Well this card is right around the corner so we may as well get the predictions out the way. I will just be doing the main card. Starting from the bottom to the top. Ed Herman vs Joe Doerksen Well this is an interesting fight, Herman has actually already lost to Doerksen before, Herman's best wins come over Dave Menne and Sokoudjou conquerer Glover Teixeira. Doerksen has good wins over Cote, Kang, Murray and Leben, he has losses to Filho, Lindland, Macdonald and Marquardt. To be honest this is coming down to who has lost to the better fighters, and the answer here is Doerksen. He has simply beaten better fighters and lost to better fighters than Herman, he takes in with him far more experience and has just fought at a higher level. Therefore I am going with Doerksen by Sumbission possibly by choke which is a sumbission he favours. Spencer Fisher vs Frank Edgar To be honest I've not really followed either of these guys careers, but Edgar holds a very good win over Tyson Griffin, Fisher has fought more and in my opinion fought better competition. Fisher by UD. Houston Alexander vs Thiago Silva Fight of the night for me, expect a slugfest, both guys love to trade and strike, I do believe that Alexander is the real deal and will knock out Silva. Alexander by TKO in Rd 1 Karo Parisyan vs Ryon Chonan Parisyan is feather fisted and not a great finisher now that he's moved up to the higher levels. His judo is great and he is a solid contender. With the exception of his win over Anderson Silva, I have never been particulararly impressed with Ryo Chonan, He has good standup skills and is gusty but I feel he is outclassed in this fight. I feel Parisyan will use his size advantage to overcome Chonan and control him with his throws. Parisyan by UD Michael Bisping vs Rashad Evans Speaking about boring........... Bisping is average all round, he isn't really bad in any area, just not great. His best attribute probably is his striking. Evans is an excellent wrestler and has pretty good standup skills. I expect Evans to use his superior wrestling and smother Bisping the whole fight, Bisping is tough and pretty durable so I don't really expect a knockout. Evans to wear down Bisping over 3 rounds. Evans by UD Thats it!
I like Doerkson over Herman Edgar over Fisher Alexander over Silva Chonon over Karo in an upset Evans over Bisping.
Nice evaluations guys. I'll go. Herman by ko. He edges it if he has luck and he is due a really good performance. Edgar by sd. Not much known of these but Edgar seems ok. Silva by ko. This has got to be the fight of the night and a good ko by Silva should clinch it. Parisyan by ud. I can not see it going any other way. Evans by ko. Bisping looks so nervous in every fight so his first decent opponent is gonna catch him some way or another, I can see him getting an earlytap out over Bisping.
The card itself isn't that bad, but the main event is the worst I've seen in a long time, this fight was made because Tito's contract negotiations.
When I first herd that the UFC was coming close to me in New Jersey I was ready to go. But when I seen this card and the main event it just turned me off. Now don't get me wrong, I know that anyone on that card would kick my ass easy...but this card dose nothing for me, and I have been watching the UFC sence 2nd one. Not seen them all but watched as many as I could. I just feel this is a week card. Hope I am wrong and it's a kick ass night.
i like the fact that u are very insightfull and support your predictions with examples etc., but i have to disagree about karo's power, i think he has good power, he has buzzed solid competiotion in the past and i wouldnt be surprised if he hurts chonan
i hope bisping gets cut up to shreds then rematches with hamil then gets KTFO. i hate that limey ****.
