{"id":5408,"date":"2011-04-30T10:20:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T14:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=5408"},"modified":"2011-04-30T19:52:37","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T23:52:37","slug":"ufc-129-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=5408","title":{"rendered":"UFC 129 Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2011\/z043011ufc129.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"flagicon\"><a title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a4\/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg\/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png\" alt=\"United States\" width=\"22\" height=\"12\" \/><\/a><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nate_Diaz\">Nate Diaz<\/a> vs. <span class=\"flagicon\"><a title=\"Canada\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/cf\/Flag_of_Canada.svg\/22px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png\" alt=\"Canada\" width=\"22\" height=\"11\" \/><\/a><\/span> <a title=\"Rory MacDonald (fighter)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rory_MacDonald_%28fighter%29\">Rory MacDonald <\/a>&#8211; <\/strong>Both<strong> Diaz<\/strong> and<strong> MacDonald <\/strong>are tough.\u00a0<strong><\/strong> I&#8217;m not a fan of either of the <strong>Diaz<\/strong> brothers, but they sure come to fight.\u00a0 This should be a good one.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction: Diaz by decision.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"flagicon\"><a title=\"Canada\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/cf\/Flag_of_Canada.svg\/22px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png\" alt=\"Canada\" width=\"22\" height=\"11\" \/><\/a><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Bocek\">Mark Bocek<\/a> vs. <span class=\"flagicon\"><a title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a4\/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg\/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png\" alt=\"United States\" width=\"22\" height=\"12\" \/><\/a><\/span> <a title=\"Ben Henderson (fighter)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Henderson_%28fighter%29\">Ben Henderson<\/a> &#8211; Ben  Henderson<\/strong> may be the best fighter that nobody knows.\u00a0 That should all change now that he&#8217;s in the <strong>UFC<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction: Henderson gets the decision.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <span class=\"flagicon\"><a title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a4\/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg\/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png\" alt=\"United States\" width=\"22\" height=\"12\" \/><\/a><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Randy_Couture\">Randy Couture<\/a> vs. <span class=\"flagicon\"><a title=\"Brazil\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/05\/Flag_of_Brazil.svg\/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png\" alt=\"Brazil\" width=\"22\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyoto_Machida\">Lyoto Machida<\/a> &#8211; Randy Couture<\/strong> is one of my favorite fighters.\u00a0 How can you go against <strong>Captain America<\/strong>?\u00a0 The only thing that worries me is that <strong>Couture<\/strong> has said, &#8220;Win, lose, or draw, this is my last fight.&#8221;\u00a0 THAT bothers me.\u00a0 Still, I think that<strong> Couture <\/strong>will be able to force the action and if he gets <strong>Machida<\/strong> down or against the fence, the battle is won.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction: Couture by decision.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span class=\"flagicon\"><a title=\"Brazil\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/05\/Flag_of_Brazil.svg\/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png\" alt=\"Brazil\" width=\"22\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jos%C3%A9_Aldo\">Jos\u00e9 Aldo<\/a> (c) vs. <span class=\"flagicon\"><a title=\"Canada\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/cf\/Flag_of_Canada.svg\/22px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png\" alt=\"Canada\" width=\"22\" height=\"11\" \/><\/a><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Hominick\">Mark Hominick<\/a> &#8211; As <a href=\"http:\/\/ryancody.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Ryan Cody<\/a> said: &#8220;Aldo<\/strong> is a beast. Beast! He wins via TKO&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction: Aldo by TKO or KO.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span class=\"flagicon\"><a title=\"Canada\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/cf\/Flag_of_Canada.svg\/22px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png\" alt=\"Canada\" width=\"22\" height=\"11\" \/><\/a><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Georges_St-Pierre\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a> (c) vs. <span class=\"flagicon\"><a title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbborder\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a4\/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg\/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png\" alt=\"United States\" width=\"22\" height=\"12\" \/><\/a><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jake_Shields\">Jake Shields <\/a><\/strong>-This should be a great fight.\u00a0 <strong>Shields<\/strong> is coming in as a 5 to 1 underdog.\u00a0 I think that the odds are way off on this one.\u00a0 <strong>GSP<\/strong> should win, but I&#8217;d lay a bet on<strong> Shields<\/strong> if I had 5 to 1.\u00a0 If <strong>GSP<\/strong> can take <strong>Shields<\/strong> down [which I think he will], what then?\u00a0 We&#8217;ll find out tonight.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction: GSP by decision.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald &#8211; Both Diaz and MacDonald are tough.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not a fan of either of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mma","comments-off"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5410,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5408\/revisions\/5410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}