Event Primer: UFC 159 - Jones vs Sonnen

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Preliminary Fights (Facebook/YouTube)

Featherweight - Steven "Miller Killer" Siler vs Kurt Holobaugh

• Siler's Style - Submissions
• Holobaugh's Style -Striking
• Alternate Holobaugh Nickname - Kurt "Ain't No" Holobaugh "Girl"
• Prediction -Siler by submission

Welterweight - Nick "The Jersey Devil" Catone vs James Head

• Catone's Style - Wrestling, BJJ
• Head's Style - Striking, BJJ
• Prediction - Catone by decision

Featherweight - Leonard "Bad Boy" Garcia vs Cody "AK Kid" McKenzie

• Garcia's Style - Brawling, clubbering, decision theft
• McKenzie's Style - McKenzietine
• Prediction - McKenzie by McKenzietine
• Thoughts - Shit's gonna get real!

Preliminary Fights (FX)

Lightweight - Rustam "Tiger" Khabilov vs Yancy "Frisson" Medeiros

• Khabilov's Style - Suplex
• Alternate Khabilov Nickname - Rustam "Hobby Lobby" Khabilov
• Medeiros's Style - Striking, wrestling
• Prediction - Khabilov by suplex-related KO

Women's Bantamweight - Sara McMann vs Sheila "The German Tank" Gaff

• McMann's Style - Wrestling
• Gaff's Style - Striking
• Prediction - McMann by decision
• Thoughts - Holy cow, Sara McMann is friggin SHREDDED

Light Heavyweight - Gian Villante vs Ovince "OSP" St. Preux

• Villante's Style - Football, wrestling
• Unofficial Villante Nickname - Gian "John" Villante
• St. Preux's Style - Football, wrestling
• Prediction - St. Preux by KO
• Thoughts - Strikeforce vs Strikeforce match-up! Hofstra football vs Tennessee football match-up! The storylines run deep on this fight! Also, I hope St. Preux wins and then takes another fight in two weeks and then again two weeks after that, like he did towards the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011, because that was the best OSP.

Bantamweight - "Brutal" Johnny Bedford vs Bryan "Kid Lightning" Caraway

• Bedford's Style - Wrestling, BJJ
• Caraway's Style - Cruising, having a more famous and better fighter for a girlfriend, threatening to beat up his girlfriend's opponents (Oh, wait, this is the "Fighting Style" section, not "Reasons to laugh at Bryan Caraway" section).
• Prediction - Bedford by KO

Main Card (PPV)

Lightweight - Jim Miller vs Pat "Bam Bam" Healy

• Miller's Style - Grappling
• Healy's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Miller by submission
• Thoughts - Holy rigatoni, this fight is going to be nutso good (I hope)!

Light Heavyweight - Vinny "Pezao" Magalhaes vs Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis

• Magalhaes's Style - BJJ
• Davis's Style - Wrestling, grappling
• Alternate Davis Nicknames - Phil "Body Triangle" Davis; Phil "Have I Told You My Nickname Comes From My Missing Or Stolen College Cat?" Davis
• Prediction - Davis by decision
• Thoughts - Poor Phil Davis, being partially associated with unfortunate people or entities. First the dude is a Penn State alumnus, and then he's a Lloyd Irvin student.

Heavyweight - Roy "Big Country" Nelson vs Chieck Kongo

• Nelson's Style - Boxing, BJJ, incredible intestinal fortitude (Also known as havin' tons o' guts)
• Kongo's Style - Savate
• Alternate Kongo Nickname - "Cup" Chieck Kongo
• Prediction - Nelson by KO
• Thoughts - They say styles make fights, and there isn't a better juxtaposition in body styles than this fight.

Middleweight - Michael "The Count" Bisping vs Alan "The Talent" Belcher

• Bisping's Style - Kickboxing, British wrestling
• Alternate Bisping Nicknames - Michael "The Count, Minus the O" Bisping
• Belcher's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Prediction - Belcher by TKO
• Thoughts - These two gents either for reals don't like each other, or are cleaning up in the wolf ticket department.

Light Heavyweight Title - Jon "Bones" Jones vs "The American Gangster" Chael P. Sonnen

• Jones's Style - Wrestling, striking (poles)
• Alternate Jones Nicknames - Jon "Snitchster Christian" Jones, Jon "Snowball King" Jones
• Sonnen's Style - Wrestling, fraud
• Prediction - Jones by TKO
• Fantasty-Land Prediction - Chael P. Sonnen by submission (Omoplata)
• Thoughts - I like Sonnen, both as a bloviating so-and-so, and also as a head down, driving forward fighter, but I think Jones is just too good to get wrestled upon for twenty-five minutes, which I see as Chael's only avenue for victory. Sorry, Chael, but you're pretty great at analysis, and hopefully soon, commentary.

Event Primer - UFC 155

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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