{"id":4849,"date":"2010-09-25T10:22:15","date_gmt":"2010-09-25T14:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=4849"},"modified":"2010-09-25T10:22:15","modified_gmt":"2010-09-25T14:22:15","slug":"ufc-119-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=4849","title":{"rendered":"UFC 119 Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2010\/z09252010ufc119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"624\" \/><\/p>\n<p>UFC 119 is tonight so let&#8217;s go right to my predictions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>C.B. Dollaway vs. Joe Doerksen<\/strong>: Although I&#8217;m not a fan, I see <strong>Dollaway winning by decision<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Joey Beltran vs.  Matt Mitrione<\/strong>: Both guys will be swinging for the fences.\u00a0 I think <strong>Mitrione<\/strong> can take whatever <strong>Beltron<\/strong> lands and I see <strong>Mitrione winning via TKO<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens: <\/strong>I&#8217;m not big on <strong>Guillard<\/strong>.\u00a0 He&#8217;s talented and might be coming into his own now, but I&#8217;ve seen him fold and am not too sure it won&#8217;t happen again.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going with <strong>Stephens for a 3rd round stoppage or submission win<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chris Lytle vs. Matt Serra<\/strong>: This has <strong>fight of the night potential<\/strong>.\u00a0 Both guys need a big win to insure a spot in the <strong>UFC<\/strong>.\u00a0 I think that <strong>Serra<\/strong> has the <strong>better punching power <\/strong>and <strong>ground game<\/strong> so I&#8217;m going with <strong>Serra for the win<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Evan Dunham vs. Sean Sherk: <\/strong>This should be a great fight.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a fan of both guys.\u00a0 I think this will go the distance and I&#8217;m going with <strong>Dunham for the win<\/strong> in a tough battle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ryan Bader vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira:<\/strong> If <strong>Serra vs Lytle<\/strong> doesn&#8217;t win fight of the night, then <strong>Bader vs Little Nog<\/strong> should.\u00a0 This should be an exciting war.\u00a0<strong> Nog<\/strong> has trained and is ready for <strong>Bader<\/strong> and all he brings to the cage [<strong>superior wrestling skills, strength, brutal punching power <\/strong>and an <strong>undefeated record<\/strong>].\u00a0 If <strong>Bader<\/strong> doesn&#8217;t gas out and doesn&#8217;t make a stupid mistake he could launch himself into title contention.\u00a0 My prediction is <strong>Bader via a decision<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mirko &#8220;Cro Cop&#8221; Filipovic vs. Frank Mir: <\/strong>It&#8217;s no secret that I&#8217;m a huge<strong> Frank Mir <\/strong>fan.<strong> <\/strong>I believe <strong>Mir<\/strong> is going to be able to avoid <strong>Cro Cops<\/strong> brutal leg kicks and punches to submit him, possibly early in the fight.\u00a0 With that said, <strong>Mir<\/strong> has done more than his share of <strong>trash talking<\/strong> for this fight and that never bodes well.\u00a0 Added to the mix is that <strong>Cro Cop<\/strong> needs the win to show that he&#8217;s not over the hill in regard to a legitimate run at the title.\u00a0 If <strong>Cro Cop<\/strong> tags <strong>Mir <\/strong>early or is able to take this fight into the later rounds, <strong>Mir <\/strong>will find himself in deeper, more dangerous waters.\u00a0 I&#8217;m hoping for a solid, if not devastating performance from <strong>Mir<\/strong>, so of course I&#8217;m going with<strong> Mir for the win<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 119 is tonight so let&#8217;s go right to my predictions: C.B. 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