This Saturday Anderson Silva makes his long awaited return to the octagon and takes another shot at improving his tarnished public image. Chael Sonnen, his opponent, hasn’t helped with his constant trash talking and ridiculing of the Middleweight Champ. UFC 117 will be The Spider’s chance to silence Chael once and for all. Actually I don’t think it is possible to actually silence Chael but maybe Silva can force him to focus completely on his blossoming political career.
This stacked fight card takes place in Oakland, CA which was near the Fight Pastor’s stomping grounds for 6 years ago, Modesto, CA. I was excited to make the trip south to the Bay Area to watch the fights live but unfortunately I couldn’t find anyone else who wanted to go. My wife enjoys mocking me for my lack of ability to drive alone. Instead of watching the fights in person I will be watching them live with my family in the comfort of my theater room in my house. Life is tough.
I am currently 14-6 in my predictions for UFC events for the last half of 2010. UFC 117 will improve that record dramatically. So here are my prophetic predictions for Saturday’s AWESOME fight card. As always, short, sweet and deadly accurate.
Ben Saunders by decision over Dennis Hallman
Stefan Struve by submission in the 2nd round over Christian Morecraft
Johny Hendricks by decision over Charlie Brenneman
Todd Brown by decision over Tim Boetsch
Phil Davis by decision over Rodney Wallace
Rick Story by decision over Dustin Hazelett
Junior Dos Santos by knock out in the 2nd round over Roy “Big Country” Nelson
Ricardo Almeida by decision over Matt Hughes
Clay Guida by decision over Rafael dos Anjos
Jon Fitch by decision over Thiago Alves
And in the Main Event for the Middleweight Championship the winner is….
Anderson Silva by TKO in the 3rd round over Chael Sonnen
I hope you are as pumped for Saturday’s fights as I am! So lets start the trash talk. Am I a prophet or should I be stoned for my picks? Let me hear what you think. My pick for fight of the night is the Almeida vs Hughes fight. Junior Dos Santos will get knock out of the night. Anderson Silva will knock Chael Sonnen out and straight into a full-time political career.
Until Saturday…..
2 Comments
8-3 in my picks for this card.
“Am I a prophet or should I be stoned for my picks?”
You are not a prophet. And no, nobody´s gonna stone you.
I truly feel there is a need for Christians to engage with the fighting community. I know I do. So bless you!
But don´t get carried away, brother, and always remember to be humble. There are a lot of temptations out there trying to lead us to focus on ourselves at the expense of the Lord, especially when in pioneer areas missionwise.
Dan
Pastor of SBJJA, Sweden