Event primer - UFC 169

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Prelims (Fight Pass)

Welterweight - Neil Magny vs Gasan "Cobra" Umalatov

• Magny's Style - Grappling
• Umalatov's Style - Sambo (I mean, probably, right?), being a diacritical mark
• Prediction - Umalatov by submission
• Thoughts - Go away, Neil Magny, nobody from TUF 16 is any good

Lightweight - Rashid "Highlander" Magomedov vs Tony Martin

• Magomedov's Style - Sambo
• Martin's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Magomedov by decision

Middleweight - Clint "Headbussa" Hester vs Andy "Tank Mode" Enz

• Hester's Style - Striking
• Enz's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Hester by KO
• Thoughts - This is kind of a decent set of nicknames from both dudes.

Prelims (Fox Sports 1)

Lightweight - Al "Raging" Iaquinta vs Kevin "Mo-Town Phenom" Lee

• Iaquinta's Style - Boxing, BJJ
• Lee's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Iaquinta by decision
• Thoughts - Serra-Longo Fight Team continues to roll. STRONG ISLAND, BABY!

Middleweight - Tom "Kong" Watson vs Nick "The Jersey Devil" Catone

• Watson's Style - Boxing
• Catone's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Catone by decision

Flyweight - Chris "Kamikaze" Cariaso vs Danny "The Gremlin" Martinez

• Cariaso's Style - Striking
• Martinez's Style - Punching
• Prediction - Martinez by decision

Lightweight - John "The Bull" Makdessi vs Alan "Nuguette" Patrick

• Makdessi's Style - Striking, wonky eye
• Patrick's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Patrick by submisison

Main Card (PPV)

Lightweight - Jamie Varner vs Abel "Killer" Trujillo

• Varner's Style - Wrestling
• Trujillo's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Trujillo by KO
• Thoughts - You go away, too, Jamie Varner.

Flyweight - John "Hands of Stone" Lineker vs Ali "Puncher King" Bagautinov

• Lineker's Style - Striking, missing weight
• Bagautinov's Style - Punching
• Prediction - Bagautinov by TKO, Lineker comes in at least 2 pounds heavy

Heavyweight - Alistair "Demolition Man" Overeem vs Frank Mir

• Overeem's Style - Kickboxing
• Mir's Style - BJJ, Smug
• Prediction - Overeem by KO
• Thoughts - Both of these guys lose in very funny ways, so this fight should be stupid-entertaining

Featherweight - Jose "Junior" Aldo vs Ricardo "The Bully" Lamas

• Aldo's Style - Muay Thai, soccer
• Lamas' Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Aldo by KO

Bantamweight - Renan "Barao" Pegado vs Urijah "The California Kid" Faber

• Pegado's Style - BJJ, Muay Thai, being a Nosferatu
• Faber's Style - Wrestling, BANG Muay Thai, Dougie-ing
• Prediction - Barao by decision

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 - World Series of Fighting 8

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Prelims (Sherdog.com)

Welterweight - Jose "The Fresh Prince" Caceres vs Anderson "Son" Melo

• Caceres' Style - Grappling
• Melo's Style - Striking, grappling
• Prediction - Caceres by submission
• Thoughts - Caceres ain't even from West Philadelphia, born and raised, illegal use of nickname!

Featherweight - Freddy Assuncao vs Brenson Hansen

• Assuncao's Style - Freestyle
• Hansen's Style - Freestyle
• Prediction - Hansen by decision

Bantamweight - Alexis "The Exorcist" Vila vs Sidemar "Sideco" Honorio

• Vila's Style - Wrestling, striking
• Honorio's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Vila by decision

Heavyweight - Scott "The Bear" Barrett vs Derrick "Caveman" Mehmen

• Barrett's Style - Wrestling
• Mehmen's Style - PUNCH
• Prediction - Mehmen by KO
• Thoughts - Mehmen gets my vote for funniest and best knockout of 2013, maybe all-time. Also, this is a top-notch nickname fight

Welterweight - Valdir "BBMonster" Araujo vs Tyler "The Evolution" Stinson

• Araujo's Style - Freestyle
• Stinson's style - Striking
• Prediction - Stinson by TKO
• Thoughts - Is BBMonster better than BxB Hulk? Probably not. Also, Alabama thinks that Tyler Stinson is an unproven theory.

