Event Primer - UFC on Fox 9

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Prelims (Facebook, YouTube)

Flyweight - Darren "BC" Uyenoyama vs Alp "Turkish Delight" Ozkilic

• Uyenoyama's Style - BJJ
• Ozkilic's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Ozkilic by TKO
• Thoughts - Ozkilic has my new favorite nickname

Prelims (Fox Sports 1)

Lightweight - "Relentless" Roger Bowling vs Abel "Killa" Trujillo

• Bowling's Style - Boxing
• Trujillo's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Trujillo by KO

Lightweight - Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout vs Cody "AK Kid" McKenzie

• Stout's Style - Kickboxing
• McKenzie's Style - McKenzietine
• Prediction - Stout by decision
• Thoughts - On paper, this looks like a terrible mauling will happen to McKenzie. Then again, he famously decreed his opponent on TUF had better striking, wrestling, cardio and strength, but that he'd still win, and he did.

Flyweight - Zach "Fun Size" Makovsky vs Scott "Young Guns" Jorgensen

• Makovsky's Style - Wrestling
• Jorgensen's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Makovsky by decision

Lightweight - Pat "Bam Bam" Healy vs Bobby "King" Green

• Healy's Style - Grappling
• Green's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Green by decision

Lightweight - Danny "Last Call" Castillo vs Edson "Junior" Barboza

• Castillo's Style - Wrestling
• Barboza's Style - Muay Thai, SONIC BOOMS
• Prediction - Barboza by TKO (Hopefully of the leg kick variety)

Welterweight - Ryan LaFlare vs Court "Crusher" McGee

• LaFlare's Style - Wrestling, omoplata sweeps
• McGee's Style - Wrestling, boxing, surviving heroin overdoses
• Prediction - LaFlare by decision

Main Card (Fox)

Lightweight - Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon vs Mac Danzig

• Lauzon's Style - BJJ, COBOL
• Danzig's Style - Grappling, photography, veganism
• Prediction - Lauzon by submission
• Thoughts - Look at what a dorkus malorkus baby Mac Danzig was

Featherweight - Chad "$Money$" Mendes vs Nik "The Carny" Lentz

• Mendes' Style - Wrestling, boxing
• Lentz's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Mendes by KO
• Thoughts - The first of three Team Alpha Male fights on the main card means it is Dougie Time!

Bantamweight - Urijah "California Kid" Faber vs Michael "Mayday" McDonald

• Faber's Style - Wrestling
• McDonald's Style - Striking, BJJ
• Prediction - Faber by decision
• Thoughts - Team Alpha Male wants to wish you a Merry Christmas.

Flyweight - Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson vs Joseph "Joe-B Won Kenobi" Benavidez

• Johnson's Style - Wrestling, grappling, super-duper speed
• Benavidez's Style - Grappling, TRAPS
• Prediction - Johnson by decision
• Thoughts - This fight is going to be forty-eight different kinds of super-rad!

Event Primer - UFC Ultimate Fight Night 26

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Preliminary Card (Facebook)

Lightweight - "Stripper" Ramsey Nijem vs James "The Texecutioner" Vick

• Nijem's Style - Wrestling
• Vick's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Vick by submission

Light Heavyweight - Cody "Donnybrook" Donovan vs Ovince "OSP" St. Preux

• Donovan's Style - BJJ
• St. Preux's Style - Boxing, wrestling, football
• Prediction - St. Preux by KO

Featherweight - Manvel "The Anvil" Gamburyan vs Cole "Magrinho" Miller

• Gamburyan's Style - Judo
• Miller's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Miller by decision

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Featherweight - Diego "Cerea" Brandao vs Daniel "The Pit" Pineda

• Brandao's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Pineda's Style - Muay Thai, wrestling
• Prediction - Brandao by KO

Featherweight - Mike Brown vs "Super" Steven Siler

• Brown's Style - BJJ
• Siler's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Siler by decision

Featherweight - "Notorious" Conor McGregor vs Max "Blessed" Holloway

• McGregor's Style - Boxing
• Holloway's Style - Striking
• Prediction - McGregor by KO

Bantamweight - Brad "One Punch" Pickett vs Michael "May Day" McDonald

• Pickett's Style - Boxing
• McDonald's Style - Kickboxing, Yah Mo BJJ There
• Prediction - McDonald by submission

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Lightweight - Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon vs Michael "the Menace" Johnson

• Lauzon's Style - BJJ
• Alternate Lauzon Nickname - "Creepy" Joe Lauzon
• Johnson's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Lauzon by submission

Middleweight - Uriah "Prime Time" Hall vs John "Doomsday" Howard

• Hall's Style - Striking, apologies
• Howard's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Hall by KO

Welterweight - Matt "The Immortal" Brown vs Mike "Quicksand" Pyle

• Brown's Style - Striking, grappling, scrapping, returning from death
• Pyle's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Brown by TKO
• Thoughts - Argh, I don't want either of these cool dudes to lose. Dang you, Joe Silva!

Bantamweight - Urijah "The California Kid" Faber vs Yuri Alcantara

• Faber's Style - Wrestling, Brozilian jiu-jitsu
• Alcantara's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Faber by submission (BROLLOTINE CHOKE)
• Thoughts - I say, I sure wish I knew how to Dougie. What's that, Team Alpha Male? You can teach me? Wow, you are the best shirtless dude-bros around!

Heavyweight - Alistair "The Reem" Overeem vs Travis "Hapa" Browne

• Overeem's Style - Muay Thai
• Browne's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Prediction - Overeem by KO

Light Heavyweight - Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs Chael Sonnen

• Rua's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Sonnen's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Sonnen by decision
• Thoughts - I am really enjoying Chael's The Genius/Lanny Poffo poetry schtick.

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