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April 18, 2009 - Saturday 

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JonoG’s UFC 97: “Redemption” Picks
MAIN CARD (televised)

 
Anderson Silva (23-4) vs. Thales Leites (14-1)
Anderson Silva is the best fighter in the UFC and maybe MMA depending on what Fedor does next. Thales Leites has a great submission game but I don’t see him submitting Silva. Instead, I see Silva smashing Leites to prove the Patrick Cote fight was a fluke.
My Pick: Anderson Silva by first round KO.
 
Chuck Liddell (21-6) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (17-3)
Chuck Liddell has lost his last 3 of 4 fights! Liddell has been answering retirement talk all week but I think he’s ready to show that he’s not ready for retirement. Shogun has not lived up to his expectations since coming over to UFC from Pride. Shogun’s cardio has been questioned repeatedly since he defeated Mark Coleman at UFC 93. I don’t see Liddell’s cardio being a problem.
 
My Pick: Chuck Liddell by second round TKO.
 
Krzysztof Soszynski (16-8-1) vs. Brian Stann (6-1)
Brian Stann will be making his UFC debut against the former IFL veteran Krzysztof Soszynski. Stann was awarded the Silver Star in Iraq and he’s the former WEC light heavyweight champion. Since Stann’s loss to Cantwell at WEC 35, he has been training with Greg Jackson’s Team. Soszynski is on a 4 win streak, he has too much experience for Stann.
 
My Pick: Krzysztof Soszynski by second round submission
 
Cheick Kongo (18-4-1) vs. Antoni Hardonk (8-4)
This is a heavyweight matchup of two dudes that like to bang. Hardonk is on a 3 win streak in the UFC, while Kongo is on a 2 win streak. Both guys have questionable ground games but this fight won’t go to the ground.
 
My Pick: Cheick Kongo by second round TKO
 
Luis Cane (9-1) vs. Steve Cantwell (7-1)
Cane has looked great devastating in all his fights since coming to the UFC. After winning the WEC belt, Cantwell is looked great in his UFC debut win by breaking Razak Al-Hassan’s arm at UFC Fight for the Troops. I think Cane will have too much UFC experience to lose to Cantwell.
 
My Pick: Luis Cane by second round TKO


PRELIMINARY CARD (un-televised)
Vinicius Magalhaes (3-3) vs. Eliot Marshall (6-1)
These guys have competed against each other before in a BJJ match. Magalhaes got the better of Marshall in that matchup. I think Marshall will keep this standing and get the victory.
 
My Pick: Marshall by first round TKO
 
Xavier Foupa-Pokam (20-8) vs. Denis Kang (31-11-1)
Denis Kang is an experienced Pride veteran who lost his UFC debut to Alan Belcher. Xavier is a hungry up and comer winning 12 of his last 13 fights. I think Xavier will get the UFC jitters and Kang will pick up his first UFC victory.
 
My Pick: Denis Kang by first round submission
 
Jason MacDonald (21-11) vs. Nate Quarry (10-3)
MacDonald has good submission skills but I question his standup game. Quarry suffered his first submission loss of his career against Demian Maia. Maia also submitted MacDonald too! I think Quarry will bounce back with a KO.
 
My Pick: Nate Quarry by third round KO.
 
Ed Herman (14-6) vs. David Loiseau (18-8)
This is a big fight for both Loiseau and Herman. I want to give the win to Loiseau because I love his crazy elbow strikes. On the other hand, Herman has lost his last two fights, losing to UFC middleweight contenders Demian Maia and Alan Belcher. I think that Herman will spoil The Crow’s Montreal homecoming.
 
My Pick: Ed Herman by TKO in the second
 
David Bielkheden (13-6) vs. Mark Bocek (6-2)
Bocek has impressed me with his last two fights in the UFC Mac Danzig and Alvin Robinson. Also, Bocek has been training with the guys over at American Top Team. Sweden’s Bielkheden is a well rounded fighter but I think Bocek can neutralize his skills.
 
My Pick: Bocek by decision.
 
Ryo Chonan (16-8) vs. T.J. Grant (13-2)
This is a tough fight to call but a three of Chonan’s UFC fights have gone the distance going 1-2. This will be Grant’s debut in the UFC. I think Grant will defeat the Pride veteran by submission because he has won 12 of 13 by submission.
 
My Pick: Grant by second round submission.
 
