UFC Fight Night - December 13th

[bass]

diego sanchez vs joe riggs - riggs has a punchers chance, but a better punchers chance than anyone diego has faced.. his striking is better than karo, alessio, and nick diaz.. if he can stop the takedown and keep diego on his feet, i could see him getting the KO or the boring decision victory.. unfortunately, i see this one ending in boring decision in favor of diego.. he will get him down eventually and keep him there doing no damage at all but not trying harder either.. unless diego surprises me and actually finishes one of his fights, i see it going to decision without much action.. one step closer to GSP destroying diego

karo parisyan vs drew fickett - tough call, i like both of them.. fickett is a strong wrestler with good submissions, karo is a judoka with wild unorthodox striking and a sick ass ground game.. it could be an interesting grappling match, but i see karo having the edge in the standup and taking it by KO.. fickett is almost too slick to get caught in a submission, unless he gives up his back.. i think karo will catch him off guard with some of his crazy strikes and either finish him on the ground with strikes or a quick submission once it hits the ground..

jeff joslin vs josh koscheck - joslin has better BJJ, better striking.. id give koscheck the edge in wrestling (obviously).. koscheck has gotten much better since he first started out, trains with AKA in san jose.. i just dont think he has ever faced someone as slick as joslin.. if he takes joslin down, he will probably regret it shortly after.. if he keeps it standing, it will make him want to take it to the ground.. i wouldnt be disappointed if koscheck won, but i see joslin taking this one by submission in the second..

shonie carter vs marcus davis - davis by KO in the first round.. i dont know how they can bring carter back into the mix.. hes a joke

luigi fioravanti vs dave menne - luigi (hometown boy, trains at the gym a bunch of my friends train at) is going to destroy menne.. luigi has sick standup, an impressive ground game, and hes making the drop from 185 to 170.. if you havent seen any of his fights besides his fight with leben, you dont know what you are missing.. since that fight he defeated solomon hutcherson, stephan potvin, and hidetaka monma.. i dont think menne has the skills to hang with the new breed of athletes that are dominating this sport nowadays.. i dont think hes DONE, but i think hes outmatched in this one.. fioravanti by KO, round 1

victor valimaki vs david heath - dont really know too too much about either of these guys, but they are both impressive.. my guy says heath by submission

brock larson vs keita nakamura - nakamura coming over from japan.. works with a GREAT team (yushin okami, caol uno), has a 13-0-2 record.. larson hasnt lost since he last last to jon fitch (also his ONLY loss, 18-1) at his last UFC appearance.. this one is a tossup.. they both are great at submissions, good striking (but not great).. im pulling for nakamura.. most japanese fighters that have come over to the UFC havent had very successful times (see yuki sasaki, dokonjonosuke mishima) with the exception of yushin okami.. hopefully nakamura can pull off the submission victory

jorge santiago vs alan belcher - didnt see belcher fight okami, but heard he did alright.. santiago is a beast.. great strikes, great ground game.. i think hes got his number.. santiago by submission, round 2

logan clark vs steve byrnes - clark is 2-0 as a pro, byrnes is 6-0 with 6 submissions.. both of clarks fights went to a decision against not so great opponents.. quick submission for steve byrnes

 

[ShiningIce]

Kos dominated Fickett. Fickett won off sheer luck. Look for Koscheck

 

[Snail Shell]

The only fight on this card I have any interest in is Sanchez vs. Riggs. Sanchez wins, he moves on to the next rung. Hopefully, it'll be Sanchez vs. Matt Hughes to see who gets first crack at GSP (after Serra gets killed). Riggs wins, the whole Welterweight division goes into turmoil as to who gets the title shots after Hughes and Penn.

Fickett and Karo - Meh. Neither's a threat to the title in this lifetime.

The only other fight I wanna see is Davis vs. Carter, just because I like Davis' game since he took a break to focus on grappling.

Snail Shell

 

[bass]

Kos dominated Fickett. Fickett won off sheer luck. Look for Koscheck

i agree fickett won that fight by chance and kos looked great in that fight, but i think joslin is on a whole different level.. kos very well could pull it off, but im thinking joslin is going to pull off the submission victory..

i used to really dislike koscheck, but he has definately grown as a fighter and i think he is going to be a force in the division.. if he can prove me wrong and take joslin out, it just makes him that much more legit as a contender

 

[ShiningIce]

If Kos loses it will be because he was outstruck. I seriously dont ever see Kos getting out grappled or submitted.

 

[bass]

If Kos loses it will be because he was outstruck. I seriously dont ever see Kos getting out grappled or submitted.

well i guess we will see tonight my friend 😎

 

[maniactickler]

Ill be tuning in.

 

[bass]

well kos was outstruck but definately not outgrappled.. joslin wasnt as slick on the ground as i had heard he was.. i saw a good ammount of openings he could have taken, but he didnt.. it was still an ok fight, kos has some sweet takedowns when its all he has left..

diego had a perfect shot both times.. the punch that dropped him, and knee that followed.. it was flawless.. i hate to say it, but it was.. good for diego, bad for riggs.. diego still has to wait another 6 months or so before he could even have the possibility of a title shot..

marcus davis has gotten alot better, but not good enough.. hes still a boxer at heart, and even for being a boxer his strikes arent that great.. good win for him, nonetheless..

karo/fickett was the fight of the night, no doubt.. that fight was great.. i definately agree with the 30-27 for karo from all three judges, but drew fickett lost absolutely nothing in that fight.. that was impressive on both ends from both fighters.. karos striking has gotten so much better, it makes me eagerly anticipate the next time he steps in the octagon

other than that, prelims, the only one i care about is my boy luigi knocked out dave menne at 4:44 of round 1, making his record 10-1 now.. he dropped to welterweight from middleweight, so id be interested to see how the fight actually went down.. hopefully its around on youtube or something sometime soon

 

[ShiningIce]

I was so psyched to see Kos win. I knew The heat would win, just didn't expect it to be so close. I also had this feeling Sanchez would pull it off. Lets face it that guy is BLESSED.