Hatsu Hioki. Bart Palaszewski. Anthony Pettis. Joe Lauzon. Takanori Gomi. Eiji Mitsuoka. Norifumi Yamamoto. Vaughan Lee. Riki Fukuda. Steve Cantwell. Takeya Mizugaki. Chris Cariaso.
Tiequan Zhang. Issei Tamura. The lightweight title fight between Frankie Edgar and Benson Henderson is already being dubbed as an early "Fight of the Year" candidate. Ryan Bader shocked the world in a lopsided unanimous decision victory over former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.
Former Pride superstar Mark Hunt's jarring knockout win over Cheick Kongo brought back a sense of nostalgia from his early days in Japan. Yoshihiro Akiyama put forth one of the best performances of his UFC career, despite losing a unanimous decision to Jake Shields. Takeya Mizugaki Unanimous decision: , , Issei Tamura def.
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Pettis' wrestling game is coming along well, and heaven only knows who he's brought in to emulate Lauzon. The difficult part about this is that Pettis is difficult to emulate, unless one tries to emulate the strategic Pettis that showed up to UFC Any form of Pettis is dangerous for Lauzon, and if Lauzon gets it to the ground, that could go both ways for Lauzon.
Ultimately, though, this one will have to reach its end, and that may not be good news for Lauzon. Yushin Okami vs. Both are good with controlling their opponents, but that's where it gets tricky because despite Boetsch's size, Okami's edge is in the clinch with Boetsch against the cage, whereas Boetsch's edge is with a takedown and Okami on his back. Okami might be the more well-rounded striker, but Boetsch appears the more likely to end the fight if he lands first.
If there was one fight for sure that might be slow-paced and definitely one to end in the home crowd favorite NOT winning, this one might be it, but then again, a hometown decision is what many might be expecting. It might shock and amaze you, but Okami could pick Saturday night to halt Boetsch's momentum easily before any of us see it coming, and the way he does it might be most surprising of all. Jake Shields vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama sounds like a Middleweight dream match, yet the bout is taking place under intriguing circumstances at Welterweight.
Firstly, it's Akiyama's Welterweight debut, and if he cannot beat Jake Shields, it's probably his last Octagon performance. Shields might get cut a break since Jake Ellenberger was a tough loss after losing in the title shot against Georges St-Pierre, but Shields still has to answer some questions in Japan.
Will Akiyama prove to be better suited at , or will the weight cut be too much for him? Most importantly of all, if Akiyama keeps it standing, can Shields put something together in order to finish Akiyama? I've said it before and I'll say it again: I like this fight, but I like Mark Hunt's head just a little bit more. For a guy that got destroyed by Melvin Manhoef and submitted by the likes of Alistair Overeem and Fedor Emelianenko , Hunt can take a punch.
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