UFC 132 PREDICTIONS AND DISCUSSION

UFC 132 is coming to you Saturday night from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and once again you can catch all of the fights live.

The action begins at 6:15 eastern time in the U.S. with 4 fights airing on Facebook.com/UFC. Then it switches over to Spike TV at 8:00 eastern, and finally 9:00 eastern for the pay per view.

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* Edited at 07.01.2011, 7:14 PM ET *

The opening bout of UFC 132 featured Jeff "Hellbound" Hougland taking on Donny "Eagle Eye" Walker. Both fighters were making their debuts, in the bantamweight division.

Hougland opened up with a low kick and then one to the body. Walker came forward with a superman punch but was immediately taken down by a Hougland double leg shot. Jeff Hougland stood over looking for openings for punches and then sat down into Walker's guard. Walker was active off of his back but was pressed up against the fence a moment later and found himself in a guillotine attempt from Hougland. Walker patiently maneuvered his head free and had top position. Hougland immediately attacked for a triangle off of his back but Walker easily avoided it. A slick sequence of scrambling saw Hougland get back on top, though found himself needing to defend a leglock from Walker as the ground-oriented round came to a close.

The fighters spent the first minute of round two kickboxing, with Hougland mixing it up more with low kicks and then a nice spinning backfist. Walker threw big hooks as he hunted for a homerun, yet Hougland appeared to be winning more of the exchanges as he opened up a small cut near Walker's right eye. A quick sequence saw Walker slip to the ground and eat a shot to the groin, and during the brief pause the flow of blood and swelling from his cut appeared to worsen. After the restart Hougland landed a nice left and pulled guard with a guillotine. Blood dripped from Donny Walker's eye as he fought to survive the submission. Hougland adjusted and had the choke sunk in deep but the 10-second warning sounded and Walker seemed to barely survive to the end of the round.

Walker got underhooks quickly in round three and then connected with a good knee to the body. Hougland dropped down giving Walker top position. Hougland latched on a nasty armbar, Walker lifted up and slammed Hougland down, crashing free from the lock. Referee Mario Yamasaki stood the fighters after a brief period of inactivity and Walker landed a nice combination. Walker worked to pull off an unusual choke from the top, couldn't put Hougland in danger, and was swept to his back with a minute left. Walker likely needed a finish to win but time ran out as he attempted to stay busy with punches off of his back.

The judges scored the bout 29-28, 29-28, and 30-27, all in favor of Jeff "Hellbound" Hougland via unanimous decision.

First pick wrong great start :) hah

@R1zla I scored it 29-28 giving the third round to Walker i thought he controlled the majority of the round

only 29% had Hougland

same here, i think he did enough to steal the 3rd ... great preformance from both fighters though

* Edited at 07.02.2011, 6:52 PM ET *

damnit there is pretty much no way i'm going to be able to watch Bowles/Mizugaki live

that was sick...i started cheering for winner since i got Anthony winning in the 2nd by tKO

that was a beautiful technical round

WINNER IS GETN ASS KICKN OFF THE CENTURY! hah

i' m watching ufc fights and shark fights. they added the fuel channel to our cable package. just a rerun of shark which i did not see but picked well on.

Holy crap, I can't believe he made it to the second.  Maybe I can get a R2 perfect pick!

@cash, same here

njokauni did a great job of not gassin himself out

i dont think anyone should ever question the chin of winner again

great patience shown by Njokuani and AMAZING heart shown by Winner

Great killer instinct by Njokuani he swarmed in after just that little wobble

Just lost my perfect pick because he didn't go out.

Great =/

Yves knows what we want haha

Njokuani is ******* Winner's **** up.

I guess walker lost? That's lame. He was a pretty big favorite.

perfect pick here I come