Yeah, I know my picks don’t matter, but still…

Kevin Burns over TJ Grant
Demarques Johnson over Edgar Garcia
Rousimar Palhares over Lucio Linhares
Johnny Hendricks by something brutal over Ricardo “Golden Boy” Funch
Matt Wiman over Shane Nelson
Alan Belcher over Wilson Gouveia
Paul Buentello by KO over Stefan Struve
Kenny Florian by submission over Clay Guida
Jon Fitch by decision over Mike Pierce
Frank Mir by submission over Cheick Kongo
…and the main event is a tough one for me, I hate to see either guy lose, but I think I’m gonna have to pick BJ Penn on this one, although Diego is an animal and always comes to fight.

TITO. He’ll be fighting Mark Coleman sometime in the near future.

Kendall Grove almost broke Ricardo Almeidas arm.. who woulda thought. Ricardo Almeida still won a decision.

Referee Dan Miragliotta still sucks.

LOL @ Forrest Griffin running out of the cage… and why does it seem like Anderson Silva’s punches hurt everyone so much worse than other people? I remember a straight right hand that sent James Irvin to the mat holding his face and curled in the fetal position. This one on Forrest was a backpeddling right jab that sent him down…WTF?

I felt embarrassed for Forrest.

BJ Penn vs Kenny Florian was a good fight, as I expected. Penn choked Florian into a tapout with a rear-naked choke. Penn is still dominant at 155lbs, because I believe Florian was the legit #1 contender.

Dana White wants to have a UFC event at Fenway Park in Boston sometime in the future.

George Roop over George Sotiropoulos (seriously?)
Alessio Sakara over Thales Leites
Tamdan McCrory over John Howard
Aaron Riley over Shane Nelson by KO
Kurt Pellegrino over Josh Need by decision
Ricardo Almeida over Kendall Grove by submission
Amir Sadollah
Forrest Griffin over Anderson Silva (what!?)
Kenny Florian over BJ Penn.. by doctors stoppage.

Official Results:
Shane Nelson defeats Aaron Riley by TKO round one.
Brandon Vera defeats Michael Patt by TKO (leg kicks) round two.
Jason Brilz defeats Tim Boetsch by unanimous decision.
Kendall Grove defeats Jason Day by TKO round one.
Tamdan McCrory defeats Ryan Madigan by TKO round one.
Gray Maynard defeats Jim Miller by unanimous decision.
Matt Hamill defeats Mark Munoz by KO (head kick) round one.
Matt Brown defeats Pete Sell by TKO (many punches) round one.
Shane Carwin defeats Gabriel Gonzaga by TKO round one.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson defeats Keith Jardine by unanimous decision.

I was busy and totally forgot about WEC earlier this week, oh well…here are my picks for tonights UFC 96.

Aaron Riley by KO or decision over Shane Nelson.
Brandon Vera by decision over Michael Patt.
Tim Boetsch by hammerstrike over Jason Brilz.
Kendall Grove by submission (RNC) over Jason Day. Or a decision.
Tamdan McCrory by submission over Ryan Madigan.
Jim Miller by TKO over Gray Maynard.
Matt Hamill by TKO over Mark Munoz.
Matt Brown by decision over Pete Sell.
Gabriel Gonzaga by submission over Shane Carwin.
Keith Jardine upset TKO over Rampage Jackson.

The official fight line-up for The Ultimate Fighter finale show that takes place on December 13th:

• Phillipe Nover Vs. Efrain Escudero
• Ryan Bader Vs. Vinicius Magalhaes
• Jason MacDonald Vs. Wilson Gouveia
• Kevin Burns Vs. Anthony Johnson
• Junie Browning Vs. Dave Kaplan
• Krzysztof Soszynski Vs. Shane Primm
• Eliot Marshall Vs. Jules Bruchez
• Kyle Kingsbury Vs. Tom Lawlor
• Shane Nelson Vs. George Roop
• Rolando Delgado Vs. John Polakowski