Event Primer - UFC 171

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Prelims (Fight Pass)

Featherweight - Daniel "The Pit" Pineda vs Robert "The Hammer" Whiteford

• Pineda's Style - Grappling
• Whiteford's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Pineda by submission

Middleweight - Robert "Bubba" McDaniel vs Sean "Tarzan" Strickland

• McDaniel's Style - Grappling
• Strickland's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Strickland by KO
• Thoughts - Please go away, Bubba, nobody likes you.

Flyweight - Will Campuzano vs Justin "Tank" Scoggins

• Campuzano's Style - Striking
• Scoggins' Style - Striking
• Prediction - Scoggins by KO

Lightweight - Renee Forte vs Frank "Sitkayan" Trevino

• Forte's Style - Playing loud
• Trevino's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Trevino by decision
• Thoughts - What the fuck is a "Sitkayan" ?

Prelims (Fox Sports 2)

Welterweight - Sean "Black Magic" Spencer vs Alex "The Dominican Nightmare" Garcia

• Spencer's Style - Freestyle
• Garcia's Style - BJJ, striking
• Prediction - Garcia by KO

Featherweight - Jimy "The Kid" Hettes vs Dennis "The Menace" Bermudez

• Hettes' Style - Judo
• Bermudez's Style - Wrestling, boxing
• Prediction - Bermudez by KO

Women's Bantamweight - Raquel "Rocky" Pennington vs Jessica "Bate Estaca" Andrade

• Pennington's Style - Striking, grappling
• Andrade's Style - BJJ, Muay thai
• Prediction - Andrade by decision

Welterweight - Kelvin Gastelum vs Rick "The Horror" Story

• Gastelum's Style - Wrestling, grappling
• Story's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Gastelum by submission

Main Card (PPV)

Light Heavyweight - Ovince "OSP" St. Preux vs Nikita "The Al Capone" Krylov

• St. Preux's Style - Football
• Krylov's Style - Fedora
• Prediction - Ovince by KO

Welterweight - Jake Shields vs Hector "Lightning" Lombard

• Shields' Style - American Jiu-Jitsu, rorsin' around
• Lombard's Style - Boxing, judo
• Prediction - Shields by decision

Lightweight - Diego "The Dream" Sanchez vs Myles "Fury" Jury

• Sanchez's Style - Wrestle-boxing, being a slippery lizard, DEVIL YOGA
• Jury's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
• Prediction - Sanchez by decision
• Thoughts - I would really like to see Diego not take a massive amount of brain trauma in this fight.

Welterweight - Carlos "The Natural Born Killer" Condit vs Tyron "T-Wood" Woodley

• Condit's Style - Spinning shit
• Woodley's Style - Wrestling, boxing
• Prediction - Condit by TKO
• Thoughts - Since Condit is the fighting version of Adam Scott, I want to see a MMA version of Parks and Recreation (Don Frye can be Ron Swanson)

Welterweight - Johny "Bigg Rigg" Hendricks vs "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler

• Hendricks' Style - Wrestlin', punchin'
• Lawler's Style - Punchin'
• Prediction - Lawler by TKO
• Thoughts - So sad for Hendricks that as soon as he doesn't win the welterweight title, he loses it to Lawler.

Event primer - UFC 167

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Prelims (Facebook/YouTube)

Light Heavyweight - Gian Villante vs Cody "Donnybrook" Donovan

• Villante's Style - Wrestling, football
• Donovan's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Villante by decision

Bantamweight - Sergio "The Phenom" Pettis vs Will Campuzano

• Pettis's Style - Kickboxing
• Campuzano's Style - BJJ, Tae Kwon Do
• Prediction - Pettis by KO
• Thoughts - Whenever there are relatives in fight sports, one turns out to be much better than the other almost 90% of the time. I worry things might be rough for young Sergio.

