Event Primer - TUF 17 Finale

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Preliminary Card (Facebook)

Featherweight - Justin "The American Kidd" Lawrence vs Daniel "The Pit" Pineda

• Lawrence's Style - Striking
• Pineda's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Lawrence by KO

Featherweight - Sam Sicilia vs Maximo "Maxi" Blanco

• Sicilia's Style - Wrestling, striking
• Blanco's Style - Wrestling, striking, knee to the butt
• Prediction -  Blanco by KO

Featherweight - Cole "Magrinho" Miller vs Bart "Bartimus" Palaszewski

• Miller's Style - Submissions
• Palaszewski's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Palaszewski by TKO

Preliminary Card (FuelTV)


Middleweight - Clint "Headbussa" Hester vs Bristol Marunde

• Hester's Style - Striking
• Marunde's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Hester by TKO

Middleweight - Dylan "The Villain" Andrews vs Jimmy "Crash" Quinlan

• Andrews's Style - Wrestling, boxing
• Quinlan's Style - Wrestling, BJJ, stories
• Prediction - Quinlan by submission

Middleweight - Luke "The Bigslow" Barnatt vs Collin Hart

• Barnatt's Style - Striking, tall
• Hart's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction -Barnatt by TKO

Middleweight - Josh Samman vs "King" Kevin Casey

• Samman's Style - DOUBLE PUNCH
• Casey's Style - BJJ, rapping
• Prediction - Samman by TKO
• Thoughts - I would prefer the meteor to win this one.

Main Card (FX)

Middleweight - Bubba "The Menace" McDaniel vs Gilbert "Jamal" Smith

• McDaniel's Style - Losing hilariously
• Smith's Style - Complete inability to wear shirts
• Prediction - Smith by super destruction. Bubba is a big honkin' pile of dumb.

Heavyweight - Travis "Hapa" Browne vs Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga

• Browne's Style - Striking
• Gonzaga's Style - BJJ, life tips
• Prediction - Gonzaga by submission

Women's Bantamweight - Miesha "Cupcake" Tate vs "Alpha" Cat Zingano

• Tate's Style - Wrestling
• Tate's Former Nickname - Miesha "Takedown" Tate
• Zingano's Style -BJJ
• Zingano's Maiden Name - "Hey, Hey, Hey, It's" Cat Albert (I'm not saying divorce Mr. Zingano, but Cat Albert is such a boss name, maybe be an 'independent' married lady for a hot minute).
• Prediction - Zingano by decision
• Thoughts - Winner gets to do the following unenviable things: 1. Coach against Ronda Rousey in, according to Joe "DURR" Rogan, the sure to be rape-filled madhouse that is the upcoming co-ed season of TUF. 2. Fight Ronda Rousey, attempt to win the women's Bantamweight title, or at the very least, keep all limbs intact.

Middleweight TUF Finals - Uriah "Prime Time" Hall vs Kelvin Gastelum

• Hall's Style - MurderDeathKickboxing
• Gastelum's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Gastelum by TKO
• Thoughts - Holy cow, this was a great season of TUF, and I really like both these dudes.

Bantamweight - Urijah "The California Kid" Faber vs Scott "Young Guns" Jorgensen

• Faber's Style - Brozilian Bro Jitsu, Thong-Bang Muay Thai
• Jorgensen's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Jorgensen by decision
• Thoughts - If you've been to this blog before, you know what this is. TEAM ALPHA MALE

This Week in Dumb MMA Stuff

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that's less intense than Gegard Mousasi.

Fights - A whole lot of fights went down, so let's not waste any time and get right into the action.

SFL 13 - Super Fight League crowned a bunch of champions on Friday as it was their last show of the year.

Khan vs Eidehlouei

Jamshed Khan defeated Rouhollah Eidehlouei due to retirement at the end of round two.

Check out a ton more fights, plus pure craziness after the jump!

Mega Event Primer - 2 TUFs, Tony

TUF: The Smashes Finale - I didn't watch this version of The Ultimate Fighter, so I'm completely lost on a bunch of these dudes.  Whatever, that's never stopped me before!

Preliminary Card (FuelTV)

Light Heavyweight - Nick "The Quiet Assassin" Penner vs Cody "Donnybrook" Donovan

• Penner's Style - Striking
• Donovan's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Penner by KO
• Thoughts - If Penner can knock out Butterbean, he can knock out Donovan.

Lightweight - Brendan Loughnane vs Mike "The Warrior" Wilkinson

• Loughnane's Style - Punches
• Wilkinson's Style - Wrestle-boxing
• Prediction - Wilkinson by submission

Welterweight - Ben "Benny Blanco" Alloway vs Manuel "Chalate" Rodriguez

• Alloway's Style - Punches
• Rodriguez's Style - Submissions
• Prediction - Alloway by punches because his nickname intrigues me.

Welterweight - Mike Pierce vs Seth "Polish Pistola" Baczynski

• Pierce's Style - Wrestling
• Baczynski's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Pierce by furious, wrestley, decision

Light Heavyweight - Igor Pokrajac vs Joey "The Mexecutioner" Beltran

• Pokrajac's Style - Striking
• Beltran's Style - Punches
• Prediction - Beltran by TKO

Featherweight - Chad "Money" Mendes vs Yaotzin Meza

• Mendes's Style - Wrestling, Brozilian Bro-Jitsu
• Meza's Style - Wrestle-boxing
• Prediction - Mendes via Brolotine choke
• Thoughts - Obligatory Team Alpha Male video.

