Hopefully I do better with these picks than I did with the EliteXC choices I made last week. What a disaster! Kimbo got wrecked and screwed my entire day on the pick’em leagues since I ranked his fight so high.
The pipe dream involving a matchup between Fedor Emelianenko and Randy Couture seems to be finally over, or at least temporarily on hold. With Couture reportedly heading back to the UFC to fight Brock Lesnar for the Heavyweight Title, Affliction needed to make some bold moves to bolster a rather lackluster card that was reportedly the reason for the postponement of their second pay per view event. Fedor’s next opponent as reported by mmarated.com : Andre “The Pitbull” Arlovski.
MMARated.com has learned that WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko will face Andrei Arlovski at the upcoming Affliction show tentatively scheduled for January 24th in Anaheim, Calif. Affliction Entertainment VP Tom Atencio confirmed the news with us earlier today.
Although I really like The Pitbull and have cheered for him on most occasions, my pick for the winner of this fight has to be Pride veteran Fedor Emelianenko. Emelianenko is without a doubt the greatest heavyweight fighter in the history of mixed martial arts and on a personal level, comes a very close second to BJ Penn on my all time favorite fighter listing.
In Affliction’s last event in July, Emelianenko tooled former UFC champion Tim Sylvia and made him look like a amateur. Looking back at the Sylvia and Arlovski matchups, I recall Sylvia beating Arlovski convincingly by strikes and unanimous decision. Do you really think Arlovski stands a chance against a healthy Emelianenko? I don’t think so. Sure Arlovski has a punchers chance, but Emelianenko is too good to get that sloppy. I expect a submission within the first two rounds. Arlovski will try to stand and bang, but Emelianenko is too seasoned for that and will punish him on the ground till he says “Uncle”.
I’ve been in a pick’em league over at S2 to I figured I post my selections here on the site during each mixed martial art event.
As much as I would like to see Kimbo get a loss it wont happen versus Shamrock. Shamrock’s going to try and prove a point and stand and bang and he’s going to eat fist. lol. Did anyone see the weigh in’s for Gina Carano? She had to bear all to make weight!
My predictions:
Kimbo Slice – KO1
Jake Shields-KO R2
Andre Arlovski-KO R1
Gina Carano- Sub R2
Murilo “Ninja” Rua-KO R3
Yoko – Sub R1