki by decision

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Women's Bantamweight - Julie "Fireball" Kedzie vs  Bethe Correia

• Kedzie's Style - Kickboxing
• Correia's Style -
• Prediction - Kedzie by TKO

Middleweight - Dylan "The Villain" Andrews vs Clint Hester

• Andrews' Style - Boxing, wrestling
• Hester's Style - Boxing
• Prediction - Hester by TKO

Heavyweight - Pat "Hype or Die" Barry vs Soa "The Hulk" Palelei

• Barry's Style - Kickboxing, throwin thunda
• Palelei's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
• Prediction - Barry by KO
• Thoughts - Barry is smart AND athletic

Light Heavyweight - Ryan "Darth" Bader vs Anthony "The Hippo" Perosh

• Bader's Style - Wrestling, boxing
• Perosh's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Perosh by submission

Light Heavyweight - Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs James Te Huna

• Rua's Style - Muay thai, BJJ, airplane arms
• Te Huna's Style - Boxing
• Prediction - Rua by TKO

Heavyweight - Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt vs Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva

• Hunt's Style - Kickboxing
• Silva's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Hunt by KO
• Thoughts - The man with the biggest punches against the dude with the biggest head. This seems like cruel and very unusual punishment for Silva.

Fighter Appreciation - Pat Barry

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Pat Barry serves all

Once again, I've created a new category of articles because I'm all over the place with this blog. Instead of focusing on retired (Or at least fighters with a decade or more of experience) guys, Fighter Appreciation is all about me gushing over how cool and awesome I find current fighters.

Pat "Hype Or Die" Barry is an outstanding fighter, personality, motivator, cornerman, and all around great person.

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Pat began his combat sports training and career in his 20s, which is both impressive considering how quickly he's picked up on kicking someone's ass, but also baffling since Pat is basically a fusion of a human ninja turtle and a live action Street Fighter that'd you would actually want to watch (Van Damme it!). Apparently he spent his first two decades of existence osmotically learning about martial arts.

After a couple years of beating dudes into quivering heaps of pain, sadness, and failure, Pat decided to find a new crop of people to break in half and transitioned from kickboxing into MMA.

Pat's first couple of MMA bouts were pretty straightforward: Pat kicks dork in legs, dork either gives up then and there, or cringes in anticipation so much that Pat knocks the dork's head clean off, quickly putting Pat at 4-0, all by first round stoppage, 3 by leg kick TKOs (And you wonder why I love this dude so much), one by head kick KO, all in a grand total of 8:40.

Unfortunately, Pat's opponents soon realized that taking a kick from Mr. Thunder Thighs is the worst possible thing, they started grappling him voraciously. Due to, in some cases, being decades behind his opponent on the ground, Pat was unfairly saddled with the reputation of having no ground game. This is simply untrue, and, quite frankly, borderline slander.

Barry has trained grappling, and while he's yet to record a submission in his MMA career, he's got an arsenal of moves that would easily win him gold at ADCC, some, like the above, he learned from no-gi grappling wizard, Eddie Bravo.

Other submissions were passed on to Barry from his girlfriend, "Thug" Rose Namajunas, and all UFC heavyweights going forward must be on notice for Pat's ever-improving ground game.

Check out more about Barry after the break!

Event primer - UFC 161

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that's less engaging than Brandon Schaub at Metamoris II.

Prelims (Facebook/YouTube)

Bantamweight - Yves "Tiger" Jabouin vs Dustin "The Disciple" Pague

• Jabouin's Style - Kickboxing
• Pague's Style - Striking, Grappling
• Prediction - Pague by submission
• Thoughts - Any time Pague uses a rear naked choke, it is a subtle shout out to Brutus Beefcake's sleeper hold, which is the most well-known iteration of The Disciple.

Lightweight - Mitch "Danger Zone" Clarke vs John "The One" Maguire

• Clarke's Style -Striking
• Maguire's Style - Gypsy Jiu-Jitsu
• Prediction -Maguire by submission

Prelims (FX)

Bantamweight - Roland "Stunning" Delorme vs Edwin "El Feroz" Figueroa

• Delorme's Style - Grappling
• Figueroa's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Delorme by submission

Welterweight - Sean "The Punisher" Pierson vs Kenny Robertson

• Pierson's Style - BJJ, striking
• Robertson's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Robertson by submission (Weird kneebar)

Lightweight - Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout vs "The" James Krause

• Stout's Style - Kickboxing
• Krause's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Krause by decision
• Thoughts - I don't know what I'm more shocked by, that Stout is still fighting, or that he's not fighting Spencer Fisher again.

Welterweight - Jake Shields vs Tyron "T-Wood" Woodley

• Shields's Style - American Jiu-Jitsu
• Woodley's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Shields by decision
• Thoughts - Somebody better call Tyron's momma!

Main Card (PPV)

Heavyweight - Pat "Hype or Die" Barry vs Shawn "The Savage" Jordan

• Barry's Style - Kickboxing, flying armbar attempts
• Jordan's Style - Football
• Prediction - Barry by KO

Women's Bantamweight - Alexis "Ally-Gator" Davis vs Rosi "The Surgeon" Sexton

• Davis's Style - BJJ
• Sexton's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Davis by submission
• Thoughts - Davis's mascot Chompers is probably the most adorable mascot in MMA.

Light Heavyweight - Ryan "Big Deal" Jimmo vs Igor "The Duke" Pokrajac

• Jimmo's Style - Striking
• Pokrajac's Style - Wrestling, boxing
• Prediction - Jimmo by decision

Heavyweight - Roy "Big Country" Nelson vs Stipe Miocic

• Nelson's Style - Boxing, BJJ
• Miocic's Style - Wrestling, striking, baseball
• Prediction - Nelson by KO

Light Heavyweight - Dan "Hendo" Henderson vs "Suga" Rashad Evans

• Henderson's Style - Big Right Hand, wrestling
• Alternate Henderson Nicknames - "Decision" Dan Henderson, "Dangerous" Dan Henderson, Dan "Hollywood" Henderson, Dan "Big Right Ha"-nderson
• Evans's Style - Wrestling, boxing
• Prediction - Henderson by KO
• Thoughts -Reminder that if you don't like Dan Henderson, you don't like America.