Main Card (FX)

Middleweight - Hector "Lightning" Lombard vs Rousimar "Toquinho" Palhares

• Lombard's Style - Boxing, judo
• Palhares's Style - BJJ, leg-murder
• Alternate Palhares Names - Who's Omar Paul Harris, Rousimar Paul Harris, Paul Harris
• Prediction - Palhares is going to remove one of Lombard's legs.
• Thoughts - I hope these two squat, boxy men have a fun fight

TUF: The Smashes Lightweight Final - Colin "Freakshow" Fletcher vs  "Stormin" Norman Parke

• Fletcher's Style - Submissions
• Parke's Style - Wrestling, Judo
• Prediction - Fletcher by submission

TUF: The Smashes Welterweight Final - Robert Whittaker vs Brad "Bear" Scott

• Whittaker's Style - Striking
• Scott's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Scott by KO

Lightweight - George Sotiropoulos vs Ross "The Real Deal" Pearson

• Sotiropoulos's Style - BJJ
• Pearson's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Pearson by TKO
• Thoughts - Sotiropoulos has one of my favorite groin shot disqualifications ever.  It wasn't an accident, he just walked up to Shinya Aoki and punted him in the dick.

TUF 16: Carwin vs Nelson Finale - I actually watched this season, but all the fighters were meh, so only the final round of the tournament is on the card, ha!

Preliminary Card (Facebook)

Flyweight - Jared "The Jackhammer" Papazian vs Tim Elliott

• Papazian's Style - Boxing
• Elliott's Style - Muay Thai, wrestling
• Prediction - Elliott by submission

Lightweight - Mike "The Wolverine" Rio vs John Cofer

• Rio's Style - Grappling
• Cofer's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Rio by decision

Bantameweight - Reuben "Hurricane" Duran vs Hugo "Wolverine" Viana

• Duran's Style - Striking
• Viana's Style - Boxing
• Prediction - Viana by TKO.
• Thoughts - Man, I kind of want to see Rio vs Viana for rights to "Wolverine" as a nickname

Preliminary Card (FuelTV)

Welterweight - TJ Waldburger vs Nick "The Jersey Devil" Catone

• Waldburger's Style - BJJ
• Catone's Style - Wrestling, BJJ, boxing
• Prediction - Waldburger by submission

Lightweight - Vinc "From Hell" Pichel vs Rustam "Tiger" Khabilov

• Pichel's Style - Striking
• Khabilov's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Pichel by KO

Bantamweight - Johnny "Brutal" Bedford vs Marcos "Vina" Vinicius

• Bedford's Style - Wrestling
• Vinicius's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Bedford by decision
• Thoughts - Part of me wants Vinicius to KO Bedford so we can get another "Do you know where you are?" "Ohio?" moments from TUF (Bedford was in Las Vegas at the time he said that)

Welterweight - Mike "Quicksand" Pyle vs James Head

• Pyle's Style - Striking, BJJ
• Head's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Pyle by submission

Main Card (FX)

Featherweight - Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier vs Jonathan Brookins

• Poirier's Style - BJJ
• Brookins's Style - Wrestling
• Prediciton - Poirier by submission

Lightweight - Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard vs Jamie Varner

• Guillard's Style - Boxing, American Whu-Hit-U (Yes, best fight style!)
• Varner's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Guillard by KO
• Thoughts - I still hate Jamie Varner.

Heavyweight - Pat "HD" Barry vs Shane Del Rosario

• Barry's Style - Kickboxing
• Del Rosario's Style - Muay thai, BJJ
• Prediction - Barry by Leg Kick TKO
• Thoughts - I'm glad Barry got ambushed and had his head shorn so maybe now he'll kick dudes way hard instead of looking for submissions.

TUF 16 Welterweight Final - Mike "The Martian" Ricci vs Colton Smith

• Ricci's Style - Dapper
• Alternate Ricci Nickname - "Handsome" Mike Ricci
• Smith's  Style - Wrestling, Military
• Prediction - Colton is going to do a bunch of wrestles and win a decision

Heavyweight - Roy "Big Country" Nelson vs Matt "Meathead" Mitrione

• Nelson's Style - BJJ, Boxing
• Mitrione's Style - Football, Kinda Crazy
• Prediction - Mitrione by decision
• Thoughts - Nelson's show to have a very good chin in his recent fights, so Mitrione won't knock him out, and

This Week in Dumb MMA Stuff

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that’s spiraling downwards more than Drew Fickett.

Fights - In addition to the Bellator, Super Fight League (PUNCH KICK WOW) and random grab bag fights, there was also World Series of Fighting 1 going down on Saturday.  Hooray for new MMA organizations!

Bellator 79 - There were some vicious beatings doled out to people with ridiculous choices in personal grooming (So, pretty standard for a MMA event).

Minakov vs. Starcencov

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Bellator has a ton of Russian fighters, and sometimes, they get matched up (Though Starcencov is technically Russian-Canadian).  Vitaly Minakov punched Vladimir Starcencov in the face for a while until Vladimir fell down.

Ford vs. Baker

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In the first of two "guy what looks dumb gets beaten up" fights, Ryan Ford punched the ridiculous out of Kyle Baker's mustache and bald head on the way to a unanimous decision victory.

Check out more from Bellator, SFL, WSoF, and much more after the jump!