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UFC 131 PREDICTIONS AND DISCUSSION

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Gregory
Gregory
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06.11.2011 | 2:13 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 450 Points   |   Tied for 354th

Fasten your seat belts, you fight-picking lunatics!  UFC 131 is coming at you TONIGHT live on FACEBOOK at 5:50 eastern, SPIKE TV at 8:00 eastern, and PAY PER VIEW at 9:00 eastern.  12 UFC fights in total, 7 of them FREE.  Come on down to Tapology and discuss the fights and track your predictions in real time as the event takes place.

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Fight Card, Prediction Breakdowns, Betting Odds:

Pay Per View...
12) +145 Shane Carwin (31% Tapology) vs -170 Junior Dos Santos (69%)
11) -290 Kenny Florian (82% Tapology) vs +240 Diego Nunes (18%)
10) -110 Demian Maia (53% Tapology) vs -120 Mark Munoz (47%)
9) +165 Jon Olav Einemo (41% Tapology) vs -185 Dave Herman (59%)
8) -410 Donald Cerrone (99% Tapology) vs +310 Vagner Rocha (1%... yikes)

SpikeTV...
7) -160 Sam Stout (62% Tapology) vs +140 Yves Edwards (38%)
6) -425 Chris Weidman (86% Tapology) vs +340 Jesse Bongfeldt (14%)

Facebook...
5) -375 Krzysztof Soszynski (95% Tapology) vs +290 Mike Massenzio (5%)
4) -130 Nick Ring (75% Tapology) vs +105 James Head (25%)
3) +285 Jason Young (8% Tapology) vs -350 Dustin Poirier (92%)
2) +135 Joey Beltran (64% Tapology) vs -160 Aaron Rosa (36%)
1) -250 Michihiro Omigawa (68% Tapology) vs +210 Darren Elkins (32%)

Enjoy the fights and good luck in your predictions!    REMINDER: No requesting of or posting links to illegal streams of this broadcast.


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UFC 131
  • Saturday 06.11.2011 at 09:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: Spike TV
  • Name: UFC 131: Carwin vs. Dos Santos
  • Also Known As: Lesnar vs. Dos Santos
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: Zuffa, LLC
  • Venue: Rogers Arena
  • Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Mike Goldberg, Joe Rogan
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Joe Rogan
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $2,800,000
  • Attendance: 14,685
  • PPV Buys / Buyrate: 325,000 | TV Ratings: 1.55M viewers (Spike Prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 12
  • Promotion Links:
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Bout   Info
Junior dos Santos   defeats   Shane Carwin   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Kenny Florian   defeats   Diego Nunes   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Mark Muñoz   defeats   Demian Maia   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Dave Herman   defeats   John Olav Einemo   via KO/TKO, Punches   3:19 Round 2 of 3, 8:19 Total Bout Page
Donald Cerrone   defeats   Vagner Rocha   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Sam Stout   defeats   Yves Edwards   via KO/TKO, Punch   3:52 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Chris Weidman   defeats   Jesse Bongfeldt   via Submission, Guillotine Choke   4:54 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Krzysztof Soszynski   defeats   Mike Massenzio   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Nick Ring   defeats   James Head   via Submission, Rear Naked Choke   3:33 Round 3 of 3, 13:33 Total Bout Page
Dustin Poirier   defeats   Jason Young   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Joey Beltran   defeats   Aaron Rosa   via KO/TKO, Punches   1:26 Round 3 of 3, 11:26 Total Bout Page
Darren Elkins   defeats   Michihiro Omigawa   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page

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themysticalninja
themysticalninja
  • Location: Milton Keynes
  • Member Since: 2011.04.29
  • Predictions:  1,219  |  59.5%
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06.13.2011 | 12:51 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 500 Points   |   Tied for 226th

No and with a week to go it seems too late. Even if they had a replacement it would have been on the undercard and Strikeforce did a knee jerk reaction and put Noons vs Masvidal on the main card (which to their defence, some prefer)

