UFC 100: Preview and Predictions

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So it is once again time for me to work on another preview/prediction article.  Like always, I’m going to give you some background on the fighters and predict the outcome. 

Since starting these write ups I’m 63 percent on my prediction which should be higher if it weren’t for UFC: 98 (I got only four right on that one).

So give me some feedback on this, because I work hard on these, and this one will take me something like eight hours to finish.  When I come people, I come strong and with that here we go.

PRELIMINARY CARD

T.J. Grant vs. Dong Hyun Kim

Depending on which Dong Hyun Kim shows up will determine the winner of the fight. The “Stun Gun” has had some good showings and some not so good one in the UFC, and has potential promise in the Octagon. 

He has a win over Matt Brown albeit controversial and a loss to Karo that was later overturned to a No Contest. What he has is very good standup and decent takedown defense which he will have to use against Grant.

For his part Grant’s biggest weapon in this fight is submission skills. Before his split decision win over Ryo Chonan at UFC 97 he had seven straight wins via submission and of his 14 wins 12 are from submission.

If 85 percent of your wins are from one method then you have to be good at it. This may be surprising but I actually think T. J. Grant can pull off the upset in this one. T.J. Grant wins via triangle choke in the Second.

Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty

Grice has had an up and career in the UFC going 1-2. He is a wrestler out of Oklahoma and in his last fight was in a brawl against Matt Veach till getting caught with some hands by Veach. Gugerty like Grice has had some up and downs recently.

Gugerty’s last fight was a good one against Spencer Fisher, where he looked to be in the fight the entire time till he got lazy and left himself open for a triangle which Fisher was able to end the fight with. 

I think a tough fight like that against Fisher will help Gugerty in this one with the confidence to know he was in there with such a good fighter. Shannon Gugerty wins via TKO in the First.

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