UFC 130 Prediction Results

In my opinion, what was expected to be a lackluster event, turned out to be just that. After the main event  lightweight championship match up between title holder Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard was cancelled because of injuries held by both fighters, this guy card became 10x less exciting. Rampage and Hamill were then forced to step up to headline this card. As for the results, "Rampage" Jackson defeated Matt Hamill in a clear cut-one sided decision, Frank Mir defeated Roy Nelson in similar fashion with an even more dominating decision win, Travis Browne knocked out Stefan Struve with a superman punch, Rick Story defeated Thiago Alves via unanimous decision in a close back and forth battle, and Brian Stann defeated Jorge Santiago via TKO in round 2.

The event was filled with boring and exciting moments. The main event was a decent fight as Rampage showed the most offense but could not finish Hamill. Hamill proved how tough his chin is by eating most of Jackson's shots. Unfortunately he did not have much response to this. As for the co-main event, it was the most dull and uninspiring fight of the night. Frank Mir beat and battered Roy Nelson as Nelson had no offense whatsoever en route to a unanimous decision victory. In my opinion, Nelson should hit the treadmill, reconsider his diet, and lose some fucking weight, because he needs to start taking this sport a little bit more seriously. Its a bad image for the sport and he wont get anywhere close to a title looking like a beach ball.

As for some positives of the fight card, Travis Browne knocked out Stefan Struve with a superman punch from out of nowhere. This shot made GSP's superman punches look lame, as Struve was out before he hit the mat. Browne is moving up in the ranks and I wouldn't be surprised to see him against fighters like Brendan Schaub, Frank Mir, maybe even tubby ass Roy Nelson. Also, Brian Stann TKO'd Jorge Santiago in the second round with vicious shots. Stann proved he is an up and coming middleweight with some serious talent. He even expressed the interest in fighting Wanderlei Silva.

Points awarded for the night: Vinny had 6 points, Jon had 5 points, I (Shawn) had 3 points and Joe had 2.

Standings:

Shawn: 42 points

Vinny: 41 points

Joe: 36 points

Jon: 30 points



SL