Franklin is going to stomp Silva! thats for sure.Unless Ace blinks and forgets where he is and whats he doin... found it here UFC64
Moved to Fight Discussions Silva could very well win this fight, especially since Franklin's had such a long layoff and the amount of injuries he's rehabbed. Silva's the better striker, though Franklin's probably got the "one-shot" advantage. I wouldn't be surprised to see Franklin take it to the ground in the first or second after he's been tagged a few times. Probably Franklin by GnP TKO or decision, but I won't be shocked if Silva picks him apart on the feet and hits him early
It's gonna be interesting - Franklin has not faced a real challenge since Evan Tanner. He's outstruck some top strikers like Loiseau, Stout and Rivera (then again Silva has beaten Stout and Rivera too). With Ace's long layoff this is going to be a tough one to call. Not sure about Silva's grappling but I'm guessing Franklin is stronger in this area. I'm going to go with Franklin on this but I wouldn't put money on either fighter as it really could go either way.
I'm going to be putting a tenner on Silva - with the way the TUF noobs think Franklin's invincible (aided by the fact that Silva's got less than a minute of UFC ring-time), the odds on him are going to be huge! He wins, I get PAID! Silva's grappling's not bad really - I think he's training with BTT now, so that'll certainly help him. He's only been submitted by very good grapplers, but his striking's so good that he doesn't tend to take fights to the ground. The way he moves on the feet makes it quite hard to get a takedown off. I'd say Franklin's going to have the positioning advantage on the ground; he's with Miletech and he's the bigger, stronger guy
You could be on to something there! It's amazing how many people think UFC = MMA and everything else is small regional shows. Guess we can blame the ultimate fighter for that.
I believe you can via Sportsbook and Betoddessa etc but I usually get a mate who lives in Vegas to put some down for me if I want to put some bets on and give her a cut, sorting the money out via Paypal
Silva has a good shot Sherk is going to eat him alive Lauzon vs Fisher is going to be great, Lauzon has proved he has what it takes to win and Fisher is obviously very exciting...Edit: Apparently this is a different Lauzon, his younger brother Dan... Makes me wonder what the UFC has against the Lauzon family that they put them both up int heir UFC debut against Pulver and Fisher...I mean this kid is only 18!!! which is my age and he gets put in the octagon against Fisher? Both these guys have my respect to get the cage against people who are heavily favoured to dominate them. Kongo should be interesting to watch, he has a lot of talent. Kalib Starnes is going to make his "debut" and he is very talented, look forward to his fight Keith Jardine is going to dominate Nickels, Jardine is no Hamill and actually knows how to punch.
I beleive Franklin will win as he trains hard for fights and will not underestimate this guy. Though I do see the login in betting Silva to win and do think there is a decent chance he can beat Franklin. My money is on Florian to win. I'm looking forward cheick kongo as he seems like he could be a good up and comer in the ufc. Jardine will win I reckon but it won't be an easy fight I think.
You really think Florian can beat Sherk? That is a huge shock to me, Sherk ha sproven he can hang with the best of the best at 170 and dropping down to 155 he will be a monster. I give Florian a !% chance of winning via a lucky elbow strike opening a cut or Sherk slipping and falling onto his head knocking himself out. Sherk is 30-2-1, only losses coming against GSP(TKO) and Matt Hughes(5 round decision), Florian is 4-2 with a loss against Drew Fickett and against Diego... If Sherk loses, Florian better buy some lottery tickets so he can really cash in on his luck.
Sherk is gonna dominate Florian. Sherk is the fourth ranked welterweight in the world, and that's the toughest division the UFC has. He has enough Jiu-Jitsu knowledge to get out of any submissions, and even if he didn't he'd have the strength to power out of them anyway. His wrestling is gonna put him on top the whole match and he'll pound out a unanimous. I'm a bit biased though because I train with him.
Cool, know a guy who used to train with him when he was about fight Hughes.. I wouldn't say he is the #4 at WW in the world, he is just to short at that weight but at LW he should dominate. I don't think it will make it to a decision, it will be a similar fight to Diego vs Kenny.
There is no official ranking system in MMA...it is all opinion. MMAweekly has him at number 6 Others have him out of the top 10.. I could make a list and make him number 56 and no one could argue since it is all opinion.
Wow, if your willing to bet on that then you either have more money to spare than me(likely) or are much more willing to take risk than me(also likely) or both.
I've decided against the betting part as I was very tired when I said that and I had just won some money palying poker with friends. I don't why but I think Kenny will win because he is tough, decent elbows and reckon he will get lucky in some way.
Franklin all the way. He doesn't train under Militech anymore btw - he trains at a couple of gyms. And he's my jiu-jitsu uncle under grandpa Gurgel, therefore he'll obviously win.