UFC on FX 2: Alves vs. Kampmann

[DixieDestroyer]

Here's the card for Friday's UFC on FX 2 from Sydney, Australia...

Preliminary card

• Heavyweight bout: Oli Thompson vs. Shawn Jordan

Preliminary card (Fuel TV)

• Featherweight bout: Mackens Semerzier vs. Daniel Pineda

• Welterweight bout: TJ Waldburger vs. Jake Hecht

• Middleweight bout: Kyle Noke vs. Andrew Craig

• Featherweight bout: Cole Miller vs. Steven Siler

• Light Heavyweight bout: Anthony Perosh vs. Nick Penner

• Light Heavyweight bout: James Te Huna vs. Aaron Rosa

Main card

• Middleweight bout: Court McGee vs. Constantinos Philippou

• Flyweight bout: Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall

• Flyweight bout: Joseph Benavidez vs. Yasuhiro Urush1tani

• Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Martin Kampmann

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***The Dixieland outlaw will be pullin' for Kampmann, McCall & McGee.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Impressive debut for former LSU fullback Shawn Jordan. Jordan koed former British strongman Oli Thompson in the second round.

 

[Hawkeye2]

I like Andrew Craig, but he has a big task ahead of him against Kyle Noke.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Andrew Craig defeats Kyle Noke by UD.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Nick Penner's suppose to be very talented. He should have had a chance at the UFC years ago.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Ian Mcall got screwed, typical.

my score
round 1 McCall two takedowns
round 2 Johnson close fight
round 3 McCall dominated Johnson could have been a 10-8 round. I had it 10-9 McCall.
Evwen the crowd booed at that decision.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Kampmann by guillotine (from top) in the 3rd!

I hope Benavidez knocks Johnson into next week for the flyweight strap.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Apparently the Johnson/McCall fight was a majority draw now. A rematch will be coming soon. I expect McCall to win the Rematch.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Walderburger, Siler, Craig, and Kampman all had impressive victories. Waldburger is only 23 and nowhere near his peak, I expect big things from him in a few years.

 

[Liverlips]

Glad to see McCall get the rematch and a draw. However, if it had gone to a 4th round like the rules would have stated, McCall would likely have stopped a gassed Johnson.

 

[Liverlips]

Kampann is a tough guy to figure. He has a great ground game and standup. Yet he bangs with strikers (Daley, Alves) and grapples with groundfighters (Shields). He fights to his opponent's strengths every time I see him.

A reamtch with Jake Shields is in order (though their first fight was a snoozer IMO).

 

[Liverlips]

Personally, I am not a fan of the UFC adding 125 lbers. I expect it will be dominated by Mexicans and maybe a few Japanese. How many white men are that small?

But McCall is really good and I know he will beat black hope Johnson again. To be honest, I pick Benavides to win it all as the weight cut appeared to have no effect on him (unlike Johnson).

 

[Hawkeye2]

Yeah I'm not a fan of the 125lb weight class either. When I wrestled in college one of our team captain 125, and he was the biggest trash talker. the guy ended up being an NCAAII All-American yet everyone on the team used to throw him around during drills. It is a weight class designed for midgets and anorexics.