Yesterday we took a glance at the UFC 139 prelims. Jumping to the main card these days, there are a large amount of exciting fights to be observed herein. One of the actual Fighters.com family makes his long awaited return to the cage, and some of the UFC’s most popular personalities are competing at the event as well. I’ve often found these overlooked non-title cards to produce some of the best fights and everything on the main card has that potential, especially the headliner between Mauricio Rua and Dan Henderson.
Let’s get into it, shall we?
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Stephan Bonnar versus. Kyle Kingsbury
You’ve reached hand it to Kingsbury. He’s probably had the actual four quietest wins inside a row in recent history to create it to the main card here from the effervescent Bonnar. His willingness to do anything is reminiscent of his night’s opponent that has established himself as a UFC lifer together with his “never say die” function ethic, as well as his capability to dig deep and his capability to bleed easier than Oleg Taktarov as well as somehow maintain composure all through. This could easily be “Fight from the Night” based on pure will alone. Kingsbury won’t cease pushing forward and nor will Bonnar. If possibly fighter hesitates it won’t end up being for long. Bonnar’s iron chin is going to be tested often against home town boy Kingsbury’s striking and Kingsbury won't ever relent. Bonnar could take this towards the ground and have a benefit but that’s not their style. Expect a busy exciting fight from each. Bonnar rarely loses when he’s likely to win and you would need to call him the favorite arriving so that’s on their side. They might have to paint over the actual blood spots when that one is done.
Prediction: Stephan Bonnar outl. Kyle Kingsbury via TKO
Martin Kampmann versus. Rick Story
You’ve seen throughout the previous few weeks that our visitor blogger Kampmann is a lot more than ready for his go back to the Octagon. The Dane, whose last two fights have experienced controversial decisions go against him is harmonized against Story, a scrappy wrestler that had fairytale rise towards contendership at 170 lbs stifled by Charlie Brenneman in June. Kampmann still remains probably the most complete fighters at welterweight. He can punish you from a lot of angles and has already been so consistent for so long that you simply expect what he does from him every time away. Story follows an similarly consistent, yet less hyped route. He’d won six fights inside a row before the Brenneman bout and was beginning to turn heads. His dominating wrestling and strength as well as conditioning propelled him in order to impressive victories over formerly unbeaten Johny Hendricks as well as Thiago Alves. Nearing the finish of that Alves battle, however, and all through the Brenneman one, Story’s weaknesses started to prevail leaving too numerous openings for takedowns, especially within the latter, with him being unable to locate a groove after being centered. Kampmann is one of the greatest in the world from exploiting these weaknesses, and whether it’s standing or on the floor, he should find methods to break Story down as well as take the victory. Consider Kampmann via decision, as he looks to locate his footing once once again.
Prediction: Martin Kampmann outl. Rick Story via Unanimous Choice
Urijah Faber vs. John Bowles
In a accurate battle of East versus. West, California native Faber embraces the explosive Bowles in to his territory. Both males are former WEC winners, both share the exact same goal of extracting the rematch with Dominick Jones, and this is essentially a #1 contender complement. Each man has looked excellent since the WEC/UFC combine. Faber’s loss to Jones was the closest anybody have been to beating the champ in years and Bowles is undefeated minus a personal injury stoppage. Faber’s fast hands as well as compact ground sprawl let him with a of fastest and the majority of impressive submission victories throughout his championship run in WEC and that'll be his key to victory with this fight. Bowles has fast fingers and can absorb a lot of punishment to the stage where I don’t think Faber can knock him or her out by trading shots and it might be a poor decision to do this. Bowles is very good on the floor as well but doesn’t quite hold the speed Faber does sometimes. Years ago I might have said Faber would take this within the first round. Now, In my opinion Faber will walk away the victor, yet it might neither surprise me it goes the distance neither if Bowles won. This fight has the biggest disparity in booking odds at this time but might be the actual closest pick for me from the main card fights. Irrespective, I’m going to take Faber having a tireless late fight distribution.
Prediction: Urijah Faber outl. Brian Bowles via Distribution
Cung Le vs. Wanderlei Silva
Random fact only I likely worry about: Le has never taken part in MMA outside their hometown of San Jose. Points obviously don’t change right here.
