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I think Hughes will immediately take this fight to the ground, and work his magic. Hughes is difficult to submit, and has good top positioning. Serra hits like a truck, so Hughes would be stupid to stand with him, since Hughes' stand-up is terrible. Still, Hughes is crafty, and will find a way to win.
Lister, with striking and a gas tank, would be dangerous. Vera was right when he said that Lister was lazy as hell and is wasting his talents.
I will be happy to see Serra knock Hughes out, but that is unlikely. I also see Hughes relentlessly taking Serra to the ground, giving him no chance to stand up with him.
I like Lister in his fight. I don't know much about Radev, but I don't think he's really UFC caliber from what I do see.
I would like to see Chuck make a comeback, starting with Wanderlei. I like Wandy, but I'd hate to see Chuck lose 3 in a row.
I don't care who B.J. is fighting. I would love to see someone like Nate Diaz make a breakthrough career-defining performance by beating Penn. I'd only see it as a decision win though because I couldn't see Penn getting subbed or knocked out by any LW off the top of my head.
Melvin should have no trouble putting "no love's" lights out superfast.
As for Doug Evans, I'm excited to see him follow up his performance against Huerta with a win against whomever.
DeSouza and Carneiro will be a great BJJ match, and I predict 3 rounds of non-stop rolling. Can't see it going any other way. If DeSouza doesn't get a decision, he'll get an early submission.
Wow this card goes from good to great to amazing to great to decent to meh. Now it seems Liddell/Wandy, BJ fighting and Rodrigo/Kongo are all either being pushed into 2008 or just not happening. Now the only decent fight on is Serra/Hughes and I'm not exactly shitting myself with anticipation for that one. Seriously, whats going on!?!?
Aight we all have wanted to see Chuck and Wand fight, but this is a stupid move by Dana. First off, the original reason he wouldn't let Wand fight Chuck was because he "needs to get a few more wins under his belt" after Wand lost to CroCop (a heavyweight) and Henderson. Now chuck's had his ass handed to him twice so that legitimizes the fight? I love Chuck and all, but this fight is coming at a terrible time. If Chuck loses, he's done in the UFC. If Wand loses, who's he going to fight? It's hard for him to have an exciting fight after this unless you pitch him against Shogun (whom he won't fight). They should have had a Tito and Wand rematch, that way when Tito gets knocked out Dana won't have to deal with his ass anymore. I'm also excited to see BJ Penn fight again, but I dont think there's anyone that can really challenge him unless they give him the GSP rematch but I dunno which weight class he's fighting at. As for Serra and Hughes, I hope Serra knocks out or submit's Hughes, but I'm not so certain that he can.
I don't see Chuck's career as being "over" if he loses to Wandy. I don't even think a loss to Houston Alexander would be the end of his career. I'm not a big Chuck-fan, and I believe this also goes for Cro Cop and others who are in a horrible slump. That's all it is to me, a slump. It looks really, really, REALLY bad, but by no means is it the end of a career unless the fighter decides it's over. I think in this situation, Chuck and Mirko need to take some time to train and fully prepare themselves mentally before fighting again. If they lose then, maybe their time in the UFC is over. I'd really hate to see that happen, but that's my take on the subject.
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