UFC 88: Chuck Liddell Vs. Rashad Evans / Rich Franklin Vs. Matt Hamill

mookie blaylock 10

leafs4ever wrote:

ok here's my picks for the weekend:
Chuck Liddell v. Rashad Evans
Winner: Chuck Liddell Knock Out
Rich Franklin v. Matt Hamill
Winner: Matt Hamill Unanimous Decision
Karo Parisyan v. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Winner: Yoshiyuki Yoshida Unanimous Decision
Dan Henderson v. Rousimar Palhares
Winner: Dan Henderson Unanimous Decision
Thiago Tavares v. Kurt Pellegrino
Winner: Thiago Tavares Submission (Other)
Dong Hyun Kim v. Matt Brown
Winner: Dong Hyun Kim Technical Knock Out
Roan Carneiro v. Ryo Chonan
Winner: Roan Carneiro Unanimous Decision
Martin Kampmann v. Nate Marquardt
Winner: Nate Marquardt Unanimous Decision
Jason Lambert v. Jason MacDonald
Winner: Jason Lambert Technical Knock Out
Tim Boetsch v. Michael Patt
Winner: Tim Boetsch Technical Knock Out

Looking at your guys picks, i think ceg is right with the UD for chuck, but i still had to go with KO.
I also think Mookie might be right with the pellegrino pick, i think he will take the 1st round, but i think tavares will take the 3rd. If it goes to decision, I think it comes down to the 2nd and if kurt tires early, i think it'll be tavares' round. I also think tavares could win by sub in the 3rd though.
And sorry guys, i hope i'm wrong, but, i think jason is getting beat up.

good luck to you too, leafs. have to say i think bias came into play on the pellegrino pick, as i always enjoy watching his fights. tavares is exciting to watch too, so it should be a great matchup. coin flip i thought on that one, so i went with kurt...bias.

jason lambert is getting beat up, you mean?

mookie blaylock 10

LongRd. wrote:

Just a casual fan but I'll probably check this one out, looks like a nice matchcard. I'll keep my eye out on the Lesnar-Couture match in Nov. as well.

I was looking up for info on the Kimbo-Shamrock fight, didn't realized that was a different promotion. reminds me of the old WCW/WWF days, sadly wrestling has been dead for the 6 years:( ...now been trying to convert to MMA.

as it's getting closer i'm starting to like the card more. i think i need an mma fix. still hoping to see some of the pre-lims. there should be a few very good fights there.

yeah, the kimbo vs. shamrock fight is happening in elitexc. here's the info on the card for the event so far. it's free on cbs, which is always a good thing! the rest of the televised card is pretty solid, so if people are tuning in for the kimbo vs. shamrock fight, at least they should get to see a few decent matches as well.

EliteXC, October 4, 2008 - The Bank Atlantic Center, Sunrise, Florida - CBS

Main Card:

Jake Shields Vs. Paul Daley - EliteXC WW Championship
Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson Vs. Ken Shamrock
Benji Radach Vs. Murilo Rua
Gina Carano Vs. Kelly Kobald (Winner will compete for vacant EliteXC Women's BW Championsip)

Swing Bout:

Cristiane Santos Vs. Yoko Takahashi (Winner will compete for vacant EliteXC Women's BW Championsip)

Pre-lims:

Mike Aina Vs. Edson Berto
Crafton Wallace Vs. TBA
Seth Petruzelli Vs. TBA
Lorenzo Borgomeo Vs. TBA

mookie blaylock 10

shitty news. :( would have been an exciting fight.

Sep-5-2008
Parisyan Injured, bout with Yoshida Scrapped

A last-minute back injury has forced welterweight contender Karo Parisyan to withdraw from his UFC 88 bout with Yoshiyuki Yoshida. Saturday’s UFC 88 card (pay-per-view 10pm ET / 7pm PT) will continue with nine bouts.

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=14352

mookie blaylock 10

everybody made weight for the show tomorrow night. with the cancellation of parisyan vs. yoshida, matt brown vs. KDH is moved to the first bout on the main card!

