I agree with all the picks CD. Spot on here for sure. Aldo is one of my favorite fighters... outside of Jon Jones that is, and hopefully he comes into this fight in great shape, unlike against Hominick as we talked about earlier today. If Aldo comes in top shape, he will beat the crap out of Florian. If Aldo comes in less than 100%, it will be a battle, Florian is no joke! But I say Aldo comes in and bashes big time.

The Maynard v Edgar fight is the only summary I disagree with. I agree with the pick, but not the summary. Really, the fights between these two have been extremely boring outside of the first round of their last fight. Neither of them are finishers really, they're grinders. I could see your point of view if these two were great grapplers and jiujitsu practitioners, however these are two dry humpers so I have to disagree. I don't mind grappling if there are submission attempts, transitions all over the place. These two like to lie down. Granted, their last fight was mainly standing as Edgar knows he has no shot on the ground so he has to use his mongoose like quickness to stay on his feet. I think Maynard will be able to take him down in this fight and he will find a way to bash him. I think this will be the most exciting of the trilogy by far.

Sonnen is spot on, just a ridiculously talented fighter with his out of the cage problems. In the cage, the dude is a beast. He was literally less than a minute away from being a champ, however no matter what people say about Silva getting lucky, he was trying to get that choke in the entire fight and finally managed to slip it in late. Sonnen fucked up, but in my opinion he was lucky not to get caught in that choke earlier. Sonnen bashes Stann badly in this one. I see takedown after takedown and a massive ground and pound beating. I hope to see Sonnen v Silva 2, but it won't happen very soon I don't think.

Lauzon is definitely the dog with the most value here. Guillard is due for a loss as his record indicates. He can't seem to put it all together for some reason. I think if he pulled back a little instead of going all out all the time, he'd have a better chance at winning. I think Lauzon's jiujitsu will be sneaky, I'd definitely put money on Lauzon winning by submission... it will happen!

I am all over Melvin to win by KO. I think he will keep this fight standing and use his speed and movement to avoid Lauzon's power shots in the first round. He will throw numerous punches body kicks and knees when up close and Joe will gas by round 2 when Melvin will hit him at will and finish with a killer KO blow.

Lauzon can potentially sneak a sub if he can tag Melvin and get on top of him but Melvin has top TDD and a decent chin and is the more likely of the two to land a telling blow.

This should be a good fight either way.

Melvin to win by KO @ 1.91 - 1 unit

Silva's reaction:

lauzon is a pric always costing me money


sonnen didnt give an interview he just gave the ultimatum

either silva goes or i go superbowl weekend

that was epic card pham fight was a good watch too

edgar might not be the first to loose his belt afterthat win

maynard wont ever get another shot with all the players awaiting edgar

TBH, this is exactly why I bet on Lauzon. Books were banking on the fact that punters would go after Melvin for his better striking. No offense to your summary, which quite frankly is a valid one. I saw Guillard as someone with a lot better hands, however one who is always too cocky going into fights. If he could take it back a notch when needed, he'd probably have half as many losses as he does now. Talented guy that Guillard, but always making mistakes that the champs don't.

The pham fight was my fav by far

Gray Maynard, man of few words, but classy guy:

Twitter: "Hats off to Frank Edgar. Great competitor and person, true champ! Its been fun, now its my turn to show I got heart and work my way back up"