With 2009 coming to a close I'm hoping for a strong finish by the UFC. I remember 'UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008' was one of the strongest fight cards of the year and UFC 107 sure looks a lot better than its previous 5 shows. "The Prodigy" BJ Penn, the only non-injured champion, will face Diego "Nightmare" Sanchez. As the Ultimate fighter season 1 winner, will Sanchez become champion just as the other winner Forrest Griffin did?
Right: Diego SanchezI'm going to say no, not while Penn is still holding the belt. Diego definitely has a chance with his speed and incredible cardio in his favour but how effective is a strong cardio if the fight doesn't go all 5 rounds? BJ's world class boxing, takedown defense, and top jiu-jitsu is what will lead him to his victory this Saturday in Memphis.
Left: BJ PennA fight I'm excited about is Florian vs Guida. With 10 of his 11 wins coming from either KOs or submissions, Kenflo is a finisher. I'm not going to lie, when I first watched Clay Guida, I didn't like him. Maybe it was because he was fighting Roger Huerta, but for some reason I just didn't like him as a fighter. I can now say Guida is one of my favourite fighters to watch because he has proved he is one of the most intense fighters in the business with tremendous heart. His last 3 fights all went to decisions but don't let that fool you, he won the fight of the night award 3 times. Hence the reason I've given him the new nickname of Clay "Mr. Fight of the Night" Guida (I think that is a better nickname than "The Carpenter"). I can definitely see this as another fight of the night if it goes the distance but we'll see if Kenflo can finish the madman Clay Guida. I say yes.
Left: Clay Guida - Right: Kenny Florian (blue trunks)The co-main event is featuring Frank Mir vs Cheick Kongo. Both are big names in the heavyweight division and a big win will push the winner in the circle of Cain Velasquez and Shane Carwin. Which will win? Kongo's extreme ground and pound or Mir's downright killer jiu-jitsu? Maybe its the "Jew-fro" but I'm going to say Mir has a slight advantage even though he talks too much trash when he can't always back it up. I'm not exactly a Mir hater but a part of my wants to see him get his face punched.
With regards to the Jon Fitch vs Mike Pierce I'm not going into details with this fight because I think Jon Fitch is a monster and in my opinion this is the most mismatched fight in the card. I say Jon Fitch will be the one with his hand in the air at the end of the fight. Even though Fitch's fights aren't boring, I want to see him finish the fight this time because his last 5 matches went to the judges.
Jon FitchThe last fight of the main card is a veteran vs a young, highly skilled, fighter. Paul Buentello vs Stefan Struve is a pretty decent way to start the PPV. Buentello is extremely experienced with fights against Andrei Arlovski and Tank Abbott. Stefan Struve is one crazy fighter, hes only 21 and already has 18 wins under him, with 14 of them coming from submissions. This kid is almost a 7-footer. I'm going to go against the majority of the fans by saying Struve will win the fight. This time I'll pick youth over experience.
Stefan Struve
Stefan StruveI have high expectations for UFC 107 simply because the next few cards don't look high quality. Randy Couture vs Mark Coleman? Thats like watching retired WWF superstars returning for a fight at Wrestle Mania!
Question of the day:
Who has the more intense face? Jon Fitch or Stefan Struve?
Jon Fitch by far has the more intense face. Look at the vains. It looks like he needs more fibre in his diet.
ReplyDeleteI want Kongo to rock Mir but either way, the loser is actually the winner because they won't have to get their ass whooped by Carwin or Cain.