This fight’s status since the co-main event puzzles me a little, but as a very long time Silva fan I can’t complain way too hard. I called Bonnar/Kingsbury my odds on at this time for FotN, but this fight might get the nod if this even makes it from the first round. Le is representing San Jose too here and fans is going to be hoping he doesn’t choke as badly since the building’s other occupant (the actual NHL‘s San Jose Sharks) perform every playoff year. He draws Silva who provides him using the perfect stylistic match-up. Silva, the actual always fearless striker, has participated in certain of MMA’s greatest wars which is definitely set to become one of his final hurrahs. After rattling off one of the biggest winning streaks this activity has ever seen, Silva’s career changed along with one swoop of Mirko Filipovic‘s lower-leg in 2006 and he's only won two of eight since that time, looking vulnerable in their losses to Chris Leben as well as Quinton Jackson. Le might not have the same 1 punch power that Leben as well as Jackson have, but his capability to strike from different angles is really a fight Silva has perhaps not had since “Cro Cop” in 2006. Silva’s heart often has got the better of him, and within the interest of pleasing fans and creating a thrilling fight he has left himself available to some massive strikes and it has paid for it with time. His last loss had been the quickest of their storied career, yet it showed that side which has endeared his fans to him for such a long time. The same fighting nature that brings him in order to Saturday, and brings him to some fight that possibly holds his career within the balance. Will Saturday whether it is? I don’t know, but I will say this is some of those times my heart informs me Silva, but my mind says Le. Unless he left everything behind while filming Tekken, Le’s technical striking ought to catch Silva off-guard as well as unless Silva can discover a way into the barrage and begin landing shots to sluggish the kickboxer down it may be the end of the street. Don’t leave your chair since this match-up probably won’t exit the very first round regardless of that wins.
Prediction: Cung The def. Wanderlei Silva by way of TKO
Dan Henderson versus. Mauricio Rua
The ageless Henderson enters the Octagon like a member of the UFC for that third time against Rua who is available in five straight knockout wins. Making it a sixth will be one of MMA’s finest feats, considering Henderson never been stopped due in order to punches in his thirty six professional fights. Not actually fifteen minutes against Silva from his peak could topple him out. Ever since Henderson set foot to the cage at UFC seventeen, with the exception of 2 or 3 fights, he has only ever faced the very best names in the sections of whichever promotion he or she was competing in. Their grappling and wrestling knowledge are matched by their explosive knockout power, which he can claim 11 of his last 18 victories. His gameplans tend to be diverse, though his objective is straightforward – score a topple out or will his method to victory. His wrestling is first class, and his ability to complete work his clinch-game facing the cage, or through mount, is almost well balanced and equally effective. It’s asurprising to understand that despite his first class grappling and his throughout ability as a fighter he's not won by distribution in nearly fifteen years however again I guess that’s in no way been his style.
After that there’s “Shogun, ” effective at solving any strange riddles from light heavyweight. He resolved the mystery of Lyoto Machida‘s incredibly elusive fight style. He determined Cyrille Diabate during their highlight reel knockout times. He even stopped Antonio Rogerio Nogueira‘s increase to prominence in 2005 enroute in order to winning the 2005 SATISFACTION Middleweight Grand Prix. Within the last eight years, Rua’s only losses came to men who possess held UFC gold and something (Mark Coleman within 2006) was only stopped because of an injury.
This battle features two strange, however similar career paths. An astounding 85% of Rua’s victories came by knockout with just one submission. Strange percentages for any Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, though when’s the final time you saw him utilize it? You’d probably have to return to his early UFC fights otherwise farther back than which. This fight should give him lots of opportunities. He’s going to possess a hard time knocking Henderson away, so he may need to resort to his BJJ skillset to consider the fight to him this way. Henderson’s going to end up being tested early, and though Rua offers great cardio when fit it wouldn’t be surprising to determine Hendo’s endurance start to show the fight his way within the late going. This should be an excellent technical match between both fighters featuring lots of action around the crate, from clinches up towards, to numerous mounts, also it wouldn’t surprise me to determine a few submission efforts thrown in. Rua will approach this fighter wiser than Fedor did, and likely won’t depart his chin out as frequently. Look for this someone to go the distance within Hendo’s favor, though likely a 29-28 kind of fight.
Prediction: Dan Henderson outl. Mauricio Rua via Unanimous Choice
That’s UFC 139 when i see it happening. It’s good to obtain a couple weeks off before we swing to the year’s end with the finish of Ultimate Fighter, and the beginning of the holiday season. It’s snowing outside my window when i finish typing this, and I understand the first snowfalls have happened in some of the areas. Stay safe available. You’re all the best readers on the planet, and I thank you again for making the effort to do this beside me.
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