UFC 132 FIGHT! Picks

  • Thursday, June 30th, 2011 at 12:56 am by Bear Frazer

With UFC 132 going down this weekend, Your BFF returns with UFC 132 FIGHT! Picks and makes predictions with rock music’s biggest MMA fans including Dan Kenny of Suicide Silence, Shaun Cooper of Taking Back Sunday and Armand Jasari of I The Breather.

Dennis Siver vs. Matt Wiman

Dan: I love this fight and think this will be fight of the night. I love Wiman and I know he learned a lot from Gilbert Melendez (the man).

Shaun: Really hard to pick as both have been surging lately. I’m going to take Siver by unanimous decision by crisp technical striking and his rapidly improving take down defense. Wiman is a beast though and I’d never count him out.

Armand: I think this fight will go to a decision with Dennis Siver winning due to a higher hit percentage.

Bear: This is going to be a pretty fun fight. Although Siver has looked real impressive lately, especially with toppling George Sotiropoulos, I think Wiman is gonna pull through with the U-D.

Dan picks Wiman, Shaun picks Siver. Armand picks Siver. Bear picks Wiman.

Carlos Condit vs. Dong Hyun Kim

Dan: I never count out either of these guys and think this match up is weird but should be an awesome MMA fight. What the heck are these guys’ game plans? I see Kim with the edge and think he will shock us and become a bigger contender in the 170-pound division.

Shaun: Condit’s striking should be key to victory here. Definite sleeper for a potential Fight Of The Night.

Armand: Condit via submission due to his exceptional jiu-jitsu techniques.

Bear: Dong Hyun Kim has some solid judo throws and definitely showed guys like Amir Sadollah just how good it is. While Condit’s biggest weakness has been his wrestling, he has always persevered and found a way to crush his opponents. I believe the same thing will happen here.

Dan picks Dong Hyun Kim. Shaun picks Condit. Armand picks Condit. Bear picks Condit.

Ryan Bader vs. Tito Ortiz

Dan: I love this fight because they are both so hungry to win again. Hopefully this is a slugfest, but I think it will probably be a “who can take down who.” Stalemate? I think Tito is done. This should be the end of Tito sadly.

Shaun: Bader’s heavy hands/solid boxing will overwhelm Tito. Tito is a legend.

Armand: Ryan Bader via knockout because Tito has been out of the game for a while now and will get overwhelmed by Ryan.

Bear: Tito might have the better jiu-jitsu game and that’s his best hope to win this fight. However, I see Bader getting the TKO or the decision. He’ll overwhelm “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy,” send him packing from the UFC and, in his post-fight interview, Tito will talk about being injured before the bout.

Dan picks Bader. Shaun picks Bader. Armand picks Bader. Bear picks Bader.

Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben

Dan: This is a tough one but I see Leben as a hungrier younger fighter that would love to beat a legend. How many punches in this fight??? 500,000?

Shaun: Obviously this should be Fight Of The Night. These guys will slug it out in an intense battle. Leben will land some bombs but Wand will be more accurate and use his clinch and maybe even wrestle effectively.

Armand: My pick is Wanderlei because his aggressive nature will leave Leben unsure of how o stop it, which will result in a TKO by Silva.

Bear: Whenever Chris Leben is motivated, he wins. Sure, that excitement didn’t translate when he battled Brian Stann (whom he lost to), but it was present when he took on Aaron Rosa, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Terry Martin, etc. That’s why I’m rolling with Leben on this one.

Dan picks Leben. Shaun picks Silva. Armand picks Silva. Bear picks Leben.

Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber for UFC Bantamweight Title

Dan: I see this being a long fight and no fast guillotine this time. But I see Cruz stuffing every take down and blasting little short Urijah.

Shaun: Cruz has looked amazing but I think Faber is still a step ahead. really close fight though.

Armand: Urijah by submission because his speed and agility will overwhelm Cruz, allowing Urijah to go in for the kill.

Bear: He might have already lost to Faber, but Cruz has been on a tear since moving down to Bantamweight and claiming the title. I think he might be quicker than Faber in this fight, and I see him picking him apart with his boxing en route to a decision.

Dan picks Cruz. Shaun picks Faber. Armand picks Faber. Bear picks Cruz.

So who are you picking?

Be Sociable, Share!
SociBook del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Yahoo Buzz StumbleUpon

Comments are closed.