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UFC 144 PREDICTIONS AND DISCUSSION

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Gregory
Gregory
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02.25.2012 | 3:10 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 350 Points   |   Tied for 479th

Tonight the UFC returns to Japan for the first time since April of 2000! UFC 144 is coming to you live tonight from Saitama, Japan, home of many epic Pride FC events over the years.

Things are scheduled to kick off at AROUND 7:30 eastern time for 1 prelim fights on Facebook.com/UFC.  Then at 8:00 eastern time you can catch 4 fights for free on FX . Finally at 10:00pm eastern time, plunk down your hard earned dollars to watch the Pay Per View main card.

Your prediction results and leaderboard ranking will automatically show up in any posts made here. If you want to embed your full listing of picks you can do that also.   Your picks, as well as a link to embed the image, and the top of the site-wide leaderboard will all be available in the right column on this thread.

Enjoy the fights and good luck in your predictions!  

REMINDER: No requesting of or posting links to illegal streams of the Pay Per View broadcast.

* Edited at 02.25.2012, 3:11 PM ET *

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UFC 144
  • Saturday 02.25.2012 at 10:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: FX
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: Zuffa, LLC
  • Venue: Saitama Super Arena
  • Location: Saitama, Japan
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Mike Goldberg, Joe Rogan
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Joe Rogan
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $3,300,000
  • Attendance: 21,000 (Paid: 18,000)
  • PPV Buys / Buyrate: 375,000 | TV Ratings: 1.5M viewers (FX Prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 12
  • Promotion Links:
  • Event Links:
Bout   Info
Benson Henderson   defeats   Frankie Edgar   via Decision, Unanimous   5 Rounds, 25:00 Total Bout Page
Ryan Bader   defeats   Quinton Jackson   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Mark Hunt   defeats   Cheick Kongo   via KO/TKO, Punches   2:11 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Jake Shields   defeats   Yoshihiro Akiyama   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Tim Boetsch   defeats   Yushin Okami   via KO/TKO, Punches   0:54 Round 3 of 3, 10:54 Total Bout Page
Hatsu Hioki   defeats   Bart Palaszewski   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Anthony Pettis   defeats   Joe Lauzon   via KO/TKO, Head Kick and Punches   1:21 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Takanori Gomi   defeats   Eiji Mitsuoka   via KO/TKO, Punches   2:21 Round 2 of 3, 7:21 Total Bout Page
Vaughan Lee   defeats   Norifumi Yamamoto   via Submission, Armbar   4:29 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Riki Fukuda   defeats   Steve Cantwell   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Chris Cariaso   defeats   Takeya Mizugaki   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Issei Tamura   defeats   Tiequan Zhang   via KO/TKO, Punch   0:32 Round 2 of 3, 5:32 Total Bout Page

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itfigures
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02.25.2012 | 7:40 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 250 Points   |   Tied for 1107th

HOLY SMOKES!
yorma
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02.25.2012 | 7:40 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 300 Points   |   Tied for 793rd

**** what a shot!!!!!!!

"And whats up with y'all, Looking at me like a monkey, You !?! Yeah right, You're all saints, You !! Bunch of macaques !! Gimme a baby monkey, He'll be .. Wonderfull"

GRIZZLY
GRIZZLY
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02.25.2012 | 7:41 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 350 Points   |   Tied for 479th

Ouch. Not quite what I had imagined.

"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft." T. Roosevelt

benjaminbrandt
benjaminbrandt
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02.25.2012 | 7:41 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 350 Points   |   Tied for 479th

My FB isn't working either!  I picked the underdog and I want to see him win!!!

"I have not yet begun to defile myself. "

Bigj383
Bigj383
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02.25.2012 | 7:41 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 325 Points   |   Tied for 620th

Huge KO for Tamura, great debut for him. That starts me off bad though at 0-1. 

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joe kerr
joe kerr
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02.25.2012 | 7:41 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 250 Points   |   Tied for 1107th

Wow, those were famous last words. The Wolf went down like a sack of potatoes...

"If the enemy rejects the ground, I would take him down by tackle. Why didn’t he [Royler] do so? May I introduce him to a good coach? His tackle was... like a girl’s one... Mr. Royler, how are you feeling?" - Kazushi Sakuraba

darth_nanners
darth_nanners
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02.25.2012 | 7:41 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 300 Points   |   Tied for 793rd

Damn ko of the night in the first fight?

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Derp
Derp
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02.25.2012 | 7:41 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 425 Points   |   Tied for 139th

My FB stream never works anymore, hope they replay whatever happened during the FX prelims.
zarog
zarog
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02.25.2012 | 7:41 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 375 Points   |   Tied for 345th

Ouch. Alot of people just lost on the first one.

"Surrender??!! You think this letter on my head stands for France?" - Captain America

Hybrid
Hybrid
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02.25.2012 | 7:42 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 5 Perfect, 450 Points   |   Tied for 86th

Holy ****, that was a brutal KO.

"History boils down to a few really awesome people doing really awesome stuff, and a bunch of idiots messing it up for everyone else."

brad
brad
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02.25.2012 | 7:43 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 49th with 36 others

holy **** what a nasty knock out.. jesus christ
brad
brad
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02.25.2012 | 7:43 PM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 49th with 36 others

yeah i got one wrong already
yorma
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02.25.2012 | 7:43 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 300 Points   |   Tied for 793rd

KOTN or if not its going to be a huuuuge night!!

"And whats up with y'all, Looking at me like a monkey, You !?! Yeah right, You're all saints, You !! Bunch of macaques !! Gimme a baby monkey, He'll be .. Wonderfull"

benjaminbrandt
benjaminbrandt
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02.25.2012 | 7:43 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 350 Points   |   Tied for 479th

Well, I hope they replay it.  Hard to believe a guy coming off a loss makes it to the UFC and wins an underdog match 1st round KO.  I didn't get the perfect, but I'll take the correct pick! 

"I have not yet begun to defile myself. "

AnAlias
AnAlias
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02.25.2012 | 7:44 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 300 Points   |   Tied for 793rd

I want to see this Tamura dude at 135.  Definitely looking forward to his next fight.
Swickotine
Swickotine
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02.25.2012 | 7:44 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 400 Points   |   Tied for 222nd

oooohhh boy

"I'm bi-polar...nice jab, mean hook."

flying_frontkick
flying_frontkick
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02.25.2012 | 7:44 PM ET

Predictions: 4 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 250 Points   |   Tied for 1107th

That was a beautiful knockout

"For no particular reason beat up everyone"

fglop
fglop
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02.25.2012 | 7:44 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 300 Points   |   Tied for 793rd

Thats probably it for Quan in the UFC.
yorma
yorma
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02.25.2012 | 7:45 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 300 Points   |   Tied for 793rd


Yep it a guy to follow for sure

 

"And whats up with y'all, Looking at me like a monkey, You !?! Yeah right, You're all saints, You !! Bunch of macaques !! Gimme a baby monkey, He'll be .. Wonderfull"

krazyhopz
krazyhopz
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02.25.2012 | 7:45 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 300 Points   |   Tied for 793rd

sure glad theres only one fight on fb, worthless ************* wont even load the player at all....i even restarted my computer. luckily i got the 1st fight wrong on top of it...way to start the night

"Everyone has a gameplan 'till they get punched in the face" - Mike Tyson

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