Figured I'd share my thoughts on the upcoming UFC SpikeTV card on Jan 25. The headliner is Rashad Evans (Season 4's Heavyweight winner) vs. Sean Salmon. I used to be real down on Evans, simply because he's an awesome wrestler who only knew how to take his opponent down and sit on them. He had no MMA offence to speak of. He'd take them down, they'd get back up, he'd take them down again. On and on this went, for about 5-6 straight fights. No knockouts, just lacklustre decisions.
Then something happened in his last fight. He took the man down, and landed some big pops and managed to turn Jason Lambert's lights out. It wasn't pretty, but he showed more speed and a greater awareness. He fought like a big, black, Matt Hughes. His earlier fights reminded me of early UFC fights, where the wrestler would take his opponent down, hold him there, and....wait. and wait some more. and then some more. He showed something more in his last fight though, and that's a good thing.
I'm predicting he'll beat Salmon by 2nd round TKO. As for the rest of the card, I'm going with O'Brien, Franca, Lister, Burkman, Ed "Tito shoulda picked me!!" Herman, Guida and Clementi.
On a parting note, I love Ross Pointon's attitude. He's a terrible Lightheavy and Middleweight fighter though. He gets dismantled by all-around fighters all the time. Here's hoping he has better luck at welterweight. Obviously the UFC likes his attitude too, because the guy has done nothing but lose since he's been with them!!
The full UFC card can be found here.
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