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predictions?

Even though i wont be able to watch it i think Florian over Penn .i want to say Silva but Griffin gets an upset.

[Robert]

Just about every MMA forum right now has at least one topic about the Silva-Griffin fight being fixed. In my opinion there is no way in hell that would really happen. As much as I dislike Silva, this is simply more proof just how dominate of a fighter he is. There are mixed reports Griffin may have suffered a dislocated jaw the 2nd time he was dropped, which would definitely explain why he was easily dropped again.
Like I said earlier, Forrest discussed in his book winning the LHW belt was a fluke an how he wasn't in the same class as people like Silva.
I didn't expect Forrest to win but I thought he would be able to do better. Unfortunately for Griffin it was obvious he was practically standing still compared to Silva during the exchanges. Silva's striking ability is unseen except for in pro boxing. The only way someone is going to beat Silva standing is with a extremely lucky hit. I was completely disgusted when Silva helped Griffin back up after the 2nd knockdown. It seemed so arrogant like a bully letting a kid up so he can knock him down again because he knows he didn't haven anything to fear. I changed my mind about helping Forrest up as being unsportsmanlike after hearing the post fight interviews. In the post fight interview, Silva said it was done out of respect for Griffin being brave enough to stand and trade punches unlike Leites who refused to fight in Silva's previous fight.
While I still don't care for Silva or the way he fights, I can't deny he's one of the best in the world.
BTW if you haven't heard, Silva plans to stay and fight at 205. He's willing to fight anyone at 205 except for Machida, which is to bad because I think Machida is the only person with the right skills to be a serious threat. It would be interesting to see how Silva handles some of the better wrestler/grapplers at 205.


Penn vs. Florian
Like i said earlier, don't care about this fight at all. I don't care for Florian and hate Penn for being such a bitch. With that said, props to Penn for finally taking his belt serious and training for a 5 round fight. Penn was definitely in better shape then he been in years. Looking forward to Penn vs. Sanchez. Penn is a much better fighter overall but Diego Sanchez may run him over with crazy energy.

Amir Sadollah Vs. Johny Hendricks
Not the worse stoppage ever but definitely early. Very disappointed with this as I was really looking forward to seeing Amir fight.

Kendall Grove Vs. Ricardo Almeida
Boring fight ended by decision

Josh Neer Vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Boring fight ended by decision an a great example of why the scoring system needs fixed.
MMA judges should understand by now that once the fight goes to the ground it's a grappling match not freaking wrestling. Sure people should get points for a take down but not for holding someone down while not improving their position. Again this is not wrestling where top position is always dominate. This is grappling where 50% of the time the person on the bottom wins the fight.
There were a few times I thought this should have been stood back up. I agree Pell won the fight, I just hate the scoring system doesn't give enough credit to Neer who was so active from the bottom an constantly trying to end the fight.

Shane Nelson Vs. Aaron Riley
Clear win for Riley but another boring decision.

George Sotiropoulos Vs. George Roop
Great showing by Sotiropoulos. I think he should have won a bonus since he was the only prelim fighter to finish his fight and not go to a decision.
The bonuses Dana gave out were stupid. Should have been......
Sotiropoulos submission of the night
Penn/Florian fight of the night
Silva knockout of the night.


UFC101 Declaration should have been called UFC 101 Disappointment or maybe UFC 101 Decision since almost all the fights went to decision.