The 2007 EWB Non-UFC MMA Prediction League

[crazedfan]

Well, here goes... considering I don't recognize any names below the main card, this should be interesting.

Frank Shamrock vs. Renzo Gracie - Decision

Antonio Silva vs. Wesley 'Cabbage' Correira - 2nd round TKO

David Loiseau vs. Joey Villasenor - Decision

KJ Noons vs. Charles Bennett - 1st round TKO

Gina Carano vs. Julie Kedzie - 1st round TKO

Prelims

Seth Kleinbeck vs. Riki Fukuda - 1st round KO

Bo Cantrell vs. Tim Persey - 2nd round TKO

Adriano Periera vs. Javier Vazquez - 2nd round submission

Mike Pyle vs. Ross Ebanez - Decision

Edson Berto vs. John Shackelford - 1st round submission

[Typical Phenom]

Main Card

Frank Shamrock vs. Renzo Gracie - TKO, third round

Antonio Silva vs. Wesley 'Cabbage' Correira - KO, 2nd round

David Loiseau vs. Joey Villasenor - TKO, 2nd round

KJ Noons vs. Charles Bennett - Decision

Gina Carano vs. Julie Kedzie (she's the opponent) - 1st round KO

Prelims

Seth Kleinbeck vs. Riki Fukuda - Decision

Bo Cantrell vs. Tim Persey - TKO, 2nd round

Adriano Periera vs. Javier Vazquez - Decision

Mike Pyle vs. Ross Ebanez - TKO, 2nd round

Edson Berto vs. John Shackelford - TKO, 2nd round

[ACCBiggz]

Krazy Horse d. KJ Noons by KO in the First Round

WOW! What a punch.

Gina Carano d. Julie Kedzie by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27)

Dominated the first two rounds, third round went to Kedzie in my book with a few nice shots and a takedown, also had a RNC attempt. Carano needs a lot more ground work.

Joey Villasenor d. David Loiseau by Unanimous Decision (30-27)

Crow looked about the same in the Swick fight, no heart. Villasenor should be getting some looks from the bigger companies soon.

Antonio Silva d. Wesley 'Cabbage' Correira by TKO/Ref Stoppage in the First Round

Big knee, followed by punches on the ground.

Pre-Lims: (They won't have time to air)

Tim Persey d. Bo Cantrell by KO (Punches) in the First

Mike Pyle d. Ross Ebanez by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in Round One

Javier Vazquez d. Adriano Pereira by Decision (Split)

James Edson Berto d. John Shackelford by TKO (Punches) in the Second Round

Riki Fukuda d. Chris Gates by Submission (Punches) in Round One

Main Event: Renzo Gracie d. Frank Shamrock via DQ (Illegal Knee) in the First Round

Edited February 11, 2007 by ACCBiggz

[Guest Takayamanofear]

That was pretty awesome not good for my predictions but like I said I want to be last place in this card. Except for the Shamrock fight.

[ACCBiggz]

Hmmm... Dunno if it were intentional, but yeah... Renzo was clearly winning, 10-9 the first round and in the second is where the knee. It was to the back of the head, which is illegal, the question comes if intentional or unintentional, Herb Dean deemed it intentional.

[Guest Takayamanofear]

IF it was as I said on Sherdog, Frank Shamrock is the greatest heel in MMA history.

[ACCBiggz]

To me, it didn't seem all that intentional, but at the same time I can see what Herb Dean sees. I'd personally called a No Contest.

[Thrilla]

Enter Blue Guy: (15 + 10 + 20 + 20 + 10 + 10 + 15 + 0 + 0 + 10) 110

LBTN Killed Monkey?: (10 + 0 + 20 + 15 + 10 + 10 + 15 + 0 + 15 + 0) 95

crazedfan: (10 + 10 + 10 + 0 + 15 + 10 + 15 + 0 + 15 + 0) 85

Takayamanofear: (10 + 0 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 + 0 + 10 + 15 + 0) 80

desiredtoe: (0 + 0 + 20 + 15 + 0 + 20 + 10 + 0 + 10 + 0) 75

ACCBiggz: (10 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 10 + 10 + 0 + 0 + 20 + 0) 65

Mr. Potato Head: (0 + 10 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 10 + 10 + 0 + 0 + 0) 65

Natural Born Thrilla: (10 + 0 + 10 + 0 + 15 + 10 + 10 + 0 + 0 + 0) 55

Typical Phenom: (0 + 10 + 0 + 10 + 0 + 10 + 0 + 0 + 10 + 10) 50

[crazedfan]

Gina Carano can kick my ass any night

[ACCBiggz]

No doubt, if I were a fighter and I had a match at UFC or something... those pre-fight interviews would go like this...

"I don't know how the fight will end, I'm only here to impress Gina Carano"

[crazedfan]

Here's my take on the Gracie/Shamrock situation... Shamrock was obviously trying to get Gracie off him in the mount, and was bringing down the knees. Obviously they were illegal, but I don't think he was intentionally trying to like, end the fight, or whatever. Shamrock didn't come off very classy though, and didn't help his case, making some pretty cocky remarks, but Gracie looked pretty messed up after those knees. I don't know if I would have DQ'd Shamrock, maybe a no contest, but it was a fair result and can agree with the decision.