Sam Stout (13-5-1) vs. Matt Wiman (10-4)
This lightweight matchup should be a good slugfest. Wiman’s won his last 4 out of 5 fights, while Stout has lost 3 in his last 5 fights. I think Wiman will bounce back from his last fight, where he lost a three round decision to Jim Miller.
 
My Pick: Matt Wiman by second round TKO
 
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Man On Moon

 
Your picks are VERY smiliar to mine... it's kind of crazy.


Except I am going with Hardonk because Kongo is extremely overrated.

 
Posted by imgame. on April 18, 2009 - Saturday - 5:37 AM
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imgame.
Man On Moon

 
oh, and I got Ryo Chonan SD.

 
Posted by imgame. on April 18, 2009 - Saturday - 5:38 AM
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REC-SHOP DAN! the one and only JIGIWA!
dan nier

 
why doesn't silva ever get big dogs thrown at him? it looks like dana just wants to make him a marketing toy. his tricks are easy and he has a real hard time making weight. i got a list of plenty of fools that will treat him like a necrophiliac treats a dead school girl. ya thats right you heard me. he's soooo over rated.

 
Posted by REC-SHOP DAN! the one and only JIGIWA! on April 18, 2009 - Saturday - 8:09 AM
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Googs
Richard Gugliotta

 
I wouldnt say hes over rated. Silvas an amazing fighter with excellent skill in both ground and standup..... but I would agree that they tend to not give him people who are on his level. Then again the middleweight division is kind of lacking, at least compared to the others.

 
Posted by Googs on April 19, 2009 - Sunday - 12:28 AM
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CURTIS
Curtis Coppersmith

 
ps. I want to see that list.

 
Posted by CURTIS on April 18, 2009 - Saturday - 7:47 PM
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CURTIS
Curtis Coppersmith

 
WOW!!! I don't know where to start. There are no big dogs left to throw at him. The big dogs he's fought, looked so out-matched by him, it was border-line silly. Trouble making weight??? He weighed in at like 183.
You hang out on Sherdog a lot dont you???
 
Posted by CURTIS on April 18, 2009 - Saturday - 7:43 PM
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REC-SHOP DAN! the one and only JIGIWA!
dan nier

 
how bout hendersan again? and i hang out on all the news all the time. dana creates a marketing tool like don king does. then moves on. remember forest? he lost now he's gone. if you feed into that then i feel sorry for you. you should jump off the bandwagon, study the art, then form your own oppinion. be a leader not a follower curtis.

 
Posted by REC-SHOP DAN! the one and only JIGIWA! on April 18, 2009 - Saturday - 7:56 PM
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CURTIS
Curtis Coppersmith

 
You can argue a lot of people are marketing tools. Gina Carano, Kimbo Slice, Brock Lesner, you could even say Fedor hasn't truly been tested, and I'd listen, but saying Anderson Silva isn't the real deal is ridiculous. Look at his record. And if that's not enough, watch his fights. He has DESTROYED the people who made their names by destroying others. He is the cream of the crop, the TOP DOG. Why would he need to fight Henderson again, Henderson wasn't that impressive the first time. I will say him fighting Thales Leites is a joke cause Leites doesn't deserve this fight, but he'd have to move up to 205 to find someone that DID deserve a shot. But I really don't see your point at all. What you're saying doesn't make any sense. Silva has made bitches out of the "best", over and over again. But I'll be fair, let's meet back here about 12:01 tonight, and we'll talk about it then.
Cool?
 
Posted by CURTIS on April 18, 2009 - Saturday - 8:37 PM
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REC-SHOP DAN! the one and only JIGIWA!
dan nier

 
let me start off by saying" i am saddend by the loss of chuck. i really wanted him to win and defenitly not retire.
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so silvas performance? hardly the bes in the world and for sure not this remarkable once in a life time athlete he's been said to be....
 
Posted by REC-SHOP DAN! the one and only JIGIWA! on April 19, 2009 - Sunday - 7:00 AM
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CURTIS
Curtis Coppersmith

 
Yeah I think Chuck looked really old last night. I just hope he doesn't destroy his legacy by continuing to fight like the Shamrocks or Severn, or Gracie, the list goes on.


Silva..... Well, you got me. He seems to be going through that Tim Silvia syndrome, more worried about staying champ than putting on a good fight anymore. There are guys that he's either going to have to fight, or he's going to lose his belt. Like Bisping. I think he has it in him to dominate still, someone's going to have to engage him though.


BTW.
Last night's card SUCKED!!!
 
