Most of both cards are of little consequence so I can’t be arsed getting right into either. The UFC card looked entertaining until the cancellation of a few bouts, plus the fact that Fuel TV were too lazy to put it lowered my interest. Still, there’s some good fights like the main event which should be interesting to see how Condit handles a UFC welterweight and handles being on the big, big stage.
The DREAM Welterweight Grand Prix was one I was really looking forward to until a few things happened. First of all, Aoki and Sakurai got matched up which added to my looking forward to it. Then the rest of the tournament was filled up with guys I’m not too thrilled to see fight which made the Sakurai-Aoki fight like the Aoki-Calvacante fight of last years Lightweight Grand Prix. Maybe we’ll get a few stars come through like last year but with the lack of talent, I don’t think so. The final is basically on in the first round and unless the winner has a tough semi final, I can’t see them losing to anyone else.
Main Card
Carlos Condit vs Martin Kampmann
Prediction- Kampmann on points
Ryan Bader vs Carlo Marrero
Prediction- Bader by 1st round KO
Rafael Dos Anjos vs Tyson Griffin
Prediction- Griffin on points
Junie Browning vs Cole Miller
Prediction- Miller by 2nd round submission
Preliminaries
Ricardo Almeida vs Matt Horwich
Prediction- Almeida by 1st round submission
Nick Catone vs Tim Creduer
Prediction- Catone on points
Ryan Jensen vs Steve Steinbeiss
Prediction- Jensen on points
Rob Kimmons vs Joe Vedepo
Prediction- Kimmons by 1st round submission
Brock Larson vs Jesse Sanders
Prediction- Larson by 1st round submission
Tim McKenzie vs Aaron Simpson
Prediction- Simpson by 2nd round KO
Nissen Osterneck vs Jorge Rivera
Prediction- Rivera by 1st round KO
Jeremy Stephens vs Gleison Tibau
Prediction- Tibau on points
Welterweight Grand Prix
Shinya Aoki vs Hayato Sakurai
Prediction- Aoki on points
John Alessio vs Andre Galvao
Prediction- Alessio on points
Jason High vs Yuya Shirai
Prediction- Shirai on points
Seichi Ikemoto vs Marius Zaromski
Prediction- Zaromski by KO 0-10 mins
Featherweight Grand Prix
Daiki Hata vs Hideo Tokoro
Prediction- Tokoro on points
Super Fights
Sergei Kharitonov vs Jeff Monson
Prediction- Kharitonov by KO 0-10 mins
Murilo Ninja vs Dong-Sik Yoon
Prediction- Ninja on points
Shungo Oyama vs Andrews Nakahara
Prediction- Nakahara on points
Minowaman vs Katsuyori Shibata
Prediction- Minowaman by submission 0-10 mins
