UFC on ESPN 54: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot Fight Predictions

 

Erin Blanchfield(Favorite) v. Manon Fiorot 

Picking Blanchfield- All of us
Picking Fiorot

Vicente Luque v. Joaquin Buckley(Favorite)

Picking Luque- All of us
Picking Buckley

Chris Weidman v. Bruno Silva (Favorite)

Picking Weidman- 
Picking Silva-All of us

It's MMAzing 2024 Standings (as of 03/18/2024)
1. Lavender Gooms (c) - (18-8)
2. DJ Mark with a "K" (16-10)
2. Dr. Law - (16-10) 
3. Chalk - (15-11)

UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal Fight Predictions

UFC Welterweight Championship

Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal

Picking Usman: All of us 

UFC Women's Strawweight Championship

Weili Zhang vs. Rose Namajunas

Picking Zhang: Kid P, DJ Mark

Picking Namajunas: Dr. Law, Gooms

UFC Women's Flyweight Championship

Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Andrade

Picking Shevchenko: All of us

Uriah Hall vs. Chris Weidman

Picking Hall: Dr. Law, Gooms, Kid P

Picking Weidman: DJ Mark

Anthony Smith vs. Jimmy Crute

Picking Crute: All of us

It's MMAzing 2021 Standings as of 4/19/2021

1. Lavender Gooms - (21-13)
2. Doctor Law - (20-14)
2. DJ Mark with a "K" - (20-14)
3. Kid Presentable - (17-17)

UFC on ESPN +32: Lewis vs. Oleinik Fight Predictions

Derrick Lewis vs. Aleksei Oleinik
Picking Lewis: Dr Law, Gooms
Picking Oleinik: Kid P, DJ Mark

Omari Akhmedov vs. Chris Weidman
Picking Akhmedov: Dr Law, Kid P
Picking Weidman: Gooms, DJ Mark

BONUS PICK

Michael Chandler vs Benson Henderson
Picking Chandler: DJ Mark, Dr Law
Picking Bendo:  Gooms, Kid P

It's MMAzing 2020 Standings (as of 08/03/2020)
1. DJ Mark with a "K" - (40-20)
2. Dr. Law- (38-22)
3. Lavender Gooms - (36-24)
4. Kid Presentable- (34-26)

UFC on ESPN 6: Reyes vs. Weidman Fight Predictions

Dominick Reyes vs. Chris Weidman
Picking Reyes: Kid P, DJ Mark, Dr. Law
Picking Weidman: Gooms

Yair Rodriguez vs. Jeremy Stephens
Picking Rodriguez: Gooms, DJ Mark
Picking Stephens: Dr. Law, Kid P

It's MMAzing 2019 Standings (as of 10/14/19)
1. Lavender Gooms - (50-40)
2. Kid Presentable - (49-41)
3. DJ Mark -  (48-42)
4. Dr. Law - (47-43)

UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis Predictions

UFC Heavyweight Championship
Daniel Cormier(c)(c) v. Derrick Lewis
Picking DC: All of us


Ronaldo Souza v. Chris Weidman
Picking Jacare: DJ Mark
Picking Weidman: Gooms,  Dr. Law, Kid P

David Branch v. Jared Cannonier
Picking Branch: All of us


Israel Adesanya v. Derek Brunson
Picking Stylebender: All of us


Sijara Eubanks v. Roxanne Modafferi
Picking Eubanks: All of us

It's MMAzing 2018 Standings (as of 10/29/18)
1. Kid Presentable - (62-36)
2. Lavender Gooms - (60-38)
2. Dr. Law (60-38)
4. DJ Mark -  (55-43)

UFC Fight Night: Weidman v. Gastelum Picks

Chris Weidman v. Kelvin Gastelum

Picking Weidman:
Picking Gastelum: All of us

Dennis Bermudez v. Darren Elkins

Picking Bermudez: All of us
Picking Elkins:

Patrick Cummins v. Gian Villante

Picking Cummins: Kid P, DJ Mark
Picking Villante: Dr. Law, Gooms

Thomas Almeida v. Jimmie Rivera

Picking Almeida: DJ Mark, Gooms
Picking Rivera: Dr. Law, Kid P

It's MMAzing Standings (As of 7/19/2017)
1. DJ Mark with a "K" - (51-27-1) - .646
2. Doctor Law (c) - (49-29-1) - .620
3. Kid Presentable - (44-34-1) - .557
4. Lavender Gooms - (39-39-1) - .494

UFC 210: Cormier v. Johnson II Predictions

UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Daniel Cormier (c) v. Anthony Johnson

Picking DC: Dr. Law, Gooms, DJ Mark
Picking Rumble: Kid P

Chris Weidman v. Gegard Mousasi

Picking Weidman: Gooms, Kid P
Picking Mousasi: Dr. Law, DJ Mark

Cynthia Calvillo v. Pearl Gonzalez

Picking Calvillo: DJ Mark, Kid P, Dr. Law
Picking Gonzalez: Gooms

Thiago Alves v. Patrick Cote

Picking Alves: Gooms, Kid P
Picking Cotes: Dr. Law, DJ Mark

Will Brooks v. Charles Oliveira

Picking Ill Will: All of us
Picking Do Bronx:

It's MMAzing 2017 Standings (As of 4/5/2017)
1. DJ Mark with a "K" - (21-14-1) - .583
2. Doctor Law (c) - (20-15-1) - .556
3. Kid Presentable - (19-16-1) - .528
4. Lavender Gooms - (16-19-1) - .444

UFC 205: McGregor vs. Alvarez Fight Predictions

To say the last few days have been challenging would be an understatement.  I fully expected on Monday morning that later in the week I would be writing a euphoric article about MMA returning to my beloved home state of New York and how sad I was to be 6500 miles away in Japan for this momentous occasion.  Instead......the world got flipped, turned upside down.  I still haven't recovered from the shock of a reality TV star (along with being a bigot and sexist) becoming the 45th President of the United States so I can't do euphoric.  Let's get to some picks.

UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor Picks and Predictions

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, people of all ages... we are finally here! Well... almost. It wasn't all long that ago that we said the featherweight division was devoid of stars and now it houses quite possibly the biggest fight the UFC can make on quite possibly the best card the UFC has ever put together. Anticipation for Aldo and McGregor is palpable after an initial postponement at what was supposed to be an It's MMAzing event out in Vegas. Mendes stepped in to fight McGregor as we all know and the legend continues. Somehow lost in all of this hullabaloo is a spectacular middleweight title fight between Chris Weidman and Luke Rockhold. Rockhold has been on one of the most impressive tears in recent memory while Weidman is the Anointed One, Vanquisher of Spiders, and reigning greatest fighter on the planet. Saturday night is bringing a stacked card with great fighters, but let's be real here... there is only ONE Conor McGregor.

UFC Featherweight Championship
Jose Aldo (c) vs. Conor McGregor (ic) 

@thenotoriousmma you look great

No... Notorious! It's a real credit to the man Conor that he managed to steal center stage from a monster of a man who has been without peer for nearly his entire Zuffa run in Jose Aldo. Aldo has been a human highlight reel of violence in his reign, yet in struts this brash Irishman who has stolen the hearts (and betting lines) of the masses. Aldo is a killer in the cage, yet something about McGregor seems so effortless and masterful. Listen to Conor long enough and you will surely hear about the art of movement and that is precisely what Conor is in the cage: an artist. Could the hype train come crashing down? Absolutely. Could we see the coronation of the one true king? I'm expecting it. It's not that long ago we saw what movement and fluidity could do to stifle a heralded Brazilian killer in Renan Barao, Jose Aldo's teammate no less. McGregor by third round TKO. Bust out the red panties.

Aldo:
McGregor: U... Unanimous!

UFC 187: Johnson v. Cormier Predictions

What a strange trip it's been to get to UFC 187. By this point you guys know what happened. Jon Jones was going to defend his title against Rumble Johnson. Then some things (allegedly) happened and Mr. Jones was stripped of his light heavyweight championship. We now have Daniel Cormier stepping in to take Anthony Johnson for the Undisputed (as our own Lavender Gooms would say, "Come on son") UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. In the co-main event we have the long awaited matchup between Chris Weidman and "The Phenom" (or is it the "Old Lion"...or maybe the "Young Dinosaur") Vitor Belfort for the UFC Middleweight Championship. Check out our predictions below. I went 6 for 6 last week. I'm basically a very good looking version of Nostradamus.

State of the Middleweight Landscape

Image via terezowens.com

Hey there folks. It has been a while since I've had a chance to comment on all things mma as Comic Con took my attention away for a spell. In my catching up on the mma world it seems like the middleweight picture has become quite a mess and I have decided to take up the duty to try and sort out the picture for all you wonderful readers. (One side Comic Con note: apparently Josh Barnett was there and somehow we did NOT meet him. Lame.) So up next we'll take a look at the top names in the game, where they stand, and where do they go from here.

Anderson Silva: Fresh off the biggest win of his career, it seems most likely that Anderson will take some time off to enjoy his new A-list celebrity status in his home country, and have some fun with those fresh millions in his bank account. It does not seem likely he will fight again any sooner than the Spring or Summer of next year. I don't think he is retiring quite yet, but he might be moving toward the Undertaker annual super fight circuit mode sooner than later.

Chael Sonnen: Poor Chael. Your tremendous wrestling ability and gift of gab got you right near the top, but a "what were you thinking?" spinning back elbow probably cost you all of it. With a second loss, this time in devastating fashion, Chael will not likely get a third crack at Silva. He goes into Jon Fitch mode now with the option of being a gate keeper to the division unless Silva should fall or decide to retire. Next up he likely gets to settle his feud with Wanderlei Silva, or possibly retirement, though I would hope not.

Mark Munoz: Munoz was supposed to be up next, but he was quite simply tooled in his last fight. He's the decorated wrestler whose take downs aren't quite good in an mma setting, whose standup is only ok, and whose chin is questionable. Munoz probably falls out of the title picture and will need to put together 3-4 wins again before he's in it once more.

Chris Weidman: Just like Batman on Thursday, Weidman rises. For Munoz being up next, Weidman made that fight look like some routine can crushing. He probably has more momentum than any other fighter in the division going right now, but due to no one watching Fuel, likely needs another high profile fight as a co-main event to help sell his probably shot against Silva after.