Edited February 11, 2007 by crazedfan

[Thrilla]

Righto, these are the shows that are happening next week

Upcoming Events Next Week

» 2/16/2007 - DEEP: 28th Impact

» 2/16/2007 - ROF 28: Evolution

» 2/17/2007 - GCM: Cage Force 2

» 2/17/2007 - Shooto: Professional Shooto 2007

» 2/17/2007 - NAAFS: The Midwest Combat Challenge 2

» 2/17/2007 - CFC III: Combat Fighting Championships III

As you can see nothing spectacular there, Biggz pointed out a few things on some of the cards but we don't feel they warrant a prediction contest. That is unless anyone out there wants to do a predicition contest for one of these shows, I don't overly mind either way. But I imagine the next show we'll predict will be the PRIDE show on the 24th, which I'll get a card up for closer to the date.

For those that are interested, this is what a league table for the UFC and the EXC shows would look like.

Enter Blue Guy: 95 + 110 = 205

LBTN Killed Monkey?: 90 + 95 = 185

crazedfan: 85 + 85 = 170

Takayamanofear: 85 + 80 =165

desiredtoe: 90 + 75 = 165

Mr. Potato Head: 95 + 65 = 160

Natural Born Thrilla: 85 + 55 = 140

ACCBiggz: 65 + 65 = 130

Typical Phenom: N/A + 50 = 50

[The LBTN Express]

Since all those shows are happening within two days of each other maybe we could pick one fight off each card (probably the one with the best known fighters in it). Saying that though, I don't think I've heard of any cards being announced for any of these shows. The only things I've heard is that Duane Ludwig should be taking on Shinya Kamazuwa on the ROF card and Ryo Chonan should be on the DEEP card, although he hasn't done much recently. I think he's lost 3 of his last 4 in PRIDE.

So yeah, waiting for the next PRIDE show is probably best (Silva vs. Henderson & Gomi vs. Diaz should be interesting fights) as UFC 68 is just one week later on the 3rd IIRC.

[ACCBiggz]

NBT, just to save you some trouble, and allow people to know who'll be on the card for potential research purposes...

PRIDE has that up on their site.

[Thrilla]

Thanks to Biggz for PMing me the card and reminding me of this...

NEW FIGHT ADDED

PRIDE Middleweight Championship: Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson

PRIDE Lightweight Championship: Takanori Gomi vs. Nick Diaz

Hayato Sakurai vs. Mac Danzig

Kazuo Misaki vs. Frank Trigg

Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Travis Wiuff

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

Mauricio Rua vs. Alistair Overeem

Joachim Hansen vs. Jason Ireland

Sergei Kharitonov vs. Mike Russow

Obviously, predictions have to be before the show starts but its not till the 24th so you've got plenty of time.

Edited February 23, 2007 by Natural Born Thrilla

[ACCBiggz]

Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson - Decision

Takanori Gomi vs. Nick Diaz - KO, Round One

Hayato Sakurai vs. Mac Danzig - KO, Round One

Kazuo Misaki vs. Frank Trigg - TKO, Round Two

Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Travis Wiuff - TKO, Round Two

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou - Submission, Round One

Mauricio Rua vs. Alistair Overeem - Decision

Joachim Hansen vs. Jason Ireland - Decision

Sergei Kharitonov vs. Mike Russow - TKO, Round One

Edited February 21, 2007 by ACCBiggz

[Enter Blue Guy]

Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson - Decision

Takanori Gomi vs. Nick Diaz - submission, 3rd round (upset special)

Hayato Sakurai vs. Mac Danzig - TKO, 2nd round

Kazuo Misaki vs. Frank Trigg - Decision

Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Travis Wiuff - Decision

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou - Submission, 1st round

Mauricio Rua vs. Alistair Overeem - TKO, 3rd round

Joachim Hansen vs. Jason Ireland - KO, 2nd round

Sergei Kharitonov vs. Mike Russow - TKO, 1st round

Edited February 23, 2007 by Enter Blue Guy

[Toe]

Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson - Decision

Takanori Gomi vs. Nick Diaz - Round 2 Submission

Hayato Sakurai vs. Mac Danzig - Decision

Kazuo Misaki vs. Frank Trigg - Decision

Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Travis Wiuff - Round 2 KO

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou - Round 1 KO

Mauricio Rua vs. Alistair Overeem - Round 2 KO

Joachim Hansen vs. Jason Ireland - Decision

[crazedfan]

Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson - Decision

Takanori Gomi vs. Nick Diaz - TKO, Round 1

Hayato Sakurai vs. Mac Danzig - TKO, Round 2

Kazuo Misaki vs. Frank Trigg - Decision

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou - Submission, Round 1

Mauricio Rua vs. Alistair Overeem - TKO, Round 1

Joachim Hansen vs. Jason Ireland - TKO, Round 2

Sergei Kharitonov vs. Mike Russow - KO, Round 1

.... I don't like that I picked all the first column... but whatever.

Edited with the new fight.

Edited February 24, 2007 by crazedfan

[ACCBiggz]

An additional card was announced for the February 24th event, PRIDE.33 "THE SECOND COMING," to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada. His first PRIDE match since his defeat to Aleksander Emelianenko on September 10, 2006, Kharitonov will be fighting against Mike Russow.

Sergei Kharitonov (Russia/Russian Top Team) VS. Mike Russow

In addition, Kazuhiro Nakamura will not be able to fight at the upcoming event due to an injury to his left knee. Travis Wiuff's card is currently under consideration.