UFC 143

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Alex Caceres vs. Edwin Figueroa added to UFC 143

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Kongo/roy nelson

UPDATE: Roy Nelson vs. Cheick Kongo Not Facing Each Other After All

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Kongo/roy nelson

[mike]

Cock is the better striker but I think Poirier can stall him against the fence. Does Cock train with Pettis ? their styles are so similar. anyways, i'll be on Cock.

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The "much" better technical striker? I'm not sure that either is much better than the other in any regard.

And his T3D seems to be pretty solid, but I liked how Poirier handled himself in the grappling department against Grispi, and we just saw some submission skills out of him against Garza.

It's a pretty even fight, I think, and should be a fun one too as long as they don't just cancel each other out to the point that it's one of those boring fights were not much happens.

I said "in my opinion".

Grispi sucks. He choked out a guy that could be subbed by a grappling dummy.

It should be a good fight, I just think Cock has the edge.


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[SPX]

The "much" better technical striker? I'm not sure that either is much better than the other in any regard.

And his T3D seems to be pretty solid, but I liked how Poirier handled himself in the grappling department against Grispi, and we just saw some submission skills out of him against Garza.

It's a pretty even fight, I think, and should be a fun one too as long as they don't just cancel each other out to the point that it's one of those boring fights were not much happens.

[poopoo333]

Cock is the much better technical striker in my opinion, with better T3D.

[SPX]

I've actually always thought they were very similar fighters. They also look similar. They're basically kind of like brothers.

I imagine this will be mostly a striking affair, but if one of them comes to grapple, then I think it will be pretty even on the ground too, maybe a slight edge to Poirier.

[poopoo333]

If either guy comes in as any significant kind of dog then I think he's worth a bet. I think this fight could totally go either way.

How do you see them matching up style wise?

[SPX]

If either guy comes in as any significant kind of dog then I think he's worth a bet. I think this fight could totally go either way.

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Cock -165

[SPX]

That will be a good fight. Line should be even, in my opinion.

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Erik Cock vs Dustin Poirer

[SPX]

I've just always felt that GSP looks relatively thin even as a WW. Yes, he's muscular and ripped, but he's never looked particularly thick, at least not to me.

[edman5555]

Yes. Also, GSP at 155 isn't that big a stretch. He does Olympic weightlifing a la PooPoo to stay big. Faras Zahabi did an interview where he said GSP basically has to lift weights to stay big(I guess they all do to a degree). I think if he could get his normal body weight down to 175-180 he could make the cut. He used to be around that if you remember. He recenlty said he was pushing up to 193 with weight lifting. It actually makes more sense to go down now that I think about it. He is pushing it hard with weighting lifting just to get up around middeweight. Those guys are cutting from 200+. GSP would have to get pretty muscle bound. He is only about 5'10'' btw.