UFC 88, September 6, 2008 - Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia - PPV

Main Card:

Chuck Liddell (204) Vs. Rashad Evans (205)
Rich Franklin (204.5) Vs. Matt Hamill (205)
Rousimar Palhares (184.5) Vs. Dan Henderson (185)
Martin Kampmann (184.5) Vs. Nate Marquardt (185)
Matt Brown (170) Vs. Dong Hyun Kim (170)

Pre-lims:

Kurt Pellgrino (156) Vs. Thiago Tavares (155)
Tim Boetsch (205) Vs. Mike Patt (205)
Jason Lambert (185) Vs. Jason MacDonald (185)
Ryo Chonan (170) Vs. Roan Carneiro (170)

leafs4ever

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

shitty news. :( would have been an exciting fight.

Sep-5-2008
Parisyan Injured, bout with Yoshida Scrapped

A last-minute back injury has forced welterweight contender Karo Parisyan to withdraw from his UFC 88 bout with Yoshiyuki Yoshida. Saturday’s UFC 88 card (pay-per-view 10pm ET / 7pm PT) will continue with nine bouts.

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=14352

ya crappy news indeed. i can't believe karo was that scared guess he also knew he was going to get destroyed.
and no mookie... lambert is going to beat macdonald up for a round and then tko him in the 2nd lol

edit: seriously, that's awsome that we are now going to be gaurenteed of seeing KDH!!!!
how did lambert look at 185??? did the cut look to be affecting him at all

leafs4ever

hey guys, didn't land up going to vfest 'cause i still feel like crap and probably would have gotten even sicker if i had of went, so here i am

hopefully some of you will be around tonight to discuss the card

edit: ok lambert looked pretty good at 185, didn't seem that dehydrated which is a good thing.

ReleasH

My picks for tonight ... I am SO looking forward to a night of fights, beer and the board.

Chuck Liddell v. Rashad Evans
Winner: Chuck Liddell Technical Knock Out 2 1
Rich Franklin v. Matt Hamill
Winner: Matt Hamill Submission (Choke) 2 3
Dan Henderson v. Rousimar Palhares
Winner: Dan Henderson Unanimous Decision 3 5
Thiago Tavares v. Kurt Pellegrino
Winner: Thiago Tavares Submission (Other) 2 2
Dong Hyun Kim v. Matt Brown
Winner: Matt Brown Technical Knock Out 1 4
Roan Carneiro v. Ryo Chonan
Winner: Roan Carneiro Submission (Other) 1 3
Martin Kampmann v. Nate Marquardt
Winner: Nate Marquardt Technical Knock Out 3 2
Jason Lambert v. Jason MacDonald
Winner: Jason MacDonald Split Decision 3 5
Tim Boetsch v. Michael Patt
Winner: Tim Boetsch Knock Out 1 4

beachdweller

I'm going with Rashad Evans of the Ice-man. I think he's got the natural ability, speed and strength, improved with each fight, but the one thing that makes me pick him is his ackwardness. He's kind of ackward to fight, but if Chuck just has to lay back and counter, then that won't matter. No one better sitting back and wailing to victory. Great fighters always go to their strengths...wish I could see the fights, on the road, and my hotel doesn't have the fight. Enjoy.

mookie blaylock 10

beachdweller wrote:

I'm going with Rashad Evans of the Ice-man. I think he's got the natural ability, speed and strength, improved with each fight, but the one thing that makes me pick him is his ackwardness. He's kind of ackward to fight, but if Chuck just has to lay back and counter, then that won't matter. No one better sitting back and wailing to victory. Great fighters always go to their strengths...wish I could see the fights, on the road, and my hotel doesn't have the fight. Enjoy.

sorry to hear you'll miss it beachdweller. hope you are having fun on the road, though. if it turns out to be a good one, i'll try to find it for you later so you can check it out.

mookie blaylock 10

leafs4ever wrote:

hey guys, didn't land up going to vfest 'cause i still feel like crap and probably would have gotten even sicker if i had of went, so here i am

hopefully some of you will be around tonight to discuss the card

edit: ok lambert looked pretty good at 185, didn't seem that dehydrated which is a good thing.

guess you have seen the weigh-ins. i got up late and missed the question...he looked pretty much like a smaller version of himself at 205, eh?

hope you are feeling better, leafs. i'll be around this evening. getting excited to see the first match already!

oh, and i still say jason is going to beat jason!

mookie blaylock 10

ReleasH wrote:

My picks for tonight ... I am SO looking forward to a night of fights, beer and the board.

