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

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Prelim Card (Facebook/YouTube)

Middleweight - Jared "The Messenger" Hamman vs Magnus "Jycken" Cedenblad

• Hamman's Style - Striking
• Cedenblad's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Hamman by TKO

Lightweight - Ryan Couture vs Al Iaquinta

• Couture's Style - BJJ
• Iaquinta's Style - Striking, BJJ
• Prediction - Iaquinta by KO
• Thoughts - I still don't care for Randy's dumb wiener kid.

Heavyweight - Soa "The Hulk" Palelei vs Nikita "Al Capone" Krylov

• Palelei's Style - Striking
• Krylov's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Palelei by KO
• Thoughts - Krylov looks like a total dorkus malorkus.

Prelim Card (Fox Sports 1)

Bantamweight - Chico "The King" Camus vs Kyung Ho "Mr. Perfect" Kang

• Camus's Style - Kickboxing
• Kang's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Camus by TKO

Welterweight - Pascal "Panzer" Krauss vs Hyun Gyu "The Ace" Lim

• Krauss's Style - Grappling
• Lim's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Krauss by decision

Flyweight - Louis "Goodnight" Gaudinot vs Tim Elliott

• Gaudinot's Style - BJJ, kickboxing
• Elliott's Style - Muay thai, wrestling
• Prediction - Elliott by decision

Lightweight - Jamie Varner vs Gleison Tibau

• Varner's Style - Wrestling, excuses
• Tibau's Style - Grappling, cutting weight
• Prediction - Tibau by decision

Main Card (PPV)

Featherweight - Erik "New Breed" Koch vs Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier

• Koch's Style - Kickboxing
• Poirier's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Koch by KO
• Thoughts - Does Poirier have a new contract that says he can only fight similar-looking bald headed white guys? Also, this fight should be really fun.

Heayvweight - "Big" Ben Rothwell vs Brandon "The Truth" Vera

• Rothwell's Style - Kickboxing
• Vera's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Prediction - Rothwell by KO

Featherweight - Chad "Money" Mendes vs Clay "The Carpenter" Guida

• Mendes's Style - Wrestling, Brozilian Jiu Jitsu
• Guida's Style - Wrestling, hopping
• Prediction - Mendes by TKO
• Thoughts - Post-fight, Mendes should Dougie.

Heavyweight - Frank Mir vs Josh "The Warmaster" Barnett

• Mir's Style - BJJ, SMUG MUG
• Barnett's Style - Catch wrestling
• Prediction - Barnett by submission
• Thoughts - I hope this fight is a fun grapple-fest and not a tedious kickboxing match.

Lightweight - Benson "Smooth" Henderson vs Anthony "Showtime" Pettis

• Henderson's Style - Grappling
• Alternate Henderson Nicknames - Benson "And Hedges" Henderson, Benson "Bendo" Henderson, "Robert Guillaume" Benson Henderson
• Pettis's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
• Prediction - Henderson by submission
• Thoughts - The first fight was pretty much the best thing ever, and the greatest way to cap off the amazing radness that was WEC. This fight has a lot to live up to, but I think it's going to be AWESOME.

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Preliminary Card (Facebook/YouTube)

Middleweight - Clifford Starks vs Yoel "Soldier of God" Romero

• Starks's Style - Wrestling
• Romero's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction -  Romero by TKO
• Thoughts - Yoel Romero pulled off the best ankle pick in the history of takedowns.

Lightweight - Anthony "The Assassin" Njokuani vs "Relentless" Roger Bowling

• Njokuani's Style -Striking
• Bowling's Style - Wrestling, striking
• Prediction -  Njokuani by KO
• Thoughts - Remember that time Njokuani head kicked a fleeing Chris Horodecki? That was hilarious, mostly because Horodecki looks like he's twelve years old, and there isn't anything funnier than a child taking a head kick.

