UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira - August 29th, 2009

Date Time: Aug-29-2009 7pm PT / 10pm ET
Event Type: PPV Live
Location: Rose Garden Arena, OR

Description:

When the history of mixed martial arts is written, two names will stand at the top of the heavyweight division - Randy "The Natural" Couture and Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira. But these two legendary former champions aren't thinking about the history books, they're looking to make another run at the UFC title, and to get there, they must face each other in the Octagon in the main event of UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira.

In the co-feature, two of the light heavyweight division's heaviest hitters collide, when perennial contender Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine takes on Brazilian powerhouse Thiago Silva.

UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira - Saturday, August 29th, live on Pay-Per-View from the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon.

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Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva

Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt

Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia

Brandon Vera vs. Krzysztof Soszynski

Ed Herman vs. Aaron Simpson *

Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Chris Tuchscherer *

Justin McCully vs. Mike Russow *

Tim Hague vs. Todd Duffee *

Nick Catone vs. Mark Munoz *

Marcus Aurelio vs. Evan Dunham *

* - May not broadcast.

I have no idea. I do not watch the UFC. I am just merely copying/pasting this stuff from the UFC website.

Otherwise, here is the link:

Link

Couture decided that after Lesnar's match he had a lot left in him. So he wants another shot at the title!

Couture vs Nogueira will truley be one of the best heavyweights fights this year.

Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: This is a match for the ages, Randy and Antonio are both legends of the sport in their own right. Randy being the first to hold championships in two different weight cl[a]sses, while Nogueira is bad jiu jitsu fighter. If Nogueira can get Randy on the ground, he will submit him. If Randy can keep it on their feet, he can win. Tough decision, but I'll say Randy Couture by decision

Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva: The Dean of Mean is a bad mofo! He has an iron chin, while Thiago Silva is as tough as it gets as well. I'll go with Keith Jardine though

Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt : Chris Leben is impossible to stop, unless of course, your name is Anderson Silva. Chris Leben stops this

Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia:Nate is imo the most established and better fighter, therefore Nate Marquardt

Brandon Vera vs. Krzysztof Soszynski: great fighters, but Krzysztof is on a roll, and this guy is scary! Krzysztof Soszynski just because he's on a roll, he's tough and scary, and his name kicks major rear ends.

Pre:

Ed Herman vs. Aaron Simpson: Decision

Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Chris Tuchscherer : t.k.o possibly a headkick

Unless someone else sends in predictions, lilhbk will win by default.

MAIN

Couture Unanimious Decisions Nog

Jardine KOs Silva

Rosholt KOs Leben

Marquardt KOs Maia

Krzysztof Submits Vera via Kimura

PRE

Gonzaga KOs Chris

Do preliminary matches count for the predictions or just the main card?lilhbk

Otherwise, just to be safe, I would say go ahead, and write them in, if you want.

[QUOTE="lilhbk"]Do preliminary matches count for the predictions or just the main card?Link256

Otherwise, just to be safe, I would say go ahead, and write them in, if you want.

I dont think they do, I just write them in for the hell of it

when we did 100 and 101, i dont think pre-lims counted 

but i could be wrong

Randy Couture over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Keith Jardine over Thiago Silva

Jake Rosholt over Chris Leben

Demian Maia over Nate Marquardt

Krzysztof Soszynski over Brandon Vera

Ed Herman over. Aaron Simpson *

Gabriel Gonzaga over Chris Tuchscherer *

Justin McCully over Mike Russow *

Todd Duffee over Tim Hague *

Mark Munoz over Nick Catone *

Marcus Aurelio over Evan Dunham *

Brandon Vera upsets Krzysztof via Unanimous Decision

There was another upset, Thiago Silva t.k.o'd Keith Jardine in the first round.

I love this sport, is so damn unpredictable. Anyone can win with a lot of heart and training.

Brandon Vera upsets Krzysztof via Unanimous Decision

There was another upset, Thiago Silva t.k.o'd Keith Jardine in the first round.

I love this sport, is so damn unpredictable. Anyone can win with a lot of heart and training.

lilhbk

I agree MMA is a thrill ride to follow

and for what its worth i would call Nog's win an upset, fight was amazing

If Nogueira had beaten Randy by submission then it would not have been an upset, but the fact that Nogueira beat him in the stand up is just delightful. At this point i consider Nogueira as the top contender and the one that has the most possibility of beating Lesnar between Randy, Mir, and Nogueira.

Nogueira proved he can stand up with the best ones in the game, and we all know that he is the best heavyweight on his back, and with the ground game. I see Lesnar taking down Nogueira right away, and Nogueira is just gonna dominate him in the ground game

UFC 102 Prediction Results:

lilhbk - 2
MiJV - 3
EA_Guy - 4

Congratulations to EA_Guy, you are the new UFC Predictions Champion. Oh and yes, I will be counting preliminary matches because they can put them on the PPV telecast if they are short on time. Besides, it's still a part of the show and announced ahead of time. Why not count them?