{"id":5519,"date":"2011-06-11T11:10:20","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T15:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=5519"},"modified":"2011-06-11T11:10:20","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T15:10:20","slug":"ufc-131-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=5519","title":{"rendered":"UFC 131 Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2011\/z061111ufc131.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"672\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UFC 131<\/strong> airs tonight.\u00a0 There will be <strong>prelim fights<\/strong> on <strong>Facebook<\/strong> and <strong>Youtube<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>SPIKE<\/strong> will also air other prelims and then the feature fights will appear on pay-per-view starting at <strong>9pm EST<\/strong>.\u00a0 Here are my predictions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Krzysztof<\/strong> <em> \u201cThe Polish Experiment\u201d<\/em><strong> Soszynski <\/strong>(25-11) vs<strong> Mike<\/strong> <em>\u201cThe Master of Disaster\u201d<\/em> <strong>Massenzio<\/strong> (11-4) this fight will appear on <strong>Facebook<\/strong> or <strong>Youtube<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<strong>Thoughts:<\/strong> <strong>Kryzsztof<\/strong> shouldn&#8217;t have much of a problem with <strong>Massenzio<\/strong> [who is coming in as a late replacement].<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> <strong>Soszynski wins by submission.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sam<\/strong> <em>\u201cHands of Stone\u201d<\/em> <strong>Stout<\/strong> (16-6) vs <strong>Yves Edwards<\/strong> (40-16) this fight will appear on SPIKE.<br \/>\n<strong>Thoughts:<\/strong> <strong>Stout <\/strong>has won five<strong> &#8220;Fight of the Night&#8221;<\/strong> awards and<strong> Edwards<\/strong> won&#8217;t be one to back down, so this bout could have fireworks.\u00a0 <strong>Stout <\/strong>likes to stand and bang, so the question is: Will <strong>Edwards<\/strong> want to play that game or will he prefer to take <strong>Stout <\/strong>down and grind out a win?<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction: Stout<\/strong> via decision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following bouts are all on the main card pay-per-view:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Donald<\/strong> \u201cThe Cowboy\u201d<strong> Cerrone<\/strong> (14-3) vs <strong>Vagner Rocha<\/strong> (6-1)<br \/>\n<strong>Thoughts:<\/strong> This is <strong>Rocha&#8217;s UFC<\/strong> debut and it&#8217;s not an easy fight.\u00a0 <strong>Rocha<\/strong> will want to take <strong>Cerrone<\/strong> down and work his <strong>Brazilian jiu-jitsu<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>Cerron<\/strong>e will want to stand and kickbox.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction<\/strong>: <strong>Cerrone wins by TKO.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Demian Maia<\/strong> (14-2) vs <strong>Mark<\/strong> \u201cThe Filipino Wrecking Machine\u201d <strong>Munoz<\/strong> (10-2)<br \/>\n<strong>Thoughts:<\/strong> Two of the best fighters in their weight class face off in what should be a great strategic battle.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction: Maia by decision.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jon Olav Einemo<\/strong> (6-1)<strong> <\/strong>vs <strong>Dave<\/strong> <em>\u201cPee-Wee\u201d<\/em> <strong>Herman<\/strong> (20-2)<br \/>\n<strong>Thoughts: Herman<\/strong> should win easily enough.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction: Herman by TKO.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kenny<\/strong> \u201cKen-Flo\u201d <strong>Florian<\/strong> (14-5) vs <strong>Diego Nunes<\/strong> (16-1)<br \/>\n<strong>Thoughts: Florian <\/strong>is looking for a title shot if he gets past<strong> Nunes.<br \/>\nPrediction: Florian gets the win and a title shot.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Junior <\/strong><em>\u201cCigano\u201d <\/em><strong>dos Santos <\/strong>(12-1) vs <strong>Shane <\/strong><em>\u201cThe Engineer\u201d<\/em> <strong>Carwin<\/strong> (12-1)<br \/>\n<strong>Thoughts<\/strong>: I hate to see either of these guys loose, because they&#8217;re the cream of their weight division.\u00a0 I&#8217;d say, that they&#8217;re the <strong>2nd<\/strong> and<strong> 3rd <\/strong>best fighters in the <strong>Heavyweight division<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>Santos<\/strong> is the favorite in what should be a slugfest.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction: Carwin in an upset win by TKO.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 131 airs tonight.\u00a0 There will be prelim fights on Facebook and Youtube.\u00a0 SPIKE will also air other prelims 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