UFC 80 Predictions

Here are my UFC 80 Predictions. UFC 80 Will be held in England on January 19th, 2007. Once you're done reading these, bookmark the site and come back on fight night (or the next day) for UFC 80 Results.

BJ Penn vs Joe Stevenson
I believe that Joe Stevenson is probably in the top 5 in the UFC lightweight division, I can even give him top 3, but I don't believe he's as good as BJ Penn. The UFC lightweight division rankings (according to me) goes like this:

1&2) BJ Penn and Sean Sherk
Joe Stevenson
Kenny Florian
Hermes Franca
Spencer Fisher
...
So, I'm picking BJ Penn. I believe he has better standup and better BJJ. If Stevenson hopes to win this fight then he'd better have better wrestling than BJ and be able to hold him down for 5 rounds.

UFC 80 Prediction : BJ Penn

Gabriel Gonzaga vs Fabricio Werdum
If you'd like my favourite to win this fight, it's easily Gabriel Gonzaga. His last two outings were spectacular, both in victory (over Mirko Cro Cop) and in defeat (against Randy Couture). Werdum is definitely not one of my favourite fighters, but is still a very solid heavyweight.

UFC 80 Prediction : Gabriel Gonzaga

Sam Stout vs Per Eklund
Sam Stout has been in bigger fights and has better striking with good takedown defense.

UFC 80 Prediction : Sam Stout

Kendall Grove vs Jorge Rivera
With Kendall having lost his last bout to Patrick Cote I expect a much more focused and better Kendall Grove to show up. I expect this one to end early.

UFC 80 Prediction : Kendall Grove

Alessio Sakara vs James Lee
In theory Sakara should make a good fight of this (he's fought the better competition so far), but Lee has the better record in big fights (and overall). I'm going to go against the grain and pick Lee in this match.

UFC 80 Prediction : James Lee

The rest of my UFC 80 Predictions will be posted soon...

Marcus Davis vs Jess Liaudin
Marcus Davis has a better record against better fighters and should be a no-brainer to win this fight. If there is something that Liaudin has in his favour it is home field advantage and he's fought at the last two UFC's in Europe.

UFC 80 Prediction : Marcus Davis

Jason Lambert vs Wilson Gouveia
Jason Lambert holds victories over tough competition like Terry Martin, Renato Sobral and Marvin Eastman. Wilson Gouveia does not have such an impressive resume, but is coming off a three fight win streak.

UFC 80 Prediction : Jason Lambert

Antoni Hardonk vs Colin Robinson
Antoni Hardonk is still looking to find his way in MMA. He has an outstanding standup game, but needs work elsewhere. That said, Colin Robinson might be just the ticket. He is also a good standup fighter posting most of his victories by TKO or KO. Although the record favours Robinson, the opposition favours Hardonk.

UFC 80 Prediction : Antoni Hardonk.

Paul Taylor vs Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly is undefeated and I'm picking him to keep his streak alive.

UFC 80 Prediction : Paul Kelly

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