Thread: UFC 102.... Who's your picks?

Main Card:

Randy Couture Vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Keith Jardine Vs. Thiago Silva
Chris Leben Vs. Jake Rosholt
Nate Marquardt Vs. Demian Maia
Brandon Vera Vs. Krzysztof Soszynski


Undercard:


Ed Herman Vs. Aaron Simpson
Gabriel Gonzaga Vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Justin McCully Vs. Mike Russow
Tim Hague Vs. Todd Duffee
Nick Catone Vs. Mark Munoz








Just my picks for the main card:

Randy Couture Vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - I REALLY want Randy to win.
Keith Jardine Vs. Thiago Silva
Chris Leben Vs. Jake Rosholt
Nate Marquardt Vs. Demian Maia
Brandon Vera Vs. Krzysztof Soszynski - I love Krzysztof but I think he's going to get destroyed.

Main Card:

Randy Couture Vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Absolute legend and I hope I'm wrong)
Keith Jardine Vs.Thiago Silva
Chris Leben Vs. Jake Rosholt
Nate Marquardt Vs. Demian Maia
Brandon Vera Vs. Krzysztof Soszynski

Under Card:

Ed Herman Vs. Aaron Simpson
Gabriel Gonzaga Vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Justin McCully Vs. Mike Russow
Tim Hague Vs. Todd Duffee
Nick Catone Vs. Mark Munoz

Green = Win

Originally Posted by deicide

Main Card:
Randy Couture Vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Keith Jardine Vs. Thiago Silva
Chris Leben Vs. Jake Rosholt
Nate Marquardt Vs. Demian Maia
Brandon Vera Vs. Krzysztof Soszynski

Undercard:
Ed Herman Vs. Aaron Simpson
Gabriel Gonzaga Vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Justin McCully Vs. Mike Russow
Tim Hague Vs. Todd Duffee
Nick Catone Vs. Mark Munoz

Great thread. Ok, here we go.

Randy Couture Vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: Winner == Nogueira
I'm going to give Big Nog the benefit of the doubt. His lose to Mir could have very well been a bad night, after all the man is a legend in the sport. I love Randy, and he is as tough as they come, but he's getting a little ripe to be able to beat the highest levels IMO. However, Randy does seem to like to make liars out of us.

Keith Jardine Vs. Thiago Silva: Winner == Silva
Poor Keith, I like him, but I think fighters are starting to figure him out. Thiago has all the tools to win this matchup.

Nate Marquardt Vs. Demian Maia: Winner == Marquardt
I love to watch Maia fight, and this will be a good fight, and I wish Maia would win to set up a Silva/Maia title bout. But, the reality is that Nate will probably not follow Maia to the ground. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so.

Brandon Vera Vs. Krzysztof Soszynski: Winner == Soszynski
This one is really hard to pick in my opinion. It could go either way. Great match-up though. It's gonna probably be the best fight on the entire card.

I guess we'll see who was right and who was wrong after the fight. Can't wait.

The fights are coming. Put in your picks!!

I think the winners will be Nogueira (Randy is too old), Silva, Leben, and Soszynski.
I haven't watched the UFC regularly recently and don't have a clue about Nate Marquardt and Demian Maia.

Nogueira is one of my all time favs despite his last performance that almost made me cry. I will have to pick him just on sentiment and favoritism.

Marquardt will end the Demian Maia hype. TKO Rd 2

Besides that, here's the rest of the picks.

Jardine beats Silva by unanimous decision.
Rosholt beats Leben by unanimous decision.
Vera beats Krystof by unanimous decision.
Gonzaga beats Tuchscherer by TKO (Tuchscherer is better than most people know however and it would not shock me too much if he pulled the upset of the night)
Herman beats Simpson by submission though I can see it going the other way too.
Russow will beat McCully easily by submission.
Duffee will destroy Hague... KO.
Munoz will dominate Catone.. decision.

Fight that is also on the card but isn't in the OP.

Marcus Aurelio will beat Evan Dunham by 1st round submission.

Randy Couture
Thiago Silva
Chris Leben
Demian Maia
Brandon Vera

Originally Posted by s2cuts

Great thread. Ok, here we go.

Randy Couture Vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: Winner == Nogueira
I'm going to give Big Nog the benefit of the doubt. His lose to Mir could have very well been a bad night, after all the man is a legend in the sport. I love Randy, and he is as tough as they come, but he's getting a little ripe to be able to beat the highest levels IMO. However, Randy does seem to like to make liars out of us.

Keith Jardine Vs. Thiago Silva: Winner == Silva
Poor Keith, I like him, but I think fighters are starting to figure him out. Thiago has all the tools to win this matchup.

Nate Marquardt Vs. Demian Maia: Winner == Marquardt
I love to watch Maia fight, and this will be a good fight, and I wish Maia would win to set up a Silva/Maia title bout. But, the reality is that Nate will probably not follow Maia to the ground. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so.

Brandon Vera Vs. Krzysztof Soszynski: Winner == Soszynski
This one is really hard to pick in my opinion. It could go either way. Great match-up though. It's gonna probably be the best fight on the entire card.

I guess we'll see who was right and who was wrong after the fight. Can't wait.

3 out of 4. Not bad.

Crazy fight between randy and nogueira.. Really wanted randy but for his age he's doing great.