UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II

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Fight Card
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Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
Patrick Cote vs. Cung Le
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia
Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie
Mike Easton vs. Ivan Menjivar
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Gleison Tibau
Fabricio Camoes vs. Melvin Guillard
Riki Fukuda vs. Constantinos Philippou
John Alessio vs. Shane Roller
Rafaello Oliviera vs. Yoislandy Izquierdo

Not much on this card except for main event. Have liked Philippou in his last few fights (3-0 win streak), Nurmagomedov beat Kamal Shalorus in his promotional debut - will have his hands full vs Tibau, but is an impressive 17-0 in professional fights. Melvin Guillard always exciting to watch, but 0-2 lately and not been impressive getting rear-naked choked in first round of both fights...Camoes has gone 10-2-1 since 2006. Patrick Cote back in the UFC again after beating up some smaller-promotional scrubs, Cung Le might have just what he needs to get on a roll after losing to Wanderlei Silva back in November. Both Griffin and Ortiz will retire after this fight, making it a brawl and I want no part in it. And despite what Vegas thinks is a decent shot for Sonnen, I do not want to bet against a pissed-off Anderson Silva. Ick.

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More about the fights: more I look at Phillipou, the more I like him, however he's at-175 and I'm not about to lay that on him. Fukuda, unlike most Asian fighters that have came over recently, impressed in his debut. I LOLed at the weigh-ins when McKenzie tried to act bad ass vs Mendes. Guillard switched from Greg Jackson's camp and is planning a more diverse attack, but unless he's worked on his sub defense, another rear-naked is likely. Camoes has subbed seven of his opponents with rear-naked being one of his favorite choices.

Going with:

Fabricio Camoes +220 vs Melvin Guillard - line too skewed for a glaring strength vs a glaring weakness

Khabib Nurmagomedov +170 vs Gleison Tibau

Cung Le +180 vs Patrick Cote - Do not trust Cote and his up and down career - UFC wants Le to win, I'm taking him here

Tito Ortiz +240 vs Forrest Griffin - Both fighters on their way out, line should be closer. Tito going out on a win would be great for the sport

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2-2, +1.5 units

Pretty disappointed in Camoes not being able to keep Guillard down even though he had the chance a couple times in the fight - though he was outclassed during most of the fight.

Also had gripe with the judges for the Griffin/Tito decision... I'm not overly pissed, but thought Griffin didn't do enough to overcome both rounds where he was knocked down. He was more aggressive, but not overly.

Cung Le did just what I thought he would against Cote, but not as flashy as we're used to seeing him - was able to work his jab and strikes and I think that surprised Cote.