R.I.P. PRIDE

I know I'm late to break this story but I haven't been posting much lately and this really kills me inside. With the Fertita's buying PRIDE FC we'll no longer get to see Chute Boxe stomps or knees to a grounded opponent. Goodbye freakshow matches of Zulu vs Butterbean and hello Ultimate Fighter vs Ultimate Fighter.

I just hope they keep the Grand Prix around, that is seriously one of the best parts of PRIDE. I do like the introduction of the real weight classes but just as Nick Diaz found his perfect weight class of 160 he now has to choose between 155 or 170. Will the UFC now introduce Super Heavyweight? Because we all know Mark Hunt can't make 265 and you don't want to just throw someone like Hunt out of the mix.

Really long absence.....and UFC 68 Pick results

So yeah....I haven't posted here in almost a month. Anyway, back to where I left off and some other news.

UFC 68 Picks:

1. Sylvia over Couture: Wrong

Thank god I got this wrong, because I put $20 on Couture and won back $56. Randy did a superb job and had a near perfect game plan for the big oaf. Up next, Randy gets kill by Cro Cop :(

2. Jason Macdonald over Rich Franklin: Wrong

2 for 2 so far! I wasn't really too surprised by Franklin beating the crap out of Mac but I was surprised by Mac not being able to do a single damn thing on his feet. He still shows a lot of promise as a grappler but he really needs to improve his standup. Lost $20 on this one.

3. Hughes over Lytle: Right, kind of.

I picked 2nd round TKO but it went to a unanimous decision. Hughes absolutely doesn't look ready to fight GSP again. He needs another can to help improve. I was sort of impressed by Lytle but he needs to be on Ultimate Fight Night a few more times before another PPV.

4. Babalu over Lambert: Dead fucking wrong

What the fuck Babalu? Lambert isn't even close to being in your league yet you couldn't finish his goofy ass when you had the chance in the first round and then gassed. Good showing by Lambert but this was a huge dissapointment.

My Picks for UFC 68

Alright, haven't done this before but here we go. I'll try to add anything that I may feel about the fight but if I don't know the fighters well enough I'll just give a quick pick.

1. Randy Couture vs Tim Sylvia - This one could be interesting or it could be a snore fest. Randy is taller than Jeff Monson, so when he takes Sylvia to the ground he won't have as much trouble hitting Tim. On the other hand Sylvia is freakishly tall and has good reach and a decent jab. I expect this to go the distance if Tim keeps his jab going. If Randy can manage to get this to the ground I would love to see him pound Tim's body a la Rampage vs Chuck back in 2003. My heart says Randy, but if Randy wins I don't want to see Cro Cop kill him. If Tim wins I do want to see Cro Cop kill him. Therefore Tim Sylvia by split decision. But I wouldn't mind putting down some coin on Randy since he is at +265 at betcris.com right now.
   
2. Rich Franklin vs Jason Macdonald - Another fight that could possibly go either way. Franklin is coming off a demoralizing fight against Anderson Silva in which his nose was destroyed and his belt taken away by the former Chute Boxe badass. Jason Macdonald has had two excellent submission victories, albeit over TUF veterans Ed Herman and Chris Leben. I'm a big fan of slick BJJ and Macdonald isn't too shabby at it, he definitely needs to improve his stand up, not to the point where he has to knock everyone out but to the point that he can use it to set up shots for takedowns or if it comes down to it he can exchange a few blows and maybe land a lucky punch. Franklin isn't a KO specialist by any means but he can dish out some serious damage if given the opportunity. I expect the first round to be explosive with Franklin throwing bombs, if Macdonald can withstand the initial onslaught then I think he will have a good chance. With that said I am saying Macdonald by 2nd round submission.
3. Matt Hughes vs Chris Lytle - Hughes is coming off a fight in which he got thoroughly dominated by GSP. Lytle is coming into this fight with 3 straight UFC losses, although the TUF4 finale against Serra I thought he did well enough to possibly win a decision but of course Serra won with his amazing LnP. Lytle seems like a good guy, but Hughes will win this fight. We shouldn't even be seeing these kind of fights for Hughes. A former champ vs the runner up from TUF? Give me a break UFC matchmakers. This fight is a joke. Hughes by 2nd round TKO.
4. Babalu vs Jason Lambert - This is yet another one sided matchup that I am not really looking forward to. Babalu shouldn't have a problem here just as long as he isn't an idiot again and pulls his Chuck gameplan. Let me go off on a tangent here for a second. Babalu should have defeated Chuck, plain and simple. He shouldn't have tried to exchange with a counter puncher. He should have been patient and eventually taken the fight to the ground so he could submit Chuck and break the hearts of millions of rednecks everywhere. Back to the present, Lambert is a decent striker but he is coming off a KO loss to Rashad Evans. Babalu by round 1 submission.

That is all the predictions of the fights that I really have anything to say about. As for my prediction for the other fights here they are:

Luigi Fioravanti vs John Fitch - Fitch by unanimous decision
Andrew Mcfredries vs Martin Kampmann - Mcfredries by submission in round 2
Matt Hamill vs Rex Holman - Hamill by split decision
Jason Dent vs Graison Tibau - Jason Dent round 1 submission
Jamie Varner vs Jason Gilliam - Varner via round 1 submission


We'll see how these picks pan out. This fight card doesn't really look all that appealing but its some MMA in HD I guess it can't be that bad can it?

Live UFC 68 Weigh Ins at 4pm EST

Quick reminder to all you MMA fans out there. Today at 4pm EST the weigh ins for UFC 68 "The Uprising" will be viewable. Head on over to UFC.com to check out where you can view them. And if you don't watch you will make poor Randy cry

Wow...Chuck this isn't how you are supposed to interview

You ok Chuck?


Jesus Chuck. This is an interview from a morning show called "Good Morning Texas". They are talking about the new movie 300 that Chuck is helping promote but Chuck is just druuuuuuuunk. At the end of the interview the host says "Just hang in there today, ok Chuck?". I'm surprised they even let him on even though it was only for like 2 minutes.

Chuck, you are representing not only your self, but also mixed martial arts where ever you go. Like it or not you are one of the faces of the UFC and all of MMA. By showing up for something like this and being visibly inebriated you are not doing a whole lot for your sport, yourself, the movie you are promoting, or even the UFC. I'm not going to preach anymore here but someone should sit Chuck down and let him know that this kind of thing is bad in every way.