MY PICKS: UFC 115 - Liddell vs Franklin

Vancouver is playing host to the UFC this weekend, marking the first legal MMA event to be held in the Canadian province. Though MMA is legal in British Columbia, it is only on a two-year trial period.

UFC Matchmaker, Joe Silva, and President, Dana White chose long time veterans Chuck Liddell and Rich Franklin to headline the marquee event.

MAIN EVENT
205# Chuck Liddell vs Rich Franklin
HW 248# Pat Barry vs 235# Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic
170# Rory MacDonald vs Carlos Condit
170# Martin Kampmann vs Paulo Thiago

Preliminary bouts on SPIKE TV
155# Evan Dunham vs Tyson Griffin
155# Mac Danzig vs Matt Wiman

Preliminary bouts
185# Mario Miranda vs David Loiseau
170# Peter Sobotta vs James Wilks
170# Claude Patrick vs Ricardo Funch
170# Jesse Lennox vs Mike Pyle

MY PICKS
Chuck Liddell via TKO R3
Patty Barry via TKO R2
Gilbert Yvel via Uni Dec
Carlos Condit via Sub(Arm Bar) R2
Paulo Thiago via Split Dec
Evan Dunham viaUni Dec
Mac Danzig via TKO R3

Walking out of the expo I see this. Almost teary! Absolutely amazing art work

They have huge sheets of paper on the side of this that fans are signing. Love it :)

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As tweeted about a month ago: Baby Octagon. Still here at Babies-R-Us ... But now it's 50% off!!!

Of course, I realize there is only 6 sides (octagons have 8) but let's not get technical. Its a caged enclosure you put your itty-bities in to slug it out and get their lay-N-pray on. You can't tell me you don't want this! :-)
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This may be THE best ad I've seen... Ever!

In this month's @fightmagazine @DefenseSoap ran this ad, it's absolutely brilliant & fabulous! Says the soap is natural.... Haven't tried it but I'd like to, may head to www.defensesoap.com & pick a bar up.
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UFC 113 Picks

This time tomorrow evening I'll be lounging down and watching the PPV of UFC 113 live from Montreal, QC, Canada.

The card is headlined by a rematch of Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Their meeting at UFC 104 in Los Angeles ended with Machida walking away with a unanimous decision victory. The result started a slew of controversial decisions made by various judges working with several athletics commissions. After almost seven months fans will finally get a chance to see these light-heavy weights go at it again; after the result of their last meeting one can only assume both men will be looking to end the fight in a devastating fashion.

Also on the card is TUF celebrity Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson vs. fellow TUF alum Matt "MeatHead" Mitrione. After Kimbo's performance against Houston Alexander on season 10's "The Ultimate Fighter" finale I'm less than anxious to see him compete again. However, I've been hearing good reports from friends at American Top Team -where Slice has been training- that he has made vast improvements in his skills and will bring everything he has to the table Saturday night. For his part, Mitrione is one who seems to always be underestimated. In "The Ultimate Fighter" house on season 10 he was frequently looked over as a threat to the other competitors and even by the coachs (Coach Rashad Evans gave him the nickname "Meatheat").
I'm not expecting fireworks from either of these men, but will be pleased if we see technique and hidden talent emerge.

Opening the televised card is Patrick Cote vs Alan Belcher. Cote is returning after a 18-month absence after injuring his knee against Anderson Silva at UFC 90. The Canadian claims his knee is 100% and that he feels confident going into his fight with Belcher.

MY PICKS
 Lyoto Machida vs Mauricio Rua
-Rua via TKO, R3

Paul Daley vs Josh Koscheck
-Daley via TKO, R2

Jeremy Stephens vs Sam Stout
-Stout via Unanimous Decision

Kimbo Slice vs Matt Mitritone
-Mitrione via TKO, R2

Patrick Cote vs Alan Belcher
-Cote via Split Decision

Joe Doerksen vs Tom Lawlor
-Lawlor via TKO, R1

Marcus Davis vs Jonathan Goulet
-Davis via Unanimous Decision

TJ Grant vs Johny Hendricks
-Hendricks via TKO, R3

Tim Hague vs Joey Beltran
-Beltran via KO, R1

Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs Mike Guymon
-Yoshida via Split Decision

Jason Macdonald vs John Salter
-Macdonald via Submission, R2

Please, leave your picks in the comments section.

Anyone who knows me or has ever been threatened by me will find the humor in this :)

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On the road with @mstracylee who knows where we're going but we're driving and it'll be a good time for sure!

It's a no-makeup, hat day for me tho so where ever it is we end up will be low key or I'll be drastically under dressed ... I'm ok with that. :)
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Once again... I ALWAYS get the best fortune cookies :)

Eating cold left overs from Panda Express last night & decided to bust open my fortune cookie.... I love reading them!
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At breakfast (at Cafe Bernardo again) and this is the stuff you see!!! One of @mstracylee 's

Friends from back in the day put staples in his forehead... Its his birthday I guess he can do whatever he wants. Good gracious tho!!
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Finished the night off in a suite, great vantage point to witness a great night of @weconversus fights.

Congrats to all the guys who won, I'm never unsatisfied with WEC cards!!!
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