Bantamweight - TJ Dillashaw vs Hugo "Wolverine" Viana

• Dillashaw's Style - Wrestling
• Viana's Style - Boxing
• Prediction -  Dillashaw by submission

Preliminary Card (FX)

Lightweight - Tim "The Dirty Bird" Means vs Jorge "Gamebred" Masvidal

• Means's Style - Striking
• Masvidal's Style - Muay Thai
• Prediction -  Masvidal by KO

Flyweight - Joseph "Joe B-Wan Kenobi" Benavidez vs Darren "BC" Uyenoyama

• Benavidez's Style - Grappling, Joe-Jitsu
• Uyenoyama's Style - Grappling
• Prediction -  Benavidez by Joe-mission

Lightweight - Ramsey Nijem vs Myles "Fury" Jury

• Nijem's Style - Grappling
• Jury's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
• Prediction -  Jury by submission

Middleweight - Francis "Limitless" Carmont vs Lorenz "The Monsoon" Larkin

• Carmont's Style - Grappling, stealing decisions from Tom Lawlor
• Larkin's Style - Striking
• Prediction -  Larkin by TKO

Featherweight - Chad "Money" Mendes vs Darren "The Damage" Elkins

• Mendes's Style - Wrestling
• Elkins's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Elkins by decision
• Thoughts - Mendes is the highest Team Alpha Male on the card, so he gets the traditional TAM video link.

Main Card (Fox)

Welterweight - Jordan "Young Gun" Mein vs Matt "The Immortal" Brown

• Mein's Style - Striking
• Brown's Style - Grappling
• Prediction -  Mein by KO

Lightweight - Nate Diaz vs Josh "The Punk" Thomson

• Diaz's Style - BJJ, Boxing
• Thomson's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Diaz by submission
• Thoughts - I am surprised Thomson hasn't gotten injured in training yet, but there's still plenty of time!

Heavyweight - Daniel "DC" Cormier vs Frank Mir

• Cormier's Style - Wrestling
• Mir's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Cormier by TKO

Lightweight Title - Benson "Smooth" Henderson vs Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez

• Henderson's Style - Grappling
• Alternate Henderson Nicknames - Benson "And Hedges" Henderson, Benson "Bendo" Henderson, Benson "Robert Guillaume" Henderson
• Melendez's Style - Wrestling, letting his Soul Glo
• Prediction -Henderson by submission
• Thoughts - Team Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (WHAT?!) is going to end up 0-4 in UFC title fights. Hilarious.

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Preliminary Card - Facebook

Bantamweight - Scott "Young Guns" Jorgensen vs John "Prince" Albert

• Jorgensen's Style - Wrestling
• Mean-spirited Jorgensen Nickname - Scotty "Spotty" Jorgensen
• Albert's Style - Freestyle
• Prediction - Jorgensen wins by wrestling-centric decision
• Thoughts - Jorgensen is cool and does good fights, I hope he wins!

Preliminary Card - FX

 Featherweight - Dennis "The Menace" Siver vs Nam Phan

• Siver's Style - Kickboxing
• Phan's Style - BJJ, Karate
• Prediction - Phan wins a decision
• Thoughts - Battel of spinning back kicks and body/liver shots. Guts are going to get ruined in this one!

Lightweight - Tim "The Dirty Bird" Means vs Abel "Killa" Trujillo

• Means's Style - Striking
• Trujillo's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Tim Means war and gets a knockout victory.
• Thoughts - Ugh, Trujillo has a dumb fence tattoo, boo to that.

Lightweight - Daron "Detroit Superstar" Cruickshank vs Henry "Sicario" Martinez

• Cruickshank's Style - Wrestling
• Alternate Cruickshank Nickname - Daron "Hermione Granger's Cat" Cruickshank
• Martinez's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Cruickshank with a knockout

 Lightweight - Ramsey Nijem vs Joe Proctor

• Nijem's Style - Wrestling
• Proctor's Style - Grappling
• Alternate Proctor Nicknames - Joe "Doctor" Proctor, Joe "Proctorologist" Proctor
• Prediction - Proctor is going to submit Ramsey

Bantamweight - Rafael Assuncao vs Mike "The Hulk" Easton

• Assuncao's Style - BJJ, Muay Thai
• Easton's Style - BJJ, Tae Kwon Do
• Prediction - Easton by decision
• Thoughts - EASTON DOES NOT PLAY!

