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TUF 7 - Episode 1

Published by Casper on September 25, 2007 in TUF 7 and The Ultimate Fighter. 3 Comments

It’s been well promoted that coaches Matt Hughes and Matt Serra don’t like
each other. Matt Serra thinks Hughes is arrogant and a bully and Hughes
thinks Serra isn’t good for the role model sport because of all the cussing
he does.
Arrogant, bully , cussing lots…..you know! I think they are talking about
UFC president Dana White.
We only got a small taste of the fighters personalities on the first
episode. So here’s my take;

Dan Barrera says he had a dream that god talkedto him and he was going on Matt Hughes team. Well he was right but remember “Dan the old” saying,  “If you talk to god it’s praying but if god talks to you you your schizophrenic.”

Mac Danzig overly confident or arragont? I’m not sure about this kid yet. I don’t know if I like or hate him. Roman Mitichyan broke his elbow while working out at the start of the show. He’s out and gets replaced with Jon Koppenhaver.
The first fight of the season is between Mac Danzig (Team Hughes) vs. Joe Scorola (Team Serra). Danzig is the more seasoned fighter and is strong all around. Scorola is Matt Serra’s first black belt so he should be good on the
ground. Scorola first fight is against himself as the pre-fight jitters kick in. Serra does an excellent job trying to calm him dawn and get his mind ready.

Danzig is spilling over with confidence.

Round one both fighters circle and then clench. Danzig lands a decent knee to Scarola’s head and both fighter fall to the ground. Not much action at first then both fighters scramble and Scorola reverses and gets on top. Joe is having a hard time passing Mac’s guard. It’s near the end of the round and Danzig attempts a triangle choke and Scorola just stays there and lets him tighten the choke. There is only seconds left and you can hear matt Serra screaming “don’t you dare tap”. Well he did with about 3 seconds left in the round. Mac Danzig wins by Triangle Choke in the first round.

It wasn’t the most exciting fight but well see what the rest of the season
brings.

Stay Tuned!

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Ultimate Fight Night 11 Preview - One Writers Picks

Published by Casper on July 31, 2007 in Fight Cards, Fight News, Fight Predictions, Fight Previews, Fight Updates and Ultimate Fight Night. 3 Comments

With the Ultimate Fight night 11 card becoming officially “official” today, we had our writer Casper give us his cent and a half on the upcoming bouts. Heres the “official” card:

  • Din Thomas vs Spencer Fisher
  • Mike Swick vs Jonathan Goulet
  • Chris Leben vs Terry Martin
  • Nate Diaz vs Junior Assuncao
  • Nate Quarry vs Pete Sell
  • Gray Maynard vs Joe Veres
  • Leonard Garcia vs Cole Miller

One Writers Preview of Ultimate Fight Night 11

UFN 11 is on Spike TV on September 19 at 9pm (ET/PT)

Din Thomas vs Spencer “ The King” Fisher this easily could be the fight of the night.

Din Thomas has a very impressive resume and has fought the biggest names in MMA.

With wins over Jens Pulver, Matt Sera and Clay Guida just to name a few.

Din is dangerous in both submissions and striking and coming from the American Top Team you know they are finetuning his skills.

Spencer “The King” Fisher is another well-rounded dangerous fighter. With notable wins over Sam Stout, Thaigo Alves and always on the knock out real with the flying knee knock out of Matt Wiman. Also coming from a great camp in Pat Miletich.

I’m giving it to Fisher with the decision.

Editors Note: for a SICK interview with Din Thomas talking about roids in MMA, Click HERE

Mike “ Quick” Swick vs Jonathan Goulet.

This is Mike’s first fight in coming down a weight class and fighting at 170lb. They don’t call him Quick for nothing with his fast hands and his famous Swickotine choke. Will the wait loss make him into Mike “The Turtle “Swick or will he steal Superman’s line as fast as a speeding bullet? I’m excited to find out!

Jonathan Goulet “The Road Warrior” Has probably the most colourful hair in the entire sport. Goulet likes to bang with most of his wins coming from KO/TKO.

If Swick is the same man at 170lb as he is at his usual 185lb I believe he’ll go right through Goulet. The question is what type of fighter will he be at 170lb because if he starts gassing early The Road Warrior will do what he does best and that’s knocking people out.

Swick via TKO in the first.

Chris Leben vs Terry Martin

Chris is coming of 2 consecutive losses to the Canadian boys Kalib Starnes and Jason McDonald. Leben hasn’t been very impressive lately with sloppy technique and gassing i quickly.

Terry Martin has been a roll after coming down from 205lb to 185lbs. With his last four fights have been wins with TKO or KO.

Martin in the third via TKO.

Nate Diaz vs Junior Assuncao

Nathan Diaz is the TUF 5 season winner and a member of the Caeser Gracie team.

Junior Assunca isn’t either of those.

Nathan Diaz via submission in the first

Gray Maynard vs Joe Veres

Maynard has superior wrestling and his hands are coming up very fast.

I’m giving him the TKO in the first.

At the time we got Casper sloggin along on these picks, Leonard Garcia vs Cole Miller and Nate Quarry vs Pete Sell weren’t really being floated around…

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