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UFC 79 Results

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Wed, 2 Jan 2008 08:03:56 -0700

A quick rundown of the UFC 79 Results

Georges St. Pierre def. Matt Hughes via submission
Chuck Liddell def. Wanderlei Silva via unanimous decision
Eddie Sanchez def. Soa Palelei via TKO
Lyoto Machida def. Rameau Sokoudjo via submission
Rich Clementi def. Melvin Guillard via submission
James Irvin def. Luis Cane via disqualification
Manny Gamburyan def. Nate Mohr via submission
Dean Lister def. Jordan Radev via unanimous decision
Roan Carneiro def. Tony DeSouza via TKO (strikes)
Mark Bocek def. Doug Evans via unanimous decision

UFC 79 Results

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:02:52 -0700

UFC 79 is the biggest UFC event of the 2007 season. This is the spot to find UFC 79 Results, bookmark this link and return on fight night (or after) for full UFC 79 Results. UFC 79 is being held on December 29th and is sure to be one of the best fight cards of 2007. Here's a quick run-down of the UFC 79 fight card.

Main Card:

Georges St Pierre vs Matt Hughes (Interim welterweight title fight)
Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva

Undercard:

Roan Carneiro vs Tony DeSouza
Doug Evans vs Mark Bocek
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs Lyoto Machida
Rich Clementi vs Melvin Guillard
Dean Lister vs Jordan Radev
Eddie Sanchez vs Soa Palalei
Manny Gamburyan vs Nate Mohr

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UFC 79 Predictions

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:47:37 -0700

UFC 79 is going to be one amazing night. With the long awaited Liddell vs Silva matchup and GSP vs Hughes 3 on the card, but wait...there's more. Sokoudjou makes his debut, against Machida no less! How about the return of Manny Gamburyan, a very promising lightweight fighter. Don't forget to return here for our UFC 79 Results Here's the UFC 79 fight card:

Main Card:

Matt Hughes vs Georges St Pierre
Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva

Undercard:

Luis Cane vs James Irvin
Manny Gamburyan vs Nate Mohr
Dean Lister vs Jordan Radev
Roan Carneiro vs Tony DeSouza
Doug Evans vs Mark Bocek
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs Lyoto Machida
Rich Clementi vs Melvin Guillard
Eddie Sanchez vs Soa Palalei

Now for my UFC 79 Predictions. I've been holding off on these quite simply because I am having trouble picking winners in a couple of the fights, but here are my UFC 79 predictions, for better or worse.

Matt Hughes vs Georges St Pierre
There isn't a tougher fight on the card to pick than Georges St Pierre vs Matt Hughes. In their last fight, Georges dominated the standup, stuffed takedowns and eventually knocked Matt Hughes to the mat with a big kick and followed up with good ground and pound to finish.

In their first matchup, Hughes won by armbar submission after what I thougth was a very even round.

I always try to get into the head of a fighter before a fight, will Hughes try to play off GSP's TKO loss to Serra and try to stand with Georges? I think that would be a big mistake. Will GSP try to play off his recent wrestling domination of Josh Koshcheck and try to put Matt Hughes on his back? That too would be a mistake in my opinion. So if both of these guys work to their strengths instead of the others' weakness, who wins? Can Hughes take GSP to his back and ground and pound a victory? Can GSP catch Hughes standing again? A tough fight to call and GSP has only had a month of training for this fight. In the end I have to go with GSP, I think he's the more well rounded fighter with more tools to win. GSP might survive a Hughes attack on the ground, but I don't think that Hughes can stand and trade with GSP and as they say every round starts standing...and there are 5 rounds. Look for a flying knee this time on a Hughes takedown attempt.

UFC 79 Prediction : Georges St Pierre

Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva
If picking a winner between Hughes and St Pierre was tough, then how hard is this fight to predict? I am glued to the screen any time either of these two guys fight, they are two of my favourites. If this fight was being held under Pride rules, in a ring (i.e. foot stomps, knees to a downed opponent, etc) then I would take Wanderlei Silva to win this fight. The UFC rules definitely favour Chuck Liddell's style, but Liddell still must find a way to win. Straight hard punches and a good sprawl are in Chuck's favour here, but he must...absolutely must land the first couple of big shots or he will get mauled just like Rampage did.

