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  • The MMA Minute – UFC 118 Aftermath

    We’ve heard about the “MMA vs Boxing” arguments, which would win and in which scenarios, we finally found out tonight. Here’s your quick hits:

    Quick Recaps

    • Welterweight bout: United States Nate Diaz vs. United States Marcus Davis – Diaz defeated Davis via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 4:02 of round 3.

    Diaz was expected to outwork Davis on the ground, the former boxer Davis was supposed to dominate the stand up. Diaz peppered Davis with punches and opened up a nasty cut in the first round. He continued landing punches throughout the second, and finally got him down to the ground and finished him off in round 3.

    The rest of the fights after the jump. (more…)

  • The MMA Minute – UFC 118: Edgar vs Penn 2

    Let’s face it, B.J. Penn is the best lightweight fighter of all time and one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world, his loss against Edgar in Abu Dhabi was a ‘traveshamockery‘. He just wasn’t himself in the fight and there’s no way he’s going to let it happen again. I’ll be very surprised if this fight is even close. However, there are some really good fights to back it up! Good job UFC, back to back home runs in the scheduling department. If this card comes anywhere close to the excitement of the last two pay-per-views, that will be an impressive run for the organization. Here’s the fights:

    Main card

    My first thought is that these are fairly easy to pick, but those are almost always the ones that come back to get ya in the end. But I gotta go with my gut and pick Penn to reclaim the lightweight belt, Couture to teach Toney a lesson in MMA, Maia over Miranda, Florian over Maynard (barely, it’s really hard for me to pick against Maynard, but Florian just does a fantastic job of preparing for fights and has looked head and shoulders better than everyone not named B.J. Penn), and I like Diaz over Davis. Looking forward to the fights!