Chuck Liddell v. Rashad Evans
Winner: Chuck Liddell Technical Knock Out 2 1
Rich Franklin v. Matt Hamill
Winner: Matt Hamill Submission (Choke) 2 3
Dan Henderson v. Rousimar Palhares
Winner: Dan Henderson Unanimous Decision 3 5
Thiago Tavares v. Kurt Pellegrino
Winner: Thiago Tavares Submission (Other) 2 2
Dong Hyun Kim v. Matt Brown
Winner: Matt Brown Technical Knock Out 1 4
Roan Carneiro v. Ryo Chonan
Winner: Roan Carneiro Submission (Other) 1 3
Martin Kampmann v. Nate Marquardt
Winner: Nate Marquardt Technical Knock Out 3 2
Jason Lambert v. Jason MacDonald
Winner: Jason MacDonald Split Decision 3 5
Tim Boetsch v. Michael Patt
Winner: Tim Boetsch Knock Out 1 4

sounds awesome releash! enjoy a well deserved break! good luck with all but one of your picks. haha i joke, i joke....

ReleasH

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

sounds awesome releash! enjoy a well deserved break! good luck with all but one of your picks. haha i joke, i joke....

<enthusiastically waves> Hi mookie!

Maybe I can actually win one of these events this time. And I made sure Shamrocks Twin did his picks this time.

How is the tooth doing? All fixed now, I hope.

mookie blaylock 10

ReleasH wrote:

<enthusiastically waves> Hi mookie!

Maybe I can actually win one of these events this time. And I made sure Shamrocks Twin did his picks this time.

How is the tooth doing? All fixed now, I hope.

hellooooo!

the tooth is gonzo, thankfully!

nice work on getting shamrock's twin to do his picks! prizes....one of us (or better yet, all of us!) needs to win prizes!!! we're due.

leafs4ever

beachdweller wrote:

I'm going with Rashad Evans of the Ice-man. I think he's got the natural ability, speed and strength, improved with each fight, but the one thing that makes me pick him is his ackwardness. He's kind of ackward to fight, but if Chuck just has to lay back and counter, then that won't matter. No one better sitting back and wailing to victory. Great fighters always go to their strengths...wish I could see the fights, on the road, and my hotel doesn't have the fight. Enjoy.

Ya the more i think of it, the more i think rashad has more of a chance than i was giving him. I still think it's going to be a KO win for Chuck, but i could easily seeing it come out with a decision for rashad.

leafs4ever

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

hellooooo!

the tooth is gonzo, thankfully!

nice work on getting shamrock's twin to do his picks! prizes....one of us (or better yet, all of us!) needs to win prizes!!! we're due.

agree completely, we need some prizes

I'm really not too confident with my picks so i hope somebody else does it for us

mookie blaylock 10

leafs4ever wrote:

agree completely, we need some prizes

I'm really not too confident with my picks so i hope somebody else does it for us

lots of "could go either way" matches tonight.

p.s. prizes! one of these days...

leafs4ever

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

guess you have seen the weigh-ins.
oh, and i still say jason is going to beat jason!

umm, is it too late to agree with you now?

ReleasH

Just cracking open my first beer (or pop as you might say mooks ). Wish I didn't have to work in the morning but I'm just happy to have the night off.

Happy to hear the tooth is officially evicted from your mouth!

mookie blaylock 10

half hour to go...:) sucks that you have to work in the morning, releash. not TOO many pops! leafs, i told you jason would win!

civ_eng_girl

hey kids! how's everyone tonight?

speaking of too many pops.... kk was out late last night, and suffered through a two hour rowing practice on only 4 hours sleep...
i'm afraid to order the PPV because i'm afraid i'm going to fall asleep! :(

i want to see Matt's and Jason's fights though!!

i need to invest in a PVR.....