Event Primer - UFC on Fuel: Pegado vs McDonald

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Prelims (Facebook)

 

Flyweight - Phil "Billy" Harris vs Ulysses "Useless" Gomez

• Harris' Style - BJJ
• Gomez's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Gomez by submission
• Thoughts - Rousimar's little brother looks nothing like him.

 

Bantamweight - Vaughan "Love" Lee vs Motonobu Tezuka

• Lee's Style - Grappling
• Tezuka's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Tezuka by decision
• Thoughts - Guys like Riki Fukuda and Yushin Okami might have been All-Japan wrestlers, but I'm pretty sure Tezuka is a New Japan wrestler.

 

Middleweight - Tom "Kong" Watson vs Stanislav "Stucky" Nedkov

• Watson's Style - Striking
• Nedkov's Style - Striking, grappling, pecan logs
• Prediction - Nedkov by TKO

 

Featherweight - Andy "The Little Axe" Ogle vs Josh "The Fluke" Grispi

• Ogle's Style - Striking, weeping
• Grispi's Style - Submissions
• Prediction - Grispi by submission

 

Lightweight - Paul "Sassangle" Sass vs Danny "Last Call" Castillo

• Sass' Style - Triangles, heel hooks
• Castillo's Style - Wrestling, Brozilian Bro-Jitsu
• Prediction - Sass by Sassangle
• Thoughts - I don't care if he's not in the video. Any time Team Alpha Male fights, I will post this, the most TAM video ever.

 

Lightweight - Terry Etim vs Renee Forte

• Etim's Style - Luta Livre, grappling
• Forte's Style - Being loud
• Prediction - Etim by submission
• Thoughts - Etim's fighting for the first time since The Kick, also known as "Edson Barboza just MurderDeathKilled a dude!"

 

Main Card (Fuel)

 

Welterweight - Che "Beautiful" Mills vs Matthew "Deep Waters" Riddle

• Mills' Style - Striking
• Riddle's Style - Wrestling, striking
• Prediction - Mills by KO
• Thoughts - Riddle should maybe never talk to anyone ever again.

 

Light Heavyweight - James Te-Huna vs Ryan "Big Deal" Jimmo

• Te-Huna's Style - Wrestling
• Jimmo's Style - Striking, wrestling
• Prediction - Jimmo by KO

 

Welterweight - Gunnar "Gunni" Nelson vs Jorge "The Sandman" Santiago

• Nelson's Style - Submissions
• Santiago's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Nelson by decision

 

Light Heavyweight - Jimi "Poster Boy" Manuwa vs Cyrille "The Snake" Diabate

• Manuwa's Style - Striking
• Diabate's Style - Boxing
• Prediction - Manuwa by TKO

 

Featherweight - Cub Swanson vs Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier

• Swanson's Style - Freestyle
• Poirier's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Poirier by submission

 

Interim Bantamweight Title - Renan "Barao" Pegado vs Michael "MayDay" McDonald

• Pegado's Style - BJJ
• McDonald's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ, Yacht Rock/Smooth Music
• Prediction - McDonald by KO
• Thoughts - Interim title defenses are really stupid. "Renan Barao-Rao-Rao" is not, it's cool.

UFC on Fuel - Struve vs. Miocic Primer

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 UFC's running a free card from England tomorrow, which is good, but it's not on tape delay to the US, so prelim fights start at like 1:30 ET.  Normally when I do an event primer I cover the entire card, but I've got to be honest, there are a lot of dudes on the undercard that I don't know anything about (This isn't really that different from most cards, I'm just using it as an excuse to be lazy), so I'll just cover the main card.

Welterweight:  “Beautiful” Che Mills vs. Duane “Bang” Ludwig

• Mills’s Style – Muay Thai
• Ludwig’s Style – Kickboxing
• Prediction – Ludwig will do a knockout upon Mills to make the Englishers sad.
• Thoughts – Ludwig is way cool, because he’s got one of the fastest knockouts in UFC history against JohnathanGoulet, plus he did the crane kick pose while beating the crap out of ShadSmith one time.

Welterweight:  John “the Hitman” Hathaway vs. John Maguire

• Hathaway’s Style – Freestyle
• Maguire’s Style – Gypsy Jiu-Jitsu
• Prediction – Maguire via submission

Lightweight:  Paul “Sassangle” Sass vs. “Handsome” Matt Wiman

• Sass’s Style – Jiu-jitsu, Luta livre
• Wiman’s Style – Brazilian jiu-jitsu
• Prediction – Sass by triangle/heel hook combo, since those are the only ways he wins fights.

Bantamweight:  Brad “One Punch” Pickett vs. Yves “Tiger” Jabouin

• Pickett’s Style – Striking
• Jabouin’s Style – Striking
• Prediction – I’m taking Pickett by knockout

Welterweight:  Dan “the Outlaw” Hardy vs. Amir Sadollah

• Hardy’s Style – Boxing, child fighting
• Sadollah’s Style – Muay Thai
• Prediction – Sadollah will outpoint Hardy to a decision.  He might do some wrestling to Hardy, too.

Heavyweight:  Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve vs. Stipe Miocic

• Struve’s Style – Jiu-jitsu, tall
• Miocic’s Style – Wrestle-boxing, baseball
• Prediction – Struve with a submission on Miocic
• Thoughts – Struve falls down in funny ways a lot

Check out Struve falling down in a floppy, baby giraffe heap after the jump!