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UFC 74 Results

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:57:00 -0700

Here are the Results from UFC 74 Respect.

Main Event:

UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga

Undercard:

170 lbs.: Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck
155 lbs.: Joe Stevenson vs. Kurt Pellegrino
205 lbs.: Renato â€œBabaluâ€ Sobral vs. David Heath
155 lbs.: Marcus Aurelio vs. Clay Guida
155 lbs.: Roger Huerta vs. Alberto Crane
185 lbs.: Thales Leites vs. Ryan Jensen
185 lbs.: Kendall Grove vs. Patrick Cote
Heavy.: Frank Mir vs. Antoni Hardonk

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Gabriel Gonzaga might just lose

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:49:43 -0700

I just looked at some weigh in photos for UFC 74 and I think Gabriel Gonzaga looks a little chunky. Gonzaga has had conditioning problems in the past, but seemed to overcome them in his fight with Mirko Cro Cop (which he looked to be in great shape for).

Randy Couture is a big time cardio freak and Gonzaga should be coming in to this fight ready to go five hard rounds with Randy. I'm sure that seeing Gabriel's belly gave Randy a big confidence boost at the weight ins.

Fight night is tonight...UFC 74!

UFC 74 Weigh-In Results

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:36:11 -0700

These are the official UFC weight in results from UFC.com

UFC Heavyweight Championship
Gabriel Gonzaga (252) vs Randy Couture (228.5)

Josh Koscheck (170) vs Georges St-Pierre (170)
Joe Stevenson (155) vs Kurt Pellegrino (155)
Kendall Grove (184) vs Patrick Cote (184.5)
Alberto Crane (155) vs Roger Huerta (155)

David Heath (205) vs Renato â€˜Babaluâ€™ Sobral (204)
Frank Mir (255) vs Antoni Hardonk (244)
Thales Leites (186*) vs Ryan Jensen (185)
Marcus Aurelio (155) vs Clay Guida (155)

* It's worth noting that Thales Leites was originally 188, but weighed in at 186 two hours later.

All Randy Couture tonight on Spike TV

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:06:27 -0700

Starting tonight at 10:00pm (ET/PT) Spike TV will be featuring Randy "The Natural" Couture, the current UFC heavyweight champion. This is of course a prelude to this weekends UFC 74 event which features a heavyweight title bout between Randy Couture and Gabriel Gonzaga.

Also on this weekends UFC 74 Fight Card is Josh Koscheck taking on MMA wizard Georges St Pierre.

The schedule tonight on Spike TV

10:00pm UFC Unleashed
11:00pm Countdown to UFC 74 Couture vs Gonzaga
midnight UFC all access : Randy Couture

For those of you who miss it tonight, it looks like Spike TV will be replaying the all access and countdown portions on Saturday starting at 5:30pm ET/PT

UFC 74 starts at 7:00pm PT/10:00pm ET on Saturday August 25th.

UFC 74 Predictions

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:47:00 -0700

UFC 74 is being held on August 25th and features two big matches. Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga and
Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck. Before I give my UFC 74 Predictions, here is the UFC 74 Fight Card

Main Event:

UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga

Undercard:

170 lbs.: Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck
155 lbs.: Joe Stevenson vs. Kurt Pellegrino
205 lbs.: Renato â€œBabaluâ€ Sobral vs. David Heath
155 lbs.: Marcus Aurelio vs. Clay Guida
155 lbs.: Roger Huerta vs. Alberto Crane
185 lbs.: Thales Leites vs. Ryan Jensen
185 lbs.: Kendall Grove vs. Patrick Cote
Heavy.: Frank Mir vs. Antoni Hardonk

I am going to move backward through this fight card, probably because I need more time to consider Gonzaga vs Couture

UFC 74 Predictions

Frank Mir vs. Antoni Hardonk
This appears to be the classic grappler (BJJ specialist) vs striker matchup. 4 years ago I would have given this one to Mir hands down. Nothing has changed. I believe Mir will take this to the ground and finish Hardonk.
Prediction : Frank Mir by submission.

Kendall Grove vs. Patrick Cote
Cote lookeds strong in his last outing (in the TKO organization), but Grove is coming off a big win of his own. I'll take Grove based on his all around game and recent performances. He's just more consistent.
Prediction : Kendall Grove

Thales Leites vs. Ryan Jensen
Some people have expressed concern over me giving predictions without justifying them. This is one of those cases. I think Thales Leites will win this fight. No justification...take it for what it's worth.
Prediction : Thales Leites

Roger Huerta vs. Alberto Crane
Huerta is too strong, too good.
Prediction : Roger Huerta

Marcus Aurelio vs. Clay Guida
Aurelio is a master of submissions, but Guida has proven that he can handle himself on the ground. I'm going to take Clay Guida in this fight. It could be fight of the night.
Prediction : Clay Guida

Renato â€œBabaluâ€ Sobral vs. David Heath
Babalu has suffered some setbacks recently, but I still believe he is one of the top 10-15 205 pounders in the world. He has his chance here to prove it, or move on.
Prediction : Renato â€œBabaluâ€ Sobral

Joe Stevenson vs. Kurt Pellegrino
I think there are only two fighters at 155 who can beat Joe Stevenson when he's on his game. BJ Penn and Sean Sherk. This is unfortunate news for Kurt Pellegrino.
Prediction : Joe Stevenson

Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck
Josh Koscheck has the best takedowns of any welterweight (Matt Hughes included). He is also probably the best wrestler at 170. Kos also has shown that his standup fighting is much better than it was 2 years ago. With all that said, Georges St Pierre is the best welterweight in the world (sorry to the two Matt's, it's just my opinion). Kos won't be able to stand with Georges, taking him down is extrememly difficult and if he does he might get subbed. Looking for a TKO or guillotine finish here.
Prediction : Georges St Pierre

Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
Youth vs experience, strength vs strategy, look at this fight any way you want; this is a tough fight to pick. On one hand, Gonzaga appears to be the future of heavyweight MMA, but I've declared that based mostly on one victory. A victory against one of the best strikers in MMA, but not against one of the most rounded fighters we've seen (Mirko Cro Cop).

To recap that fight, Gonzaga caught one of Mirko's leg kicks early, took him down and beat on him for about 3 1/2 minutes. The ref stood the fight up and Gonzaga shocked the world by KO'ing Mirko with a high kick to the head. Now, Randy isn't going to throw a leg kick at Mirko's mid section and won't be taken down so easily...as for that high kick, it's one of those things, could have happened to anybody, but it's a high risk move against a fighter like Randy Couture who'll put you on your back and make you pay for it.

As for Randy Couture, he's 44 years old, too small to be a heavyweight...but Never Ever count Randy Couture out. He's great at applying strategy. He's one of the best wrestlers in MMA and at 44 years old he's still learning. If there is a way for a 44 year old guy who walks around at 220 pounds to defeat Gabriel Gonzaga, Randy will find it.

I picked Tim Sylvia to defeat Randy Couture, big mistake on my part. Gabriel Gonzaga is closer in style to Ricco Rodriguez than Tim Sylvia though and Randy had big trouble with Ricco. Still, I have to go with the sentimental favourite, but I woudn't put any money on this fight

Prediction : Randy Couture

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