***Official UFC 86 Fight Discussion Thread***

[dallaskd]

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin (UFC Light Heavyweight le)
Gleison Tibau vs. Joe Stevenson
Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
Chris Lytle vs. Josh Koscheck
Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio

Undercard

Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Justin McCully
Corey Hill vs. Justin Buchholz
Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel
Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver
Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins

[cornbread]

Damn. It's getting harder and harder to make predictions on fights.

[desflood]

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin (UFC Light Heavyweight le)
Gleison Tibau vs. Joe Stevenson
Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
Chris Lytle vs. Josh Koscheck
Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio

Undercard

Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Justin McCully
Corey Hill vs. Justin Buchholz
Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel
Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver
Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins


I'll take Forrest as my underdog pick. Nobody thought he had a chance against Shogun either.

Is it really necessary to keep promoting Melvin Guillard?

[cornbread]

Ok. My some people have less trouble than others when making predictions.

[dallaskd]

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin
Gleison Tibau vs. Joe Stevenson
Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
Chris Lytle vs. Josh Koscheck
Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio

Undercard

Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Justin McCully
Corey Hill vs. Justin Buchholz
Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel
Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver

[cornbread]

Now I really feel pzwn3d.

[dallaskd]

make your pics already CB. your looking like a chump right now

[Evan]

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin (UFC Light Heavyweight le)
Gleison Tibau vs. Joe Stevenson
Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
Chris Lytle vs. Josh Koscheck
Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio

Undercard

Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Justin McCully
Corey Hill vs. Justin Buchholz
Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel
Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver
Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins

[djohn14]

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin (UFC Light Heavyweight le)---hes the best...i love forrest but i love rampage more!
Gleison Tibau vs. Joe Stevenson----good fight, Geison with his superior submissions...and yes I know daddy can make people tap
Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida---I know why yall picked Cote, he is good, but Almeida is superior IMO
Chris Lytle vs. Josh Koscheck---Close fight, but Ill go with Koscheck
Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio---Another great fight IMO, ill go with Griffin but I want Aurelio to win

Undercard

Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Justin McCully---He should win...SHOULD
Corey Hill vs. Justin Buchholz---Corey....he might be someone in a few years if he can use his height and reach to his advantage.
Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel ---someones tapping, might as well be Cole
Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver----I know he is a thug...i know yall hate him, but he can throw bombs and its happening saturday
Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins---J Rock


IN CONCLUSION THIS IS A GREAT CARD...and yes it is tough to pick.

[LEONARD]

Not making my pics just yet...

Previews/pics
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...x.html?eref=T1
http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/...ed-fight-card/
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=13482

Odds breakdown
http://ufcbetting.blogspot.com/2008/...-analysis.html

Rampage training pics
http://www.sherdog.com/news/pictures.asp?n_id=13468

Forrest video & article
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2008/6/26...ew-forrest-gri
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=6606

Forrest has had Wanderlei helping him out…huge plus for him…
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2008/6/30...lva-is-forrest

Cote video & article
http://mmamania.com/2008/06/24/ufc-8...almeida-fight/
http://mmamania.com/2008/06/29/balls...-patrick-cote/

Koscheck video interview
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1665

Shocker…Couture picks Griffin…
http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/...picks-forrest/

Gonzaga article
http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=13480

Guillard article
http://mmamania.com/2008/06/30/melvi...one-more-shot/

[djohn14]

I like Melvins article and how he says he cant beat BJ. At least hes not y.

[cornbread]

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin (UFC Light Heavyweight le)
Gleison Tibau vs. Joe Stevenson
Patrick Cote vs. Ricardo Almeida
Chris Lytle vs. Josh Koscheck
Tyson Griffin vs. Marcus Aurelio

Undercard

Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Justin McCully
Corey Hill vs. Justin Buchholz
Cole Miller vs. Jorge Gurgel
Melvin Guillard vs. Dennis Siver
Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins

[Evan]

I may change my pics by Thursday....I did this fast.

[cornbread]

make your pics already CB. your looking like a chump right now

Done. Don't blame me if they're all wrong.

[LEONARD]

I think I'm going to start making my pics after weigh-ins...

[Evan]

I think I'm going to start making my pics after weigh-ins...

Thats probably a good idea

[dallaskd]

edit...

Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins

[dallaskd]

Melvin seems humbled. kudos.

[djohn14]

Mabye Clementi turned him around....nah

[LEONARD]

One of the all-time great KO's...

[LEONARD]

[dbreiden83080]

Rampage is going to maul Forrest. He does not hit that hard, can't take Rampage Down and is not nearly as strong. I don't see how he wins this fight, i really don't.

[dallaskd]

One of the all-time great KO's...

yeah i love that pic. thats from the forrest article. clinch is key for griffin.

[dbreiden83080]

yeah i love that pic. thats from the forrest article. clinch is key for griffin.

Do you really think he is strong enough to hold Rampage in the clinch?? I sure don't. I see this as a KO for Rampage inside of 3 rds.

[djohn14]

Forrest isnt a great fighter...but he is so scrappy, and just wont give up. I hope Rampage wins, but I wont bu upset in the least to have Forrest represent the UFC.