UFC 109 – relentless predictions

January 19, 2010 · Posted in MMA, Sport, UFC

Danny D’s fight of the night -
For me I usually look forward to the main event at all UFC events but I do think this fight might be the first fight main card Dana White and Joe Silva have got wrong. Both are well into their 40′s and neither have been great in recent fights.

I personally think it is going to be Demian Maia vs Dan Miller, Maia is possibly the best Ju Jitsu fighter in the UFC and Miller fancies himself standing up and suggest he could roll with Maia. Maia has had some of the best submissions I have seen and looks like he could submit confident Miller.

Don’t forget real number one contender is fighting at middleweight Nate Marquardt, he takes on ever improving Chael Sonnen, this could also become a classic, but with Nate’s skills and sizeable frame I think he might be that step to far for Sonnen who has generally shocked all previous fighters since he came over from WEC. If Nate gets him down might be another Maia style submission win. Nate should face the winner of Anderson Belfort pencilled in for UFC 112

Fight card -

Main Card

Main event
Light Heavyweight : Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman – Win for Randy Couture second round

Co main event
Middleweight fight : Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen – Nate will show his class, first round TKO

Welterweight fight : Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago – Mike Swick to bounce back from lose to Dan Hardy
Middleweight fight : Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller – Maia submission, sorry Dan no chance in this
Welterweight fight : Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg – could be a classic, Serra TKo, Trigg was blown away by Koscheck and Serra has something to prove.

Spike TV Card
Lightweight fight : Mac Danzig vs. Justin Buchholz – Danzig
Lightweight fight : Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres – Guillard big TKO

Preliminary Card
Lightweight fight : Phillipe Nover vs. Rob Emerson – Emerson needs to step back up, should win
Light Heavyweight fight : Brian Stann vs. Phil Davis – bore draw probably, Davis has the skills to put away Stann
Heavyweight fight : Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer – Hague must win to stay in UFC so should put away Tuchscherer
Heavyweight fight : Mostapha Al-turk vs. Rolles Gracie – Gracie has to put away heavyweight whipping boy Al-Turk.

Danny Denhard

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One Response to “UFC 109 – relentless predictions”

TheCOach on January 28th, 2010 5:45 am

I am looking extremely forward to UFC 109 and what some of these fighters have to offer as many of them are fighting for their UFC careers…

Melvin Guillard is a very hard hitting Lightweight who once fought in the Welterweight class; something Torres knows and has already stated he plans to fight Guillard “on the ground”. Expect Guillard to try to keep it on his feet, constantly sprawling to avoid Torres’ takedown attempt. Also, Torres might be a little nervous making his debut in the Octagon against such a well-rounded lightweight.

Mike Swick does not lose two fights in a row and will be absolutely focused for this fight. Paulo Thiago (28) made his UFC debut in 2009 after fighting with Brazilian organizations Jungle Fights and Grand Prix Planaltina, winning ten straight fights in his home-land. In his debut in February 2009, he knocked out Josh Koscheck and earned “Knockout of the Night” (lucky shot) but momentum quickly shifted as Jon Fitch defeated him at UFC 100, giving Thiago his only loss. In his most recent fight, Thiago got a decision victory over Jacob Volkmann at UFC 106 but TheCoach was not overly impressed as Volkmann was a UFC rook. TheCoach will be convinced Thiago is a contender to fight GSP if he beats Swick… if not, he’s just another over-rated fighter with a stacked fight record from fighting Joe-Nobody and Johnny-Who in wanna-be organizations.

TheCoach feels that Marquardt has the upper-hand because if Sonnen wants to take it to the ground with his dominate wrestling skills, Marquardt will have many opportunities for submissions. If Sonnen wants to stand, Marquardt hits harder. Sonnen may be better at his style of martial arts but Marquardt is a better all around fighter and it will be evident come February 6th.

Feel free to check out TheCoach’s in depth predictions for UFC 109 – Relentless @ http://www.lionsdenu.com/ufc-109-relentless-preview-and-predictions/

Best of luck to everyone betting and all fighters on February 6th

Regards,
TheCoach