Event primer - UFC 169

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Prelims (Fight Pass)

Welterweight - Neil Magny vs Gasan "Cobra" Umalatov

• Magny's Style - Grappling
• Umalatov's Style - Sambo (I mean, probably, right?), being a diacritical mark
• Prediction - Umalatov by submission
• Thoughts - Go away, Neil Magny, nobody from TUF 16 is any good

Lightweight - Rashid "Highlander" Magomedov vs Tony Martin

• Magomedov's Style - Sambo
• Martin's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Magomedov by decision

Middleweight - Clint "Headbussa" Hester vs Andy "Tank Mode" Enz

• Hester's Style - Striking
• Enz's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Hester by KO
• Thoughts - This is kind of a decent set of nicknames from both dudes.

Prelims (Fox Sports 1)

Lightweight - Al "Raging" Iaquinta vs Kevin "Mo-Town Phenom" Lee

• Iaquinta's Style - Boxing, BJJ
• Lee's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Iaquinta by decision
• Thoughts - Serra-Longo Fight Team continues to roll. STRONG ISLAND, BABY!

Middleweight - Tom "Kong" Watson vs Nick "The Jersey Devil" Catone

• Watson's Style - Boxing
• Catone's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Catone by decision

Flyweight - Chris "Kamikaze" Cariaso vs Danny "The Gremlin" Martinez

• Cariaso's Style - Striking
• Martinez's Style - Punching
• Prediction - Martinez by decision

Lightweight - John "The Bull" Makdessi vs Alan "Nuguette" Patrick

• Makdessi's Style - Striking, wonky eye
• Patrick's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Patrick by submisison

Main Card (PPV)

Lightweight - Jamie Varner vs Abel "Killer" Trujillo

• Varner's Style - Wrestling
• Trujillo's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Trujillo by KO
• Thoughts - You go away, too, Jamie Varner.

Flyweight - John "Hands of Stone" Lineker vs Ali "Puncher King" Bagautinov

• Lineker's Style - Striking, missing weight
• Bagautinov's Style - Punching
• Prediction - Bagautinov by TKO, Lineker comes in at least 2 pounds heavy

Heavyweight - Alistair "Demolition Man" Overeem vs Frank Mir

• Overeem's Style - Kickboxing
• Mir's Style - BJJ, Smug
• Prediction - Overeem by KO
• Thoughts - Both of these guys lose in very funny ways, so this fight should be stupid-entertaining

Featherweight - Jose "Junior" Aldo vs Ricardo "The Bully" Lamas

• Aldo's Style - Muay Thai, soccer
• Lamas' Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Aldo by KO

Bantamweight - Renan "Barao" Pegado vs Urijah "The California Kid" Faber

• Pegado's Style - BJJ, Muay Thai, being a Nosferatu
• Faber's Style - Wrestling, BANG Muay Thai, Dougie-ing
• Prediction - Barao by decision

Event Primer - UFC 165

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Prelims (Facebook/YouTube)

Heavyweight - Nandor "The Hun" Guelmino vs Daniel Omielanczuk

• Guelmino's Style - Tae Kwon Do
• Omielanczuk's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Omielanczuk by submission
• Thoughts - I will never not think Guelmino is an Elf and want to call him Noldor.

 Bantamweight - Roland "Stunning" Delorme vs Alex "Bruce Leeroy" Caceres

• Delorme's Style - BJJ, judo
• Caceres's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Delorme by submission

Lightweight - Jesse "The Body Snatcher" Ronson vs Michel "Trator" Prazeres

• Ronson's Style - Striking
• Prazeres's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Ronson by decision

Lightweight - John "The Bull" Makdessi vs Renee Forte

• Makdessi's Style - Striking
• Forte's Style - BJJ, Striking
• Prediction - Makdessi by KO

Prelims (Fox Sports 1)

Bantamweight - Mitch Gagnon vs Dustin "The Diamond" Kimura

• Gagnon's Style - BJJ
• Kimura's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Kimura by decision

Welterweight - Chris "The Menace" Clements vs Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson

• Clements's Style - Striking
• Thompson's Style - Kickboxing, karate
• Prediction - Thompson by KO

Bantamweight - Ivan "The Pride of El Salvador" Menjivar vs Wilson Reis

• Menjivar's Style - BJJ
• Reis's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Menjivar by submission

Lightweight - Mike "The Martian" Ricci vs Myles "The Fury" Jury

• Ricci's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
• Alternate Ricci Nickname - "Handsome" Mike Ricci
• Jury's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
• Prediction - Jury by TKO

Main Card (PPV)

Lightweight - Pat "Bam Bam" Healy vs Khabib "The Eagle" Nurmagomedov

• Healy's Style - BJJ
• Nurmagomedov's Style - Sambo
• Prediction - Nurmagomedov by decision
• Thoughts - This fight should be fifty kinds of awesome.

Middleweight - Costa "The Cyprus Slugger" Philippou vs Francis "Limitless" Carmont

• Philippou's Style - Boxing
• Carmont's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Philippou by TKO

Heavyweight - Brendan "The Hybrid" Schaub vs Matt "Meathead" Mitrione

• Schaub's Style - Boxing, BJJ
• Mitrione's Style - Kickboxing
• Prediction - Schaub by decision
• Thoughts - Schaub looked like a total dork at Metamoris II, Mitrione said terrible, ignorant things about Fallon Fox. I would really like it if both guys got eaten by bears before the fight.

Bantamweight - Renan "Barao" Pegado vs Eddie Wineland

• Pegado's Style - BJJ, Muay Thai
• Wineland's Style - Kickboxing, wrestling
• Prediction - Pegado by submission

Light Heavyweight - Jon "Bones" Jones vs Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson

• Jones's Style - Wrestling, striking
• Alternate Jones Nickname - Jon "Snitchster Christian" Jones
• Gustafsson's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Jones by TKO

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.