For Wanderlei, he just needs to do what he does best, punch hard, punch often, clinch, knee, win. I think that Chuck's best days may be behind him. He will be motivated for this fight like no other fight before, but there is only one Randy Couture, everyone ages and Chuck's time at the top may be over. Silva will look to follow Jardine's footprint (to some extent) and use leg kicks from the outside and if he can avoid the one big right hand from Chuck he should come out on top.

UFC 79 Prediction : Wanderlei Silva

Manny Gamburyan vs Nate Mohr
I'll take Manny in this fight based on level of competition in the past.

UFC 79 Prediction : Manny Gamburyan

Dean Lister vs Jordan Radev
I believe that Dean Lister has the better ground game and he will take it there and dominate.

UFC 79 Prediction : Dean Lister

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs Lyoto Machida
Initially I was going to give this one to Sokoudjou, then I remembered Houston Alexander. This fight reminds me a lot of Alexander's last fight (a loss) and for that I am giving it to Lyoto Machida. Expect me to change this prediction before fight time....

UFC 79 Prediction : Lyoto Machida

Rich Clementi vs Melvin Guillard
I hope that Melvin Guillard has put his troubles behind him. If he has, then he should have no trouble defeating Clementi.

UFC 79 Prediction : Melvin Guillard

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Upcoming UFC Events

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:25:14 -0700

There are a number of UFC events on the horizon. Of course the one everybody is waiting for is UFC 79 where Matt Hughes will take on Georges St Pierre for the third time and for me it doesn't get any better than Wanderlei Silva stepping into the Octagon against Chuck Liddell.

There are a few good UFC events to watch in the upcoming two months:

UFC best of 2007 (December 4th on Spike)
Ultimate Fighter Finale (December 8th on Spike)
- Featuring Clay Guida vs Roger Huerta (and Ultimate Fighter finals)
UFC 79 (December 29th on PPV)
- Featuring Chuck Liddell vs Wanerlei Silva and Matt Hughes vs Georges St Pierre
UFC Fight Night (January 23rd on Spike)
UFC 80 (January 19th on ? (in England, possibly Spike?)
- Featuring BJ Penn vs Joe Stevenson
UFC 81 (February 2nd on PPV)
- Featuring Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir

The best of 2007 is sure to be a hit with UFC fans and it will of course be free on Spike TV.

December 8th will showcase some of the best two fighters in the 155lb division. Clay Guida and Roger Huerta are two fighters who "bring it" every time they step into the cage. I don't care where this fight goes, it will be exciting.

What more can I say about the December 29th card. If you are going to order one UFC PPV this year, then order this card. The two co main event bouts will be spectacular and the card is stacked from end to end. What a nice late Christmas present from the UFC to the fans...if only it was free too.

On January 19th the UFC lightweight picture becomes a bit clearer as BJ Penn (one of my all time favorites) takes on Joe Stevenson. These are two submission masters, but I think the difference here may be experience...BJ Penn is good everywhere and he's made of rubber. I like Joe Stevenson, but I just don't see any position where he has an advantage over Penn.

On January 23rd, 2008 Corey Hill will once again step into the Octagon. If you watched the 155lb season of the Ultimate Fighter you will definitely remember hill. After all, how many 155lb fighters walk around at 6 feet 4 inches?

Despite his inexperience, Hill had good showings during the show with a victory over Rob Emerson and a loss to eventual winner Nate Diaz.

Hill brings a good amatuer wrestling background and (of course) a decisive reach advantage into every fight.

Gray Maynard will also be fighting on January 23d. Maynard had a good showing and was an early favorite to take the season.

On February 2nd we get to find out two things.
1) Is Frank Mir going to make another run at the UFC heavyweight title?
2) Is Brock Lesnar for real?

Of course, UFC Results will have the full event results here.

UFC Interim Welterweight Title Match December 29th

nospam@example.com (Johnny MMA) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:08:08 -0700

It looks like there will be a welterweight title match at UFC 79 after all. As you know Matt Serra is out with a back injury, but UFC.com announced that Georges St Pierre will fight Matt Hughes on the UFC 79 card for the interim welterweight title.

Hughes and St Pierre have fought twice, each winning once. Hughes defeated St Pierre by armbar submission and St Pierre returned the favour by TKO'ing hughes in their rematch belt.

The winner of this bout will face Matt Serra (once his back injury heals) to consolidate the belts. In my opinion, this is really the match that should have happened anyway. It's a good call by the UFC.