Counting down the days till UFC fight for the troops

mlzybaby — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:17:14 -0000

Welterweight bout: (11-3-0) Josh Koscheck vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (19-2-0)

Welterweight bout: (12-2-0) Mike Swick vs. Jonathan Goulet (22-9-0)

Light heavyweight bout: (6-1-0) Steve Cantwell vs. Razak Al-Hussan (5-0-0)

Middleweight bout: (10-2-0) Tim Credeur vs. Nate Loughran (9-0-0)

Lightweight bout: (9-1-0) Frank Edgar vs. Matt Wiman (10-3-0)

Welterweight bout: (13-4-0) Luigi Fioravanti vs. Brodie Farber (13-4-0)

Welterweight bout: (11-4-0) Steve Bruno vs. Johnny Rees
(10-1-0)

Welterweight bout: (6-0-2) Ben Saunders vs. Brandon Wolff (7-2-0)

Lightweight bout: (2-1-0) Corey Hill vs. Dale Hartt (5-1-0)

Heavyweight bout: (8-2-0) Eddie Sanchez vs. Justin McCully (8-4-2)

Im racking my brain trying to figure out who will take the KOS vs Yoshida fight. It seems the general consensus I have come across is Yoshida is the favorite. I have been watching alot of footage of Yoshida and he looks impressive. The only hole in his game I have noticed is his take down defense. I have a feeling KOS can take him down at will. The question is can Yoshida catch KOS in a submission from the bottom? Maybe I'm totally off and Yoshida will judo throw him around, but I have a feeling KOS will be able to control him. I don't care for the Swick and Goulet matchup at all but it should be a good test to see if we can see quick get a quick KO. He needs to make a impact badly at welterweight and a highlight reel KO could really get some attention even though it is against Goulet. After this fight I would like to see him face Dustin Hazelett to see where he really stands in the division. I have a feeling they may feed him a fight against Pete Sell though. I'm excited to see Cantwell in the UFC but I have no clue about his opponent. I couldn't find any footage of him. I like what I have seen from cantwell, but I wonder if he would be better suited for middleweight? I think fight of the night will go to Edgar vs Wiman. I think Wiman will pull another upset submission in this one. I cant wait to see it. The undercard sucks but who really cares. I know the main card looks lackluster also but most of the time its cards like these that usually have the best fights. What does everyone else think?

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Counting down the days till UFC fight for the troops