Main card: Jon "Bones" Jones vs. Vladimir Matyushenko Yushin Okami vs. Mark Munoz John "Doomsday' Howard vs. Jake Ellenberger Joe "Daddy" Stevenson vs. Takanori Gomi Some of these free-air events are better than a lot of their Pay-Per-Views! That makes four very good and fairly even fights, a couple of them at a very high skill level.
Oh yeah... Preliminary Card Welterweight bout: DaMarques Johnson vs. Matthew Riddle Lightweight bout: Paul Kelly vs. Jacob Volkmann Light Heavyweight bout: James Irvin vs. Igor Pokrajac Middleweight bout: Brian Stann vs. Mike Massenzio Lightweight bout: Thiago Tavares vs. Willamy Freire Lightweight bout: Darren Elkins vs. Charles Oliveira Middleweight bout: Rob Kimmons vs. Steve Steinbeiss
Gomi Vs Stevenson should be a good watch hopefully Gomi has something left, the 3 other main card fights look great. Howard and Ellenberger especially liked both of those guys last fights.
Matyushenko is old but i do like the okami-munoz fight. Okami is one of the best middleweight in the ufc so munoz should get a good challenge. Gomi vs Stevenson is a good fight too
Very good card although I was hoping for a guy who can strike alittle better then Matyushenko, I think Jones has proven that he can outwrestle great wrestlers and as good as Matyushenko is I think Jones will outgrapple him and outstrike him. I figured after destroying Vera they would bump him to that next level vs maybe a Thiago Silva or someone like that. Okami vs Munoz is a damn interesting fight. Munoz has great on a GNP tear since entering the Middleweight divison and like Vitor said Okami is one the best Middleweights in the world not to mention hes very very strong. Im curious to see how it goes down. Howard and Ellenberger is going to be crazy. Both guys can knock your head clean off by one difference is that Ellenberger is an All American wrestler so maybe he fights more intelligently and trys to put Howard on his back. I cant freaking wait for that one. Gomi vs Stevenson will probably showcase how far Gomi has fell. Stevenson has good enough boxing to get inside and put Gomi on his back. Gomi is not a bad grappler but hes not a high level Jiujitsu guy look at what BJ, Aurelio, Florian and Diaz did in MMA or Serra in Abu Dhabi or go watch Shane Roller destroy him at the latest UFC Fan Expo. Joe is a BJJ Blackbelt not a super high level once but still a high level grappler and I think hes going to choke Gomi out.
He sure is. I dont see any other outcome other than a Stevenson submmision. Gomi's finished. He cant compete at this level. Matter of fact i dont think he could even compete in SF.
I agree and its very said. Im not sure where Gomi trains but im certain hes never consistently grappled with the guys to get him ready for BJs, Serra's and Florian's. Gomi in his prime had good takedown defense so normally he can hide his submission defense issues but phyiscall hes shot. Maybe the party lifestyle he used to enjoy took its toll on his body but he looks TERRIBLE. Im sure Florian had a tougher time with a heavy bag and grappling dummy then he did with Gomi. Now Florian is a heck of a fighter but with a prime Gomi it would have not been nearly that easy. I doubt Gomi would do well in Strikeforce either like you mentioned. The competition is low enough to get him in the title picture but Gilbert Melendez would destroy him. I felt sad watching his grappling match with Shane Roller the other day. After he lost Bruce Buffer said give a hand for MMA legend Takanori Gomi and he smiled and look all exicted almost looked happy to lose. I cant help but think he knows hes done and is just competing for fun.
Munoz will wreck that inanimate ***** Okami. He will take okami down and he will pound this sadomasochist fool.
