The End of a Trilogy- Official UFC 166: Velasquez vs dos Santos III Thread

[The Infamous]

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

• Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos - for heavyweight title
• Daniel Cormier vs. Roy Nelson
• Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez
• Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Shawn Jordan
• John Dodson vs. Darrell Montague

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)

• Tim Boetsch vs. C.B. Dollaway
• Hector Lombard vs. Nate Marquardt
• Jessica Eye vs. Sarah Kaufman
• K.J. Noons vs. George Sotiropoulos

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 6 p.m. ET)

• Adlan Amagov vs. T.J. Waldburger
• Tony Ferguson vs. Mike Rio
• Andre Fili vs. Jeremy Larsen
• Kyogi Horiguchi vs. Dustin Pague

Thoughts? Predictions?

 

[The Infamous]

I would've preferred to see Lombard vs Marquardt on the main card instead of Gonzaga vs Jordan, but it's a stacked card so I'm not complaining.

 

[The G.O.D II]

I would've preferred to see Lombard vs Marquardt on the main card instead of Gonzaga vs Jordan, but it's a stacked card so I'm not complaining.

I don't think Lombard will be on PPV until he gets some quality wins. I think in his contract he gets points

 

[bsmooth]

 

[heart]

I think nelson will get the upset over cromier. As far as cain vs JDS, I think cain will win by ko but with those HW's anything can happen. I don't think this fight will be the "end of the trilogy" like it's being hyped, if either guy losses with a win or two they'll be right back in the title hunt & may face each other again.

 

[PHamm]

studded card.

 

[The G.O.D II]

My predictions
Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos - for heavyweight titlle

Man I am a huge JDS fan but I just can't see him beating Cain. Cain is relentless with the pressure, striking, clinch, TD attempts, etc. His conditioning is way better. JDS looked pretty bad against Hunt and showed nothing that makes me think he can stop Cain's onslaught outside of catching him early like the first fight. I expect it to be much more competitive then the first two, but eventually Cain will drain JDS cardio for another five round UD.

Daniel Cormier vs. Roy Nelsonsp

Cormier is better in all aspects except possibly BJJ. Nelson is nothing but a glorified gatekeeper at this point. I expect Cormier to use his speed and athleticism to light up nelson while avoiding the right. He will also have no problem taking down Nelson whenever he feels like it. DC by UD.
Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez

Another retarded Silva match up. But this should be a contender for FON. Sanchez is kind of borderline washed but he still has heart. Hopefully he comes in at weight. I got Gil. Better striking, cardio, aggressiveness, and the TD defense to keep Sanchez off him. Melendez by UD

Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Shawn Jordan

This is typical tailor made fight that Gonzaga will find a way to lose. He should go for the TD early and use his BJJ for the sub. But he will of course get caught and wilt away. Jordan by TKO in the 1st

John Dodson vs. Darrell Montague

Don't really know much about Montague except he is a vet and was a flyweight champ in some other org. I got Dobson by TKO just because.
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)

Tim Boetsch vs. C.B. Dollaway

Despise Dollaway and I am no fan of Boetsch. This fight could suck if Dollaway takes Boetsch down. But Boetsch should be able to land some bombs for the TKO win.
Hector Lombard vs. Nate Marquardt

Lombard is has fallen off even though hes losses have been close decisions. Marquadt is another choke artist Really don't see how dropping to WW improves Lombards horrible cardio. Both have heavy hands but Lombard has a better chin. Lombard by TKO in the 1st

Jessica Eye vs. Sarah Kaufman

Should be the best fight on the undercard. Both have good stand up so it should be entertaining. But Kaufman has wrestling in her arsenal so I will give her the decision

K.J. Noons vs. George Sotiropoulos

The bottom of the barrel at 155. Probably a loser gets fired fight. George has fallen off since that Lauzon fight. Noons, despite being a pro boxer, has some terrible striking. He has a knack for throwing haymakers and power shots with no technique or set up at all. But he still may get the KO because George has no chin whatsoever

 

[PHamm]

I think nelson will get the upset over cromier. .

 

[So UnThotful]

for some reason i also have nelson upsetting DC for some odd reason, i think because of all the trash talking DC might fight angry and that would lead to right into nelson 1 hitta quitta

 

[puppetmaster]

JDS experiences the wrath of Cain for the 2nd time

Cormier v Roy won't be pretty but Cormier by UD

Diego is too willing to be hit, Gil is willing to oblige, Diego generally doesn't make adjustments and is gonna get worked. Should be a fun fight

Gonzaga will find a way to get KO'ed by a guy he should be able to submit

Dodson will get the tko and do some ninja backflips off the cage and shyt after


I hope Boetsch knocks CB's head off but I think he'll get wrestlefukked


Marquardt doesn't have much in the way of a chin these days, this'll be a "high profile" win for Lombard


Can't see Kaufman losing this one barring getting clipped early.


I can see Noons catching George early and putting him away.




-P-

 

[The Infamous]

I don't think Lombard will be on PPV until he gets some quality wins. I think in his contract he gets points

The PPV cut was given to him so Bellator couldn't match, I'm almost sure it's a very small cut with restrictions. It's probably something like he has to main-event or co-main event to get a cut and he only gets $1-2 dollar per buy over 500, 000.

 

[The Infamous]

 

[Change]

 

[jackswstd]

I can't fathom that 5 round massacre not affecting JDS still, you just don't forget that type of beating. I think Cain will stop Junior this time. This is DC's fight to lose if Miocic could dominate Nelson there's no reason Cormier couldn't do the same.

Melendez
Gonzaga
Dodson
CB
Kaufman
Lombard
Noons

 

[Pool_Shark]

Fights 1 & 2

I think Cain is winning this one