Lightweight - Yves "Thugjitsu Master" Edwards vs Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" Stephens

• Edwards's Style - Thugjitsu
• Stephens's Style - Boxing, BJJ
• Prediction - Edwards by submission
• Thoughts - Yves is like the coolest dude ever.  Win, Yves, win!

 Main Card - Fox

Welterweight - Mike "Quick" Swick vs Matt "The Immortal" Brown

• Swick's Style - Kickboxing
• Brown's Style - Judo, BJJ
• Prediction - Mike Swick will continue to be back and submit Brown with a Swickotine.
• Thoughts - This fight should be way good.

Welterweight - B.J. "The Prodigy" Penn vs Rory "Ares" MacDonald

• Penn's Style - BJJ, boxing
• Penn's Full Name - Jay Dee "Baby Jay" Penn
• MacDonald's Style - Impeccable.  Also, suplexing dudes.
• MacDonald's Previous Nickname - Rory "The Waterboy" MacDonald
• Prediction - BJ by TKO, followed by another instance of licking his opponent's blood off his gloves (Gross, BJ, gross)
• Thoughts - BJ Penn is in the greatest YouTube videos ever.  Whether he's jumping out of pools, eating food, or answering questions from Mickey's, he's amazing.

Light Heavyweight - Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson

• Rua's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Gustafsson's Style - Boxing
• Prediction - Gustafsson will is taller, blonder, and more Swedishy, so that spells TKO victory.
• Thoughts - Gustafsson has the best doggie, oh my gosh!

Main Event

Lightweight Title - Benson "Smooth" Henderson vs. Nate Diaz

• Henderson's Style - Grappling, Tae Kwon Do
• Alternate Henderson Nicknames - "Robert Guillaume" Benson Henderson, Benson "Bendo" Henderson, Benson "And Hedges" Henderson
• Diaz's Style - CESAR GRACIE JIU JITSU (WHAT?!), Boxing
• Prediciton - My heart wants a draw, my head sees Benson winning via wrestling-heavy decision, but Nate boxing Henderson up for a TKO or (impossible as it sounds), catching Bendo in a submission could happen.  Too close to call, guh!
• Thoughts -THIS FIGHT IS GONNA RULE, I DON'T WANT EITHER DUDE TO LOSE, THOUGH!

This Week in Dumb MMA

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Fights – Lots of dudes beat up some other dudes this past week.  Here are some of those occurrences.

UFC 150 was a fun event with some good moments to share.

 

Henderson vs. Edgar

Benson Henderson edged out Frankie Edgar with a controversial split decision victory to retain the Lightweight title.  It was another good fight, but Frankie Two-Times doesn’t get another rematch (Nor would Henderson have gotten one if he would have lost), instead Nate Diaz is the number one contender.  I’ll be honest, I really like Ben and I’m glad he won, but I don’t think he did enough to win that decision.  I could watch these two guys fight at least three more times.

Cerrone vs. Guillard

Melvin Guillard was in trouble before the fight started, coming in overweight on Friday (Not even bothering to cut any further), and walking to the cage while wearing sunglasses.  He just needed to walk out to Eminem to trigger every fighter curse.  He did manage to hurt Cerrone early and looked close to finishing the fight, but Cerrone managed to survive.  Cerrone hit Guillard with a big headkick, and finished things off with a punch (Though he was diving for a rear naked choke before the fight was stopped), propelling “Cowboy” up the already clogged Lightweight rankings.

Bermudez vs. Hayden

Tommy Hayden hurt Bermudez early on with a knee, but Bermudez managed to recover and simply over power Hayden.  Bermudez hits a nice front kick and finishes the fight with a standing guillotine.

Check out more Dumb Stuff after the break!

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!

This Week in Dumb MMA Stuff

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that’s less legitimate than a Bob Sapp fight.

Fights – Once again, there were a fair number of events this past week, and at least two cool moments out of all the fights.

UFC on Fox 4 was a very entertaining card (Free MMA best MMA!).  Here’s what was the most impressive.

Moraga vs. Gomez

Flyweight fights are always fun, even if they don’t wear their traditional gnome outfits.  Moraga finishes off Gomez with strikes against the cage, proving that Flyweights pack some power.

Check out a lot more fights and even a piece of news or two after the jump!