Main Card (NBC Sports Network)

Lightweight - Jorge "Macaco" Patino vs Luis "Baboon" Palomino

• Patino's Style - BJJ
• Palomino's Style - BJJ, capoeira
• Prediction - Palomino by TKO
• Thoughts - Monkey nickname fight! YEAH!

Bantamweight - Cody "Bam Bam" Bollinger vs Tyson Nam

• Bollinger's Style - Grappling
• Nam's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Nam by TKO

Women's Strawweight - Jessica "JAG" Aguilar vs Alida Gray

• Aguilar's Style - BJJ
• Gray's Style - Judo
• Prediction - Aguilar by submission
• Thoughts - Kinda lame of WSoF to not have this other title fight as the co-main event.

Light Heavyweight - Anthony "Rumble" Johnson vs Mike "MAK" Kyle

• Johnson's Style - Boxing, wrestling, buffet
• Kyle's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Johnson by KO
• Thoughts - Always and forever, FUCK MIKE KYLE (One of these days, I'll finish that Cage Justice: Mike Kyle edition and then everyone can echo my sentiments)

Lightweight - Justin "The Highlight" Gaethje vs Richard Patishnock

• Gaethje's Style - Striking
• Alternate Gaethje Nickname - Justin Gaethje "To a Nunnery"
• Patishnock's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Gaethje by KO

Event primer - UFC Fight Night 35

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that thinks Nate Diaz shouldn't be scared, comrade, and just fight Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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 Fight Night 34

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that's gonna watch every Olaf Alfonso fight on FIGHT PASS.

A brief note - This event is the UFC's first foray into their new Fight Pass system, which is good in theory, but in the reality of this card, is littered with fighters who I believe are entirely fictitious. As such, my notes on fighter styles and fight predictions will be even more slipshod than usual.

Prelims (Fight Pass)

Bantamweight - Leandro "Brodinho" Issa vs Russell Doane

• Issa's Style - Grappling
• Alternate Issa nickname - Leandro Issa "Me, Mario!"
• Doane's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Issa by decision

Bantamweight - Dustin "The Diamond" Kimura vs Jon "The Heat" Delos Reyes

• Kimura's Style - Grappling
• Reyes' Style - Freestyle
• Prediction - Kimura by submission (Not a kimura, though)

Lightweight - Mairbek "Beckan" Taisumov vs Tae Hyun "Supernatural" Bang

• Taisumov's Style - Probably sambo!
• Bang's Style - Standing
• Prediction - Taisumov by submission
• Thoughts - Though not as cool as Dagestanis, Chechens are pretty cool Russian-esque fighters. Also, I think there is an entire subgenre of romance novels about Supernatural Bangs.

Bantamweight - Royston Wee vs Dave "Scarecrow" Galera

• Wee's Style - Going home, grappling
• Fake Wee nickname - Royston "Vasey" Wee
• Galera's Style - Freestyle
• Prediction - Galera by submission

Lightweight - Quinn Mulhern vs Katsunori Kikuno

• Mulhern's Style - Sleaze-stache
• Kikuno's Style - Kick, you know?
• Prediction - Kikuno by KO
• Thoughts - I sometimes get Kikuno and Kitaoka confused, but then I remember Kikuno throws crescent KIKs so that helps.

Featherweight - Max "Blessed" Holloway vs Will "The Kill" Chope

• Holloway's Style - Kickboxing
• Chope's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Holloway by KO

Main Card (FIGHT PASS)

Bantamweight - Kyung Ho "Mr. Perfect" Kang vs Shunichi "Rolling Star" Shimizu

• Kang's Style - Birthing McGillicutties, grappling
• Shimizu's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Shimizu by decision

Welterweight - Kiichi "Strasser" Kunimoto vs Luiz "Besouro" Dutra, Jr

• Kunimot's Style - Grappling
• Dutra's Style - Freestyle
• Prediction - Kunimoto by submission

Featherweight - Tatsuya "Crusher" Kawajiri vs Sean Soriano

• Kawajiri's Style - Crushing
• Soriano's Style - Blogging (Oh, waith, I'm thinking of Shea Serrano, never mind)
• Prediction - Crusher gonna Crush

Welterweight - Tarec "The Sponge" Saffiedine vs Hyun Gyu "The Ace" Lim

• Saffiedine's Style - Kickboxing, grappling
• Lim's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Lim by KO