final UFC 101 predictions

MAIN CARD~

~B.J. Penn over Ken Flo via TKO ref stoppage R4 (Penn's BJJ will overwhelm ken flo)
~Anderson Silva over Forrest Griffin via split decision (standup war-fight of night)
~Kendall Grove over Ricardo Almeida via KO R2 (Grove's reach to long.high kick to head)
~Amir Sadollah over Johny Hendrix via Sub R3 (Amir will eventually catch an arm after being dominated by the champion oklahoma state wrestler the whole fight)
~Thales Leites over Alessio Sakara via Sub R1 (Leites dominates and chokes the italian, sub of night)
PRELIMS~
~George Sotiropoulos over George Roop vis Sub R1 (George takes Roops back and taps him out)
~Matt Riddle over Dan Cramer via KO R2 (Riddle's strength will be too much for Cramer, ground and pound)
~Tamden McCrory over John Howard via decision (i see a ground fight with the barn-cat being more technical)
~Aaron Riley over Shane Nelson via decision (stand-up battle with the veteran taking the final two rounds after Nelson wins the first.)
~Daniel Villefort over Jesse Lennox via sub R2 (the Nogeira student will use his ground skills to tri-angle choke Lennox)

~overall it will be entertaining UFC with many finishes, Four Submissions and Three Knockouts with only three of the matches ending in decisions. I may be too optimistic but I don't see any of the fights being boring. I also really hope that there is a upset in either of the main events.

FEDOR NOT SIGNED, TITO ORTIZ IS

Today Dana White announced officially that Tito Ortiz is back in UFC. To most fans of the sport the announcement was a letdown because Fedor will not be in UFC. Dana said he offered Fedor a deal that would never be equaled in MMA. The deal breaker was that M-1 wanted to co-promote. here is a great video of previous Dana Fedor negotiations

JULY 29th FIGHT NETWORK RADIO RECAP

NEWS
~yesterday the la times reported fedor signed with UFC. M-1 GLOBAL denied report.
~Ben Rothwell vs Chase Gromley will both be debuting at UFC104
~over 30 affliction contracts picked up by ufc. expect names friday at dana press conf.
~Vitor Belfort fighting in brazil sept 12. card also includes Monson vs Rizzo. Also Lil Nog will face Alex Steibling and Ricardo Arona vs Marvin Eastman.
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A reporter from fanhouse.com Ariel Helwanne called in from M-1 press confrence. Only news is Fedor is headlining the EAsports mma game as well as mousasi and babalu. He then talked about the reality of a deal between fedor and ufc will mostly likely not happen because of Fedor's russian business entourage. I believe the deal is gonna go down because if it wasnt then M-1 would surely have fedor fight end of aug at their event in los angelas.
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King Mo Lawell called in, talked about the history behind the infamous shit talking youtube video addressed Ramage said the boy can dish but cant take it. in 01 he shunned Mo. then in 03 rampage was cool but then flipped when cameras around. Then at walmart at a autograph session Rampage clowned Mo. Then at another Walmart show Rampaged talked shit behind his back saying his breath stinks and his ass smells. he then went on to talk about his future in mma He said that he doesnt want people to think he's the next Sokoju. King mo talked about trying out for WWE in 2006 but decided to keep real wrestling and pursing MMA. He then talked about how much he likes Don Frye and thinks he's a real funny guy. He's been training with benji radich, JZ, mayhem, nogeria, babalu, dean lister, josh barnett in preperation for his bout with Don Frye. He talked about coming up broke and his momma was a disciplinarian who beat him when he answered wrong school questions. 1st grade he ironed his own clothes very independent. He said he's ready right now for a shot at ufc. He digs Strikeforce but no call backs. He gave it up for Brock, he said he has no favorite fighter, everyone has something to offer. He talked about winning by "mass confusion" mixing wrestling with boxing.
here is some clips of king mo vs rampage

ANOTHER STRIKEFORCE CHAMPIONSHIP IN JEOPARDY

July 27th 2009

In a interview with mmajunkie.com radio STRIKEFORCE lightweight champion Josh "the punk" Thomson admitted that his broken leg has not yet completely healed leading to a him to likely withdrawal from his fight against Gilbert Melendez. MMA junkie is also reporting that Renato "Babalu" Sobral with defend his STRIKEFORCE title vs Gegard Mousasi.... Personally i am planning on attending this event so im happy to hear that Sobral vs Mousasi is added to the card because after the news that Overeem vs Werdum was off it was dissappointing. It is also sad that the Battle of the Bay (Thomson/Melendez) is in jeopardy. As long as they find a suitable fill-in for Thomson the event should still be more than worthy.