UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones Predictions

The UFC hits the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday, March 19, for UFC 128 with a card that has seen some late shuffling, yet still looks to be a solid card. A card that will feature a light heavyweight title fight for the first time in over 10 months as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (19-4) will make his first title defense against Jon Jones (12-1).

Despite such a deep division, the light heavyweight title has been one of the least defended belts in the UFC having only been put on the line three times is the last 22 months. 

Jones stepped in to face Rua for his injured teammate Rashad Evans, who was forced out of the title fight with a knee injury. The top prospect was offered the shot at the title during his post fight interview after defeating another top light heavyweight prospect in Ryan Bader at UFC 126.

The former Pride Grand Prix winner, Rua captured the UFC light heavyweight belt by defeated Lyoto Machida at UFC 113 with a first round knockout. The fight was an immediate rematch of their controversial five round fight at UFC 104 in which many thought Rua had won the fight, but the judges gave the nod to the champion instead.

UFC 128 will also feature the promotional debut of the former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber (24-4) as he’ll take on the heavy-handed Eddie Wineland (18-6-1) in the night’s co-main event. The miller brothers will once against be on the same fight card as Jim Miller will face Kamal Shalorus and Dan miller will take on Nate Marquardt. Dan was originally schedule to face Nick Catone on the nights undercard but stepped in to replace Yoshihiro Aikyama due to the massive earthquake in Japan.

What is becoming the norm for the UFC when they are on PPV, there will be aired preliminary bouts on both Facebook and SpikeTV leading into the main card. Here is how we see the fights playing out this Saturday at UFC 128, please feel free to leave your picks below in the comments section.

ON PAY-PER-VIEW AT 10 P.M ET/7 P.M. PT

MAURICIO RUA vs. JON JONES – JON JONES

URIJAH FABER vs. EDDIE WINELAND – URIJAH FABER

JIM MILLER vs. KAMAL SHALORUS – JIM MILLER

DAN MILLER vs. NATE MARQUARDT – NATE MARQUARDT

MIRKO CRO COP vs. BRENDAN SCHAUB – BRENDAN SCHAUB

ON SPIKE TV AT 9 P.M. ET/6 P.M. PT

LUIZ CANE vs. ELIOT MARSHALL – ELIOT MARSHALL

EDSON BARBOZA vs. ANTHONY NJOKUANI – EDSON BARBOZA

ON FACEBOOK AT 8 P.M. ET/5 P.M. PT

RICARDO ALMEIDA vs. MIKE PYLE – MIKE PYLE

KURT PELLEGRINO vs. GLEISON TIBAU – GLEISON TIBAU

PRELIMINARY CARD

JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ vs. IAN LOVELAND – JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ

RAPHAEL ASSUNCAO vs. ERIK KOCH – ERIK KOCH

NICK CATONE vs. COSTANTINOS PHILLIPOU * – NICK CATONE

(*) This fight will happen at a 195 lbs. catchweight, but has not been made official yet.

 


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5 Responses to UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones Predictions

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  2. Matt W. says:

    MAURICIO RUA

    URIJAH FABER

    JIM MILLER

    NATE MARQUARDT

    MIRKO CRO COP

    LUIZ CANE

    EDSON BARBOZA

    RICARDO ALMEIDA

    KURT PELLEGRINO

    JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ

    ERIK KOCH

    NICK CATONE

  3. ON PAY-PER-VIEW AT 10 P.M ET/7 P.M. PT

    JON JONES
    URIJAH FABER
    JIM MILLER
    NATE MARQUARDT
    MIRKO CRO COP

    ON SPIKE TV AT 9 P.M. ET/6 P.M. PT

    LUIZ CANE
    ANTHONY NJOKUANI

    ON FACEBOOK

    MIKE PYLE
    KURT PELLEGRINO

    PRELIMINARY CARD

    JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ
    ERIK KOCH
    COSTANTINOS PHILLIPOU

  4. VITAL277 says:

    Jones
    Faber
    Miller
    Marquardt
    Schaub
    Cane
    Barboza
    Pyle
    Pellegrino
    Benavidez
    Assuncao
    Catone

  5. hugegolfhacker says:

    MAURICIO RUA
    URIJAH FABER
    JIM MILLER
    NATE MARQUARDT
    MIRKO CRO COP
    ELIOT MARSHALL
    ANTHONY NJOKUANI
    RICARDO ALMEIDA
    GLEISON TIBAU
    JOSEPH BENAVIDEZ
    RAPHAEL ASSUNCAO
    NICK CATONE

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