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UFC Fight for the Troops will take place January 22nd at Fort Hood in Texas. Will be free on SpikeTV

Main Card:
Melvin Guillard (25-8-2) vs Evan Dunham (11-1)
Matt Mitrione (3-0) vs Tim Hague (12-4)
Mark Hominick (19-8) vs George Roop (11-6-1) most likely for the #1 contender in the Featherweight division
Pat Barry (5-2) vs Joey Beltran (12-4)
Cole Miller (17-4) vs Matt Wiman (12-5)

Prelims:
Cody McKenzie (12-0) vs Yves Edwards (39-16-1)
DeMarques Johnson (11-8) vs Mike Guymon (12-4-1) Winner stays the loser is cut
Chan Sung Jung (10-3) vs Rani Yahya (15-6)
Waylon Lowe (9-3) vs Willamy Freire (17-3)
Charlie Brenneman (11-2) vs Amilcar Alves (11-2)

Really Good free card

Predictions:
Brenneman decision
Freire 1st rnd sub. Freire trains with some of the best BJJ practitioners in the world
Korean Zombie Decision. Though I've never seen it, his camp raves about his ground game
Johnson 3rd rnd sub
Edwards 2nd Rnd TKO. I think Yves is too experienced to get caught in Cody's guillotine and his stand up is far superior

Main
Miller 2nd Rnd Sub. Cole is more well rounded IMO
Barry 1st Rnd KO. Seems to an extremely easy matchup as Beltran is a charge forward brawler w/o a lotta technique and Pat is a K1 level Kickboxer
Roop decision. I think Roop has figured out how to use his height (6'1") as an advantage especially at 145.
Mitrione 2nd Rnd TKO.
Dunham 1st Rnd Sub. IMO Evan Dunham is the best at 155.

KO of the Night: Barry
Sub of the Night: Dunham
Fight of the Night: Miller/Wiman

Bump

Korean Zombie injured, Mike Brown will take his place, I'll take Brown over Yahya by decision.

Some pretty good fights tonite. Guillard just crushed Dunham, I thought it would be a much better fight

I picked Dunham, but not surprised in the least. I expected a late submission from Dunham - Melvin gassing, but since Melvin has started working with Greg Jackson's camp a lot he is FINALLY starting to reach the plateau that everyone saw. Speed, speed, speed. Way too much for Dunham, and Melvin is a solid wrestler with great balance to boot which makes his takedown defense quite good. He's a dynamic fighter that's finally got his head on straight and training with a fantastic camp.

After Edgar/Maynard II I figured the winner of this fight would be pitted against Anthony Pettis for the next title shot and that's what I expect to happen, but wouldn't be surprised for Sotiropoulos vs. Pettis once George wins in Australia either.

ACCBiggz wrote:After Edgar/Maynard II I figured the winner of this fight would be pitted against Anthony Pettis for the next title shot and that's what I expect to happen, but wouldn't be surprised for Sotiropoulos vs. Pettis once George wins in Australia either.

Pettis already has a fight lined up against Clay Guida. I think Guillard and George Sot might come up against each other later this year to determine #1 contender

Results:

Prelims:
Cariaso decision
Brenneman Decision
Lowe decision
Yahya decision
Johnson 1st rnd Sub
Edwards 2nd rnd sub

Main:
Wiman Decision
Barry Decision
Hominick 1st Rnd TKO
Mitrione 1st Rnd TKO
Guillard 1st Rnd TKO

Fight of the Night: Edwards/McKenzie
Sub of the Night: Edwards
KO of the Night: Guillard

The_Legend_of_Northwest wrote:

ACCBiggz wrote:After Edgar/Maynard II I figured the winner of this fight would be pitted against Anthony Pettis for the next title shot and that's what I expect to happen, but wouldn't be surprised for Sotiropoulos vs. Pettis once George wins in Australia either.

Pettis already has a fight lined up against Clay Guida. I think Guillard and George Sot might come up against each other later this year to determine #1 contender

Crap, I knew that. *shake my head*

If Pettis wins he'll keep his title shot, but yes Guillard/Soritiropolous could happen for next in line. And a good fight as well. Depending on timing & injuries it's possible that Kenny Florian could get Guillard as well since he was slated for Dunham originally.

Matt Mitrione looked awesome last night. I think of Cody McKenzie gets some stand up ability and builds a tad more muscle he will be a force.