10 Questions Answered at UFC 117

August 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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[Editor's note: Already over the past week we've celebrated the MSF debuts of Pat Suley and Kurt Allen. Today we add another name to the list: Mike Tenant.

Mike is a veteran of the online world, having been published already at LifeHacker.com and Mademan.com, among others. He is a Chicago native, a Notre Dame fan, and, like me, a Midwest native no longer living in the Midwest (he lives in Orange County, CA).

Here at MSF, Mike will be covering MMA, the Fighting Irish, and anything else that piques his sports interest. His debut post below discusses the recently completed UFC 117.]

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The UFC rocked Oakland on Saturday night with a stacked Pay Per View event. Featuring a middleweight title fight and what were supposed to be two title eliminator bouts, UFC 117 definitely lived up to the billing.

The main event was certainly one to remember, with Anderson Silva needing a miraculous – and very cool looking – submission in the fifth and final round to hold on to his belt.

Here are 10 questions that UFC 117 answered – for better or worse.

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Filed Under: MMA Tagged With: Anderson Silva, Chael Sonnen, Jon Fitch, Junior Dos Santos, Matt Hughes, MMA, Roy Nelson, Stefan Struve, Thiago Alves, ufc, UFC 117, UFC results

Plenty Of Tasty Appetizers On UFC 100 Menu

July 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment

UFC 100 Undercard Odds and PredictionsA lot of people who examine UFC fight cards – not the UFC 100 fight card in particular – seem to complain that there is usually one or two big fights worth watching and then there is a slew of just so-so tilts.

That’s not that case at the UFC’s 100th anniversary of events. Dana White is making a big splash and a big statement – particularly to the boxing world – that UFC is deep enough to boast a card of tantalizing fights from start to finish. While we all know about the Frank Mir-Brock Lesnar, George St. Pierre-Thiago Alves, Michael Bisping-Dan Henderson breakdowns, here’s a look at some of the lesser fights on the UFC 100 odds and some predictions.

Paulo Thiago versus Jon Fitch

Fitch is basically the biggest favorite on the entire evening as the UFC odds makers are not expecting him to slip up against Thiago.

Fitch is a -410 favorite and Jon “Bones” Jones and George St. Pierre are next in line.

Fitch is a very good wrestler and he’ll be looking to take Thiago to the ground from the get-go. That’s bad news for Thiago, who doesn’t match up well in that realm.

Sports pick: Fitch

Mark Coleman versus Stephan Bonnar

How old is Mark Coleman? Put it this way: he fought in UFC 10 and is now set to fight at UFC 100. He’s lasted 90 UFC events and is one of the few athletes in all of sports that is both in the Hall of Fame and is still participating.

He’s a popular fighter but he’ll be up against a tough, savvy, desperate veteran in Stephan Bonnar. Bonnar has a tough chin and he knows that another loss would mean bad news for him in the UFC. Look for him to scrap out a tough win.

Coleman looked completely wiped by the second round of his January bout with Shogun Rua, which might mean that Coleman doesn’t even have it in him to last three rounds.

Jake O’Brien versus Jon Jones

We mentioned that Jones is one of the biggest favorites on the fight card and I’m betting management set this up as a showcase for their 21-year-old star.

Jake O’Brien is basically just a stepping stone for Jones. Jones is heading to bigger and better things and this is just another win for him.

Filed Under: MMA, Sports Betting Tagged With: Jon Fitch, MMA, Paulo Thiago, ufc, UFC 100