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 on Fox 9

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that's hoping Pat Barry can assistant coach on Thug Rose's team on TUF.

Prelims (Facebook, YouTube)

Flyweight - Darren "BC" Uyenoyama vs Alp "Turkish Delight" Ozkilic

• Uyenoyama's Style - BJJ
• Ozkilic's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Ozkilic by TKO
• Thoughts - Ozkilic has my new favorite nickname

Prelims (Fox Sports 1)

Lightweight - "Relentless" Roger Bowling vs Abel "Killa" Trujillo

• Bowling's Style - Boxing
• Trujillo's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Trujillo by KO

Lightweight - Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout vs Cody "AK Kid" McKenzie

• Stout's Style - Kickboxing
• McKenzie's Style - McKenzietine
• Prediction - Stout by decision
• Thoughts - On paper, this looks like a terrible mauling will happen to McKenzie. Then again, he famously decreed his opponent on TUF had better striking, wrestling, cardio and strength, but that he'd still win, and he did.

Flyweight - Zach "Fun Size" Makovsky vs Scott "Young Guns" Jorgensen

• Makovsky's Style - Wrestling
• Jorgensen's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Makovsky by decision

Lightweight - Pat "Bam Bam" Healy vs Bobby "King" Green

• Healy's Style - Grappling
• Green's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Green by decision

Lightweight - Danny "Last Call" Castillo vs Edson "Junior" Barboza

• Castillo's Style - Wrestling
• Barboza's Style - Muay Thai, SONIC BOOMS
• Prediction - Barboza by TKO (Hopefully of the leg kick variety)

Welterweight - Ryan LaFlare vs Court "Crusher" McGee

• LaFlare's Style - Wrestling, omoplata sweeps
• McGee's Style - Wrestling, boxing, surviving heroin overdoses
• Prediction - LaFlare by decision

Main Card (Fox)

Lightweight - Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon vs Mac Danzig

• Lauzon's Style - BJJ, COBOL
• Danzig's Style - Grappling, photography, veganism
• Prediction - Lauzon by submission
• Thoughts - Look at what a dorkus malorkus baby Mac Danzig was

Featherweight - Chad "$Money$" Mendes vs Nik "The Carny" Lentz

• Mendes' Style - Wrestling, boxing
• Lentz's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Mendes by KO
• Thoughts - The first of three Team Alpha Male fights on the main card means it is Dougie Time!

Bantamweight - Urijah "California Kid" Faber vs Michael "Mayday" McDonald

• Faber's Style - Wrestling
• McDonald's Style - Striking, BJJ
• Prediction - Faber by decision
• Thoughts - Team Alpha Male wants to wish you a Merry Christmas.

Flyweight - Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson vs Joseph "Joe-B Won Kenobi" Benavidez

• Johnson's Style - Wrestling, grappling, super-duper speed
• Benavidez's Style - Grappling, TRAPS
• Prediction - Johnson by decision
• Thoughts - This fight is going to be forty-eight different kinds of super-rad!

Event Primer - UFC Ultimate Fight Night 26

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Preliminary Card (Facebook)

Lightweight - "Stripper" Ramsey Nijem vs James "The Texecutioner" Vick

• Nijem's Style - Wrestling
• Vick's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Vick by submission

Light Heavyweight - Cody "Donnybrook" Donovan vs Ovince "OSP" St. Preux

• Donovan's Style - BJJ
• St. Preux's Style - Boxing, wrestling, football
• Prediction - St. Preux by KO

Featherweight - Manvel "The Anvil" Gamburyan vs Cole "Magrinho" Miller

• Gamburyan's Style - Judo
• Miller's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Miller by decision

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Featherweight - Diego "Cerea" Brandao vs Daniel "The Pit" Pineda

• Brandao's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Pineda's Style - Muay Thai, wrestling
• Prediction - Brandao by KO

Featherweight - Mike Brown vs "Super" Steven Siler

• Brown's Style - BJJ
• Siler's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Siler by decision

Featherweight - "Notorious" Conor McGregor vs Max "Blessed" Holloway

• McGregor's Style - Boxing
• Holloway's Style - Striking
• Prediction - McGregor by KO

Bantamweight - Brad "One Punch" Pickett vs Michael "May Day" McDonald

• Pickett's Style - Boxing
• McDonald's Style - Kickboxing, Yah Mo BJJ There
• Prediction - McDonald by submission

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Lightweight - Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon vs Michael "the Menace" Johnson

• Lauzon's Style - BJJ
• Alternate Lauzon Nickname - "Creepy" Joe Lauzon
• Johnson's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Lauzon by submission

Middleweight - Uriah "Prime Time" Hall vs John "Doomsday" Howard

• Hall's Style - Striking, apologies
• Howard's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Hall by KO

Welterweight - Matt "The Immortal" Brown vs Mike "Quicksand" Pyle

• Brown's Style - Striking, grappling, scrapping, returning from death
• Pyle's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Brown by TKO
• Thoughts - Argh, I don't want either of these cool dudes to lose. Dang you, Joe Silva!

