AG's UFC 107 Quick Picks (12/12/09)

My apologies for the lack of 'analysis'. To follow are strictly picks with minimal commentary:

Preliminary Card

* Welterweight bout: Kevin Burns vs. TJ Grant
Grant - Submission - Rd 1

* Welterweight bout: DaMarques Johnson vs. Edgar Garcia
Garcia grinds out a decision

* Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares vs. Lucio Linhares
The jiu-jitsu skills of these two will cancel out here. The better striker wins. I don't think Palhares can hang IMO.
Linhares - KO - Rd 2

* Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks vs. Ricardo Funch
Blink and you might miss out on this fight.
Hendricks - TKO - Rd 1

* Lightweight bout: Matt Wiman vs. Shane Nelson
Nelson - decision

* Catchweight bout (195 lbs): Alan Belcher vs. Wilson Gouveia
Belcher - KO - Rd 2

Main Card
* Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Mike Pierce
Fitch - Will show us that trademark snarl after his victory via GnP in Rd 2

* Heavyweight bout: Paul Buentello vs. Stefan Struve
Buentello's a tough opponent but Struve has freakish size and good jiu jitsu for a heavyweight.
Struve - Submission - Rd 1

* Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida
Guida hads been training with Greg Jackson's camp and we'll see if this helps Guida evolve. Admittedly, Guida will keep a relentless pace which will be difficult for KenFlo to keep up with but Florian should adapt and turn this fight around in the end.
Florian - decision

* Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo
A bigger, stronger Mir will donimate leaving no doubt that he should be considered as a title contender in the first part of 2010.
Mir - Submission - Rd 2

* Lightweight Championship bout: B.J. Penn (c) vs. Diego Sanchez
I'm a big Sanchez fan and love that he moved down to Lightweight. He'll give BJ fits early on but unless he can take 'The Prodigy' out early in the fight, 'Nightmare' will end up on the receiving end of a Penn beatdown.
BJ retains the belt with a TKO in Rd 4

TUF 10 Finale (12/5/09) - AG's Quick Picks

Preliminary Card
* Lightweight bout: Mark Bocek vs. Joe Brammer
He'll be a long way from Iowa, but the bright lights of Vegas won't affect Brammer in his UFC debut against Bocek.

* Welterweight bout: John Howard vs. Dennis Hallman
Would it be wrong of me to say who cares?? Howard, decision.

* Light Heavyweight bout: Brian Stann vs. Rodney Wallace
Stann better win because I REFUSE to accept that some unknown from SC (Rodney Wallace) is using 'Sho Nuff the Master' as his nickname!!!

* Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen vs. Justin Wren
I like Wren in this one

* Heavyweight bout: Darrill Schoonover vs. James McSweeney
McSweeney KO's "Titties"

Main Card
* Heavyweight bout: Marcus Jones vs. Matt Mitrione
I wanna see 'Big Baby'/'Darkness' beat the crap out of 'Meathead'. Should be a quick win once Jones gets to the ground. I see a Kimura in Meathead's future in the 1st.

* Lightweight bout: Frank Edgar vs. Matt Veach
I liked the match-up better when it was Pellegrino v Edgar. Frankie gets back on track with this one handing Veach his first professional loss (by decision).

* Catchweight (215 lb) bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Houston Alexander
OOOOHHHHH Y'all know I wanna pick Kimbo! And y'all KNOW the only reason this bout is on the main card is BECAUSE everyone wants to see Kimbo (whether to KTFO Houston or to get KTFO by Houston). It'll be a slugfest that will do nothing more than fulfill the bloodlust of the fans watching the bout. Alexander gets the cleaner shot in and rocks Kimbo's world... but not until the latter part of the 2nd round.

* Light Heavyweight bout: Matt Hamill vs. Jon Jones
I like Matt... a lot... but Jones... *sigh*, tough to pick against. Jones takes this one in the 2nd (TKO)

* Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson vs. Brendan Schaub
Nelson's experience proves to be the edge here. I like Schaub's chances to take this to a distance but will fall short.