Saturday May 29, 2010 the grudge match many MMA fans have been waiting for is taking place in Las Vegas, NV when Quinton "Rampage" Jackson takes on "Suga" Rashad Evans. The hatred that these two men share has been brewing since Rashad entered the cage to challenge Rampage following Rampages's win over Rashad's friend and training partner Keith Jardine. It grew during their stint as opposing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter. This fight was supposed to happen at the end of theat season but was postponed due to Rampage's role as BA Baracus in the upcoming A Team movie. The winner gets the first shot at newly crowned UFC Light Heavyweight Champions Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Unfortunately a match up between Forrest Griffin and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira was supposed to be the co main event but a shoulder injury requiring surgery sidelined Griffin so Little Nog will be taking on Jason Brilz and the match up between Michael Bisping and Dan Miller has been bumped up to co main event status. Also on the card Diego Sanchez makes his return to welterweight against undefeated John Hathaway. Here are my predictions for the upcoming event.
Main Event:
Quinton "Rampage Jackson (30-7) vs. "Suga" Rashad Evans (19-1-1)
Prediction: Rampage by 2nd Round TKO
Co Main Event:
Michael "The Count" Bisping (19-3) vs. Dan Miller (11-3, 1 NC)
Prediction: Dan Miller by 1st Round Submission
Undercard:
Todd Duffee (6-0) vs. Mike Russow (12-1, 1 NC)
Prediction: Russow by 1st Round Submission
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (18-3) vs. Jason "Hitman: Brilz (18-2-1)
Prediction: Nogueira by 1st Round TKO
Diego "Nightmare" Sanchez (23-3) vs. John "The Hitman" Hathaway (13-0)
Prediction: Sanchez by 2nd Round Submission
Spike TV Prelims:
Amir Sadollah (4-1) vs. Dong "Stun Gun" Hyun Kim (12-0-1, 1 NC)
Prediction: Kim by 2nd Round TKO
Efrain "Hecho En Mexico" Escudero (13-1) vs. Dan "The Upgrade" Lauzon (12-3)
Prediction: Escudero by 1st Round Submission
Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard (42-9-3, 1 NC) vs. Waylon Lowe (8-2)
Prediction: Guillard by 2nd Round TKO
Luiz "Banha" Cane (11-2-1) vs. Cyrille "The Snake" Diabate (16-6-3)
Prediction: Cane by 1st Round TKO
Aaron Riley (28-12-1) vs. Joe "The South Side Strangler" Brammer (7-1-1)
Prediction: Riley by 2nd Round Submission
Jesse Forbes (13-5) vs. Ryan Jensen (15-5)
Prediction: Forbes by 3rd ROund Submission
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6-5. Really wasn't even that good though. Probably should have been 4-7 but Russow's crazy late KO and the judges poor scoring in the Nogueria fight saved me a little.
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