Event Primer - UFC on Fuel: Silva vs Stann

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Prelims (Facebook)

Welterweight - Marcelo "Magrao" Guimaraes vs Hyun Gyu "The Ace" Lim

• Guimaraes's Style - BJJ
• Lim's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Lim by KO

Bantamweight - Alex "Bruce Leeroy" Caceres vs Kyung Ho "Typhoon" Kang

• Caceres's Style - Striking, submissions
• Kang's Style - Submissions
• Prediction - Kang by submission

Lightweight - Cristiano Marcello vs Kazuki Tokudome

• Marcello's Style - BJJ
• Tukodome's Style - Striking
• Prediction -Tokudome by KO
• Thoughts - Remember the time Marcello fought Krazy Horse backstage at Pride? That was cool.

Bantamweight - Takeya Mizugaki vs Bryan "Kid Lightning" Caraway

• Mizugaki's Style - Striking
• Caraway's Style - Wrestling, BJJ
• Prediction - Mizugaki by TKO

Middleweight - Riki Fukuda vs Brad Tavares

• Fukuda's Style - Wrestling
• Tavares's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Fukuda by decision

Main Card (Fuel)

Welterweight - Dong Hyun "Stun Gun" Kim vs Siyar "The Great" Bahadurzada

• Kim's Style - Judo, grappling, bitch-slapping Nate back to 209
• Bahadurzada's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Kim by decision
• Thoughts - Kim's been busy doing obstacle courses!

Lightweight - Mizuto "Pugnus" Hirota vs Rani Yahya

• Hirota's Style - Striking, ground and pound
• Yahya's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Hirota by TKO

Middleweight - Yushin "Thunder" Okami vs Hector "Lighting" Lombard

• Okami's Style - Wrestling
• Lombard's Style - Boxing, judo
• Prediction - Okami by decision
• Thoughts - This might be the best nickname matchup Joe Silva concocted since John "Doomsday" Howard beat Dennis "Superman" Hallman. Also, YUSHIN OKAMI, THANK YOU!

Lightweight - Takanori "The Fireball Kid" Gomi vs Diego "The Dream" Sanchez

• Gomi's Style - Striking, wrestling
• Sanchez's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Sanchez by TKO
• Thoughts - YES! YES!

Heavyweight - Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt vs Stefan "Skyscraper" Struve

• Hunt's Style - Kickboxing, STRONG, HEAD OF STEEL
• Struve's Style - BJJ, kickboxing
• Prediction - Hunt by KO
• Thoughts - #RallyForMarkHunt is now #HuntForTheGold. Also, Stefan Struve is just Joe Lauzon after saying "INYUK CHUK" like Apache Chief.

Main Event: Light Heavyweight - Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva vs Brian "All American" Stann

• Silva's Style - Muay thai, Axe murderings
• Stann's Style - Striking, MCMAP
• Prediction - Silva by TKO
• Thoughts -During this fight, you should play these two songs on repeat.

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!