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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

UFC on Fox 5 Event Primer



Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that’s more one dimensional than Ronda Rousey.


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

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

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!

Thursday, August 2, 2012

UFC on Fox 4 Primer

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that's less relevant than Harold Howard!

From time to time, I’ll try to provide a quick rundown and primer on upcoming MMA events.  Basically let you know who these jerks are, what they do, if there’s anything particularly hilarious that’s happened to them in a fight.

This Saturday, the UFC is back on Fox for a night of free fights with an interesting stipulation for the two co-main events.  Whoever wins in the more impressive fashion will be the next number one contender to the Light Heavyweight title, taking on the winner of Jon Jones and Dan Henderson (Please, please, please win Dan!).

UNDER CARD

"Useless" Ulysses Gomez vs. John Moraga
  • Gomez's Style - Brazilian jiu-jitsu
  • Moraga's Style - Wrestling
  • What will probably happen?  I have no idea!  I don't know either fighter, but I've heard of Gomez, so I'll say he gets the win by submission.


Manvel "Anvil" Gamburyan vs. Michihiro Omigawa
  • Gamburyan's Style - Judo
  • Omigawa's Style - Judo
  • What will happen?  I'm going to guess/hope Omigawa takes it, mainly because I once read a description of him as being a cross between Manny Pacquiao and a Carebear.

Phil De Fries vs. Oli Thompson
  • De Fries' Style - Brazilian jiu-jitsu
  • Thompson's Style - World's Strongest Man
  • What will happen?  De Fries will submit Thompson in a display of laughable English offensive wrestling against nonexistent English defensive wrestling.

Josh "Fluke" Grispi vs. Rani Yahya
  • Grispi's Style - Submissions
  • Yahya's Style - Brazilian jiu-jitsu
  • What should happen?  Yahya will submit Grispi

Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis vs. Wagner "Caldeirao" Prado
  • Davis' Style - Wrestling
  • Prado's Style - Muay Thai kickboxing
  • What should happen?  Davis will submit Prado, hopefully with another Mr. Wonderful

Cole "Magrinho" Miller vs. Nam Phan
  • Miller's Style - Brazilian jiu-jitsu
  • Phan's Style - Boxing
  • What should happen?  Miller with a submission victory.
Check out the main card breakdown with much more thought and effort put into it after the jump!