*ESB MMA Prediction League: UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill**May 28th**

Jackson TKO2
Mir UD
Struve TKO1
Alves TKO1
Stann UD
Johnson UD
Grove UD

 

Main Card
Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Matt Hamill - Hamill UD
Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson - Mir UD
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Travis Browne - struve triangle rnd 2
Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story - Alves TKO1
Middleweight bout: Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago - stann tko 2


Preliminary Card (Spike TV)
Bantamweight bout: Miguel Torres vs. Demetrius Johnson - torres ud
Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Tim Boetsch - Boetsch Barbaric KO1

 

Main Card
Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Matt Hamill - JACKSON UD
Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson - NELSON KO2
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Travis Browne - STRUVE TKO2
Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story - ALVES UD
Middleweight bout: Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago - STANN KO1

 

I can't really see any way that Frank Mir beats Roy Nelson, despite my affection for Frank as a personality.

Nelson is too smart to get subbed, his chin is too sturdy for him to get KO'd by a striker of Mir's quality, and his power is more than adequate to send Frank plummetting to the canvas.

I just don't see any outcome that ends with Frank having his arm raised here.

 

Main Card
Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Matt Hamill = Jackson TKO rnd 3
Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson = Nelson TKO rnd 2
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Travis Browne = Struve RND rnd 1
Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story = Alves UD
Middleweight bout: Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago = Stann TKO rnd 2


Preliminary Card (Spike TV)
Bantamweight bout: Miguel Torres vs. Demetrius Johnson = Torres Triangle choke rnd 3
Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Tim Boetsch = Boetsch UD

 

Jackson tko 2
Mir tko 2
Struve tko 2
Alves tko 3
Stann tko 2
Torres ud
Boetsch ud

 

i hope mir gets beaten by big country.

 

Main Card
Quinton Jackson KO/TKO 2
Frank Mir UD
Stefan Struve UD
Thiago Alves UD
Brian Stann KO/TKO 1

Preliminary Card
Miguel Torres UD
Middleweight bout: Tim Boetsch KO/TKO 2

 

Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton Jackson UD
Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson KO/TKO 1
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve UD
Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves KO/TKO 1
Middleweight bout: Brian Stann KO/TKO 1

Bantamweight bout: Demetrius Johnson UD
Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove UD

 

Main Card
Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Matt Hamill

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Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson

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Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Travis Browne

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Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story

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Middleweight bout: Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago

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Preliminary Card (Spike TV)
Bantamweight bout: Miguel Torres vs. Demetrius Johnson

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Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Tim Boetsch

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A tough one to call this week... :think There could be a lot of close fights.

Lynchburg

 

Glad to see you haven't quit.

I agree. It's hard for me to see Hamill getting past Jackson's punches, but I haven't seen Jackson grapple in like 4 years. What if he can take Rampage down?

Nelson and Mir can go either way.

Struve is a more complete fighter than Browne, but Browne will be a threat to ko Struve at any moment.

The Spike TV fights should be highly competitive as well.

 

Cheers brah

I've not been online that much recently as i've really been putting in the time training so by the time i get home all i want to do is sleep or watch fights/movies. I got to train with Ronnie Mann the other week which was fun

Yeah for sure, Rampage hasn't been on his back for a while but can the Hammer get him there? Can he get inside his boxing and knees?

I don't believe he has the tools but i would not be shocked if Matt did get the take down that he would be able to lay and pray.

As for Frank Vs Nelson... Nelson beat him years back in a Sub match and Frank the tank gets Kayo'd these days when someone slams a car door too close to him :blood

Struve can be stopped at any moment in any fight... simple. He can take damage though. Good subs too.

I'm looking forward to the Stann fight mainly... he seems to be a class act outside the cage too. These are the guys Dana should be pushing rather than wasting his time on defending drugs cheats... :bart

Lynchburg

 

Quinton Jackson UD
Roy Nelson KO/TKO 1
Stefan Struve SUB 2 (Triangle Choke)
Rick Story UD
Brian Stann KO/TKO 1

Miguel Torres UD
Kendall Grove UD

 

Have you seen the submission match? Nelson was able to do a lot of things he wouldn't have been able to in an mma bout because he didn't have to worry about getting punched while on the bottom.

This bout is going to be won or lost during the stand-up, in my opinion. I don't think that Mir's boxing is as good as Arlovski's nor Dos Santos', but I think he hits harder. I'm picking Mir to land too many shots, and set up a finish. Nelson has the chance of catching Mir and koing him, as well. Nelson will probably wear Mir down if this fights makes it well into the 2nd. It's close to pick em for me, but I think Nelson's willingness to get hit will be his undoing in this one.