Friday, September 23, 2011

Bellator 51 & DREAM 17: Picks & Prognostications




Bellator 51
September 24, 2011
Canton Civic Center
Canton, Ohio

Main Bouts:

Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinals:
Joe Warren vs. Alexis Vila Vila has a good shot here against a real douche bag who is likely going to olympic wrestle him to death.
WINNER-Joe Warren by Decision

Wilson Reis vs. Eduardo Dantas
WINNER-Wilson Reis

Chase Beebe vs. Marcos Galvao
WINNER-Chase Beebe

Ed West vs. Luis Nogueira "Littlest" Nogueira win.
WINNER-Luis Nogueira by I'm too tired to do this anymore

Dream 17
September 24, 2011
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama, Japan

Caol Uno (26-14-5) vs. Takeshi Inoue (20-5) The "Lion" meets the old guard of Japan. I'm actually taking youth over experience for once.
WINNER-Takeshi Inoue by Decision

Shinya Aoki vs. Rob McCullough "Razor" is a past his prime average in his prime kickboxer who is about to be embarrassed by one of the best Jiu-Jitsu practioners in the world.
WINNER-Shinya Aoki by Rd.1 Submission

Joachim Hansen vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri "Crusher" has made the move to Featherweight which is interesting considering he was a large Lightweight. I still believe in Kawajiri and if the weight cut is done correctly I fully expect him to rip some ass at 145. "Hellboy's" achilles heel is the wrestling game where "Crusher" excels.
WINNER-Tatsuya Kawajiri by Decision

Willamy Freire vs. Satoru Kitoaka Freire may be a UFC washout but I know very little about Kitoaka so flip a coin.
WINNER-Will "I Am" y Freire by Decision?


Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yan Cabral Why does DREAM keep trying to get Sakuraba killed? I don't believe in god but I'm praying Kazushi doesn't get hurt every time to limps out to a fight. Sak can hang with anyone submission wise but not against and undefeated youngster from Nova Uniao.
WINNER-Yan Cabral by Decision

Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Gerald Harris I'm a big "Kaz" fan but the "Hurricane" who should change his nickname for this visit, has all the tools to best him on his comeback tour.
WINNER-Gerald Harris by Decision

Dream World Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals:
Hideo Tokoro vs. Antonio Banuelos I'm going crazy upset here as I like the Pit fighter to come in balls to the wall as he is oft to do and shock the tournament favorite.
Upset Pick WINNER-Antonio Banuelos by Rd.1 TKO

Bibiano Fernandes vs. Takashi Otsuka "Flash" may have lost the title but he's well on his way back meeting Otsuka who doesn't fare well out of DEEP.
WINNER-Bibiano Fernandes by Rd.1 Submission


Masakazu Imanari vs. Abel Cullum The Judoka is primed for some Japanese success that the far east so desperately needs.
WINNER-Masakazu Imanari by Decision

Yusup Saadulaev vs. Rodolfo Marques Diniz Knowing exactly nothing about these fellas I'll just roll with the recently dominate Nova Uniao player.
WINNER-Rodolfo Marques Diniz by ?

Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Baru Ham Kudos to the DREAM staff for finding yet another way for "Minowaman" to get a win. Ham looks like fat rotten hog meat and could only belly flop his way to a win if it were a sumo competition.
WINNER-Ikuhisa Minowa by Rd.1 Submission

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