Until someone lays a glove on Lyoto Machida, don’t tell me he’s not the best 205 fighter in the world (except when Anderson Silva is playing at it). The closest we’ve come to seeing the Dragon in peril in the Octagon was a half-hearted, last minute triangle by Tito. The guy is a riddle, wrapped in an enigma that no one has had even a clue, much less an answer for. No reason he shouldn’t be next in line for Rashad Evans at 205.

GSP. I’m biased, because he is my favorite fighter. What can I say, the talent, the athleticism, the class with which he carries himself… he’s the complete package. My pre-fight prediction was that I respect BJ’s ability, but that GSP would run through him like a freight train. That’s exactly what happened tonight. GSP was too big, too fast, too strong… too good. There was never a question for me once the fight went to the ground in the second round. There was just no way the BJ… no way that ANYONE at 170 is getting GSp off of them once he’s taken them down. Good call BJ’s corner to stop the fight… I think we all know what was coming in round 5? If I were a betting man (I am), I’d bet that Baby James is regretting calling the Champ a quitter right about now.

– ZiG

I’m just gonna put it out there I see GSP/Penn almost being 1 sided IMO.
I’m willing to eat crow for it, if Penn pulls it off, cause I love him as well. But GSP has become an absolute animal, And has faced better competition since last they fought.

In the show Penn calls GSP weak minded and a B**ch. But if GSP wins and does so in dominate fashion how is Penn gonna respond to losing 2 him a second time???? IMO and IMO alone I see penn being the weaker minded. By his talk and antics and his not willing to train as hard in the past to be a champion..

In his loses GSP has came back stronger and better than ever.
In the Penn loses he drop down to a lower weight and still looks the same in his fights to me. Outside his cardio being better I haven’t seen any drastic improvements in his already talented skills. IMO

Machida via a surprise surprise decision

Karo via split decision will be very close

Guida via G&P in the 3rd Guida is too strong for Nate to deal with

Bonnar via a Unaminous decision

Fitch decsion

Thiago Tavares decision

Chris Wilson decision

Jake O’Brien decision

Matt Arroyo decision

yes i see a lot of desions.

Machida/Silva- Machida can still knock people out(just ask Mr. Franklin) and his ground game is better. I honestly see this going for Machida and it could very well be by KO in the 3rd. I think Silva is frustrated all fight by Machida’s style and pushes too hard and leaves himself vulnerable and gets KO’d by a counter shot.

Karo/Kim- honestly depends on which karo shows up(or if he’s allowed to for that matter), if it’s the Karo of old he walks all over Kim if it’s the one of late he messes around and Kim win’s by KO. that said I am taking Karo by 2nd round KO.

Guida/Diaz- this should be an interesting fight to see. Honestly, I envision a poor man’s GSP-BJ one for this fight. I think Guida pushes the pace on the feet and Diaz holds his own with decent boxing and then Guida takes him down and is unable to ground and pound w/ Diaz chaining together submission attempt after submission attempt. Depending on the judges it could be a unanimous decision for Guida or a split decision for him IF it goes the distance. That being said I think Guida starts to tire in the 3rd due to constantly fighting off sub attempt after sub attempt from Diaz, and when he takes a hard but sloppy shot Diaz’s length enables him to hook in a triangle choke. So Diaz by triangle choke in the 3rd.

Fitch/Gono- I honestly think Gono may regret signing his name on the line for this fight. Fitch had a humbling yet valiant attempt to take out GSP and then this business w/ the UFC licensing group has made him into a caged animal. Now if he is too aggressive Gono could take advantage but I think Fitch overwhelms him early and ground and pounds him out in the first.

Bonnar/Jones- Ok Jones brings an impressive record to the octogan tonight against the veteran Bonnar. Bonnar has had a long lay-off between fights that even Fedor would envy, so rust may be a factor. That said Bonnar has faced better competition in the past and his only 4 losses are two UD’s to a former champ, a majority dec to the current champion, and a TKO(by cut) to (future champ?) Lyoto Machida, so it’s not exactly like he loses to lesser opponents. The questions are in his conditioning and how rusty he is. If he is truly ready I am taking Bonnar via TKO in the 1st. If not there could be an upset decision win by Jones. I think though Bonnar knows his inactivity could cost him his contract if he is not winning so I really think he wins this fight over Jones in a quick yet brutal fight with Jones.

cannot wait for tonight…

I’m thinking BJ will get the TKO early, but I’m going to try my hardest to simply watch and enjoy the fight. Also, my feelings won’t be hurt a bit if GSP wins, I like that guy a lot.

In regards to Kim and Parisyan, I jet don’t know where Karo’s head is, if he even makes the fight. If Kim fcea the fill in, r definitely should take the win.

Bonnar should get the win, but Jones should be a game opponent.

I get the feeling that after everything that’s happened in the lhw division this past six months, little Lyoto is feeling mighty left out of the game. He’s an amazing fighter and has a hell of a win streak, but there’s been this huge spotlight placed on the division (especially as of late) as pretty much the central draw of the UFC, not to mention the slew of great fighters showing off everything they’ve got the past few months. He’s GOT to feel very, very much like that weird kid in the playground who isn’t allowed to play with the other kids.

I see him coming out much too aggressive for his style and getting KO’d.