UFC 140 PPV tonight!!!!!

Here is the card for the UFC 140 PPV tonight starting at 9pm EST. The main event features a light heavyweight title bout between champion Jon "Bones" Jones and former champ Lyoto Machida. Below are the mathchups with the "tale of the tape" and my picks (in red).

Jon "Bones" Jones vs. Lyoto Machida
14-1-0 Record 17-2-0
6' 4" Height 6' 1"
205lbs (93kg) Weight 205lbs (93kg)
I've got "Bones" in this one by decision. Machida is extremely elusive and will be hard for Jones to hit, thus my prediction of a decision. Who knows, though... maybe Machida breaks out another Steven Seagal front kick knockout.


Frank Mir vs. Minotauro Nogueira
15-5-0 Record 33-6-1, 1NC
6' 3" Height 6' 3"
240lbs (109kg) Weight 240lbs (109kg)
I think Big Nog's best days are behind him and Mir wins by knockout. Mir is by far the better boxer/striker and he has excellent ju jitsu skills on the ground to counter Nog's ground game.


Tito Ortiz vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
17-9-1 Record 19-5-0
6' 3" Height 6' 2"
205lbs (93kg) Weight 205lbs (93kg)
Little Nog should take this one by submission. Ortiz's UFC career will come to a close here.


Claude Patrick vs. Brian Ebersole
14-1-0 Record 48-14-1, 1NC
5' 11" Height 6' 0"
170lbs (77kg) Weight 170lbs (77kg)
I'm not really familiar with either fighter, but I'll take Ebersole by decision.


Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung
20-9-0 Record 11-3-0
5' 8" Height 5' 7"
145lbs (65kg) Weight 145lbs (65kg)
I'm gonna go with "The Korean Zombie" here because he's fun to watch. Hominick is a great fighter and may very well win, but I'm rooting for Jung.

looks like scmom's toolbar to the rescue for me

supytalpeht wrote:

looks like scmom's toolbar to the rescue for me

Is "toolbar" code speak for her "infractinator"?

Buddha Bus wrote:

supytalpeht wrote:

looks like scmom's toolbar to the rescue for me

Is "toolbar" code speak for her "infractinator"?

no

So here are the results.

I was right on the "Korean Zombie", but boy.... I didn't realize how right. Jung wins by TKO in 7 seconds!

I was right in my prediction of Ebersole here, but I changed my pick after I saw he shaved "Tapout" and an arrow pointing up in his chest/stomach hair. I wish Patrick would have beaten his ass for that alone.

I was correct in my prediction of a Tito loss, but not much else. Little Nog won by TKO and Tito didn't retire. He said he's "taking time off".

Mir wins by submission by breaking Big Nog's arm in a Kimura armbar! It was a sick finish with Nogueira's arm popping out of the socket.

I win again with Jon Jones choking out Machida. Lyoto looked good for a couple of rounds, but got caught in a standing choke hold and was put to sleep.

An all in all good PPV worth the money!

holy broken arms batman!

supytalpeht wrote:

holy broken arms batman!

Aye! It was very cringe-worthy. As soon as you saw the "pop", you knew.

Buddha Bus wrote:

supytalpeht wrote:

holy broken arms batman!

Aye! It was very cringe-worthy. As soon as you saw the "pop", you knew.

That's the second broken arm via submission I've seen this week. Ugly