UFC 133 : Injuries

[poopoo333]

what does everyone think of Pierce/Hendricks? Close one IMO. Pierce took a round off Fitch. Looking back though, Fitch has always had trouble with any kind of good wrestler.. Diego almost beat him. George beat him. Pierce got a round....Hendricks has the better wrestling pedigree and more tko/ko's.

Thoughts on Jorge Rivera/Sakara?

Close fight, I think Hendricks should be better on the feet and get the best of the exchanges against the fence. Also think Hendricks will be the better wrestler. I got 1u on Hendricks @even money.

Rivera/Sakara = fight between two guys that aren't that good. Rivera has the power edge and I think Sakara has the overall striking edge. I think Rivera's best shot is if he gets in close and lands some heavy shots, otherwise I think Sakara will pick him apart. I hope Rivera wins though.

[poopoo333]

Also think Sakara might win if he comes to grapple. He is a BJJ black belt. Sakara gets KOd by brawlers like Leben, Houston Alexander, and Drew McFedries. This is a fight I am staying away from unless Rivera hits something ridiculous like +200

[edman5555]

yeah i agree. I'll take him at +200 but i doubt he hit that.

[poopoo333]

I think I already said this, but I think Gustafsson is going to beat Vladdy. What are everybody's thoughts on this fight?

[mike]

i like Sakara in this fight. probably gonna bet 1u on him. He's the better striker and Rivera seems to slow down after a round. He's like 38 yr old. The thing that stop me from betting more is Rivera has a powerful right hand and Sakara has a weakkk chin/heart. If Rivera catches him, he might put him away. this fight probably wont go past 2 1/2 rounds.

[edman5555]

Rivera was doing ok against Bisping for a while. The illegal knee didn't help.

[poopoo333]

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

• Phil Davis vs. Rashad Evans
• Rich Franklin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
• Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Vitor Belfort
• Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara
• Rory MacDonald vs. Mike Pyle

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

• Alexander Gustafsson vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
• Chad Mendes vs. Rani Yahya

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Brian Ebersole vs. Dennis Hallman
• Ivan Menjivar vs. Nick Pace
• Johny Hendricks vs. Mike Pierce
• Mike Brown vs. Nam Phan
• Rafael "Sapo" Natal vs. Costantinos Phillippou

Hardest fight out of those to call for me is Menjivar/Pace since I haven't seen either guy except for Menjivar's ass raping of Valencia

[poopoo333]

Rivera was doing ok against Bisping for a while. The illegal knee didn't help.

I don't think so...he was getting completely outclassed

[poopoo333]

My "* pick" is Rory MacDonald but it's close between him and Gustafsson

[edman5555]

you think nam phan will beat mtb???

[poopoo333]

It's more of a pick against Brown. Besides the Urijah Faber fights, he hasn't done too great. Faber almost beat him with a broken hand in their 2nd fight. And since the Faber fight he has lost 4 of his last 6 and has only beaten guys that couldn't cut it in the WEC. He is coming off of consecutive losses and surgery, and from interviews after the Yaha fight, he doesn't seem like he is in the best state of mind for fighting anymore. That was even an issue that was brought up after he got KTFO by Gamburyan

[mike]

http://livefightclub.com/demetrious-johnson-vs-nick-pace

there's Nick Pace's fight with Mighty Mouse if u're want to see.

[poopoo333]

^^wow thanks. I was actually looking for that fight awhile back.

[edman5555]

i disagree with you on mtb. He has been competitive outside his knockout losses to aldo and gamburyan. Mostly it is the fact that Nam Phan hasn't really impressed me. I don't know if he can stuff MTB's takedowns.

[Ludo]

http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/07/12/sources-injury-forces-phil-davis-out-of-ufc-133-main-event/

Phil Davis has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 133 main event fight against Rashad Evans due to a knee injury, MMA Fighting has learned from sources. No word just yet on who, if anyone, Evans will now fight on the Aug. 6 card in Philadelphia.

According to sources, the UFC is expected to announce Davis' injury and the new UFC 133 main event in the coming hours.

UFC 133 takes place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.