UFC 113 Picks

UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun II

Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Venue: Bell Centre
Broadcast: Pay-per-view

MAIN CARD

• Champ Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (for light heavyweight title)
• Paul Daley vs. Josh Koscheck
• Jeremy Stephens vs. Sam Stout
• Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson vs. Matt Mitrione
• Alan Belcher vs. Patrick Cote

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Joe Doerksen vs. Tom Lawlor
• Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan Goulet
• T.J. Grant vs. Johny Hendricks
• Joey Beltran vs. Tim Hague
• Mike Guymon vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
• Jason MacDonald vs. John Salter

Can UFC 113 follow in the footsteps of an absolutely amazing WEC PPV event?  Let’s hope so.  BTW be sure to pickup the WEC: Faber vs Aldo on Blu-ray for the first time ever.  Comes out in July.

Since Shogun Rua really won the first matchup, there really should be no reason why he shouldn’t win here.  Especially as an underdog, Shogun should be your pick in defeating Lyoto Machida.

The next matchup is most likely a fight where you shouldn’t bet on.  I’m sure most mma fans are cheering for Semtex Paul Daley to knock Josh Koscheck TFO!  Daley at a +180 underdog is a nice price to do it as well.  But if you watched Daley before his UFC fights, he was terrible against the takedown and terrible on the ground.  Kos will not keep this fight on his feet, therefore Kos is an easy pick.

I never liked picking a fighter after major surjuries, and Patrick Cote is coming off a major one.  Fighters often never have a good record in their first fight back, or their performance is subpar.  When healthy Cote defeats Belcher the majority of times, but this time will be closer than usual.  I’m predicting a lacklusture fight here, with one of them barely winning by decision, I’m not too sure who though.

Sam Stout will be the overwhelming favourite here in odds and as per the fans, but Jeremy Stephens is a stud, and this might be the fight of the night.  I would look for the upset here at +160 for Jeremy Stephens.

Kimbo Slice vs Matt Mitrione lol.  I never though Mitrione was that good, but he could take punishment.  Kimbo Slice isn’t that good, and he can’t take punishment.  Mitrione FTW.

This was also supposed to be the return of David “The Crow” Louiseau at UFC Montreal 113, but unfortunately he will not get his license in time.  Looks like he will be on UFC 114 though.

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