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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.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Event Primer - UFC on Fuel: Silva vs Stann

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that's dumber than circling into a H-Bomb.

Prelims (Facebook)

Welterweight - Marcelo "Magrao" Guimaraes vs Hyun Gyu "The Ace" Lim
  • Guimaraes's Style - BJJ
  • Lim's Style - Striking
  • Prediction - Lim by KO

Bantamweight - Alex "Bruce Leeroy" Caceres vs Kyung Ho "Typhoon" Kang
  • Caceres's Style - Striking, submissions
  • Kang's Style - Submissions
  • Prediction - Kang by submission

Lightweight - Cristiano Marcello vs Kazuki Tokudome
  • Marcello's Style - BJJ
  • Tukodome's Style - Striking
  • Prediction -Tokudome by KO
  • Thoughts - Remember the time Marcello fought Krazy Horse backstage at Pride? That was cool.

Bantamweight - Takeya Mizugaki vs Bryan "Kid Lightning" Caraway
  • Mizugaki's Style - Striking
  • Caraway's Style - Wrestling, BJJ
  • Prediction - Mizugaki by TKO

Middleweight - Riki Fukuda vs Brad Tavares
  • Fukuda's Style - Wrestling
  • Tavares's Style - Striking
  • Prediction - Fukuda by decision

Main Card (Fuel)

Welterweight - Dong Hyun "Stun Gun" Kim vs Siyar "The Great" Bahadurzada

Lightweight - Mizuto "Pugnus" Hirota vs Rani Yahya
  • Hirota's Style - Striking, ground and pound
  • Yahya's Style - BJJ
  • Prediction - Hirota by TKO

Middleweight - Yushin "Thunder" Okami vs Hector "Lighting" Lombard
  • Okami's Style - Wrestling
  • Lombard's Style - Boxing, judo
  • Prediction - Okami by decision
  • Thoughts - This might be the best nickname matchup Joe Silva concocted since John "Doomsday" Howard beat Dennis "Superman" Hallman. Also, YUSHIN OKAMI, THANK YOU!

Lightweight - Takanori "The Fireball Kid" Gomi vs Diego "The Dream" Sanchez
  • Gomi's Style - Striking, wrestling
  • Sanchez's Style - Grappling
  • Prediction - Sanchez by TKO
  • Thoughts - YES! YES!

Heavyweight - Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt vs Stefan "Skyscraper" Struve

Main Event: Light Heavyweight - Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva vs Brian "All American" Stann
  • Silva's Style - Muay thai, Axe murderings
  • Stann's Style - Striking, MCMAP
  • Prediction - Silva by TKO
  • Thoughts -During this fight, you should play these two songs on repeat.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Event Primer - UFC 155

 Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that's doing spinning shit, now.

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

Thursday, August 9, 2012

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!