Inside the most important celebration, Mauricio Rua defends his UFC Light Heavyweight Championship in opposition to Jon Jones.
We’re now only a few days away from UFC 128 “Shogun vs. Jones”. From the key celebration, Mauricio Rua defends his UFC Light Heavyweight Championship versus Jon Jones. The co-main event will also be an exciting match-up, as previous long-reigning WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber can take on Eddie Wineland. As is customary, here is my official “picks and predictions” publish (covering who I think will win and why), now featuring UFC 128: “Shogun vs. Jones”.
Mauricio Rua (c) vs. Jon Jones for your UFC Light Heavyweight Championship: I’m putting it all about the line with this particular fight and this prediction, but when have I ever before been afraid to perform so? If Rua proves me wrong and wins, it wouldn’t be the very first time I’ve had to abdomen a heaping helping of humble pie. But I just don’t see that happening. Jon Jones is as well great at all, and for “Shogun”, the thoughts is prepared but the physique is weak. Jones will possibly hit his flurry and KO Rua in Round 1, or he’ll pummel Rua’s already-damaged knees into dust with regular takedowns. I’m betting about the former: Rua will assume that he’s obtained the striking advantage on “Bones”, and Jonny Bones will prove him incorrect. Jon Jones wins by KO in Round one.
Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland: Eddie Wineland is one particular difficult fighter, but there’s toughness and after that there’s Urijah Faber. Both equally men are difficult and have excellent chins, but I think the submission game will come back again to bite Wineland. He’s acquired five wins by submission, but he’s been submitted four occasions. Faber has thirteen wins by submission and has never ever been submitted. Still, due on the all-important toughness factor, Wineland will only succumb just after Faber wears him down. Urijah Faber wins by submission in Round 3.
Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus: As a lot as I like Kamal Shalorus, Jim Miller really should be suitable up there along with the best of them, and I think he’s going to demonstrate it at UFC 128. I could talk a lot more about this battle, but I’m going to wrap it up with one very simple sentence: I see Jim Miller getting superior than Kamal in all important regions of your game. Jim Miller wins by submission in Round 2.
Nate Marquardt vs. Dan Miller: There’s two techniques I look at this match, and in each of them, I see Nate Marquardt winning. The very first way is always to refute the declare that Nate Marquardt chokes in major fights, meaning that he’s still one particular with the most effective at 185 and really should be also substantially for Miller to take care of. The 2nd way will be to allow that Nate Marquardt chokes in huge fights but counter that this is not a big fight for him. This is certainly a lot more about the degree of when Nate Marquardt confronted Rousimar Palhares, and all of us know how that battle turned out. In reality, I’m planning to be calling for that exact end result: Nate Marquardt will beat Dan Miller by (T)KO within the initially round.
Mirko Filipovic vs. Brendan Schaub: When it comes right down to it, that is a fairly effortless decide on. Mirko Cro Cop’s most recent fight was an ultra-boring three-round snooze-fest with Frank Mir that mercifully ended with a late-round Hail Mary KO. which Cro Cop was about the getting end of. Meanwhile, Brendan Schaub has been destroying people today and just got carried out beating Gabriel Gonzaga and booting him proper out of the UFC. Schaub is all set for Cro Cop’s stage of talent, and Cro Cop may be a shadow of his former self for fairly a while. Brendan Schaub wins by TKO in Round one.
And that’s what I think, followers and good friends. But what about you? Who do you see winning, and why, at UFC 128?
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