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MMA Valor – Random Thoughts

The last several days news has been dropping like crazy. When this happens we like to review many of these topics in one single post.

- Martin Kampmann has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 111 match with Ben Saunders due to a nasty facial cut above his right eye. Click the link but be warned its pretty nasty http://bit.ly/d8G6IA. Jake Ellenberger has stepped in for Kampmann and will face Ben Saunders at UFC 111.

Chael Sonnen is running for Oregon state Representative, following in Matt Linland’s footsteps. ~ The guy is talking about a title shot with Anderson Silva yet he also wants to be in politics. To beat Silva he will need to focus 100% on MMA and not 60/40 between MMA & politics.

UFC 109 Fight Bonuses and Tito being Tito

A good night of fights tonight at UFC 109 with some good finishes sprinkled in with a lot of decisions. The finish by Randy Couture was a bit of a pleasant surprise as many thought he’d win but by a decision and to pull out a submission was nice. That was only the second submission is Couture’s UFC career (21 fights) and that’s saying a lot. The great thing was that wasn’t even the submission of the nightas that went to Paulo Thiago for his D’arce choke submission of Mike Swick.  

UFC 109: Relentless Predictions

The UFC will hold it’s first ever main event featuring two present Hall of Famers Saturday in Las Vegas when Randy Couture faces Mark Coleman. The fight has been labeled many things from old-timers day to the battle of legends and really they are all true. The thing i hear though what strikes meas the most outrageous and rather far fetched is that the winner could be next in line for a title shot. I know they are legends but the 205lbs division is pretty deep and either fighter should have to fight a top 5 guy first before title shot talk. It is a business though and if couture were to win the UFC might give him a title shot before he retires, again.

I went 4-2 with my Strikeforce: Miami picks bringing me up 23-13-1 for the year. Here are my picks for UFC 109:

Main event:
205 lbs.: Randy Couture over Mark Coleman via Unanimous Decision

Main card (Televised):
185 lbs.: Nate Marquardt over Chael Sonnen via 2nd rd TKO
170 lbs.: Mike Swick over Paulo Thiago via 2nd rd TKO
185 lbs.: Demian Maia over Dan Miller via 2nd rd Submission
170 lbs.: Matt Serra via Frank Trigg via 3rd rd Submission

Under card (May not be broadcast):
155 lbs.: Mac Danzig over Justin Buchholz via 2nd rd. TKO
155 lbs.: Ronnys Torres over Melvin Guillard via 1st rd Submission
185 lbs.: Rob Emerson over Phillipe Nover via Unanimous Decision
205 lbs.: Phil Davis over Brian Stann via Unanimous Decision
265 lbs.: Chris Tuchscherer over Tim Hague via 2nd rd TKO
265 lbs.: Rolles Gracie over Joey Beltran 1st rd Submission