Welterweight - Jason "KC Bandit" High vs Anthony "The Recipe" Lapsley

• High's Style - BJJ
• Lapsley's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - High by submission

Prelims (Fox Sports 1)

Bantamweight - Erik "Goyito" Perez vs Edwin "El Ferroz" Figueroa

• Perez's Style - BJJ
• Figueroa's Style - Kickboxing
• Prediction - Perez by submission

Welterweight - Brian "TWAS" Ebersole vs Rick "The Horror" Story

• Ebersole's Style - Cartwheel kick, Hairrow, Guillotine Immunity
• Story's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Ebersole by KO

Middleweight - Thales Leites vs Ed "Short Fuse" Herman

• Leites's Style - BJJ
• Herman's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Leites by submission

Lightweight - Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone vs Evan Dunham

• Cerrone's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ, GETTING SOME
• Dunham's Style - Wrestling, creating a much loathed series (Wait, wrong Dunham, mulligan, do over)
• Prediction - Cerrone by submission

Main Card (PPV)

Flyweight - Tim Elliott vs Ali "Puncher" Bagautinov

• Elliott's Style - Wrestling
• Baguatinov's Style - Punching, Dagestani (AWESOME)
• Prediction - Bagautinov by TKO
• Thoughts - Flyweights own, Dagestanis own, this fight is gonna double own!

Welterweight - Josh "Kos" Koscheck vs Tyron "T-Wood" Woodley

• Koscheck's Style - Wrestling, Fraggle
• Woodley's Style - Wrestling, shrieking mom
• Prediction - Woodley by decision

Welterweight - Rory "Ares" MacDonald vs "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler

• MacDonald's Style - Kickboxing, suplexes, Hipster Gestapo fashion sense
• Lawler's Style - Punching
• Prediction - MacDonald by TKO

Light Heavyweight - "Suga" Rashad Evans vs Chael "The American Gangster" Sonnen

• Evans's Style - Wrestling, boxing, dancing
• Sonnen's Style - Wrestling, promos
• Prediction - Sonnen by decision
• Thoughts - Good analysts, BETTER ENEMIES!

Welterweight - Georges "Rush" St. Pierre vs Johny "Bigg Rigg" Hendricks

• St. Pierre's Style - Wrestling, kickboxing, riddum
• Hendricks's Style - Wrestling, PUNCH
• Prediction - Hendricks by KO
• Thoughts - The upcoming Batroc the Leaper will meet defeat at the hands of the true Captain America

Event Primer - UFC on Fox: Johnson vs Moraga

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Preliminary Card (Facebook/YouTube)

Bantamweight - John "Prince" Albert vs Yaotzin Meza

• Albert's Style -Striking
• Meza's Style -Wrestling, boxing
• Prediction -Meza by submission

Lightweight - Aaron Riley vs Justin "J-Bomb" Salas

• Riley's Style - Grappling, breaking his jaw
• Salas's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Salas by TKO (Broken jaw)

Preliminary Card (FX)

Women's Bantameweight - Julie "Fireball" Kedzie vs Germaine "The Iron Lady" de Randamie

• Kedzie's Style - Striking
• de Randamie's Style - Kickboxing
• Prediction - Kedzie by KO

Middleweight - Ed "Short Fuse" Herman vs Trevor "Hot Sauce" Smith

• Herman's Style - BJJ
• Smith's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Smith by submission

Lightweight - Yves "Thugjitsu Master" Edwards vs Daron "The Detroit Superstar" Cruickshank

• Edwards's Style - Thugjitsu, providing chips at the weigh-ins
• Cruickshank's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Edwards by submission

Lightweight - Mac Danzig vs Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard

• Danzig's Style - Grappling
• Guillard's Style - Boxing, American Whu-Hit-U
• Prediction - Guillard by KO
• Thoughts - I hope Rose Namajunas didn't beat up Melvin too badly in sparring.

Lightweight - Danny "Last Call" Castillo vs Tim "The Dirty Bird" Means

• Castillo's Style - Wrestling, Brozilian Bro-jitsu
• Means's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Castillo by decision
• Thoughts - Castillo is TEAM ALPHA MALE and we all know what that means in an event primer!

