Predictions to ufc 86 + whose next in line for a title shot?

Question

2 part question

1. who do you think will have a title shot in ufc for any weight divison and why?

2. Forrest or rampage, i personally think tko in first round for rampage. people say forrest has an amazing chin cause hes never been tko'd well niether did chuck but look what happened to him in a little less than 2 mins. aha

Answer 1

first off forrest got destroyed by jardine so idk why your saying hes never been tko'd

Answer 2

go Michael :DD

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Answer 3

1. I'll break it down by divisions.

155- The winner of Florian and Huerta. This person could actually be the champion if Penn decides to move up to fight GSP

170- BJ Penn. If he decides not to move up my guess is Thiago Alves, not because he's the best, but because he has two high profile TKO's over top guys.

185- Yushin Okami. He's got a win over Silva, even if it was due to DQ While Okami probably deserves it more, my guess is if Bisping can beat Leben at UFC 89 they'll give him a shot if he wants it. This will work out well because by then Silva may have vacated the belt to fight at 205 and make a lot money and fans.

205- This order- Chuck Liddell, then Anderson Silva. My guess is Liddell beats Evans, is given a title shot in his next match. Then they will have Anderson Silva fight someone such as Shogun Rua of Wanderlei and the winner of that fight gets a shot at Rampage (since he beats Chuck... again).

Heavyweight- Who knows?Mir and Nogueira arent fighting until December so it will be March before someone gets a shot at the belt again, who knows what the UFC heavyweights will look like then? My guess is that it will be Shane Carwin.

2. I agree with your assessment completely. Forrest has no power and is a slow starter, not a great combo when you're fighting Rampage. Rampage wins at the end of round one via TKO

Answer 4

I'll go with part 2 first.

I'm betting on Jackson to win in the second round. But if it starts getting into the 4th and 5th round I can see Griffin taking it. I just think Griffin has better conditioning than Jackson.

Now back to part 1.

Lightweight - it has been said before that the winner of the Florien and Huerta fight is going to get a title shot. From there on I think they should have a fight between Tyson Griffin and Rich Clementi and the winner of that should get the next shot.

Welterweight - GSP is fighting Jon Fitch at UFC 87 for the next title shot. After that I think you put Thiago Alves in a fight with Josh Koscheck. Had Alvez made weight at UFC 85, then I would have put him as the next contender.

Middleweight - Although it hasn't been officially announced, I think Yushin Okami should get the next title shot. I know they are saying the winner of the Cote vs. Almeida fight is getting a title shot but if either of them gets the nod over Okami it will be a horrible decision by Dana White.

Light Heavyweight - This is tough because the most popular fighters in this devision don't deserve a fight yet. The two most deserving of a shot are Lyoto Machida and Thiago Silva. So I guess the best way to do it is to pit the two of them against each other.

Heavyweight - In the weakest division in the UFC, Frank Mir got the nod to get the next shot at Big Nog. There isn't much past him though. I guess Fabricio Werdum is the best bet since he has wins over Vera and Gonzaga (Keep an eye on two up and comers in this division; Cain Velasquez and Shane Carwin).

Answer 5

Ive got a $100 bet riding on Forrest on bodog. he is getting 2 to 1 odds which is perfect! I have seen this situation happen so many times the popular champion is over-bet for no real reason. the same thing happened to chuck liddel and matt Hughes. people forget the age of the fighter and the intensity of the challenger. I have seen rampage fight for years I can say with 100% certainty he cant defend in the clinch and he has gotten lucky in several fights. Forrest will win this as an underdog but he is really not that big of an underdog. I have a win percentage of 70% when chosing MMA fights and boxing and forrest is my pick of the month!

Answer 6

1. Everone has pretty much covered this so I'll just take a different approach for LHW. Wanderlei gets a shot. Just because Rampage wants to try to avenge his  losses to him. Could  be hyped insanely, too. Liddell after him. It's a win win for Dana. If Wandy beats Page, then we get Wandy vs Chuck 2 as a title fight. If Page wins, than Liddell gets a third shot at him. Either way it's 2 record setting PPVs.

2. Rampage wins.

Striking: Rampage has solid MMA boxing with good power, Forrest has OK striking with not a ton of power and is a bit reckless (he doesn't mind taking a shot to give one).

Edge: Page

Chin: Forrest got KO'd by freakin' Jardine and Jeremy Horn. h**l, he admits to getting KO'd by Wandy in sparring! Rampage, on the other hand, took about 15 knees to the dome from Wandy before finally going down in both fights.

Edge: Rampage, by a mile.

Wresting: I don't think I even need to explain this one.

Edge: Rampage

BJJ: This is the one area Forrest might have a slight advantage. The advantage is negated, however, by Page's sub defense. Rampage has only been submitted once, by Saku, in a fight where he was asked to take a dive (Page claims he didn't do it, though). If Arona and Bustamante couldn't sub Page, I don't see Forrest doing it.

Edge: Even

Conditioning: Forrest has great cardio, but so does Page, and Quinton has fought plenty of 25 min fights while Forrest hasn't.

Edge: Page, slightly.

So, there you have it. Rampage wins in 4/5 catagories with the 5th being a draw. I don't see how Forrest can win this. He won't sub him and probably can't KO him. Rampage won't sub Forrest, but shouldn't have much trouble KO'ing him. I would expect some good ol' fashioned Rampage slams too. Forrest could win a decision, but with five rounds, Page is bound to catch him eventually. Forrest has a much weaker chin and slower recovery time than Liddell, and that only took one clean punch. Page by KO, possibly due to a slam.

Answer 7

1. Michael bisping will probably have a title shot for the middle weight because Silva cleared everyone else out and bisping has a really good record

2. I think Forrest will get a submission in the 3rd round because he can take a big punch