Posted on 06/23/2017 11:58:46 PM PDT by Impy
MMA action this weekend
First up Saturday Night it's Bellator 180 + the Bellator NYC PPV Event
Bellator 180 Prelims can be viewed for free on Bellator.com
Main Card on Spike TV at 8:00 PM Eastern
Bellator NYC on Pay-per-View at 10:00 PM Eastern
Then on Sunday night it's UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee
Early Prelims on UFC Fight Pass
Prelims on Fox Sports *2* and Fox Sports Go at 7:00 PM Eastern
Main Card on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports Go at 9:00 PM Eastern
Some of the key fights
The Bellator PPV is headlined by a "grudge match between Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva
Plus the long awaited fight between FEDOR and Matt Mitrione
Also LW and WW Champs Michael Chandler and Douglas Lima both defend their titles
On the Spike TV portion of the card LHW Champ Phil Davis defends his belt against Ryan Bader
Also, Chinzo Machida, Neiman Gracie, and a chick fight
The UFC card is headlined by Lightweight contenders Michael Chiesa and Kevin Lee
Also
Tim Boetsch vs. Johny Hendricks
Felice Herrig vs. Justine Kish
Tim Means vs. Alex Garcia
B.J. Penn vs. Dennis Siver
and on the prelims
Clay Guida vs. Erik Koch
Carla Esparza vs. Maryna Moroz
MMA Ping, let me know if you on/off the list
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellator_MMA_in_2017#Bellator_NYC.2FBellator_180
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Night:_Chiesa_vs._Lee
Get your pics in, as many or as few as you like.
I watched Johnny Hendricks wrestle in college a dozen times. I watched him destroy a number of opponents but was shocked to see him tech fall Matt Pell at 165. I talked to one of the Asst coaches and found out for starters he was benching 360.
Bellator: Sonnen, Emelianenko, Larkin, Chandler, Gracie, Gallagher, Couture, Davis
UFC: Lee, Hendricks, Herring, Reyes, Garcia, Penn, Koch, Vettori, Esparza, Horcher, Gordon, Martin, Kimball
Lately it looks like Hendricks has been benching himself while shoving fried food and gravy down his gullet.
He goes up 15 pounds to the next weight class and STILL misses weight?!? Wow!
Lacking discipline much?
I have a gut feeling that the Sonnen/Silva fight is going to be a stinker. That said, here are my Bellator picks:
Silva
Mitrione - Though I’ll be rooting for Fedor
Larkin
Gracie
Gallagher
Couture
Chandler
Bader
UFC Fight Night picks:
Lee
Boetsch - because Fatt Rigg is fat
Kish - via decision
Reyes
Means
No picks for the Penn/Siver fight or beyond.
I’m going with Mitrione agaisnt my better judgment- maybe just because I’d like to see him win
Chael
Bader
Lorenz
Gracie
James
Ryan
Brent
Lee
Boetsch
Kish
Dominic
Alex
PENN- wow didn’t htink I’d see him fightign again
Clay- Wow- didn’t htink I’d see him fightign again- love it!
Vitor
Carla
Devin
Jared
Tony
Marsh
My bellator picks
Sonnen
Mitrione
Chandler
Pico
Lima
Bader
Gracie
Machida
Hardy
Couture
For Bellator I’m going to take Emelianenko, Lima, Chandler and Davis.
I’m going to have to think about the UFC card a bit. It looks like a bit of a loser round up card, so I’m not sure who to pick yet.
Hell of a chick fight, boxer Heather Hardy wns her MMA debut.
Gallagher takes care of twice his age Chinzo Machida in short order, rear naked choke.
The Gracie fight seems to be off, I didn’t hear why.
Dear God, Phil lost to Darth Bad -_-
SMH
I don’t know about that decision.
Nice to hear Mike Goldberg calling the fights BTW.
Pay(although I’m not) per view recap so far
Lima wins by decision, not as great a fight as expected
Highly touted prospect, championship Wrestler and Golden Gloves boxer Aaron Pico gets taken down and choked out in short order in his MMA Debut
Brent Primus, who I thought an unworthly foe for Chandler is the new LW Champ after Chandler’s ankle gives out.
Oddly Chandler seemed fine afterwards, jumping up and down eager for a rematch.
Fedor time.
“Highly touted prospect, championship Wrestler and Golden Gloves boxer Aaron Pico gets taken down and choked out in short order in his MMA Debut”
God, I love it when this happens. People think they are jsut going to cross over into MMA, and nope.
“Fedor time.”
Even though I picked Fedor, I really hope Matt wins. That would be awesome!
Um wow ROCKY STYLE they punch each other at the same time and both go down, Meathead recovers quickly, jumps on Fedor, they grabble a little and Meathad lays on the GNP and Fedor goes night night.
Mitrone says “Eff the Golden State Warriors” he wants to visit the White House.
LOLOL! AWESOME!
Oh man I wish I coulda seen that! Lemme check youtube
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