Ufc 98

[drklrdbill]

Only fights I really like are on the main card:
Evans +170
Serra +200

Any thoughts/picks?

[Josh Jones III]

I'm going the other way -- Machida and Hughes. Evans hasn't faced an advanced defender like Machida and may not be able to get close and wrestle him. Tito Ortiz had similar strengths and weaknesses and Machida picked him apart.

Hughes is just a bigger man than Serra and St-Pierre proved in the rematch that Serra can be ragdolled...

[drklrdbill]

Hmm, that's not good. What's your full card look like?

[Josh Jones III]

I usually just pick fights in which I know the guys enough, so....

Machida over Evans

Hughes over Serra

Sherk over Edgar

Miller over Sonnen

[Josh Jones III]

Two for two...well, I got the big fights right. That's what I get for overthinking and trying to bet UFC on the lesser known guys...I coulda been 2-0!

[drklrdbill]

Yeah, Machida pwns nubs. I don't see anyone beating him in the near future.

Also, I think the decision on the Serra/Hughes fight was bullshit, and I hope neither of them fight ever again.

[Josh Jones III]

I think the judges made the right call. Hughes controlled the pace more and Serra got too distracted trying to "show off" that Hughes wasn't hurting him. He didn't do enough -- even when he hurt Hughes in round 1, it was from an accidental headbutt...