Been real busy around these parts with all the hoopla surrounding the return of the NHL so things have been neglected around here a bit lately. But that said It’s gonna be a real exciting UFC 131 card on Saturday night in Vancouver. The card was actually much better about a month ago but injuries have forced numerous good fighters off the card. (Brock Lesnar, Court Mcgee, and Mac Danzig) But there’s still 4 Canadians on the card including Winnipeg’s own Krzysztof Soszynski. I’m picking the odds on favourite in all but 2 of the fights, only going against oddsmakers for 2 of the Main Card fights.
UFC 131 Picks
Shane Carwin Def Junior Dos Santos via TKO – Really torn on this one and think it can go either way. But as I say when in doubt go with the guy with one punch knockout power.
Kenny Florian Def Diego Nunes – Short and Sweet for K-Flo who’s moving down a weight class.
Demian Maia Def Mark Munoz – Upset in the making.
Dave Herman Def Jon Olav Einemo – The Norweigian is making his UFC debut. He has a 6 and 1 MMA record but yet to beat anyone really good.
Donald Cerrone Def Vagner Rocha – Rocha an injury replacement and we’ll find out why on Saturday.
Sam Stout Def Yves Edwards – Stout the Canuck will have his hands full but I’m giving him the nod.
Chris Weidman Def Jesse Bongfeldt – Bongfeldt also Canadian but he’s out of his league in this one.
Krzysztof Soszynski Def Mike Massenzio – This is the 3rd fighter scheduled to face KSOS on this card with the first 2 dropping out with injuries. Massenzio was cut by the UFC and brought back for this fight. Should be an easy payday for the Winnipegger.
Nick Ring Def James Head – Ring a Canadian looked awful in his UFC debut and would have lost if not for some horrendous judging. But I’ll give him this one.
Dustin Poirier Def Jason Young – Poirier 9-1 and won UFC debut over Josh Grispi.
Aaron Rosa Def Joey Beltran – Beltran on 2 fight losing streak.
Michihiro Omigawa Def Darren Elkins – Omigawa a japanese legend but he’s been unable to adapt to the UFC style. He’s 12-9 overall but 0-3 in the UFC. He’ll finally get win #1 in Van City.
Good Luck with your picks
Also in the news Josh Koscheck has filed a lawsuit against fellow UFC fighter Stephan Bonnar. The suit relates to Bonnar’s use of Koscheck’s image in his T-shirt line dubbed “Trash Talking Kids”. (A take off Garbage Pail Kids) Here’s a link to the shirt in question…
http://fighterxfashion.com/trash-talkin-kids-t-shirts/
Also need to mention the UFC recently changed their rules and beginning next month all main event cards will be 5 rounds in length. Great decision for 2 reasons. Much less chance of a draw and 5 Round fights have a much higher stoppage rate. And the less fights that go to the judges the better!!!
Enjoy the fights ! ! !
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