Lightweight - Michael "Maverick" Chiesa vs Jorge "Gamebred" Masvidal

• Chiesa's Style - Wrestling, BJJ, BEARD
• Masvidal's Style - Muay Thai
• Prediction - Chiesa by submission (Rear naked choke)

Main Card (Fox)

Women's Bantamweight - Liz "Girl-Rilla" Carmouche vs Jessica "Bate Estaca" Andrande

• Carmouche's Style - Striking
• Andrande's Style -Striking, grappling
• Prediction - Carmouche by TKO

Welterweight - "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler vs Bobby "Vicious" Voelker

• Lawler's Style - Punching
• Voelker's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Lawler by KO

Welterweight - Rory "Ares" MacDonald vs Jake "The Juggernaut" Ellenberger

• MacDonald's Style - Striking, grappling, fashion
• Ellenberger's Style - Wrestling, punching, insults
• Prediction - MacDonald by TKO

Flyweight - Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson vs John Moraga

• Johnson's Style - Wrestling, boxing
• Moraga's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Johnson by decision

Event Primer: UFC 157 - Rousey vs Carmouche

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Prelim (Facebook)

Welterweight - Nah-Shon "The Rock n Rolla" Burrell vs Yuri Villefort

• Burrell's Style - Striking
• Villefort's Style - Elbows
• Prediction -Burrell by KO

Welterweight - Jon Manley vs Neil Magny

• Manley's Style - BJJ, wrestling
• Magny's Style - BJJ, wrestling
• Prediction - Magny by decision
• Thoughts - Both dudes have the same style and same record, and both were on the same season of The Ultimate Fighter. I think Joe Silva is trying to figure out if one guy is the palette swapped version of the other dude.

Welterweight - Kenny Robertson vs Brock "The Machine" Jardine

• Robertson's Style - Wrestling
• Jardine's Style - Grappling, striking
• Prediction - Robertson by submission
• Thoughts - I'm still waiting on Keith Lesnar to make his UFC debut.

Prelim (FX)

Lightweight - Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout vs Caros "The Future" Fodor

• Stout's Style - Kickboxing
• Fodor's Style - Freestyle
• Prediction - Fodor by decision
• Thoughts - I always expect Ben "Phoenix Jones" Fodor to intervene in one of Caros's fights. Maybe this time he'll show up.

Featherweight - Dennis "The Menace" Bermudez vs Matt "The Real One" Grice

• Bermudez's Style - Wrestling
• Grice's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Bermudez by decision

Lightweight - Michael "Maverick" Chiesa vs Anton Kuivanen

• Chiesa's Style - Wrestling, BJJ
• Kuivanen's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Kuivanen by decision
• Thoughts - This Kuivanen hype video certainly ruffled Chiesa's feathers.

Heavyweight - Brandon "The Hybrid" Schaub vs Lavar "Big" Johnson

• Schaub's Style - Football, striking
• Johnson's Style - Punch
• Prediction - Johnson by KO

Main Card (PPV)

Welterweight - Josh "Kos" Koscheck vs "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler

• Koscheck's Style - Wrestling
• Lawler's Style - Punching
• Prediction - Lawler by KO
• Thoughts - A few years ago, this would have been a prime Fight Camp fight, American Kickboxing Academy versus Miletich Fighting Systems. Now, I just want Lawler to punch the heck out of Koscheck's weird, dumb head.

Welterweight - Court "The Crusher" McGee vs Josh "The Dentist" Neer

• McGee's Style - Karate, BJJ, wrestling
• Neer's Style - BJJ, striking
• Prediction - McGee by submission

Bantamweight - Urijah "The California Kid" Faber vs Ivan "The Pride of El Salvador" Menjivar

• Faber's Style - Brozilian Bro Jitsu, wrestling
• Menjivar's Style - Grappling, striking
• Prediction - Menjivar by submission
• Thoughts - How crazy is it that Menjivar faced a debuting Georges St. Pierre at Welterweight and only lost the fight because the referee is a dingus? SUPER DANG CRAZY. Also, TEAM ALPHA MALE ALWAYS AND FOREVER.

Light Heavyweight - Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida vs Dan "Hendo" Henderson

• Machida's Style - Karate
• Henderson's Style - Big Right Hand, wrestling
• Prediction - Henderson by KO
• Thoughts - My heart wants this prediction to come true so much. I BELIEVE IN HENDO

Women's Bantamweight Title - "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey vs Liz "Girl-Rilla" Carmouche

• Rousey's Style - Armbar, judo
• Carmouche's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Carmouche by TKO
• Thoughts - I hope that Dana doesn't scuttle the entire women's division if/when Ronda loses because he's a weird, creepy dude and doesn't think any other female fighters are marketable.