"Go get some Donald CER-ROE-NAY!" - Greg Jackson

wolfmanhowl
wolfmanhowl

06.13.2011 | 1:20 PM ET

Predictions: 10 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 550 Points   |   Tied for 118th

we have another 43 fights for this weekend. i expect to move to 4th degree blue belt on sunday. i hope gregory and jeremy find us a few others we can pick on. i picking every fight on every card. i found a good way to get info and some live footage(video) of fighters in the smaller organizations.
themysticalninja
themysticalninja
  • Location: Milton Keynes
  • Member Since: 2011.04.29
  • Predictions:  1,219  |  59.5%
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  • Post Score: 123

06.13.2011 | 1:23 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 500 Points   |   Tied for 226th

I'm hoping to get at least 22 right so I can go above 50% Since my UFC 131 run was good I'm quite confident with my strikeforce picks.

"Go get some Donald CER-ROE-NAY!" - Greg Jackson

wolfmanhowl
wolfmanhowl

06.13.2011 | 1:25 PM ET

Predictions: 10 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 550 Points   |   Tied for 118th

it just takes watching the fights and looking up some info and your % will go up. good luck.
thiagosilva9794
thiagosilva9794
  • Location: Ireland.
  • Member Since: 2010.11.25
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06.13.2011 | 2:13 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 550 Points   |   Tied for 118th

@Gregory.. Do ye have the card James Mcsweeney is fighting on ? 

"I really feel like I'm the most dangerous guy out there" BJ Penn........... UFC on Fox 2 event winner :)

SoccerKick
SoccerKick
  • Location: Colorado
  • Member Since: 2011.02.09
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06.13.2011 | 2:20 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 475 Points   |   Tied for 294th

Twice this weekend James McSweeney's name has come up...How does this happen!?!

"I'm too old to be run by the fears of dumb people "

thiagosilva9794
thiagosilva9794
  • Location: Ireland.
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06.13.2011 | 2:27 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 12 Winners, 4 Perfect, 550 Points   |   Tied for 118th

I love him thats why! Haha...

"I really feel like I'm the most dangerous guy out there" BJ Penn........... UFC on Fox 2 event winner :)

wolfmanhowl
wolfmanhowl

06.14.2011 | 2:11 PM ET

Predictions: 10 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 550 Points   |   Tied for 118th

UFC 132 coming in 2 and 1/2 weeks. the two fights i look forward to the most are condit vs stun gun and siver vs wiman. plus i think faber will win the bantomweight title.
wolfmanhowl
wolfmanhowl

06.14.2011 | 2:56 PM ET

Predictions: 10 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 550 Points   |   Tied for 118th

60 fights this weekend. thank you gregory and jeremy. i picked them all.
wolfmanhowl
wolfmanhowl

06.14.2011 | 11:42 PM ET

Predictions: 10 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 550 Points   |   Tied for 118th

NOW 71 fights in the next four days. i leave for half a day and they added and changed quite a few. That one female fight did not make sense anyway. how do you fight for a title when you have never fought anybody? now the replacement has at least 3 fights under her wing
Gregory
Gregory
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06.14.2011 | 11:46 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 450 Points   |   Tied for 354th

@wolfman AFO and some of the other local shows will put together whatever title fights they want... sometimes it just makes it more fun and compelling to call it a title fight i guess.

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Gregory
Gregory
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06.14.2011 | 11:46 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 450 Points   |   Tied for 354th

also, what happens a lot is the champ is never around to defend the belt as soon as they earn it.  they aren't under contract or anything and they go fight for the promotion next door.

"I live, I die, I live again."

wolfmanhowl
wolfmanhowl

06.14.2011 | 11:48 PM ET

Predictions: 10 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 550 Points   |   Tied for 118th

they move up from the smaller events to medium size events. it makes sense.

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