Post by RogerDeaton on Apr 7, 2007 12:55:36 GMT -5
x) "Kiss" Nakao vs. Edson Drago. Might have seen one of Drago's fights. Didn't see the Nastula fight. Havent seen any of Nakao's fights since the second one with Frye. I will go with Nakao getting a decision.
x)Butterbean vs. Zulu. I take it this is the jr. one. Don't know. I say Butterbean floors him.
x)Takimoto vs. Galesic. Again, don't watch as many videos as I once did. Haven't seen all of Takimoto's fight. Galesic seems like a legit dude. I might go with Galesic by tko or ko.
x)Yvel vs. Shoji. Some old school Pride here. I am thinking Yvel will ko him at some point, after Shoji asorbs some pounding. Yvel has two tko wins since his last fight in Pride where he got ko's by Zentsov. Shoji, on the other hand, fought 4 times last year. Lost to Misaki by submission. Took two King of the Cage fights. Decision win over Todd Medina. Medina hadn't fought in 3 years before that. Then losses by tko to Kyacey Uscola. Then he beats another Japanese fighter in a DEEP show by majority decison. Was that fighters first mma fight.
x) Frye vs. Thompson. Thompson's career has kind of turned south, aside from the win over Yohida. Ko'd by Fujita and Butterbean. Which you have to say now his chin isn't that good for such a huge man. Taken out by Rob Broughton. And getting submitted by Einemo. Frye is still a good fighter despite his age. Had some defeats there in span of a few years or so. But fought 4 times last year, after taking a year off. Haven't seen any of those fights. Submitted Akebono and Yamamoto. Ko'd the Korean fighter. And fought Warpath to a draw in King of the Cage. Probably a straight up bar room brawl. I will take Frye by tko or ko. Cause he just can't seem to help himself from wanting to just go fist to fist with guys like Thompson.
x)Aoki vs. Lo-A-Njoe. I see Aoki being able to submit a guy who is still pretty much a kickboxer who hasn't had a lot of success in mma.
x)Arona vs. Sokoudju. Sokoudju has been getting a lot of pub after his big win. Could be a good fight, but I really don't see Arona having a lot of trouble with this guy as long as he plays it smart.
x) Fujita vs. Monson. Interesting fight. Fujita will knock him out if Monson tries to stand with much. Not sure what to pick. Monson has nothing for Fujita standing. Monson will have to try and grind out a decision on the ground. Fedor has been the only one who has submitted Fujita. Interesting match-up as I said.
x)Butterbean vs. Zulu. I take it this is the jr. one. Don't know. I say Butterbean floors him.
x)Takimoto vs. Galesic. Again, don't watch as many videos as I once did. Haven't seen all of Takimoto's fight. Galesic seems like a legit dude. I might go with Galesic by tko or ko.
x)Yvel vs. Shoji. Some old school Pride here. I am thinking Yvel will ko him at some point, after Shoji asorbs some pounding. Yvel has two tko wins since his last fight in Pride where he got ko's by Zentsov. Shoji, on the other hand, fought 4 times last year. Lost to Misaki by submission. Took two King of the Cage fights. Decision win over Todd Medina. Medina hadn't fought in 3 years before that. Then losses by tko to Kyacey Uscola. Then he beats another Japanese fighter in a DEEP show by majority decison. Was that fighters first mma fight.
x) Frye vs. Thompson. Thompson's career has kind of turned south, aside from the win over Yohida. Ko'd by Fujita and Butterbean. Which you have to say now his chin isn't that good for such a huge man. Taken out by Rob Broughton. And getting submitted by Einemo. Frye is still a good fighter despite his age. Had some defeats there in span of a few years or so. But fought 4 times last year, after taking a year off. Haven't seen any of those fights. Submitted Akebono and Yamamoto. Ko'd the Korean fighter. And fought Warpath to a draw in King of the Cage. Probably a straight up bar room brawl. I will take Frye by tko or ko. Cause he just can't seem to help himself from wanting to just go fist to fist with guys like Thompson.
x)Aoki vs. Lo-A-Njoe. I see Aoki being able to submit a guy who is still pretty much a kickboxer who hasn't had a lot of success in mma.
x)Arona vs. Sokoudju. Sokoudju has been getting a lot of pub after his big win. Could be a good fight, but I really don't see Arona having a lot of trouble with this guy as long as he plays it smart.
x) Fujita vs. Monson. Interesting fight. Fujita will knock him out if Monson tries to stand with much. Not sure what to pick. Monson has nothing for Fujita standing. Monson will have to try and grind out a decision on the ground. Fedor has been the only one who has submitted Fujita. Interesting match-up as I said.