Posted by CURTIS on April 19, 2009 - Sunday - 5:59 PM
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REC-SHOP DAN! the one and only JIGIWA!
dan nier

 
i would love to see an old timers league. bring back super fights. i dont care one bit about records. i just want to see some throw downs. i would love to see chuck and kimbo or the shamrocks fight each other, or tank abbot vs butterbean. that would be great or any of the big stars. win or loose. who is your fantasy match? even some good beat downs like cotour vs dana white. how bout any body vs dana white.

 
Posted by REC-SHOP DAN! the one and only JIGIWA! on April 19, 2009 - Sunday - 6:39 PM
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CURTIS
Curtis Coppersmith

 
They DO have old timers leagues.... Strikeforce, Affliction, Sengoku, etc. etc. lol. I'd love to see Dana, Big John, and Joe Rogan get in the Octagon. Something a lot of people don't know, Joe Rogan was a national open-weight Tae Kwon Do champion, when he was a 140lb teenager. He CAN fight. I've also heard Dana does some boxing or something.
And did you know Herb Dean has like 3 pro mma fights? CRAZY!!!


 
Posted by CURTIS on April 19, 2009 - Sunday - 10:14 PM
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REC-SHOP DAN! the one and only JIGIWA!
dan nier

 
how bout me vs dana white
 
Posted by REC-SHOP DAN! the one and only JIGIWA! on April 19, 2009 - Sunday - 6:40 PM
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Devin of RED OR DEAD FIREWORKS
Devin Blankenship

 
How do you have David losing to Ed Herman, sorry i just dont see it.

 
Posted by Devin of RED OR DEAD FIREWORKS on April 18, 2009 - Saturday - 8:53 AM
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Branco

 
Cant wait to see them fight!!!!
 
Posted by Branco on April 18, 2009 - Saturday - 11:30 AM
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Burn365

 
Similar...I got (possibly) Shogun by 2nd or 3rd sub, Hardonk by 2nd ko, Chonan by decision, and professor X by ko in the 2nd. The interesting thing about this card is, with the execption of Silva, there are no sure bets.

 
Posted by Burn365 on April 18, 2009 - Saturday - 11:43 AM
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CURTIS
Curtis Coppersmith

 
I can only dream of a night with only 1 fight going to decision. All our main card pics are the same, and all of our under-card picks are different. Except Quarry. Cool. Let's see how it goes.

 
Posted by CURTIS on April 18, 2009 - Saturday - 7:46 PM
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Channing
Channing Cendana

 
It's dam near impossible for me see Shogun winning this fight against chuck.

I'm a huge shogun Fan and I want nothing more then to see him win, but after his last 2 performances I don't see that happening at all. A lot of nut huggers will say that all shogun needs to do is improve his cardio, but i disagree i think he needs to improve his stand up hell of a lot more as well.

 
Posted by Channing on April 18, 2009 - Saturday - 10:36 PM
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THE GREAT GATOR KILLA!!
Michael Willingham

 
I got Silva in the first tko



Liddell in the second.




Brian Stann al the way.
1st round tko



Congo by decision



Cantwell in the second tko


 
Posted by THE GREAT GATOR KILLA!! on April 18, 2009 - Saturday - 11:29 PM
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aimless vagabond
Matthew Brown

 
i now hate anderson silva.
sure, leites only tried to win by butt flop, but if silva is supposed to be p4p best in the world, why can he not at least make it look like he tries to finish an obviously intimidated and outclassed challenger?
 
Posted by aimless vagabond on April 19, 2009 - Sunday - 6:56 AM
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Googs
Richard Gugliotta

 
I was extremely dissapointed by that fight. The ufc obviously doesnt want to lose their marketing ploy that silva is the best pound for pound fighter. Leites was obviously no match. Im kind of wondering if Silva was as dissapointed with the ufc for giving him chumps as I am and thats why he didnt even care to put him out or if he saw no reason to take a chance when he obviously had the fight. Either way it sucked. Silva is the champ and you expect the champ to be exciting, you expect a championship fight to be exciting. He def did not do his part to entertain the crowd and that in itself is going to start working backwards for the ufc.

 
Posted by Googs on April 19, 2009 - Sunday - 5:00 PM
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REC-SHOP DAN! the one and only JIGIWA!
dan nier

 
word up! if you read a few comments up, i talk about that.

 
Posted by REC-SHOP DAN! the one and only JIGIWA! on April 19, 2009 - Sunday - 7:01 AM
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