Pretty good night for the headlining fights. I am sure everyone will be tuning in mostly for the Serra Vs. GSP fight to see if the “fluke” in Houston, TX was real or not. Some decent under card match ups and some familiar fighters trying to make name for themselves and climb up the ranks.
Matt Serra Vs. Georges St-Pierre
(Georges St-Pierre Wins by Technical Knock Out at 4:45 in the 2nd round)
One of Serra’s coaches Ray Longo said that they will be using the same game plan as before. We did not see alot of it since the fight did not last very long. At the time of the last fight I do remember hearing Longo’s words of wisdom to Serra that if he knocked Pierre down not to rush in for the ground game, but to sit back and pick his shots. This was pretty clever, but it is only relevant if he happens to catch GSP again with a hook behind the ear. Pierre will have a solid plan A, B and C. Pierre has never been accused of fighting a boring fight, but even if he wanted to he proved with Josh Koscheck that he can take down and hold anyone of any ground fighting pedigree. He has made statements that he will fight an exciting fight with Serra and will not be afraid of being knocked out. Those words might just be for the press, because Greg Jackson has shown some serious gamesmenship with his top fighters as of late winning even the thought fights. I will go with the 10-1 odds that were used in their last fight together saying that GSP will win via Montreal, Canada.
Travis Lutter Vs. Rich Franklin
(Rich Franklin Wins by Technical Knock Out at 3:01 in the 2nd round)
Lutter is a simple guy and his fight analysis of this fight was pretty simple as well. He said that he was gonna try to take Rich down and if he did he would win. If he could not take Rich down he would lose. Well I would have to agree and think that this is how it will go down. Each guy is known for each others strong suit, but both of these guys like many MMA fighters train in striking or ground fighting so even if it does not go in each others world of expertise I would not count out the MMA X-Factor that shows up from time to time. I will go with Lutter winning via submission in the second.
Nate Quarry Vs. Kalib Starnes
(Nate Quarry Wins by Unanimous Decision at 5:00 in the 3rd round)
I am sure we will see some blood in this fight for sure. Both of these guys have the tendency to cut and brawl when they are losing. I really don’t know between these two since there power and standup seems to be the same. Quarry is a little bit better wrestler so maybe Nate via decision after hopefully some good sluggin in between.
Charles McCarthy Vs. Michael Bisping
(Michael Bisping Wins by TKO Stoppage (Referee) at 5:00 in the 1st round)
I just think Bisping is gonna pick apart McCarthy. Bisping in his last few fights hasnt had alot of power in his punches, but maybe we will see a renewed Englishman in the middleweight division Saturday night. I think he was to light powered in the light heavyweight class and he will probably find more power in the octagon fighting at 185. McCarthy is just gonna be the first one to witness it. Bisping wins via TKO in the first round.
Mark Bocek Vs. Mac Danzig
(Mac Danzig Wins by Submission (Choke) at 3:48 in the 3rd round by rear naked)
It will be good to see Danzig fight in the Octagon in his regular weight. In a short summary Mac is just way more well rounded a fighter and excels in any spot this fight might end up. Mark is just gonna have a hard time holding on to this fighter. Mac wins via RNC after some punches.