Bantamweight - Urijah "The California Kid" Faber vs Yuri Alcantara

• Faber's Style - Wrestling, Brozilian jiu-jitsu
• Alcantara's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Faber by submission (BROLLOTINE CHOKE)
• Thoughts - I say, I sure wish I knew how to Dougie. What's that, Team Alpha Male? You can teach me? Wow, you are the best shirtless dude-bros around!

Heavyweight - Alistair "The Reem" Overeem vs Travis "Hapa" Browne

• Overeem's Style - Muay Thai
• Browne's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Prediction - Overeem by KO

Light Heavyweight - Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs Chael Sonnen

• Rua's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Sonnen's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Sonnen by decision
• Thoughts - I am really enjoying Chael's The Genius/Lanny Poffo poetry schtick.

Event Primer - TUF 17 Finale

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that's shocked a guy named "Meathead" would have fucking atrocious opinions on anything.

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

Event Primer: UFC 157 - Rousey vs Carmouche

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that drinks in Chael P. Sonnen's every word.

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.

This Week in Dumb MMA Stuff

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that’s less polite than Shinya Aoki after breaking arms.

Fights - There were no major fights, and there will never be any more major fights again (I'll get to this in the news section), so let's look at some Z-grade fights.

K-1 is a kickboxing organization, and I really don't pay enough attention to it.  They put on an event this past Saturday, so I decided to watch it, and I realized I need to pay more attention to K-1.  The fights were fun and exciting, with lots of finishes.  Since the format is only 3x3-minute rounds, the fighters don't waste time and just attack.  Here's Part 1 and Part 2 for your viewing pleasure.

Brett Bassett vs Mike Ling

Here's two guys fighting in Jordan, but not for very long.  Bassett catches a kick from Ling and drops him with an overhand right.

Paulo Filho vs Murilo Rua

Paulo Filho had a rematch with Murilo Rua in Brazil that was six years in the making.  Filho won the first fight by unanimous decision.  The years have not been kind to either man, as Filho has battled mental health issues and drug addiction, while even before the first fight, Rua has suffered a lot of brain trauma from multiple knockouts.  This fight doesn't go the distance, nor does it make it out of the first round or even minute.  There's some controversy about the stoppage by referee Mario Yamasaki, but I'd much rather have an early stoppage than someone like Rua take undue punishment.  Of course, to me, the real issue is either man being allowed to fight, but Brazil is crazy about MMA

News - Lots of news items, most of them are pretty depressing for fight fans.

Urijah Faber Sups Upon the Metaphysical Milkshake

Here is former WEC Featherweight champion Urijah "the California Kid" Faber on Rainn "Dwight Schrute" Wilson's van-based talk show, Metaphysical Milkshake, talking mostly about his book, or rather, his "mem-wire", The Laws of the Ring.  Urijah is a fairly charismatic guy, and he's not a horrible person, so I'm always happy to see him do well, even if I mock his Team Alpha Male group's methods.  And, of course, I can't forget Urijah's vacation experience in Bali that resulted in the line "It takes more than twelve Balinese with weapons to kill the California Kid"

Potential Warning - Semi-Gross Images

Chris Weidman had elbow surgery to remove some animal cracker chunks that somehow got lodged inside his arm, so of course he had to share the photographic evidence.  Also included is a picture of Mark Munoz's similar elbow-chunk haul from earlier in the year.  Weidman should make a decent recovery to fight for the number one contender spot if there actually are any more UFC fights ever again.

End Potential Gross Images

As for the constant comments about no more UFC, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Jose Aldo have both pulled out of their fights at UFC 153 due to injuries.  I fully expect this to continue until all fighters are hurt all the time and this "sport" of MMA is canceled entirely.

Don't forget, TUF 16 premieres this Friday.  Luckily everything has already been taped, so it's a thing that we will get to see!