Fighthype Preview: UFC 86 Justin Buchholz vs. Corey Hill  In a lightweight battle, former Ultimate Fighter contestant Corey Hill makes his return to the octagon after defeating Joe Veres at Fight Night 12 in a great performance.

On the other side of the cage, Justin Buchholz had a disappointing UFC debut as he got caught in a rear naked choke and was forced to tap out to Matt Wiman on the same night that Hill won. 

As most people know, Corey trains with Miletech Fighting Systems with his most notable trainer being Jeremy Horn. I think Hill’s height and wrestling background will be enough for him to shut down Justin Buchholz. I say Hill wins this by TKO in the second round.  

Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver  Former Ultimate Fighter contestant Melvin Guillard has not looked very hot in his recent fights in the UFC including two first round losses to Rich Clementi and Joe Stevenson. In his most recent fight Guillard managed to defeat Eric Regan at a Rage in the Cage event.

Melvin is a great wrestler and if he can maneuver his way into the proper positions this should be an easy fight for him. His opponent, Dennis Siver has recently lost at UFC Fight Night 12 against another Ultimate Fighter contestant, Gray Maynard.

However the German has great submissions and has a possibility of catching Guillard in an Armbar or Kimura. Guillard seems to experienced to lose this fight, he also realizes that this fight is do or die for him. He’s going to have to wrestle his way into mount and use his ground and pound to finish the fight.

I think he’ll end it in the third round and move on to working his way back to the main card.  

Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins  Both of these fighters are coming off the Ultimate Fighter 6. Ben Saunders managed to work his way into the quarter finals, but lost to finalist Tommy Speer. Jared Rollins didn’t make it past the preliminary round as he lost to George Sotiropoulos by knockout.

At the season finale, Saunders won his fight against Dan Barrera in a unanimous decision while Jared Rollins got TKO’ed by Jon Koppenhaver in the third round.

Ben Saunders trains with the world famous American Top Team and that could be his big advantage going into this fight. I think Saunders will use his striking ability to win this fight, but don’t be surprised if Rollins Jiu-Jitsu prevails.  

Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel  I am really looking  forward to this fight and I’m hoping it makes its way onto the broadcast. Cole Miller is coming off a loss to Jeremy Stephens at UFC Fight Night 12, but had a victory over tough fighter Leonard Garcia before that.

Jorge Gurgel won his last fight against John Halverson on the undercard of UFC 82, but managed to let it go the distance.  Also keep in mind that Cole Miller has fought Takeshi Inoue in Shooto, Miller is also a trainee of American Top Team, but Jorge Gurgel trains with Team Extreme which is the home of former  UFC Middleweight champion Rich “Ace” Franklin. 

This should be a war on the ground, with the submission skills of both fighters. I think Cole Miller will walk away with the W in this one because of his top notch training and to get his career back on track after losing to Stephens.  

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